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Michael W.

Michael W.

Joined on 01/24/10

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Most Favorable Review

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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 2.5" 60GB SATA III Synchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR60GB-DX
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 2.5" 60GB SATA III Synchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR60GB-DX

Pros: Bought 2 of these for Raid0 and they worked 100% for months. After almost a few months I got a few write errors and blue screens but couldn't pinpoint which drive was the problem, Mushkin replaced both drives very quickly. If you are having problems I really encourage you to seek help from Mushkin support as they will either quickly diagnose and fix your problem or get you set up for an RMA. No I don't work for them.

Cons: You could call one drive failing a con but it was after months of hard use, plus Mushkin made it right very fast, only a few days wait after I shipped them both of my drives.

Overall Review: DOA's and faulty hardware happen, if you don't know this then maybe you haven't researched enough before deciding to build your own computer.

Most Critical Review

Why

SYBA CL-USB-CLCWHB USB cup warmer
SYBA CL-USB-CLCWHB USB cup warmer

Pros: Cheap. I tossed it in a shipment of parts to try it out since I was already paying shipping.

Cons: Does not keep anything warm. Left a cup of coffee on it for 20 minutes and it was cold when I came back.

Overall Review: 10 dollar clock with 4 usb ports on the back.

Magic? Maybe

BYTECC C6EB-100GRAY 100 ft. Cat 6E Gray 550MHz Patch Cable
BYTECC C6EB-100GRAY 100 ft. Cat 6E Gray 550MHz Patch Cable

Pros: Somehow transfers the internet from one location to another, I'm not sure how it works but I think magnets might be involved. Before I bought this my xbox had no internet and now it does, I'm not going to question things even if they are too good to be true.

Cons: I've been having trouble sleeping so close to something that might be witchcraft or a work of satan.

Overall Review: Jessica Nigri is hot

Antec RMA

Antec HCP-1300 Platinum 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Intel Haswell Fully Compatible
Antec HCP-1300 Platinum 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Intel Haswell Fully Compatible

Pros: Powers anything you can jam in a full size tower when it's working properly, kills multiple hard drives over night when it's not. Antec Tech support is fairly fast opening RMAs and closing support tickets.

Cons: RMA service sucks. Shipped my defective unit from Canada 08/10/2013 and it's now 11/25/2013, I have heard nothing. RMA email and phone number are unresponsive so don't bother trying to get an update, I finally contacted Tech support instead of RMA services and they informed me that a replacement would eventually be shipped but they have none of these in Canada... what? Does this mean anyone trying to RMA this unit in Canada should just go buy a new one when it fails? After 3 months without a computer I went and bought a PSU from a different company, I just got to spend another $300 on a PSU I shouldn't need. Awesome RMA service for a high end unit.

Overall Review: Plan to buy a backup PSU if you RMA with these guys.

11/25/2013

Regrets

Rosewill RNX-MiniN1 (RWLD-110001) Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (1T1R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n, USB2.0 Up to 150Mbps Data Rates, WEP 64/128, WPA/WPA2, and IEEE 802.1x
Rosewill RNX-MiniN1 (RWLD-110001) Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (1T1R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n, USB2.0 Up to 150Mbps Data Rates, WEP 64/128, WPA/WPA2, and IEEE 802.1x

Pros: Um.. Small?

Cons: I bought 3 of these, and they all suuuuuuuck. My Vista Computer is 10 feet from Router and the best i can get is around 60% signal using the front USB port (80mbps), all 3 produce the same results. I cant even use these with my Windows XP computers because they immediately cause a blue screen when you plug them in. Save your money and buy something else.

Overall Review: Never again, Rosewill. I'm done with lesser price for lesser quality. I will gladly pay a different company more for a good, quality item.

Aewsome

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Been running this for over a year and have had very few problems, I7 920, OCZ Gold 12GB, Asus 5870x2 that's been constantly OC'd. I was having problems with it crashing and BIOS saying that it was overvolted and wanted to set default values, I don't know how it's related but after I uninstalled all my ASUS garbage for my videocards (Smartdoctor, itracker etc) ALL my problems went away. It seems what I thought was the mobo acting stupid was just ASUS junk screwing up everything. I installed MSi Afterburner and have had zero problems since.

Cons: Doesn't buy me flowers on my birthday.