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Harry L.

Harry L.

Joined on 07/12/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

TPG-0750M != TPG-750M

Thermaltake Toughpower Grand PS-TPG-0750MPCGUS-1 750W ATX 12V V2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified 7 Year Warranty Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand PS-TPG-0750MPCGUS-1 750W ATX 12V V2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified 7 Year Warranty Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready

Pros: modular, efficient, high power, single rail. looks nice.

Cons: flat cables, not so flexible, not color coded wiring

Overall Review: When I typed "TPG-750M" in the newegg search window it only shows me this power supply, so I thought this TPG-0750M was a TPG-750M replacement. The TPG-750M (Item#: N82E16817153132) is out of stock. This PS has only 1 8-Pin EPS 12V connection - the real TPG-750M has 2. Next time I'll look more carefully. I modified one of the "pci" 12 v connectors to fit in 7 out of 8 pins on the second 8-pin connector on my motherboard. I buy a lot of supplies like this - the cabling on this one is way below average, though functional.

Most Critical Review

weak vga connector

SUPERMICRO MBD-X9DRI-F-O Extended ATX Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011 DDR3 1600
SUPERMICRO MBD-X9DRI-F-O Extended ATX Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011 DDR3 1600

Pros: powerful gen-3 system. IPMI is excellent. Plenty of gen-3 slots.

Cons: wimpy VGA connector - breaks easily cannot get bifurcation to work on any slot

Overall Review: I use this on a test bench. Unless you have the built-in vga connector solidly attached to a chassis or something, you are going to break it easily. Needs a more solid connector like previous Supermicro boards. I have a board with 4x4 bifurcation that works in a competitors MB, but not in this one. A newer version of the bios made very significant changes to the bifurcation options, but it still doesn't work.

Cute

Programmable LED Message Fan by NorthWestT - USB Powered
Programmable LED Message Fan by NorthWestT - USB Powered

Pros: Message display is very cute. runs on batteries or USB.

Cons: weak air flow. Tips over easily. cumbersome programming.

Overall Review: I put 3 dead batteries in the base to weigh it down a little, but it still tips easily - needs some lead weights in there. Not very useful for cooling anything. If you want it just for the little message display, it's a great toy.

My Fave Fan

Dynatron R25 80mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Dynatron R25 80mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: low profile, no exposed fan blades

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: I have bought about 24 of these narrow ones, and 20 square ones. I use them in a test lab on motherboards mounted on steel plates - open on top. The CPU's are all rated 80-95 watts TDP. They don't cut my fingers like exposed fan blades would. They are never too loud unless the fan speed is manually cranked way up in the BIOS. Even under full (95W) CPU load they do not strain.

mixed feelings

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical PC Gaming Keyboard– Cherry MX Blue (RZ03-00381900-R3U1)
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical PC Gaming Keyboard– Cherry MX Blue (RZ03-00381900-R3U1)

Pros: Heavy - won't skooch around when you bang on it bright lights programmable keys macro recording options are cool very tactile

Cons: I can't touch type, so I buy illuminated keyboards. On this one, the symbols "!@#$%^&*()_+|}{:"<>?" and "FN" are NOT illuminated - what's the point of illumination??? bad font on the keys The vertical orientation of keys with 2 symbols ( e.g. : and ; ) is BACKWARDS - the shifted symbol is on the bottom and the unshifted symbol is on top. The SW has to be downloaded - you have to create an account and then hunt for it on the web site. SW won't intall on WIN2K8R2-x64 - (it says my OS is "insufficient") unless you dumb it down with "Tropubleshoot Compatibility" to look like WinXP-32-bit. On Win7 Ult. the installer crashed a couple of times before flying right.

Overall Review: I wouldn't have given it more than 3 eggs if I hadn't had an equal amount of disappointment with other keyboards. I think I'll keep it anyhow, for the pros. Why does everyone who sells expensive keyboards think they have to re-invent the layout???

Missing 12V Connector

KINGWIN LZP-850 850 W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
KINGWIN LZP-850 850 W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91, modular, Platinum

Cons: It says :Connectors... "2 x 8 pin +12V Power Connector". Not true. It has only 1 "4+4" 12 V Connector. I had to take a 6-pin PCI-E connector, turn it around backwards and jam it in to the 2nd 8-pin 12 V connector on my server motherboard. The modular cable wires are all black - not color coded.

Overall Review: I'll buy a different power supply next time.