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LOUIS C.

LOUIS C.

Joined on 08/07/04

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Most Favorable Review

Life Saver!

StarTech.com EPS8EXT 8 in. EPS 8 Pin Power Extension Cable Female to Male
StarTech.com EPS8EXT 8 in. EPS 8 Pin Power Extension Cable Female to Male

Pros: The cable works great.

Cons: Id rather it was just a black cable.

Most Critical Review

Doesn't Like Extreme 4?

SanDisk Extreme 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SDSSDX-240G-G25
SanDisk Extreme 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SDSSDX-240G-G25

Pros: This drive is fast.

Cons: Wouldn't work in Intel SATA ports on my Asrock Extreme 4 Z77 Mobo. I kept getting BSOD with 0x000000F4 error. After lots of unsuccessful attempts to fix this, I finally installed the Asmedia SATA 3 drivers and the drive worked in there, but slower - Which is why people prefer to use the Intel slots. Then I started getting program crashes followed by windows crashes. Tried to reformat and couldn't install Windows 7! Nothing worked. Secure erase didn't help. Clean all command in cmd prompt finally helped. Still couldn't use Intel ports, not even SATA 2 ports! Got windows installed but had corrupt files so I finally gave up after DAYS of trying. I tested everything... RAM, removed hardware, updated BIOS and all latest drivers. Finally I bought a mechanical hard-drive. Popped that in and everything worked completely normally just as you would expect. Slower... but in a way a 1 minute boot-up is better than a 20 second boot-up that crashes and corrupts everything it touches.

Overall Review: Weird part: I put this drive in a cheap Asus AMD build and it works fine (though the board only supports SATA 2). That's why I gave 2 stars... Like another reviewer on here, this was an upgrade from a perfectly functional, smaller SSD. Ugh. Oh and I bought this from Newegg on an auction site sale and a week after I got it they said they couldn't RMA but I could try going through Sandisk... I won't forget that one Newegg.

10/15/2013

Great board, Great BIOS

MSI Z77A-G41 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
MSI Z77A-G41 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I really enjoyed working with this board. Very easy bios to navigate and all, everything worked fine with updated drivers. I believe one PCI-E x16 slot didn't work, I think the 3.0 one but when I updated the motherboard it was fine!

Cons: None to speak of. You get what you pay for and this is not a high-end board. It all depends what you are using it for.

Great Case!

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic Compact ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic Compact ATX Mid Tower Case

Pros: This is a terrific case if you don't want to show off with lots of lights. Area underneath motherboard for clean cable management. Tool-less design is awesome. Slots for SSD's - AGAIN TOOL-LESS! The two included 120mm fans are quiet. This case has plenty of room and it is SO sturdy. Simply put, I don't have a single complaint. I was even able to get this for 30 dollars after $10 instant and $20 mail-in rebates. Even at $60 I would buy again.

Cons: For a budget case, none!

Overall Review: Get it. Especially if it is a slick deal. ;-)

Works Like a Charm

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: Not much you can say about ram. It's like a multi-vitamin - If it works, it's good!

Cons: None to speak of. For the price you can't hardly beat it!

Overall Review: Like another review mentioned, I had to set to 1866 manually in bios. For me the default was 1600. Also I set the timings to what is listed here on Newegg. 3570k - msi z77 board

Good for a while

Western Digital Blue WD6400AAKS 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Western Digital Blue WD6400AAKS 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Not many, it was noisy buy functional from the beginning.

Cons: Started making horrible noises very quickly and became unbearably slow within a year. I am ordering a different brand before this one dies. I have never had a HDD fail before this one.

10/27/2011