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Robert B.

Robert B.

Joined on 08/30/06

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Case

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Very easy case to install components into. Plenty of room, well laid out and a tooless design. The tooless PCIe slots held my 7600GT tightly with barely any wiggle room. Fans are fairly quite (makes less noise than the stock E6400 HSF) and there is a spot for a front 120mm fan to cool the HDDs if you want

Cons: The removable front covers for the drivebays are well forward of where your drives will probably sit which leaves an unsighlty gap between my ROM drive and the drive bay cover below it. Not a huge deal since the front has a cover panel

Overall Review: One of the best cases for the price out there. Very happy with the case even if Newegg shipped me the wrong color

Excellent Air Purifier

Honeywell 17000 True HEPA Allergen Remover
Honeywell 17000 True HEPA Allergen Remover

Pros: -Great reduction is allergy symptoms -Fairly light weight -Cleanable filters (Both can be lightly vacuumed if you are careful although the pre-filter still needs to be replaced after a couple of vacuums -Quiet on low (The Low setting is quieter than our box fan on low. Medium and High on both are about the same)

Cons: -LED is a bit bright. You'll want to point it away from you if using this in a bedroom.

Overall Review: My allergies have been horrible this year. The standard medications didn't seem to be keeping up and I would often wake up because I was having a hard time breathing (nose completely plugged). I also can't use most nasal sprays as I am susceptible to nose bleeds. I have also been having issues with red, puffy eyes due to allergies I bought this because other people had reported that it alleviated their allergy problems and I am very glad I did. After 2 weeks I am sleeping much better and actually feel rested when I wake up (My sleep must have been worse than I realized). My nose is almost completely unclogged and I wake up when my body wants to - not when it's fighting for air. Our master bedroom is 18'x14'. We ran it on high for a couple of hours the first day and since then leaving it on low seems sufficient - except when we have the windows open and the box fan going to cool our room. Then I noticed I am slightly stuffier (still much better than b4)if we don't change it to me

Excellent Power Supply

Antec Neo Power 500 500 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Antec Neo Power 500 500 W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Very quite PSU, Provides the power I need, Modular Cabling, 3 12V rails. Overall I am very happy with this purchase

Cons: Modular cables only come in 1 length. This means that the cables going to my ROM drives (which are about 2 inches away from the PSU) are the same length as the cables leading to the HDDs (which are on the far corner of the case). This leads an increased need for cable management - however there was still less of that required than with my non-modular PSU

Overall Review: My concern why purchasing this PSU was heat generation - howver the fan keeps this unit very cool for my system (subjective statement but the air blowing from the unit is about room temeprature ~76F): E6400 @ 3.1 Ghz 1GB Corsair Ram 7600GT OC from BFG 2 DVD R/RW drives 3 HDDs 3 PCI cards