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Austin H.

Austin H.

Joined on 02/25/08

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Most Favorable Review

Super Battery Life

Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX for PC and Mac, Large Mouse, Long Range Wireless Mouse
Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX for PC and Mac, Large Mouse, Long Range Wireless Mouse

Pros: Awesome Battery life, only have to charge every two weeks or so. Comes with an Eneloop battery. Love all the buttons for gaming. Have great feel and ergonomics. Easy to config in linux with the keyboard shortcuts menu.

Cons: No macro software that I have found.

Overall Review: Love Logitech's peripherals.

Fairly Good

Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan
Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan

Pros: Pushes a lot of air. I have one of these as a case exhaust to keep up with a 140mm pushing air into it. And let me add to the chorus, these are loud! But not too bad, I sleep in a room with on that hums along with 9 other fans (various types).

Cons: Docked an egg as one of mine started squeaking horribly after about a year so can't complain too much.

Performed Like a Champ

Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.4 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Intel Haswell Fully Compatible
Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.4 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Intel Haswell Fully Compatible

Pros: Ran this little guy for about a year pegging it the entire time and it ran without many issues. I was pushing it for about 625 watts for probably 6 months strait. Under stress it would die on me (reaching its limit it would shut off to protect itself). All I had to do was toggle its switch and it would come back up.

Cons: None really

Overall Review: I have since upgraded to a 1250 watt.

Good but has issues.

MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3+ AMD 890FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3+ AMD 890FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: This is a solid motherboard and having the ability for 4 video cards (3 double slot, 1 single) is very much liked. The usb 3 and 6 internal sata slots (somewhat standard) is very nice. I have had some north bridge bottlenecks but overclocking has helped with that.

Cons: There are issues with the power regulators on this motherboard. If you are not careful during overclocking and have a 6 core cpu you can blow them out. Also you have to disable "Keep DMI Data" and flash the bios in order to get Sata 3 to work properly.

Overall Review: I have never used the auto overclocking but if you are going to overclock you should probably do it yourself and learn how. You will get a better overclock from it.

Roomy and Good Price

Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow, Supporting up to Six 120mm Fans and USB 3.0
Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow, Supporting up to Six 120mm Fans and USB 3.0

Pros: Very Roomy, I have a Silver Arrow heatsink in there with no issues. I feel the case looks nice and is fairly sturdy. Enough room in back panel for cables and tie down hooks are nice. Great price for what you get.

Cons: I wish there were more cable management features. There is enough room in the back but some cable routing would be nice.

Overall Review: Good case all around but may upgrade soon as I am outgrowing it (I have an insane set up) but this should be more than enough for the average user. Also wish the side panel fan was more over the pci slots to cool my graphics cards.

Impressive airflow

Bgears b-ice 140mm 140mm Blue LED Case Fan
Bgears b-ice 140mm 140mm Blue LED Case Fan

Pros: Very impressed with the airflow this pushes. Generally it is harder to feel the air going in to the fan but with this one you can feel it sucking air through your fingers. Have this one the side panel pushing air in between my sli stack. Saw a drop of about 3-5 degrees with this addition. Came with a cable-less molex pass though.

Cons: Connector feels cheap.

Overall Review: The construction looks like is is made out of cheep plastic but it is thick enough that this does not seem to be a problem. Seems fairly quiet however it is hard to tell with the other 7 fans running...