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Simon C.

Simon C.

Joined on 06/29/08

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ZALMAN CNPS8000A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
ZALMAN CNPS8000A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Pros: Fits in slim/low profile computer with no problem, doesnt seem to be moving alot of air but have yet to use it to its full power. It very quiet so that a plus.

Cons: It doesnt have a pwm connection on it, instead it comes with a fan controller that you put on the side of your computer to control the speed.

Overall Review: Another product that doesnt like to give full details... but anyways LxWxH = 108mm x 108mm x 66mm Only a 3 pin (MB) connector

Most Critical Review

It works

WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: - 1TB - 32 MB cache - Sata III

Cons: Ordered two and one of them was DOA, had to get it RMA to WD. Would have been nice if WD had covered the cost of shipping

Overall Review: Funny to buy two new hard drive to get one RMA'ed and get a refurisbed one plus addition shipping cost just to send it out for RMA

Not really useful

APRICORN ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA Adapter
APRICORN ASW-USB3-25 USB3.0 to SATA Adapter

Pros: It is bootable, allow you to transfer files to another hard drive. Gave me an excuse to move my hdd from single to raid?

Cons: Dont use this on your main boot drive as it will destory the boot parition and render your hard drive unbootable. i was lucky as i did a test run on a spare hard drive or I would have been really annoyed. Again beware as it can or will destory your boot drive and you will need to reinstall the OS again.

Overall Review: I would not recommend this at all, maybe as a sata to usb connector but the software is completely useless, No point in cloneing your drive if it destory both the clone and main drive.

Does it pretty good job.

Cooler Master NotePal U3 - Laptop Cooling Pad with Three 80 mm Configurable Fans
Cooler Master NotePal U3 - Laptop Cooling Pad with Three 80 mm Configurable Fans

Pros: The Cooler Master Notepal does a pretty good job in terms of keeping the computer temperature down. Before the notepal, my computer cpu tempeature would hoover around 40 ~ 45 degrees on idle and 60~ on load or in a game and the GPU would be around 70'c on idle. But with the notepal, placing the fan at the location of the laptop fan to help support with air flow, brought tempeatures of my cpu on idle to 36'c~37'c and 50'c ~ 53'c in game. It seem to stay on the cooler just fine as I have it hooked up to a external monitor so i dont really touch the computer. The foot of the computer are stopping it from sliding off and it does seem like a perfect fit beside the side giving extra slack. Noise isnt too bad, at least not as bad as the one in the laptop. Air flow is not bad. The air flow in my laptop flow from the bottom out to the back so the notepal fan blowing up to the laptop helps alot.

Cons: The 3 fan pretty much sents air through all the opening on the bottom of the computer. Air flow does a good job but could be better. The strap is pretty much useless as i dont plan to tug this around. My only issue is that the port I am using it for gets in the way of my HDMI cable that was plug in. Wiring on this could be alittle longer has I barely got it in to the location that I want it. IF this was a 17" computer, I would have problems due to the length of the wire.

Overall Review: Air flow is good enough in my opinion as it keep temp down. Honestly I would recommend this to any 15" laptop as 17" laptop might have some problems due to the length of the wires. Computer specs: Alienware m15x Gaming Laptop Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme x9000 2.8 GHz Nvidia 9800M GT 512MB 4GB RAM 500GB HDD

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Patriot G Series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGV34G1333ELK
Patriot G Series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGV34G1333ELK

Pros: I love these RAM, they sorced a 7.6 on windows Experince Index

Cons: None - Heat spreader are a bit high so you might want to put that in to consdering when you buy a CPU fan as it might conflict with each other.

Overall Review: Got them when they were on sale plus rebate but they work great

Love it

KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000 W ATX / BTX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000 W ATX / BTX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: - 1000 W power supply - Modular - Blue Led

Cons: - Not everything is modular - lenght of the cable from the one power is just alittle too short

Overall Review: Would be nice if everything was modular beside the 24 pin connector for the motherboard, had some extra cable that I dont plan to use hidden somewhere in my case just so they dont get in the way of air flow. Going to be alittle hard due to some of the lenght of the cable for a full size tower as I have a cable running across the case for the addition power for cpu. Build: i7-970 with stock cooler 160 GB Samsung SSD + 1TB WD Black Caviar 32MB Sata 3 Kingwin Mach 1000W Galaxy Nvidia GTX 580 16GB DDR3 1600 G. Skill RAM