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Ralph C.

Ralph C.

Joined on 04/23/01

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Most Favorable Review

Good case!!

COUGAR Evolution Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Dual 12cm COUGAR TURBINE HYPER-SPIN Bearing Silent Fans, 2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0
COUGAR Evolution Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Dual 12cm COUGAR TURBINE HYPER-SPIN Bearing Silent Fans, 2 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

Pros: Plenty of room and accommodates up to 6 fans for good air flow. Cable management is perfect and I love the docking station on top. Case feels sturdy the mesh on front grille looks good. Fan controller works great and will flash when at the limits.

Cons: A pain to remove top panel with fans attached as you have tabs to push and one is behind the fan. I have a tall heatsink with dual fans and this also makes it a little harder. Wold be nice if the owners manual would give you part numbers for accessories that are optional but not included. As I wold like to have some drive bay adapters

11/24/2011
Most Critical Review

15 days out of warranty charge port went bad and fried a usb cable

KINGWIN KW-HUB-7U3 7 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hub ( 4 x USB3.0 Port +3 Port IQ smart Charging)
KINGWIN KW-HUB-7U3 7 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hub ( 4 x USB3.0 Port +3 Port IQ smart Charging)

Pros: Like having more usb3 ports and smart charging ports.Works great except for the one charging port that literally fried (smoke and all) a usb cable that was plugged in it but not being used. Luckily I was at the PC and out of corner of my eye saw end of cable glowing red and smoking...Now guess it could of been cable but voltage is anywhere from 2.3 to 5.6 volts.Now all the other ports still works great so not a total loss.

Cons: Like stated one charging port is bad after 1 year and13 days out of warranty. Also noticed the port that is bad is the bottom port and the device is slightly warm in that area and dont know if it was like this before and this is with nothing plugged into it.

Overall Review: I would still recommend it as mine could be a fluke and all the other charge ports are reporting a steady voltage of 5.05 and the usb3 ports works great.

10/25/2015

Still ging after almost 7 years!

PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 600 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ600MXSP)
PC Power & Cooling ModXStream Pro Series 600 Watt 80+ Semi-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ600MXSP)

Pros: Just came here to see how long people has theirs last and I'm seeing a lot of 3-4 years with some 6+ thrown in.Mine ..well my wife, hers is almost at 7 years and its still going strong although had issue with a vid card but now wondering if maybe its the powers supply showing its age? Although paid like 49 dollars for it I cannot complain.

Cons: none

slow and lasted 3 days shy of a year and

PQI U273V 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive 627V-032GR3XXX
PQI U273V 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive 627V-032GR3XXX

Pros: cheap

Cons: lasted 3 days shy of a year.Contacting their RMA dept. now.

1st one DOA 2nd is perfect!!

SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Quiet, plenty of power and cables. Running in my newly built system consisting of motherboard Z68A-GD65 (G3), cpu i5 2500k, video is Galaxy gtx480, 1 hard drive and 1 dvdrw drive and 6 case fans. No problems at all but not pulling a lot but once my ssd comes in and my BR burner gets installed should start pulling more of a load.

Cons: Just that first one was doa and I had to pay shipping back.....

11/24/2011
Palit NE5X460SF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Sonic 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Palit NE5X460SF1102 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Sonic 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Have not installed yet but wanting to clear up and maybe help those that have made the comments about the Sonic ones not having a bios update to help the noisy fan and the heat issue. The Bios update for the Sonic Platinum is also for the Sonic version. http://www.palit.biz/main/faq_show.php?pc_cate=vga&id=161

Cons: none yet