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Carter D.

Carter D.

Joined on 04/27/06

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Most Favorable Review

Quiet and Clean

NZXT H2 H2-001-BK Black Steel / Plastic Classic Silent ATX Mid Tower Chassis
NZXT H2 H2-001-BK Black Steel / Plastic Classic Silent ATX Mid Tower Chassis

Pros: -Minimalistic Design -Quiet even with fans on high -Able to hide all wires behind motherboard tray -Hot swap bay -Comes with 3 fans. Room for 2 more. -USB 3.0

Cons: -Door doesn't swing open much beyond a 90 degree angle. -Harddrive trays are a bit difficult

Overall Review: The issues mentioned below are issues, however, I believe in this case the sum is greater than the parts and shouldn't be knocked for a few difficulties.

Most Critical Review

4 Months then died

Linksys E1000 802.11b/g/n Wireless Broadband Router up to 300Mbps/ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Port x4
Linksys E1000 802.11b/g/n Wireless Broadband Router up to 300Mbps/ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Port x4

Pros: Sleek looking. Worked when it worked

Cons: I bought this for an apartment I share with four people and it died a couple of days ago. I can't even log into the router to see what is wrong. I tested it at every ethernet port in the apartment to make sure something wasn't wrong with our internet.

Overall Review: I feel this is an anomaly, but still.

11/10/2011

Quiet and Fast

XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-687A-ZNFC
XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-687A-ZNFC

Pros: -Quiet -Fast -No flashy stickers or design with the cooler Ran Metro 2033 on all high, no problem.

Cons: I can't think of any. I love ATI

Too small

Cooler Master Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Nice case Great features First build I used it in everything went flawless. My friend is very happy with it, loves the look, and loves the handle.

Cons: I was working on a build for a friend and recommended this case because it was wonderful in my last build (see pros). However, on this current build (we are actually going to look for a new case at our local computer store) we were not able to fit his new Radeon HD 5870. On his AM3 motherboard the PCI E x 16 slot is one slot down too far and caused the card to hit the bracket between the CD Drive Cage and the Hard Drive cage. Being a Mid Tower ATX case I would expect more. I put his graphics card in the Antec 900 and everything was fine. Moral of the story? Becareful with this case, it really is a great case, however if you are putting in a radeon HD 5870 be careful.

Would of been...could of been...

Cooler Master Hyper N520 - CPU Cooler with Copper Base and 5 Heatpipes
Cooler Master Hyper N520 - CPU Cooler with Copper Base and 5 Heatpipes

Pros: It fits in my case It looks cool

Cons: From day one I've had issues with this cooler. The first time I had it mounted to blow air the wrong way (poor documentation) and used Arctic Silver as my thermal paste. My I7 2.6 @ 4.2 idled at 45 c. Recently I decided to remount it so that air was actually blowing the direction of all my other fans, this time i used a starforce thermal pad, it idles at 43 c without my overclock. With the overclock it idles at around 66. I'm going to try and remount it again with Arctic Silver, however, If i don't get performance like everyone else is reporting. This 1 egg will stand and I will find a new fan and heatsink.

great for the price

Gateway 14.1" Intel Pentium T3400 2GB Memory DDR2 667 Windows Vista Home Premium LX.WAK0X.005
Gateway 14.1" Intel Pentium T3400 2GB Memory DDR2 667 Windows Vista Home Premium LX.WAK0X.005

Pros: Lightweight Sleek Design Bang for the buck

Cons: horrible built in speakers a little slow at first, but for the cost of a netbook, who can complain.

Overall Review: If you're like me and didn't like the idea of owning a netbook but didn't need a laptop to supplement your already expensive desktop this is the way to go. Also, once you disable the UAC vista runs fine.