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Giv R.

Giv R.

Joined on 12/09/13

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Most Favorable Review

Works great.

CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 280mm (CW-9060014-WW)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 280mm (CW-9060014-WW)

Pros: Keeps my i7 5930K at stock speed of 3.5 GHZ at 26C-27C and during benchmarking with the CPU runing full load at 3.7 GHz it never got above 40C.

Cons: The one complaint I had was the mounting screws were to short to reach the Radiator when I set this up in a Corsair 450D case running a pull configuration. I had to remove the rubber grommets on the top of the case in order to mount it.

Most Critical Review

Update to 02/01 review

ASRock X99 Professional LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock X99 Professional LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: My system finally runs at expected STABLE settings considering this is a high end motherboard.

Cons: I had to send in two support tickets to get one response, Support for ASRock is not on par with other mainstream companies. No published support phone numbers. I see where other manufacturers put out consistent BIOS updates which should be expected when it comes to newer tech like X99 however ASRock seems to be severely lacking in this department.

Overall Review: Bios update to 1.50 cleared up the memory issue and I can now run my memory at 2400 MHz.. To OC the CPU I had to run the F-Stream app and use the tuning wizard and now my CPU is OC'd at 4.2 GHz. I'm still searching for exactly what value the tuning wizard changed to make the OC stable from the settings I tried. You can attempt to update the BIOS over the internet in the UEFI, BUT the system only tries to use the Killer NIC and not the Intel NIC or any wireless cards you may have installed. This of course is not a big issue but its just what I would consider a simple overlooked detail that someone should have noticed and added a simple fix to when trying to update over the internet and check for any available internet connection not just one of your two NIC's. The BIOS update while in Windows also does not work properly, it never installs the update. To be Fair if I bought this board and had no intention to OC anything and never tried I would be absolutely thrilled to have it. But if I was an OCer, I would avoid this board since it seems that its major issues are that the BIOS is no where near mature and again the support is dismal.

Nice mid range case

Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case

Pros: Good space for cooling and looks good from the outside which is the most important thing you want in YOUR case. You can move the HDD tray and attach it to the 5.25" drive bay cage up top if you want to add a Radiator or fans to the bottom of the case to draw in cool air. The filters over all the intake locations are nice, they fit into place really well with the attached magnets so there is very little if any chance of dust bypassing the filters. Space for up to four radiators all at once.

Cons: I got the Corsair H110 Extreme CLC (280mm) and installed the fans in a pull configuration blowing out of the top of the case. The drawback to this was that I had to take the mother board out and the rubber grommets in order to get it into place and for the screws to reach the radiator to hold it into place. This isn't exactly the fault of the case but with matching Corsair components you would think there would be absolutely no fitting issues. A lot of cable management room behind the motherboard tray but it would have been nice to have more cable management tie locations. Only three trays for HDD's which is only a problem if you want more than 3 drives for RAID configuration and backup drives. I cant imagine it would add that much more cost to have an additional cage or a larger one for more drives. The two 2.5" SSD/HDD on the back of the motherboard tray help though. The case does feel somewhat light but it is sturdy with all the panels attached. I've yet to see a motherboard with twelve fan connectors on the board so at least a five port fan hub would be nice since you can have potentially 4 radiators fit all at once in this case (1x 360 mm 2x 240 mm and 1x 120 mm) but that would bring you up to needing at least twelve 3 or 4 pin fan connectors for the fans and pumps on your board unless you had a custom WC set up and ran everything off one pump and only needed the fan connectors on the board for fans.

Overall Review: Overall a great case for the price.

Works as intended

SAPPHIRE 100924 Active DisplayPort to DVI-I Adapter
SAPPHIRE 100924 Active DisplayPort to DVI-I Adapter

Pros: Works as intended.

Cons: none

Overall Review: locks nicely into display port to keep it from falling out of video card and unplugs easily with minimal pressure to release clip.

12/26/2013

Works

Rosewill 6ft. DVI-D (24+1) Male to DVI-D (24+1) Male Digital Dual Link Cable, Model RCW-401
Rosewill 6ft. DVI-D (24+1) Male to DVI-D (24+1) Male Digital Dual Link Cable, Model RCW-401

Pros: Works as intended.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Very beefy cable, thicker than standard cables.

12/26/2013

Nice PS

CORSAIR AX Series AX760 760W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Haswell Ready Full Modular ATX12V & EPS12V SLI and Crossfire Ready Power Supply
CORSAIR AX Series AX760 760W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Haswell Ready Full Modular ATX12V & EPS12V SLI and Crossfire Ready Power Supply

Pros: Does what its suppose to do and very stable.

Cons: Cables are almost to short for a large case to hide them for a clean look and the sheathing on the cables is really stiff.

12/24/2013