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DAVID O.

DAVID O.

Joined on 09/03/08

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Most Favorable Review

Cougar 120mm fan

COUGAR 12CM CFD Red LED Hydraulic (Liquid) Bearing Ultra Silent Fan 1200RPM, 64.4CFM, 16.6dBA
COUGAR 12CM CFD Red LED Hydraulic (Liquid) Bearing Ultra Silent Fan 1200RPM, 64.4CFM, 16.6dBA

Pros: 1. Nice red LED color with a good light spread 2. Rubber silencers 3. Fluid bearing 4. Neat design 5. Sleeved wires 6. Molex adapters included

Cons: 1. Sticker on the back is weak and wasn't connected all the way FIX: I put a piece of black vinyl cut out on it looks fine 2. The fins are orange so it will be orange NOT red when not in use FIX: Doesn't bother me and if you have a dark case it is barely noticeable 3. Price FIX: I used the coupon code and got it for 11.85

Overall Review: Overall it is a nice fan. Runs real quiet and gets good air flow. The LEDs are really neat the way the waved fins look, it kinda gives it a liquid red look.

Most Critical Review

not for extreme use

SUPER TALENT SC Series 32GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model SC-32GB-BK
SUPER TALENT SC Series 32GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model SC-32GB-BK

Pros: see my other review

Cons: see other review

Overall Review: I work on many computers and transfer data on and off daily. This device worked slowly for about 2 months, after that one day it stopped half way through a transfer and insisted that it was write protected. I being experienced with error knew several different ways to fix it. But trying 11 different ways to format it no avail. It will not let any changes to to the disk yet it still loads up and you can see what I had last tried copping to it. what a dissappointment...

Cougar 140mm fan

COUGAR 14CM CFD Red LED Hydraulic (Liquid) Bearing Ultra Silent Fan 1000RPM, 73.2CFM, 18dBA - Retail
COUGAR 14CM CFD Red LED Hydraulic (Liquid) Bearing Ultra Silent Fan 1000RPM, 73.2CFM, 18dBA - Retail

Pros: 1. Nice red LED color with a good light spread 2. Rubber silencers 3. Fluid bearing 4. Neat design 5. Sleeved wires 6. Molex adapters included

Cons: 1. Sticker on the back is weak and wasn't connected all the way FIX: I put a piece of black vinyl cut out on it looks fine 2. The fins are orange so it will be orange NOT red when not in use FIX: Doesn't bother me and if you have a dark case it is barely noticeable 3. Price FIX: I used the coupon code and got it for 11.85

Overall Review: Overall it is a nice fan. Runs real quiet and gets good air flow. The LEDs are really neat the way the waved fins look, it kinda gives it a liquid red look.

get a differant brand

PNY GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card VCGGTX570XPB
PNY GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card VCGGTX570XPB

Pros: 1. runs cool 2. amazing performance 3. like 2 gtx 280s in sli +15% and no crazy min frame rates 4. just 5-15% away from a 580 (without overclocking)

Cons: 1. pny 2. pny 3. pny I got this card and planned to register it for a limited lifetime warranty. if you go to pny website and try to register you get a 404 error and have been leaving massages and emails and finally got through today after an hour on the the phone. The technical support guy was condescending and arrogant. It ended up being something silly on my part which i admit but the quality of support i received was atrocious. I had two evga gtx 280s before this and never waited for more than 10 minutes and will never buy pny again. I still have to give the card 4/5 eggs -1 one pny...

Overall Review: Benchmarks: vantage: GPU score 2 gtx 280s in sli 20976 gtx 570 22673 crysis warhead 1920x1080 16x af 4xaa enthusiast settings max 2 gtx 280s in sli min 12 max 48 avg 31 gtx 570 min 26 max 52 avg 34 ended up overclocking to 800/1600/4050 cant go higher because the voltage settings are locked on this card...

Just what i needed

CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)

Pros: 1. quiet 2. on par with pro air cooling 3. got it for $59.99 4. easy to install 5. compatible with aftermarket bracketing/backside cooler 5. etc....

Cons: 1. black cover tube (no chance for glow tubing) 2. stock thermal paste is fail 3. may have small radiator defects 4. ummm...

Overall Review: I replaced my IFX-14 cooler with this one and didn't expect much. WRONG. This cooler with AC5 and the IFX-14 backside heatsink = BEAST Phenom 965 c3 4.133GHz @ 1.488v IFX-14: Idle: 33c Prime95 @ 6hrs: 59c 3D gaming @ 5hrs: 64c H50: Idle: 26c Prime95 @ 6hrs: 47c 3D gaming @ 5hrs: 51c Never owned a better cooler that wasn't full water setup or LN2.

bummer

MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: 1. ddr3 + am3 + tri sli = only choice 2. looks cool 3. hmmmm...

Cons: 1. no post RMA 2. post!!! lockup lockup lockup 3. hmmmm...

Overall Review: I tried everything and i mean everything to get this to work but to no avail. I tried different PSUs (which all checked out on PSU tester), RMA memory TWICE, tried different brands of memory (all on support list) Tried different processors (processor i had worked in other pc), even tried running it with bare bone parts attached to see if their was a weak link nope. And all this was on two different motherboards! I had high hopes for this board and spent a lot and i mean a lot of time on it. my build if anyone has any suggestions. MOBO: NF980-G65 MEM: AX3U1600GB2G9-2G PSU: RBR1000-M CPU: phenom 965 c3 HDD: WD6401AALS x2 raid (tried without didnt help) BDD: UH10LS20 (tried with dvd drive nada) CASE: ARMOR+