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michael f.

michael f.

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Updated review - Arctic OWNES!

ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Standard Low Noise PWM Controlled Case Fan with PST Feature
ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Standard Low Noise PWM Controlled Case Fan with PST Feature

Pros: Extremely quiet fans, beautiful looking, I'm now a dedicated Arctic "fan", pardon the pun. I have revamped my fan configuration since I reviewed this fan in May '10: I now have 6 of these as intake fans, 4 in the side panel, one in front and one in the rear, and moved the 2 Sharkoons up to the exhaust stack. This makes an extremely effective positive-pressure cooling solution, and provides so much air I can run these fans at 6v, and at that voltage, they are silent, with temps in the 28 - 30 deg C range, high 30's under load, low 40's overclocked & under load. Of course, I have to give some of the credit to the Titan Fenrir S.E. Heatpipe and Arctic Cooling Accelero GTX 280 Pro coolers. With that said, these fans are hard to beat, and I have tested them all. The Noctua P12's are also really great, but at $25 a pop. The Arctic is $10 and just as quiet, just as powerful as the P12, and WAY better looking (whats with that Noctua brown color, anyway? They look like "the sticky hit the fan

Cons: The only way to make them better would be to give them away free. If you're doing a "Theme" build, and looks & LED's are your priority, these may not be for you. These have no LED's, no UV-reactive blades or frame, but the white blades do look awesome in a black case. White & black go with a lot of things, like black powdercoat, or a Corsair Graphite white case, unlike the Noctua's brown color. If, however, you're rich, and doing a "Toilet" theme, then maybe the Noctua is for you!

Overall Review: My case has 6 of these, and the Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 Pro vga coolers (x 2) have 3 x 92mm Arctic fans. Thats 12 Arctic fans in this case, plus the 2 sharkoons for exhaust and 1 Scythe on the Titan Fenrir S.E. cpu cooler. Add in the Corsair 950TX's single 140mm fan, and that's 16 fans in the case. Results? Near silent operation, no need to run the fans above 6v unless overclocking to the extreme, temps that are ridiculously low, like 28 deg C., GPU temps in the 30's. plus, I have some money left that I wouldn't if I put in 6 Noctua P12's. I've tested (db, cfm, start/stall voltages) a large cross section of the available 120mm fans, over 100 models. These are the best performing, best looking, and quietest fans, for the money, that I have found. InWin Maelstrom case Gigabyte G1.Assassin EVGA GTX 260 x 2 6 GB Kingston RAM Titan Fenrir Special Edition Thermaltake X-Controller (running the arctic fans) OCZ Vertex2 120GB SSD (OS) Seagate 1TB HDD (storage)

Most Critical Review

OCZ - NEVER AGAIN - is zero stars an option?

OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD3-2VTX120G
OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD3-2VTX120G

Pros: Makes a really classy paperweight.

Cons: The drive worked OK for a while, then the problems. Oh, the problems. The drive became unstable and an attempt to reformat hit a snag. In performing a secure-erase prior to install, there were errors about the drive being frozen. I finally got past the error by booting with the SSD connected, then disconnecting the SATA POWER cable to the SSD for a few minutes without turning off the pc, and then reconnecting the power. If you have hot-swap, you can just boot with the SSD disconnected, then connect the SSD via your hot swap bay without turning off the PC.

Overall Review: Don't expect any meaningful support from OCZ. They go through the motions, but then it's deny, deny, deny any problem exists. If they do break down and issue an RMA, they will just send it back without fixing it or replacing it. THE WORST SUPPORT I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. I would point out a contrasting situation: My Seagate drive had a problem, and their website analyzed the drive online, in real-time, and issued an RMA on the spot. Plus, they didn't even wait to receive the broken drive, they immediately cross-shipped another drive which I had installed 48 hours later. Now, THAT'S SUPPORT! These OCZ drives are cheap, but you're wasting your money. Buy Intel, Corsair, something from a REPUTABLE company, but DO NOT BUY OCZ ANYTHING.

