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Dylan H.

Dylan H.

Joined on 11/12/10

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Most Favorable Review

Biostar TZ77B

BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
BIOSTAR TZ77B LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I'll just say first that I love this motherboard. For the price and what you get--it's an amazing product. The driver CDs it comes with are super helpful and the BIOS is a little more than the average user needs but it's super useful. Anyway, this board has everything placed conveniently and has ports and headers for everything I need. In addition to having two USB 3.0 ports built in, it has an additional header for more ports which I'm not currently using but might in the future. It also has a SPDIF out header which finding a bracket for was nearly impossible to find but now I have an optical audio out which I love. The motherboard also stood up to a rail failure in my power supply. I was so scared it got fried but it and all my attached components were fine. Whether or not that was due to built-in fail safes in the PSU or not, this motherboard is a trooper. I don't think I'll ever need to upgrade it and I'm confident in its longevity.

Cons: Biostar's tech support is kind of awful. During my aforementioned power supply failure I sent a bunch of questions to their techies and the only response I got was a link to their RMA request page. Didn't inspire much confidence.

11/11/2012
Most Critical Review

Rosewill Lightning 800

Rosewill LIGHTNING-800 - 800-Watt Modular, Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 122 Deg. F (50C), 80 PLUS Gold, ATX 12V v2.31 & EPS 12V v2.92, Intel Haswell, SLI & CrossFire Ready
Rosewill LIGHTNING-800 - 800-Watt Modular, Active PFC Power Supply - Continuous @ 122 Deg. F (50C), 80 PLUS Gold, ATX 12V v2.31 & EPS 12V v2.92, Intel Haswell, SLI & CrossFire Ready

Pros: LED is cool, power supply supplies power, modular design, comes with case for extra cables.

Cons: Bought this PSU in June and it failed in early October. RMA process has taken about a week and a half but I'm getting a new one so let's see what happens. It's a solid PSU but I shouldn't have to take advantage of my 5-year warranty every 4 months. Let's hope this next one lasts longer.

Overall Review: I've heard Corsair PSUs are better but I bought this one for it's 80 Plus rating and the power it delivers. If the next unit lasts longer it'll get the 5 eggs I think it deserves.

10/24/2012

Rosewill Dock

Rosewill RX-DU101 Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 Docking Station
Rosewill RX-DU101 Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA USB 2.0 Docking Station

Pros: Works. Does what I expected.

Cons: The first unit I received was broken--I noticed there was some crucial components rattling around in the unit even before I opened the box. RMA'd it and got a new one which actually works. It was the second Rosewill product that had failed on me in a two-week period which I wasn't pleased about. The product gets 4 eggs for doing what I expected and Rosewill's tech support being quick on the draw for sending me a new one.

11/16/2012

Rosewill Blue 120mm fans

Rosewill RFA-120-BL - 120mm Computer Case Cooling Fan with LP4 Adapter - Blue Frame & 4 Blue LED Lights, Sleeve Bearing, Silent Case Fan
Rosewill RFA-120-BL - 120mm Computer Case Cooling Fan with LP4 Adapter - Blue Frame & 4 Blue LED Lights, Sleeve Bearing, Silent Case Fan

Pros: Great fans. They move air. Good color. Solid purchase.

Cons: When I first got them they were quite quiet but I flipped one of them around and now they whine so it's probably how they're mounted in my case. Just thought I'd mention that.

11/11/2012

WD refurb 40gb

WD Caviar WD400BD 40GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar WD400BD 40GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Held information while it lasted.

Cons: This review probably doesn't mean anything but I bought this as my "operating system drive" so any stupid stuff that happened to my other drives would stay on my other drives. Well this one crashed after about 3 months and was unable to be fixed. So much for refurbished. It gets 2 eggs just because it held information for a little while and I didn't pay that much for it.

11/11/2012

WD 1TB black

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Works. Hasn't failed. Holds information.

Cons: I'm not 100% confident in WD drives anymore now that one of mine failed (the most important one of course) so I'm constantly backing this one up.

11/11/2012