Joined on 10/20/10
"If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat." Robert Heinlein
Fantastic fan!
Pros: 1. Excellent quality 2. Uniquely designed pads dampen noise and they really work! 3. Long lasting 4. Comes with 4 rubber pins if you'd like to use those instead of the screws. 5. Nice coloring scheme
Cons: 1. The only thing I can tell you personally is you want to avoid the PWM fans at all costs unless you like hearing low frequency whining all the time, they are terrible. 2. Are these loud? Not really just use an inline resistor with 5v or 7v and it'll be perfectly quiet. All fans require one if you want silence period otherwise they run around 1000 rpms or 1200rpms (all fans) at 12v and it can drive you insane having 4 of those.
Overall Review: A few manufacturers take their work seriously, Cougar is one of them. The fans are absolute works of art and better than anything price/cost ratio-wise. I am completely impressed by their accessories which include a connector 3pin - molex, and the rubber pins. A must buy if you're building a new PC definitely!
Not to great
Pros: 1. Cheap 2. Good power
Cons: 1. Not modular 2. Cheap wiring makes it bad
Overall Review: Long story short, I have an N200 case and bending and moving the cables on this PSU caused them to be sliced? How can that happen when it's rounded edges! It's pretty simple to understand here, the cabling is cheap and so moving around the cables causes them to easily be cut and the wiring is so close to the surface on these it's basically exposed easily. I noticed a knick on a wire, saw this silvery thing and thought it was pretty weird, bent it and discovered it indeed was the wiring. The bottom line is the cables are not really very good and won't stand up to being moved around a lot. The ONLY fix I think would be to get some flex tubing and put that around them for protection, that would've worked but I didn't realize how cheap the cables were so I lost
As expected, great but not perfect
Pros: 1. Roomy 2. Good mounting system 3. Allows 140mm fans in the front and back 4. Space for radiators 5. Mid Tower
Cons: 1. 1 stripped screw thread, unable to use that hole 2. The front of the case takes 140mm fans but you must use the radiator screws to achieve this not the self tapping ones you'd normally have. Took me a moment to figure that out.
Overall Review: I actually did not expect this case to be perfect when I got it, every single case I've ever bought has had issues with something. Usually threads or mounting positions/screw holes being off. Here is no exception either. The area where you'd attach the Phanteks PWM Fan Hub with screws was not properly threaded. 1 thread went inward toward the motherboard (correct) while the other went outward away from the motherboard and was not the same size. It was unusable as the screw would not fit through. I managed to drill it out and cut the excess off using a razor but that was NOT FUN. I'd honestly just have preferred screws and nuts which is what I'll end up having to do anyway now. Also the Drop-N-Lock SSD Bracket is a nice idea but there are 2 things I'm not fond about. The first is basically it's tight, so sliding your SSD into the bracket will pretty much scratch the sides of it or the bracket itself. Something I'm used to but why couldn't they just make the bracket differently to prevent scratches in the first place? Next the screws used in the Drop-N-Lock SSD Bracket are not my favorite. Sure they work but how many times will you be able to lock them before they wear down? I'm unsure but it seems like that's something that will eventually happen. Over-all the case is fantastic but some design elements are things I'd have changed.
So far so good
Pros: 1. Cheap 2. External antennas 3. Easily beats out routers not supporting AC 4. Dual band support 5. Has a many options available after logging in
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: The reviews here are varied, I'm going to wait and see just how this router acts. If it turns bad I'll report back. As for the time being the ONLY reliable router I've ever had was the Apple Airport Express. It never, ever, ever drops connections period. Wish me luck!
Doesn't fit correctly
Pros: 1. None
Cons: 1. None, couldn't use it to find them
Overall Review: I am not knocking this product but pointing out that on my system I couldn't get it to fit correctly. The pressure required to get it in the USB port was not normal, I did get it in the main port of the case and then a usb 3.0 powered hub which would not read it as being inserted. From what I can tell it's just to tight and you need to literally push down hard to get it in a port, any port. I threw it out the first day because of this, I don't seem to have damaged any ports but really how annoying I even tried. If it won't fit then don't use it period.
Unsure
Pros: 1. Fast 2. Intel 3. Overclock-able 4. Great quality
Cons: 1. Temps are to high even with higher end cooling 2. I'm unsure the wattage they list is that on full load with turbo running, I suspect not.
Overall Review: I don't own this but instead bought a Xeon 1231 v3 and from my testing with Prime95 28.5 full load easily approaches 90C+ with a vcore of only 1.140 Absolutely ridiculous! My old 3770k had similar temp issues until I delidded it and used liquid pro on the die, then I got a full load temp of 80C with an NHD14 with a vcore of 1.250. The H100i couldn't keep the temps on the Xeon under control running full speed I got 80C at a mere 1.14 vcore just pathetic. What I'm saying here is firstly you people need to start testing full load temps with small ffts and Prime95 28.5 not earlier versions where the temps will be lower. There is absolutely no way the temps showing up on the forums and here in this very area are REAL. Watch your temps shoot up with 28.5 running small ffts then report back. As far as Haswell goes and Ivy the temps are just to high without delidding and I no longer see the reported temps as real because half of them don't even list the vcore just their GHZ overclock.