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Allan D.

Allan D.

Joined on 08/27/11

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Most Favorable Review

A bit cheap, but good enough.

AZZA CSAZ-8000B Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case
AZZA CSAZ-8000B Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Stunning good looks, high flexibility (removable drive cage, three hidden SSD mounting spots), lambo doors (hinged front side panels for easy access to stuff), plenty of fan accommodation, plenty of cable management, plenty of places to hide stuff away from the window, good ventilation, solid enough, accommodates my giant heatsink (Dark Rock Pro 3) with ease. Since I don't like the fan controller for reasons listed in the Cons section, I left it unplugged. The pro here is that the fan controller buttons and LED are so unobtrusive, you don't notice the unused panel there unless you look for it. I always like the option to leave something unused without creating the appearance of a broken item.

Cons: Doesn't really contain noise, feels a bit cheap in places, power button likes to jam on one side, super ultra bright HDD LED that will haunt your dreams if you leave your PC on in the same room you sleep in (remedied by an object placed on top of it), built-in fan controller generates electronic noise in the included fans and the Silent Wings 2 fans I replaced them with. Did not experience this issue with my substitute fan controller. Case's own fan controller's molex power cable separated from normal handling. Good thing I'm not using it.

Overall Review: This case accommodates my build nicely and I don't see myself getting rid of it. Looks awesome and has plenty of room for all the expansion I can imagine myself doing. Would recommend.

Most Critical Review

Best of both worlds

MSI Digi@nywhere A/D Plus TV Tuner Card
MSI Digi@nywhere A/D Plus TV Tuner Card

Pros: Allows me to have TV reception and any video input to my computer. Super awesome. Includes a remote and IR sensor for mounting on the front of the computer.

Cons: The remote and/or sensor does not work!! Still figuring out if I had bad batteries in the remote, I've tried two sets. This might end up in an RMA. Knocking some eggs off for that.

Nice!

be quiet! SILENT WINGS 2 PWM 120mm max.1500RPM 50.5CFM 16.5dB(A) Cooling Fan
be quiet! SILENT WINGS 2 PWM 120mm max.1500RPM 50.5CFM 16.5dB(A) Cooling Fan

Pros: Super quiet and efficient fans!

Cons: Cables could stand to be longer.

Overall Review: Definitely going to be using these wherever possible.

Awesome.

be quiet! DARK ROCK PRO 3 Silentwings CPU Cooler 250W TDP - BK019
be quiet! DARK ROCK PRO 3 Silentwings CPU Cooler 250W TDP - BK019

Pros: Works flawlessly, still haven't heard the thing. And that's with both fans plugged into their own ports on the mainboard. No cooling issues whatsoever. Fits beautifully over my RAM, and in my case.

Cons: Installation was a huge pain due to a nut and bolt that didn't want to play nice with each other. Hope I don't have to take this thing off any time soon, because I don't know if re-installation will be possible without replacing that nut and/or bolt... and that's no ordinary bolt.

Not that quiet

be quiet! POWER ZONE 850W ATX 12V Fully Modular Power Supply Silentwings 135mm Fan
be quiet! POWER ZONE 850W ATX 12V Fully Modular Power Supply Silentwings 135mm Fan

Pros: Super neat full modular system with all the cables most people will ever need. Gimmicky but cool function to run case fans for three minutes after system shutdown. On/off switch so I don't have to unplug it to work on other parts of my PC. Looks good from the back of the case.

Cons: The fan is actually a little noisy, I'd say almost more noisy than other PSU fans. Wish they'd have used the bearing from their other Silent Wings fans in this (they used some other bearing that seems to make noise).

Overall Review: Would use again.

Fantastic WiFi card!

ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 Dual-Band Wireless PCI-E Adapter
ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 Dual-Band Wireless PCI-E Adapter

Pros: Good, fast adapter with cool antenna mounting options and flexibility. Reliable and good looking. Brings all the milkshakes to the yard, impresses techy friends ("that's a baller wifi card!"). 10/10 would buy again.

Cons: Antennas are large and I'm not that fond of the triangular external mounting thing. Would be nice to have a horizontal mounting thing that can stick to the back of the case and let the antennas point up, rather than the magnetic triangle.

Overall Review: May not compliment some color schemes.