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Jason B.

Jason B.

Joined on 05/10/03

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Product Reviews
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  • 4
Most Favorable Review

works, extremely loud

SPARKLE FSP300-60ATV 300 W ATX Power Supply
SPARKLE FSP300-60ATV 300 W ATX Power Supply

Pros: It provides power. Enough connectors to get the job done on an older PC.

Cons: It's extremely loud. The loudest PSU I've ever owned. Easy to single out in room with a full tower running 6 PATA drives, 3x8cm and 1x12cm fans! For a few dollars more I could've gotten an 80Plus PSU that would probably have been quieter. No SATA connectors.

Most Critical Review

great at time, died after 2 yrs

COOLMAX CX-400B 400 W ATX v2.01 Power Supply
COOLMAX CX-400B 400 W ATX v2.01 Power Supply

Pros: Plenty of cables for a socket 754 board. Seemed to run fine for ages. It seemed to run a bit hot.

Cons: Died after 2 years. Began resisting the initial power-on. Eventually died while running and took my 6600GT with it. I don't think it was a surge.

Overall Review: My CX-350 recently died, too, which I bought a year earlier. It did not take any hardware with it. Buying all other brand PSUs these days. Buying an inexpensive PSU is _not_ worth it. I spent easily the $50 I saved not getting a $100 PSU on replacing parts on the failed box to see what was causing it to BSoD; and that was after replacing the dead PSU! 100% stable before the CoolMax died.

Looks impressive, but came without parts

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes

Pros: Looks impressive.

Cons: Didn't ship with the 4 nuts required to mount it.

Overall Review: From the positive reviews I'm disappointed I wasn't able to install it.

12/12/2015

Won't secure to Asus P8 H61-MLE

Rosewill RCX-Z300 - 92mm CPU Cooler Fan - Ball Bearing
Rosewill RCX-Z300 - 92mm CPU Cooler Fan - Ball Bearing

Pros: None.

Cons: Cheap plastic pins do not secure to an Asus P8 H61-MLE, rendering the heat sink completely worthless for its advertised purpose.

Overall Review: Skip it. It's useless.