cover
Joseph C.

Joseph C.

Joined on 02/18/11

1
0

100%
Top 1000 Reviewer
100%
100 Reviews
Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 112
Most Favorable Review

Fast ram at a decent price that isnt flashy it just works

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2C3000C16
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2C3000C16

Pros: Been using corsair ram since ram was the only thing you knew corsair made. This set of ram looks good without flashy rgbs and maintains a low profile for any system you could use it in. Low profile aluminum heatspeaders keep these cool Fast clocks out of the box, fast enough to not warrant overclocking but they are capable of doing so 16gb in my mind is the new standard of memory capacity, 8gb just isn't enough XMP profiles make it simple to overclock and get a little bit more out of them Lifetime warranty is peace of mind

Cons: None about the product itself, just about memory prices in general. They are a bit high i miss the days of 40 dollars for 8gb or 80 for 16gb(give or take a few dollars and sales)

Overall Review: Most ram these days include lifetime warranty, but you also get what you pay for. These ram look and feel high end and overclocking ram doesn't give nearly the same results as overclocking say your cpu or gpu, but there is results to be had i guess. 3000mhz out of the box is fairly high and while there is room for overclocking it's not really needed unless you were absolutely strapped to get every last performance out of your system. Ryzen compatibility has been a struggle since release just make sure your bios is updated and you should be fine.

Most Critical Review

R9 270x

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card GV-R927XOC-2GD
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card GV-R927XOC-2GD

Pros: Mid range beautifully priced gpu. Has the ability to play just about everything you could ask it to. All the features that AMD has to offer minus the new stuff with the 290/290x

Cons: Drivers. I know AMD fanboys all say the drivers improved over the years but at launch they're still just as bad as before. Getting less frames than my gtx 550ti in WoW, HoN, Ac4, bf4 etc. drivers really sucked which is why i returned the card.

Overall Review: I suppose drivers might have fixed the majority of the issues i've had but i couldn't wait that long at launch for the drivers to come out. It's a 7870xt re brand, or as close to one as it will ever get. No reason to have bad performance at launch due to drivers. I'd buy this again for other builds and hope issues are fixed. It's still hypothetically one of the best price/performance ratios and especially so with mantle doing all sorts of magic with bf4 already.

Quiet cool and fast

Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s CMR 3.5" Internal HDD for RAID Network Attached Storage ST8000VN0022
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s CMR 3.5" Internal HDD for RAID Network Attached Storage ST8000VN0022

Pros: - Fast sustained data rates for a mechanical drive - designed for 24/7 use - software is great - Respectable meantime before failure and workload rate - Doesn't run hot

Cons: not bundled with the data recovery service like the pro which could come in handy someday

Overall Review: Put this in alongside my 14tb ironwolf pro for my home nas and so far so good. 8tb is a lot of storage and it's plenty fast. Backed up my first drive and still have room This drive doesn't have the chirp sound that my pro drive has when the heads get parked. But my nas isn't in the same room so i never hear it anyway. awesome drives for a basic nas or personal cloud storage, the software comes in handy for checking drive health and because its designed to be on all the time these are some really reliable drives.

Arguably the best ARGB fans out there

Corsair LL Series CO-9050092-WW LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO, White
Corsair LL Series CO-9050092-WW LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO, White

Pros: -ARGB with light loop -moves a pretty decent amount of air -Quiet under around 60% max rpm and vacuum cleaner at 85%+ -comes with node pro to control the lighting including the ability to add a second hub for a total of 12 fans off of one RGB controller Unarguably the best looking ARGB fans out on the market right now

Cons: The node pro only controls lighting of the fans, there is no fan controller for operating them and at this price point for 3 fans with a lighting controller, why not just add a fan controller as well. On the subject of adding stuff, why are the controller and the hub seperate? With all these extra wires and the 2 sata power plugs required to run these, cable management is a bit of a nightmare.

Overall Review: RGB lighting looks the best on white surfaces, which simply makes these fans the best ARGB fans out there. No one comes close to the premium quality of the fans themselves + icue which controls them is incredibly easy to use especially if you have a bunch of other corsair's quality peripherals. Cable management as i've said is tricky, and i don't understand why you can't combine the boxes and also have a built in fan controller especially if it's using 2 Sata power connectors. At least it's not molex connectors. I miss the physical buttons but with addressable RGB you can't really have a button and icue is actually not an issue to use at all.

Awesome storage for your nas

Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS Hard Drive 7200 RPM 256MB Cache CMR SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD ST14000NE0008
Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS Hard Drive 7200 RPM 256MB Cache CMR SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD ST14000NE0008

Pros: Huge capacity of 14 TERABYTES though only 13 usable Designed to be always on 24/7 2 year data recovery service and 5 year warranty All the stuff you expect from a quality hard drive

Cons: Drive clicks a lot when the heads are parked, not a huge issue just a little chirp.

Overall Review: Drive is about as fast as mechanical gets with extra durability as it's designed to run 24/7. Despite being ran all the time the drive runs cool and quiet for the most part except with the chirp but my NAS isn't in the same room as me so it's not that big of a deal Initially i had a lot of trouble getting this drive to work, disk management crashed on me while initializing the drive and i had to remove it and plug it into another computer and use seagates software to initialize it, after that it was plug and play. My drive does not get hot although i only use my nas to backup movies, games and a few folders for work but it's handy to have a lot of storage on a network because using usb drives can be a pain. These drives do indeed use an alternate pattern for screwholes but that's sort of been a thing for awhile now and gaining popularity. It has to do with drive capacity and needing more space where the middle screw is. Luckily there is 2 more screws on the end to use and i have not seen a hard drive cage not have those holes as long as it's made within this decade.

Great so far

Toshiba P300 2TB Desktop PC Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 inch - HDWD120UZSVA (BULK)
Toshiba P300 2TB Desktop PC Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64 MB Cache 3.5 inch - HDWD120UZSVA (BULK)

Pros: -Quiet -Big capactiy -Decent speeds -Affordable -64mb cache and 7200rpm pretty standard these days for a drive this size Supposedly has some shock absorption technology that prevents data loss if you drop the drive Does what it's supposed to do

Cons: None

Overall Review: Probably the cheapest and fastest 7200rpm drive for it's price One of the 3 realistic choices for drives at this price range and it beats them all out on performance. A quick crystal disk mark test read: 204 mb/s write 201 mb/s Overall a solid drive. Good size, extremely affordable. Hopefully reliable enough but time will tell.