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Blaine b.

Blaine b.

Joined on 10/04/04

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Most Favorable Review

still strong after 3 yrs

HEC 6T Series 6T18BB Black 0.6mm SECC Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
HEC 6T Series 6T18BB Black 0.6mm SECC Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: A nice looking, well-built case. I have had it for 3 years now and still haven't outgrown it. It's even big enough to fit in a massive Radeon HD 6970 video card!!!

Cons: None come to mind.

Most Critical Review

lasted ALMOST 3yrs

Diablotek PHD Series PHD380M 380 W Micro ATX Power Supply
Diablotek PHD Series PHD380M 380 W Micro ATX Power Supply

Pros: Nice looking, and small

Cons: Died 2 weeks before warranty expires. Diablotek is extremely difficult to get a RMA for... After calling them a dozen times over 3 weeks, they finally replaced it. However, the replacement power supply they sent me died after a week... I'm going with a Corsair CX430 now.

Great GPU but poor design

SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC 100362-2SR Radeon R9 290 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC 100362-2SR Radeon R9 290 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

Pros: Fast card with quieter cooling than standard 290 GPUs

Cons: Screws on back of card that hold heat sink/fan to the card stick out far enough to where they hit fan blades on the 2nd matching card I ordered. This may have destroyed my 2nd card... But I will see after I take it apart and add in some PCI-E x16 riser cables to prevent this from happening...

hard drive no longer a bottleneck

OCZ Vertex 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX4-25SAT3-128G
OCZ Vertex 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX4-25SAT3-128G

Pros: This is fast! Huge upgrade from my old 7200rpm 500GB Seagate drive, which died just a month after I got the SSD installed haha. I have had no issues so far with this SSD.

Cons: none

Does the job

Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9160314AS 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9160314AS 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: What can I say... It's a hard drive. It still hasn't died, and I haven't had any issues with it. Not the fastest, but I just needed extra capacity in my laptop. It does seem pretty quiet, though, which is nice.

Cons: none

stopped working

Rosewill R-GL-F8 Body Fat & Body Water Scale
Rosewill R-GL-F8 Body Fat & Body Water Scale

Pros: Features like body fat % are nice

Cons: Stopped working after only a couple months. It was so cheap, I don't want to bother sending back in for replacement... Oh well.

Overall Review: Cheap can be both a pro and a con, I guess.