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Benoit P.

Benoit P.

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Most Favorable Review

Very good case !

SilverStone SG06BB-LITE Black Aluminum front panel, Steel body Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case
SilverStone SG06BB-LITE Black Aluminum front panel, Steel body Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case

Pros: This is a well designed box, everything fit well, and has a very good fan and mesh opening all sides of case for good cooling. Awesome if you want to run a big CPU/fan and big normal size video card. You can also fit standard itx power supply, which offer many brand and power you need. Front panel is all aluminum and get usb 3.0. I'm glad of my purchase.

Cons: The two small things I've found is about the hdd rack. Good design with side slider for 3.5, but everything fits very tight on graphic card side, so you'll need to buy 90deg sata and power connector if you want to install 3.5inches HDD. Power supply wires output routing is still tight on hdd rack. Not to much space on this aspect.

Overall Review: It's the best bang for the bucks I founded, good price and high quality.

Most Critical Review

Good for low end cpu. Do not meet expectation

Noctua NH-L9i, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler for Intel LGA1200 & LGA115x (Brown)
Noctua NH-L9i, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler for Intel LGA1200 & LGA115x (Brown)

Pros: Noctua makes the best fan ever, no doubt on that, l. Build quality is flawless and Noctua packaging is like sending british crown jewels, awesome !! Very low noise.

Cons: Actually, I got a low power Xeon e3 1265l of 45w, and when load is about 80% when compressing or doing big things on my computer, cpu temperature didn't stop to raise near 90c. Not happy. If I can't use my computer without always monitoring, this cpu cooler hasn't it's place in my computer, I asked for refund.

Overall Review: Probably good for I3, pentium and celeron nothing more. Stock cooler does the same. This thing is built 1/4 of inch above the motherboard, it would need more space to exhaust hot air. I got better results reversing the fan, sucking instead os pushing, lower the overall temps of 3-4C and it took a bit longer the raise... Bad cooler design.

You have quality here

Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM, High Performance Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 1200 RPM (120mm, Grey)
Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM, High Performance Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 1200 RPM (120mm, Grey)

Pros: Awesome warranty, since a year, I only buy Noctua fan. Silent, reliable and clean look. Once tried, you'll never go back with cheap fan.

Cons: None at all !

Overall Review: You have many grade of Noctua. Even the lowest grade like grey ones, they are really good and perfect for me.

Ok, but not impressed.

LG  22MP47HQ  Black  21.5"  5ms  HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS250 cd/m2  DFC 5,000,000:1 (1000:1)
LG 22MP47HQ Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS250 cd/m2 DFC 5,000,000:1 (1000:1)

Pros: Good resolution, fast enough (5ms) and cheap price, contrast are good, so overall spécifications are nice.

Cons: IMHO, it's a low quality product, screen stand is not strong and wobble for nothing. Also ore function added to monitor to an easier menu would have been nice. I don't know why even I change the blue in RGB adjustment, brightness and everywhere I can to get it easier on my eyes , this screen is still burning both eyes retina. I got headeach much more rapidly than my old CCFL. I know LED screens haven't the same light spectrum, but there is some other LED screens I saw not drying my eyes so rapidly.

Overall Review: You have you pay for. LG have low and high quality products.

Strong performances

SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100364-4GL
SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100364-4GL

Pros: Very strong performances, it's a beast even you aren't using it in crossfire. If you are a gamer, this is the card, no complaints on this side.

Cons: Power consumption and heat is high, you can't use it in a small form factor box, I found it a bit expensive vs the performance it delivers vs power it drains. But this is a good graphic card anyways.

11/30/2014

Good graphic card

MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card R7770-PMD1GD5
MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card R7770-PMD1GD5

Pros: Small form card, decent performance in gaming, low power and heat, so it's very good in a small form factor box. Good price and quality product.

Cons: You can find something with more performance, with the same size and power consumption.

Overall Review: I used it for almost a year and I was happy.

11/30/2014