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Stephen W.

Stephen W.

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Most Favorable Review

Works well so far....

Thermaltake W0099RU 250 Watts (Peak Load: 300Watts) ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Graphic Card power supply
Thermaltake W0099RU 250 Watts (Peak Load: 300Watts) ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Graphic Card power supply

Pros: I bought this because I was running 2x7900GTX in SLi off of an Enermax EG565AX-VEFMA2.0-SLI thats avaible here on newegg. I'm also running 4x120mm fans, an 3800 X2 AMD overclocked to 2.41Ghz A8n32XSli mobo with the 8 stage power, an SB Audigy 2 Platinum EX, 2ghx DDR 400 Ram blah de blah.. I was sucking down alot of power is what I'm trying to say. Whenever I would try to alt+tab out of BF2 to kick some noob using my admin program I'd have to tab out like 4 times to get the destop to show up so I decided to give my babies their own decicated power teet to suck on. The results have been pretty good. Installation was snap. I didn't have an extra slot to put the plug into so I ran the cable through a corner of the back plate. Thermaltake gives you these nifty little stick on cord managers for inside the case that were wonderful. I'm going to look into buying more of those.... The cost was good, it's black instead of that horrid taupe color, looks cool in my 3rd 5.25 bay

Cons: None so far. It sure beats buying another 700Watt power supply for over 180 bones and it does its job. I was a little worried that it would create more heat in my case but so far that has not been the case... hehe.

Overall Review: I've overclocked my video cards and there running without any problems. nothing extreme mind you. The cores are running at about 675Mhz and the mem at 1620. I used to get artifacts/crashes in FEAR when I did this on the reg PSU and I've been playing for 2 hours without issue. I'm going to try to up the wattage in a little while.

Most Critical Review

Works but...

SYSONIC HDA10 HDMI (M) – DVI (F) Adapter
SYSONIC HDA10 HDMI (M) – DVI (F) Adapter

Pros: It works.

Cons: See other thoughts.

Overall Review: It didn't fit the back of my Sceptre 22" WS with the HDMI port being to close to the monitor stand. The white part of the connector was too long. Not really a con if your going into a lcd tv or something with side port HDMI.

Works well. Nice and bright

LOGISYS Computer CLK12UV2 12" DUAL UV COLD CATHODE KIT
LOGISYS Computer CLK12UV2 12" DUAL UV COLD CATHODE KIT

Pros: Bright. UV works perfect. Not one of those "purple" lights that they say are uv and aren't. Still just as bright as the day I bought it.

Cons: The sticky pads this thing comes with are terrible. I know not to use them so its not that big of a deal. Replace it with some 3M double sided and you're good to go.

Overall Review: For the price I paid you can't beat these.

11/18/2010

Works good

LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner
LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner

Pros: Works as advertised. Can't find any issues. Running Win7 64x and it booted up and saw the drive without issue. No firmware updates needed. Plays all my bluray titles. Installing things from a DVD takes a little longer than with a regular DVD drive but whatever. I am using a 32" 120hz LCD TV for my monitor so it made sense to get a BR player so I can watch movies in full 120hz smoothness.

Cons: Uh... The whole thing isn't black? Front plate is but the back part doesn't match the inside of my 800D...

Overall Review: Get it. Good price for bluray for your desktop.

Works with 3-Way SLI and 4th 9800GT for Physx

Cooler Master UCP RSB00-AAAAA3 1100 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power Supply
Cooler Master UCP RSB00-AAAAA3 1100 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power Supply

Pros: Works with 3-Way SLI GTX 280's and a 4th 9800GT 1GB for physx. Playing Crysis Warhead with 8xAA and 16xAF with and 3 cards at 700,1500,1450 and the 4th overclocked as well my UPS tells me I am pulling +920w from the unit and this PSU keeps up without any issues. Granted I don't play Crysis for more than an hour at a time but its still pretty impressive. I've owned this for a little over a year now and its still running strong. I had a TT 1200W blow out and a "Taygun" 900W blow out and this one is still kickin. I did leak from my watercooling loop into the TT so... not the psu's fault lol. I am also running 10x 120mm R4 fans, 2 waterpumps, i7 956 EE @4.2Ghz 1.425v, 12GB of DDR3, a Bluray Combo drive, 3x 1TB Barracudas and a 4th 500GB drive (for music), Logitech G15 & G13, MOMO stearing wheel, Rumblepad and a Wingman flight stick all via USB on a EVGA Classified E759 SLI mobo. My power needs are above average and this PSU delivers.

Cons: The power cord for the PSU has a weird proprietary horizontal 3 pin configuration. Can't use any power cable other than the one it came with. It would suck to leave the power plug at a LAN party or someplace and not be able to use another power cable. I would be out of a machine until I ordered a new one from Cooler Master.

Overall Review: I was going go to go with the more popular 1000w model but got this one instead for the extra 100w. Served me well so far. Hope this helps.

Works as advertised. Gets the job done.

Antec SpotCool 0761345-75018-9 Blue LED Case Fan
Antec SpotCool 0761345-75018-9 Blue LED Case Fan

Pros: Mounts easy enough. Bendy so you can point it at stuff in your case. Three speeds are nice. High moves a pretty good amount of air.

Cons: Neck is made of metal and not sheithed in plastic to prevent shorting on things. Not a problem for me because I mounted it on one of the video card case mount screws but it would be had I tried to mount it to a motherboard screw close to the vid cards. The neck is a little short, could have used a few more inches to create a 90degree bend and/or be able to mount it on the motherboard and still have enough neck length to clear my video cards (plural).

Overall Review: I would purchase another one if I needed it. It works for me as it is so I wouldn't put to much weight on my cons. I'm using it in my 800D to move more air across my video cards. I have 3-way sli with a 4th 9800GT at the very bottom thats too close to the last 280GTX to I mounted this fan to get some air between there. Gets the job done.

12/30/2009