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Chris W.

Chris W.

Joined on 02/08/08

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing Card

EVGA 03G-P4-3788-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Classified w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
EVGA 03G-P4-3788-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Classified w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Pros: Amazing performance. Very Quite Soild Build Can handle anything you throw at it. Dual Bios Massive Overclocking capabilities

Cons: Big Bright red LED that comes on when on the secondary BIOS doesn't jive with my blue LEDs in the case. Meh... Price??

Overall Review: I run 3 23'' monitors in Nvidia Surround on a single 780 Classified. When in Surround @ 5760x1080 I have seen soild 60+ FPS in Skyrim, Mechwarrior Online, FFXIV and TF2 @ Stock settings Also in overclocking terms I have seen Stable @ 1455Mhz core clock speeds while running multiple benchmark programs. Scored over 3K on Ungine Valley @ Ultra HD settings 17K on FFXIV benchmark on Max Settings Over 15K on Futuremark on normal settings It runs like a champ. I have never seen more than 70c even after running for 4-5 hours on 3 monitors. Drops to 35-45c on 1 monitor. System Specs: I7-3770K @ 4.8Ghz EVGA 780 Classified 16G G.Skill Sniper @ 1866Mhz Asus p8z77-v Pro Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W PSU Custom water cooling CPU loop

Most Critical Review

Ok

Corsair Obsidian Series 900D (CC-9011022-WW) Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case ATX (not included) Power Supply
Corsair Obsidian Series 900D (CC-9011022-WW) Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case ATX (not included) Power Supply

Pros: Huge The case it's self is well built. For the size, it isn't overly heavy Ideal for most high end liquid cooling

Cons: There are some serious design flaws. Does not have a full set of wire grommets: For some reason or another, Corsair chose not to include wire grommets for the top two spaces. Also I think there could have been a better design for the wire management for the 5.25 slots that should have included wire grommets Sketchy radiator compatibility: The EK 480MM PE radiator(Which is their slim radiator) would only fit on the top in one way. The case connectors blocked any chance of the radiator fitting the way I wanted. The front space that should fit a 360MM, will not even fit a 240MM without some case modding if there are any radiators installed in the bottom spaces. This was severely disappointing because I had planned to use a 240mm radiator there. Like many have said here, the drive bays are complete trash. Many cases have much better quality when it comes to drive bays for a far smaller price tag. PCI-E screws are near impossible to use with out some serious effort. In order to mount the 3 GTX 780 Classifieds with waterblocks, it took a good 30~45 minute effort between my son and I to finally get all the screws in place. Magnetic doors and filters are weak and struggle to stay closed/on. Included fans are not quite and will be quickly replaced for most people.

Overall Review: I would like to address something I noticed while I was reviewing reviews on this case. Many of the reviews that gave any bad reviews were immediately given thumbs down reviews even though they were quite honest. This case is not perfect by a long shot. I personally believe it is a bit expensive for the overall quality of the case and the included items inside the case. That being said, the next case that offers more is nearly $600 from Case labs. I do feel that Corsair should offer a midplate option and the correct amount of wire grommets for all wire management holes. I also would like to see a clear window option. These are personal opinions. Other than then mentioned cons, I will be using this case for a long time after some mods. If anyone decided to really read this entire review, please don't rate down unless you honestly think I have been unfair to this product.

Great keyboard

Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Pros: This is the best feeling keyboard I have used. It is also, by far, the quietest. I hate the clicky sound of mechanical keyboards so this one does an excellent job of being extremely fast while staying quiet.

Cons: no

Overall Review: Arx Control software is very nice. It still need a little work, but I love using my 10.1 tablet to monitor the system.

Nice

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 DirectX 12 02G-P4-2968-RX 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card - Certified Refurbished
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 DirectX 12 02G-P4-2968-RX 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card - Certified Refurbished

Pros: Great performance for the price. Looks great. Comes with back plate Stays very cool even with less than great case cooling.

Cons: Newegg put out a coupon the day after I bought this card... A bit disappointed about that.

Overall Review: Bought this to replace a GTX 760 that did ok, but someone wanted it worse than I did. This card performs very well. Put some decent overclocks on it and it still kept the card very cool. (52C max) @ 1510 max. Can't complain about that at all.

It's ok

Cooler Master Seidon 120V - Compact All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System with 120mm Radiator and Fan
Cooler Master Seidon 120V - Compact All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System with 120mm Radiator and Fan

Pros: Liquid cooler. Looks decent

Cons: Not great performer Feels cheap. Bright blue light clashes with red theme

Overall Review: I bought this to cool my I7 970 that is overclocked to 4.2Ghz I had a custom loop on it previously and it never had any problems at all. However, the CM Seidon, could not keep up and the system would BSOD after a few minutes of Prime95. So, I lowered the OC to 4.1Ghz, Same issue. Finally got it stable @ 3.98Ghz on a 24 hour prime95 run. I was pretty disappointed with that. The custom loop wasn't great, 2 heat sources on a 240mm radiator. I figured that 1 heat source on 1 120mm radiator would have been just fine. This was used with CL Liquid Ultra thermal paste. I should have went with a beefier cooler. My mistake.

great low end PSU

EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply
EVGA 430 W1 100-W1-0430-KR 80+ WHITE 430W Power Supply

Pros: Cheap Decent build Perfect replacement for an office computer PSU that went out

Cons: Sleeving is pretty cheap looking. Fairly light.

Overall Review: I ended up getting this for $15 after the rebate. I can't complain too much about that. It has been stable for the past month. So far, so good.