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William P.

William P.

Joined on 12/04/02

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Most Favorable Review

Very good deal

iBUYPOWER Desktop PC ARC Series NE621FX AMD FX-Series FX-6300 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
iBUYPOWER Desktop PC ARC Series NE621FX AMD FX-Series FX-6300 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

Pros: High quality parts Looks good Quiet Has a SSD dock on top.

Cons: A little bigger than I thought it would be.

Overall Review: I bought this for my daughter after I discovered that I could not build a comparable PC for less money. This has a Gigabyte board which in my experience is among the most reliable and stable boards you can buy. Make sure you remove the foam packaging protecting the internals. This might explain why some people have reported the system being noisy and unstable. The top of the PC has some connectors that at first glanced seemed to serve no purpose. These connectors are for a SATA drive and a 2.5 inch SSD fits and works perfectly for backups.

11/14/2015
Most Critical Review

Side interface!!!!!

CORSAIR RMx SHIFT Series™ RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Modular Side Interface - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant -  Zero RPM Fan Mode - 105°C-Rated Capacitors - 80 PLU Power Supply
CORSAIR RMx SHIFT Series™ RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Modular Side Interface - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant - Zero RPM Fan Mode - 105°C-Rated Capacitors - 80 PLU Power Supply

Pros: I guess if you need a side interface power supply this is for you.

Cons: Side interface!!!!!

Overall Review: TIL that some power supplies have a side interface!!! Not sure what purpose it serves, but it fooled me. I bought this by mistake because I did not fully read the listing. Since it was my mistake, I cannot return it without compromising my conscience. Now I have to find a case for it and then buy a motherboard for that case and a CPU for the motherboard and some ram to finish it off.

This case is a steal for the price

LIAN LI LANCOOL 207 Compact ATX RGB Gaming Computer Case, Tower Chassis w/ 2x140mm  ARGB,2x120mm PWM Fans Pre-Installed, reinventing ATX Layout / Tempered Glass Side Panel (Black) --- LANCOOL 207RX
LIAN LI LANCOOL 207 Compact ATX RGB Gaming Computer Case, Tower Chassis w/ 2x140mm ARGB,2x120mm PWM Fans Pre-Installed, reinventing ATX Layout / Tempered Glass Side Panel (Black) --- LANCOOL 207RX

Pros: Everything. Literally a high end case at a budget case price. The Front panel connector is one piece. Glad they figured that one out since people like me have been taping the front panel connectors into a singe block for decades.

Cons: Have to be careful which power supply because the power supply is inside a panel and the power cable will make the on/off switch inaccessible. You will need a power supply with the on/off button above the single pole of the 3 pole power cord. Also, make sure you do not buy a side outlet power supply like I did, LOL I never knew such a thing existed.

Overall Review: Back in the day Lian Li cases were the top of the line computer cases. I haven't looked at Lain Li cases for over decade because they were always way too much for my budget and corporate builds. And then this one popped up. I figured maybe Lian Li was now into budget cases. Nope!!!!!! This case blows away every budget build case I have used over the past 25 years. Don't know why some reviews complain about cable management and airflow, this is one of the cleanest builds I have ever made. Update. On a second build I installed the video card before connecting the audio/fpanel/usb... don't do that, make all the connection first and then install the video card.

Remember to remove the protection paper from the pad.

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Spectrum V3 ARGB CPU Air Cooler - 4 Copper Heat Pipes, 120mm High Performance PWM Fan, Low Noise & Easy Installation, AMD AM5/AM4 & Intel LGA 1851/1700/1200
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Spectrum V3 ARGB CPU Air Cooler - 4 Copper Heat Pipes, 120mm High Performance PWM Fan, Low Noise & Easy Installation, AMD AM5/AM4 & Intel LGA 1851/1700/1200

Pros: Works good enough.

Cons: Does not publish TDP.

Overall Review: Instruction teeny-tiny, had to go online to see them. Remember to remove the protection paper from the pad. Oddly enough the paper did not melt or interfere with cooling but best to remove it.

It is windows

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, DVD
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, DVD

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Everything

Overall Review: Sadly there are no options when you need compatibility with business software or games. Windows 11 continues the tradition of Microsoft making everything as slow as an old 486 computer running Windows 95. From install, it demands you have an online account and you have to go through hoops to set it up as local account. Then once installed it has gigabytes of bloat that have to be removed or disabled. Sadly there is no viable alternative.

I really want to like this video card

MLLSE RX 580 8GB Gaming Graphics Card 2048SP GDDR5 256-Bit 8Pin PCI Express 3.0 Game Video Card
MLLSE RX 580 8GB Gaming Graphics Card 2048SP GDDR5 256-Bit 8Pin PCI Express 3.0 Game Video Card

Pros: Price is perfect for my uses. The older chipset is still perfect for us non-gamers and more than needed for even my vector graphics.

Cons: Noisy fans

Overall Review: One of the fans is noisy and crazy annoying. Will have to replace the fan or get a new card.