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Richard S.

Richard S.

Joined on 12/29/08

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Most Favorable Review

4years+ strong

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Bought it 4/21/2012 still running -every time I open up the case to dust off it has virtually no dust on any of its components, the armor does a great job. -Easy to use and setup, for those new to overclocking or just lazy the presets are easy to use. -Looks sweet -the little fans under the armor create great airflow to sections that otherwise get very little.

Cons: -Fan control could use improvement. My CPU (heat-sink with duel fans) will warn it's not running fast enough when booting unless it's disabled so you can't use the warning system of a failed fan and have fans adjust to load. I feel the bios should know "hey fans are slow due to low temp, I better not pause boot up" -Preset profile for overclocking causes random BSOD, from gaming or just browsing. Might be other components, just have to tweak a bit.

Overall Review: It's a late review but time tested this mobo and it passed, going back I'd buy it again. I'm building a new system and would love to get the current generation except that the price is just a bit steep and no good combo's.

Most Critical Review

Screeen fail

Dell Venue 8  - Intel Atom Z2580 Dual Core 2GB RAM 32GB Flash 8.0" Tablet Android 4.2, Black Color (Ven8-3333BLK)
Dell Venue 8 - Intel Atom Z2580 Dual Core 2GB RAM 32GB Flash 8.0" Tablet Android 4.2, Black Color (Ven8-3333BLK)

Pros: Fast, responsive, feels like a solid product.

Cons: The battery died, it didn't charge overnight. Tested with 2 known working chargers, different outlets, and car charger. Stayed at 0% battery and refused to power up. Finally get it to power on and the screen now has a bunch of lines in it on the right hand side (about an inch wide of lines) going vertical and a bunch on the bottom going diagonal (about .1.2 inches tall). I've bought it as a Christmas present and it breaks shortly after the 30 day return... not pleased

Overall Review: Also had issues with when skyping, sound was horrible and the video was worse than an iphone 4. Not sure if it was the tablet fault or settings though, I never actually did any troubleshooting and can't classify this as a con because of that.

Silent and effective

Corsair Hydro Series, H115i PRO RGB, 280mm. Dual 140mm ML PWM Fans, Advanced RGB Lighting & Fan Control w/ Software. Liquid CPU Cooler. CW-9060032-WW. Support: Intel LGA 1200, 2066, AMD AM4.
Corsair Hydro Series, H115i PRO RGB, 280mm. Dual 140mm ML PWM Fans, Advanced RGB Lighting & Fan Control w/ Software. Liquid CPU Cooler. CW-9060032-WW. Support: Intel LGA 1200, 2066, AMD AM4.

Pros: Very quiet so far kept my cpu cool on all games all loads. Not really pushed it very hard yet but no complaints.

Cons: I had to exchange the first one. The radiator was damaged, 6ish bends in the metal that could of been bent back but then there was a significant dent in the section water is in. My best guess is it was a return someone else dented or shipping dent and the dent lined up with where the cpu mount was packaged. I'd recommend Corsair add a better barrier between the radiator and cpu block even though the second one I received had an extra piece of cardboard the first didn't. Not sure if missed in original packaging or it was a return.

Overall Review: Product does what it says. The exchange was extremely painless, Newegg shipped a new one before even sending me a return invoice for the damaged one. It was my first experience with a return and I didn't even have to leave the house, UPS showed up and said i had something for them. Would buy again.