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Matthew P.

Matthew P.

Joined on 10/17/10

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Most Favorable Review

Better than stock

Individually Sleeved Cable Set for EVGA B2/G2/P2/T2/G3 Power Supply / PSU (White) - EVGA 100-CW-1300-B9
Individually Sleeved Cable Set for EVGA B2/G2/P2/T2/G3 Power Supply / PSU (White) - EVGA 100-CW-1300-B9

Pros: These cables offer a better looking aesthetics than the stock cables that come with the EVGA PSU's. Every cable needed is included. The construction quality is very nice.

Cons: I took one egg off because the quality of the sleeving is inconsistent. The build quality is nice and EVGA paid attention to a lot of details but they could have used a higher quality of sleeve. There are places in my set (I got the white cables) that are blackened and discolored.

Overall Review: Overall, I would recommenced this set of cables if you don't have the time or patience to sleeve them yourself and want a plug and play kit rather than bulky extensions.

Most Critical Review

Fast kit that didn't last

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) C14 Memory Kit - Black Model CMK16GX4M4A2400C14
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) C14 Memory Kit - Black Model CMK16GX4M4A2400C14

Pros: This kit is a fast kit of RAM. The ram is very nice looking on my white Asus X99 Deluxe.

Cons: One of the RAM modules died within two months. Currently my system is running in a 12gb configuration because I cant afford to lose my PC for a week to RMA (obviously didn't take an egg off for that.

Overall Review: The RAM was really nice while it lasted. I will update this review once I'm able to RMA and test it back at its full capacity.

Air movement

Phanteks PH-F140HP PH-F140HP_BK 140mm CPU Cooler Fan
Phanteks PH-F140HP PH-F140HP_BK 140mm CPU Cooler Fan

Pros: These fans move a ton of air. Sleeved cable for a tidy appearance. For my build the color was great.

Cons: 120mm mount holes..

Overall Review: I'm not the type of person to go nuts about fan noise while gaming and I was incredibly surprised with the amount of noise these make while I'm playing games. They are what I would call quiet. I'm an idiot and ordered the cpu cooler model and not the case fan model so they made a mess of my case fan setup, but that was my problem so I didn't remove an egg for it. The one egg removed was for the length of the cable. It seemed too short to reach around the back of my motherboard to tidy up the appearance so I had to run it across the top, luckily they look good.

Love this fan

BitFenix Spectre Pro BFF-LPRO-23030G-RP 230mm Green LED Case Fan
BitFenix Spectre Pro BFF-LPRO-23030G-RP 230mm Green LED Case Fan

Pros: Huge fan that can spin lower RPM and move a ton of air. The color is awesome and more green than other fans I've owned that were a yellow hue. I used the fan as front intake in a Prodigy case and it lowered temps inside my case drastically while supplying tons of fresh air for the rad at the top of the case and my video card.

Cons: Didn't have room for more than 1

Great Performance

BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Pros: Drive speeds were very fast and the promo NewEgg was running at the time made the drive a steal. The drive ran at 480 up and 450 down according to Magic Disk speed test.

Cons: Wasn't cheaper?

Overall Review: The price of SSD technology is making it very affordable to have good storage capacity and speeds at relatively low prices. Samsung has a great reputation and I was happy with the drive.

Initial Review

Corsair Carbide Series 330R (CC-9011024-WW) Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Quiet Computer Case
Corsair Carbide Series 330R (CC-9011024-WW) Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Quiet Computer Case

Pros: *Very attractive brushed aluminum look *Nice and light *Good layout for the simple build I did *Quiet case even with 6 system fans

Cons: The only con I have for this case is that it came with one motherboard standoff... I've only ever used Corsair cases and I use their products elsewhere as much as I can. They always included at least enough standoffs to get the PC built. Luckily my work was nice enough to spare some but this is a big deal since most of us don't have these things kicking around.

Overall Review: I wish I could have given this 3.5 for my initial score because the case is nice but not supplying enough parts to complete a build is a problem.