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Dom S.

Dom S.

Joined on 07/11/06

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Most Favorable Review

Good cooling but

LIAN LI Black Aluminum PC-C34F ATX Media Center / HTPC Case
LIAN LI Black Aluminum PC-C34F ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Pros: Well ventilated. Great features. Lovely looks. Very light. Great Media Center remote is included. Lots of room for SATA HD drives(*).

Cons: Poor documentation, especially the wireless receiver wiring (extra 5 pin wire goes to your mobo's USB connector). The biggest problem for me was that the SATA drive cage back panel prevented you from using a full size GPU (I have the GTX 275). I removed the plate in order to fit my GPU. I just use direct cable connection. Not a huge deal. You can still make a quick hot swap. Just not as quick if you had the back plate.

Overall Review: I could not fit the Noctua cooler in it as it was not high enough for large 120mm coolers(expected for HTPC case). But it was well ventilated enough that the stock Intel cooler performed well enough that I MIGHT keep it. I will probably still replace it with a better cooler (needs 140mm in TOTAL height or less - maybe even 130mm). 92mm is probably the biggest cooler you will fit, maybe a 120mm in blow down and you remove the cross bar support. i7 920 6 GB ( 3 x 2GB sticks) MSI X58 mobo Vista 64 bit EVGA GTX 275 (896MB) DVD-R/RW burner

Most Critical Review

Nevermind

Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10
Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10

Pros: Fast and affordable

Cons: TOO MUCH ERROR

Overall Review: Using it for my T2i. Ignore my previous 'fix' for the high error rate. I am RMA'ing mine. That is the supposed 'firmware fix'.

Excellent but drive cage needs improvements

Rosewill Legacy U3-S – Silver, Aluminum Alloy, Micro ATX, Mini Tower Computer Case
Rosewill Legacy U3-S – Silver, Aluminum Alloy, Micro ATX, Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Great looks - the finish is excellent the curved top and bottom, one piece looks is exceptional. High quality aluminum finish - strong and not just front facade like other companies / Great size for mATX - not too big, Only 8" wide. Lian-li, which I am a fan off, mATX are very big. They are more like mid tower ATX. This is shorter and 8" wide. But it can host a full size PSU, mATX, 2 3.5" HDD, etc.

Cons: Drive cage prevents bigger cooling solutions.

Overall Review: I used a Corsair H80i liquid cooler. In order to use the drive cage you will need to CUT a small piece of the cage in two places and flip it. If you stay with an air cooler, either go with a horizontal or 120mm solution (150 mm max height overall). Keep the GPU UNDER 10". 10" would fit but it will be an extremely had fit (see yuryev y. YouTube's video). My Build Intel i7-5930K ASROCK x99M Zotac GTX 970 (8" inches) Corsair H80i liquid cooler Corsair HX 750i Thanks to yuryev y. and his YouTube video. Extremely helpful in guiding my purchase and installation!! Watch it if you are interested in this case!!!

Initial corruption fixed

Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10
Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10

Pros: Fast (12-15MB/s write) Affordable

Cons: High corruption rate of files!!

Overall Review: I bought this for my Canon T2i. Initially, I had a high corruption rate, especially my HD videos. The files where unreadable by my Windows Vista 64. I formatted it again (NOT Quick Format), 64kb ALLOCATION SIZE and using EXFAT. This seems to have SOLVED the problem. I had no file corruption since then. Hope this helps everyone else.

Great

LIAN LI EX-H33A HDD Mount Kit
LIAN LI EX-H33A HDD Mount Kit

Pros: Light. Easy to install. Quiet Fan.

Cons: Not trayless.

Overall Review: Fan is not blowing inward. You are mistaken. It sucks cool air from the outside. You should really buy something first before opening your mouth. Or at least do some research.

Excellent bracket

LIAN LI EX-H33A HDD Mount Kit
LIAN LI EX-H33A HDD Mount Kit

Pros: Big fan. Fairly easy to install. Good size. One 4 pin molex to power all 4 drives (fan has its own power header). The fan is big and fairly quiet. Requires only 4 screws to install. The hardest part is the 4 pin molex since it is on the close side of the case. The door closes via simple magnet latch. Using the the key is optional unlike other brands. There is also a small slide lock to prevent accidental pulling of the drives. Key is not needed to close/open/activate. It matches by Lian Li PC60 USB case.

Cons: I wish the fan was on the front side making it more efficient. I wish it was trayless. Nevertheless, the handles are easy to install. The fan does not seem to register its RPM (ASUS P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe mobo + SpeedFan).

Overall Review: The hot swap worked really well with Windows XP. Ejecting using the "Safely Remove Hardware" worked. Sliding it in while computer was on and working mounted just like a USB drive. No performance drop. I am using this to replace my old IDE PATA trays.