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Daniel B.

Daniel B.

Joined on 05/08/07

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Most Favorable Review

huge!

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2

Pros: silent and powerful. plays crisis 2 at max settings and i BARELY hear the fan whir while keeping temps low. extremely easy to mount. have to remove motherboard, but after that it's incredibly easy to mount.

Cons: massive. barely fit in my case doesn't sit correctly on an am3 motherboard. the orientation is wrong and there's nothing i can do about it. comes with a needless fan control switch. thermal paste that comes with it is a joke. don't rely on it.

Overall Review: legitimately surprised at how easy the install was. most fans this big are a huge pain to install. really simple, no hassle. they included so many things i almost thought they were going to include a little screwdriver! keeps temperatures low. has two red leds. not my cup of tea but some people like that.

10/14/2011
Most Critical Review

awful

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: was recognized by system

Cons: arrived with error 0108 - Definition: A Seek command did not complete in the time allotted. This may be an anomaly or a defect with the drive. Retest. Replace the drive if the error repeats. drive had thousands of bad sectors, awful r/w, and would not install windows 7

Overall Review: i ignored the other reviews thinking they couldn't possibly happen to me i was dead wrong

loud

Antec NeoECO C NeoECO 620C 620W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Antec NeoECO C NeoECO 620C 620W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: delivers power as advertised

Cons: psu buzzes. loudest noise by far out of my computer. no power cable. limited instructions. cable management is trickier.

Overall Review: if it was dead silent i'd love the thing.

10/14/2011

cost effective

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX

Pros: quick, easily oc'd with proper cooling, very good price

Cons: the stock heatsink is a pain to get on and a HUGE pain to get off. i almost broke the processor trying to remove the stock fan. the stock heatsink is also very loud and cools very poorly

Overall Review: do yourself a favor and get a different fan. currently oc'd to 4.1 ghz with 0 problems.

10/14/2011

works as advertised

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Pros: works as advertised.

Cons: none found.

Overall Review: running 4x4gb, works as advertised. remember to get a 64 bit os!

10/14/2011
FSP Group Blue Storm II 500 W ATX 2.2 SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply compatible with Core i7
FSP Group Blue Storm II 500 W ATX 2.2 SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply compatible with Core i7

Pros: Works well.

Cons: Power supply button(i/o) broke. Company will not fix product.

Overall Review: I had this power supply before, it caught fire, they replaced it. Less than a year later, the power button no longer works, and since my original purchase was over 3 years ago, fsp will not replace the power supply. Plagued with problems. I wont buy from fsp again