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Christopher e.

Christopher e.

Joined on 03/22/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great case!

Fractal Design Define S Black Window Silent ATX Midtower Computer Case
Fractal Design Define S Black Window Silent ATX Midtower Computer Case

Pros: Looks Great! Easy to build in Great cable management Solid airflow Very flexible in regards to minimal entry level builds to full custom hardline builds

Cons: The fans that come with it leaves something to be desired. The plastic window scratches suuuuuper easy. Like if you dont use the right cloth type of easy. Finger print magnet.

Overall Review: Overall its a great case. I would recommend it to most. Maybe not clumsy people or people who bump their case a lot since it does show. Build quality is great. However I dinged it 1 egg because I feel like they went with a cheaper plastic window to save money because its very soft and easily scratched by most things. In addition the fans are a bit loud for the little air I feel they push. Both are easy fixes. Dont take sand paper to your window, and spend the extra $ on a few good fans. Just a heads up tho, with my amd build the water cooler cable for the fan juuuuust hardly makes it to he fan header on the mobo. A hair more on length and I would have to resort to extensions. Again, easy fix if you have that issue.

Most Critical Review

depends on your personal preferneces

ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: The board is pretty decent. It's fast with lots of options from the asus programs. Well priced for what it is.

Cons: I've had the board for a year and a half and I'm going on board number 3. First board has a bad CPU socket so the CPU wouldnt lock in and kept falling out. Rma department was pretty friendly and cool about it. Second board the onboard sound went out then it fried 3 video cards. Hope the 3rd on is better.

Overall Review: Asus is a pretty decent company, but there products always have something irritating about them. Like the tablet I'm using now likes to close my web browser randomly. It's also brand new. For the price it's a good board.

11/30/2014

Unmatched reliability

Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I bought this hard drive in June of 2008. Since then its been ran almost every day if its life until I recently retired it. 9 years and still running strong with no errors. Honestly one of the best hard drives I've ever owned.

Cons: It was limited capacity, however that was 9 years ago when that wasn't to much of an issue

Overall Review: It would be nice of WD would put this much effort and quality into the new HDD's like the black series.

10/26/2017

Decent for the price

GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P (rev. 1.0) AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P (rev. 1.0) AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: it worked

Cons: The Gigabyte software is a dumpster fire. Takes forever to load or do anything. For some reason 60% fan speed is faster than 100%? Not sure what thats about.

Overall Review: Would not recommend. Spend a few extra $ and go with a better company.

Terribly poor Hdd

Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great price.

Cons: -Died a few days after the 30 day replacement from newegg. -Constantly lost data before hand and files were constantly getting corrupted -All in all I've had a garbage experience with Seagate HDD's and this is the nail in the coffin for me.

Overall Review: I recommend spending the extra cash and getting a better drive than this.

very nice

XFX PVT96GYDSU GeForce 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Eddition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
XFX PVT96GYDSU GeForce 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Eddition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: This card can run all my games at a high level. It can play Crysis with all settings on high and have no lag. it gets on average 200 fps in eve-online, counter-strike : source, and more.

Cons: none that i can think of.

Overall Review: card is a beast