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Charles T.

Charles T.

Joined on 12/15/13

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Most Favorable Review

As expected

SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Looks nice. Seems well built. Works great. Has crazy nice packaging.

Cons: The only con I could find was the molex cables, and that's more of a "why the heck are people still using molex?!" con than anything. I do wish they would include those molex cables as just having one connector on the end, then providing a splitter, as I am tired of EVERY SINGLE LAST molex cable having 2 or 3 extra connectors hanging off of it for daisy chaining. Seems like a good idea until you remember that people with a brain avoid using molex at any cost. also I thought the PCIe power cord was a bit short, but that seems to be an issue with all power supplies. Other than those things no real complaints. get it, you wont be disappointed.

Most Critical Review

Pointless

BitFenix Spectre LED Red 200mm Case Fan
BitFenix Spectre LED Red 200mm Case Fan

Pros: Wasn't DOA

Cons: LED's not bright enough. Moves almost no air despite making plenty of noise. Fan blades are clear making LED's even more pointless. Overall it was a waste of money. For this size fan, the LED's should be about putting on a bit of a show, instead they just sort of glow. Maybe if the fan blade itself would glow under this light it would have been worth it. (that or if it actually moved some air.

Makes noise.

Noctua NF-A15 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (140mm, Brown)
Noctua NF-A15 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (140mm, Brown)

Pros: Fits in places that other 140mm fans might not.

Cons: Makes a terribly annoying whining noise, no matter what speed.

Overall Review: I received this with a Noctua air cooling heatsink. The heatsink itself was of good quality, but this fan is just terrible. No matter what speed I run it at, no matter what it is attached to (radiator, heatsink, or just a normal fan space on a case) it makes a ridiculously loud an annoying whining noise. Noctua has excellent service, and would probably be willing to replace the fan, but I switched to water cooling and have no need of it anymore. Just making this review to let people know.

Superb

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply

Pros: Best cable management ever. Loads of room for airflow and GPU's. Decent build quality. Looks absolutely ridiculous with my mATX motherboard in it.

Cons: Drive system could have been better. Needs fans at the bottom, not HDD's Needs better filters. Difficult to get an H110 in push/pull up top. Looks absolutely ridiculous with my mATX motherboard in it.

Overall Review: Great case. Had it for over a year and still love it. My system always runs cool. Although The dust filters are not that great, have to (or need to) dust often. The drive mounting options could use some work. Not sure why they thought someone would want to hot swap an HDD by removing the side panel window (who hot swaps HDD's anyways?). That space should be dedicated to more fans with air filters of their own. Good luck getting a Corsair H110 AIO cooler to run in push/pull in the top. I had to put the pull fans on the outside of the case because of motherboard height. I would like to see Corsair do a revised edition of this case, as it has so very much potential.

Why are you reading this when you could be buying it?

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 128GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE128BW
SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 128GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE128BW

Pros: Fast. Great build quality Did I mention FAST?!

Cons: Doesn't make eggs. Doesn't have LED's.

Overall Review: Why are you reading this when you could be buying it? I've owned the previous generation 840 for over a year now, rock solid, reliable, sturdy, and blazing fast. Leaves my old WD Black HDD in the dust. Just buy it, if you are still running your OS off of an HDD, be prepared to despise using any computer that isn't running the OS off of an SSD. The difference is insane.

As expected

HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FBK2/8
HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FBK2/8

Pros: Popped them in, fired right up and automatically set to proper speed. Just like the previous pair I bought. They look great, feel well built (heavy).

Cons: Doesn't cook me eggs, doesn't have LED's on it.

Overall Review: Been running 2x4 of the red versions of these for a while now, downclocked and mixed with 2x4 of slower ram from a different manufacturer, bought these to get the ugly yellow/gold heatsinks out of my rig. Threw em in there, booted up, they auto set to the speed the previous red set was running at (1600), switched em all to 1866, no problems. What else can I say? BUY THEM.