Great case, Price you can't argue with

Rosewill ZIRCON I ATX Mid Tower Gaming PC Computer Case with RGB Fan & LED Light Strips, 240mm AIO Support, Bottom Mount PSU & HDD/SSD, Tempered Glass & Black Steel
Rosewill ZIRCON I ATX Mid Tower Gaming PC Computer Case with RGB Fan & LED Light Strips, 240mm AIO Support, Bottom Mount PSU & HDD/SSD, Tempered Glass & Black Steel

Pros: Beautiful. Went together well, easy cable management. The glass panel is particularly sweet, and the argb strips are cra-cra! Having the Power button and USBs on top was an absolute requirement, and this Zircon delivers.

Cons: The glass panel standoffs can unscrew when removing the panel, so be mindful they don't get lost. Newegg required a signature for this, maybe 'cuz of the glass panel, i dunno, but it took a few extra days to get it in my hands. The included fans might work for some, but i got a 3-pack of Arctic RGB fans, 2 up top and 1 in the rear, and 2 standard Arctics in front, worked out perfect.

Overall Review: Really nice case, the client was impressed. I never understood why case mfg's always put a filter on top, covering the exhaust fans. It's not just Rosewill, even Corsair does it. As with any case sporting fans at the top of the case, it's real, real easy to spill liquids in there, right onto the Graphics card power cables, and prob. get on some or all of the memory dimms. Therefore, the top of this case is not someplace to put a glass of any liquid.

This board, ans Asus BIOS are useless

ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WiFi 6, LGA 1200 (Intel 11th/10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 3 x M.2/NVMe SSD, 14+2 Power Stages, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Front Panel Type-C, 2.5Gb LAN, Thunderbolt 4 Support, Aura RGB Lighting)
ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WiFi 6, LGA 1200 (Intel 11th/10th Gen) ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, 3 x M.2/NVMe SSD, 14+2 Power Stages, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Front Panel Type-C, 2.5Gb LAN, Thunderbolt 4 Support, Aura RGB Lighting)

Pros: none

Cons: Finally got it to boot to the USB, but when windows setup appears, all the USB's go dead, Mouse light goes out, keyboard also, can't even use mouse keys. WATS WITH IT asus?

Overall Review: while ASUS is busy praying to the DIETIES of UEFI, THE REST OF US DON'T NEED OR WANT UEFI, ASUS. How about NOT making uefi the default, and LET USA INSTALL FREEKIN WINDOWS. I tried contacting asus support, might as well be asking for the POTUS.

Simply The BEST

ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for all processors (CPU, GPU - PC, PS4, XBOX), very high thermal conductivity, long durability, safe application, non-conductive, non-capacitive
ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for all processors (CPU, GPU - PC, PS4, XBOX), very high thermal conductivity, long durability, safe application, non-conductive, non-capacitive

Pros: The Arctic MX4 is the best, and I've used them all. I've used expensive phase transfer medium, diamond-based medium, silver, you name it. CPU is running at 23 deg C right now.

Cons: No cons

Overall Review: Very easy to use and extremely effective. Forget the liquid metal stuff, pads and diamond pastes. Nothing better that MX4.

Excellent Memory

G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS
G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS

Pros: Fast memory, what else is there to say.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I wasn't looking for RGB or anything extravagant, so this is perfect

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  • 5

Outstanding Vendor

They made sure the Motherboard was the right one. It arrived WELL Packed, in Like-New condition, and it works PERFECTLY. Choosing DoDo DIY was a Great decision.

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10/29/2020

Excellent buy

Works great!

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Fraudulent seller

SCAMMER obviously just trying to scam buyers for the restocking fee and return shipping. I WILL NOT PAY EITHER. Instead of issuing a return shipping label, just cancel the order, since it NEVER SHIPPED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I ordered a replacement directly from Newegg, since you can't seem to locate one in your vast inventory of non-existent items.

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