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Shawn C.

Shawn C.

Joined on 06/23/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great case!

Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0 Ports
Cooler Master HAF X - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with Windowed Side Panel and USB 3.0 Ports

Pros: Absolutely love this case! Makes cable management a breeze. No visible cables from the side window. I also love that it has dusk screens on the intake fans so it keeps the inside cleaner than other cases, although after a year I did go ahead and air dust the inside. Wasn't bad though! I also upgraded all of the other fans to red LED fans since only the front and side had red LEDs. It's a bit heavy, but the casters make it easy to roll around. Love that screws are not needed for any of the drives making them easy to install and change. One thing I did not like was that the cables for the power/front USB/audio are in the way if you want to add a second fan on the top. I bought one because there's a spot for it, but could not put the top back on due to the cables being in the way. Otherwise, love the case! It's big, looks great, keep everything cool, and has lots of features such as the hot swap-able drives in the front (although I do not use these).

Cons: The one con I have, as mentioned above, is that you can't install a second fan on top. Other than that, to hide my cables I ran them all behind the back plane, which made things a bit crowded back there but not really a big deal. Otherwise love the case!

Overall Review: For any cables that are visible or partially exposed, I purchased black nylon jackets that hide them well. The case also makes it easy to run everything behind the back plane although it becomes a bit crowded back there. But no one can see it!

Most Critical Review
Rosewill  RC-203 SATA to IDE Mini Vertical Bridge (for SATA device)
Rosewill RC-203 SATA to IDE Mini Vertical Bridge (for SATA device)

Pros: It worked great for the price at first, but i guess you get what you pay for.

Cons: It broke about 2 months into use. It is also very loose fitting on the hard drive. Like i said above, you get what you pay for.

Dead on Arrival!

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BPVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I have always trusted Western Digital and had good luck with them. When they work, they work well for the price.

Cons: This is the SECOND western digital hard drive that I've purchased in the last month that has been dead on arrival! The first one was a 1TB desktop drive, this one was a 320GB laptop drive. The first one would spin up and allow reading and writing, but once windows was installed, would say missing or corrupt files. Replaced it and had no problems. This one, which I purchased to replace a crashed laptop hard drive, won't even spin up! As soon as it tries, it makes some ugly noises and tries again over and over with no success. Very disappointed! This is the THIRD western digital hard drive I've owned that's been bad in the last year! Second one to be DOA within the last month. Currently, the failure rate is one out of 3 to 4! (so far 3 out of 8 have failed or been bad within the last year for me) That's not good in my opinion. I don't know if this issue lies with newegg's shipping method, or western digital, but it is causing me a lot of wasted time and money waiting for replacements!

Great mobo!

ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: So far this motherboard has been working great! I've owned it for over a year and have not had any issues. I love the features it gives for over clocking and diagnosing hard ware issues, although I have not had any.

Cons: None so far.

Good most of the time

WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I purchased 4 of these drives for my last desktop project over a year ago. Over all I have been happy with them, however one of them already gone bad and had to be replaced. But, I think it was just a fluke. The rest of them and the replacement have not had any problems. I have things set up in RAID configs so no data was lost.

Cons: One of my drives went out after only a year, but the rest of them have been working great.

You get what you pay for

Broadway Com Corp OKIA-BLACK-600 600 W ATX 12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Broadway Com Corp OKIA-BLACK-600 600 W ATX 12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Well, you get what you pay for. Or in this case, you don't. Great price if it worked. But it didn't.

Cons: Didn't work out of the box. Installed it in a new build, green light on mother board indicated that it was ready, but when the power button was pressed, nothing. Tried my old power supply on same system, worked. So after process of elimination, it is the power supply that is bad.