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Alex A.

Alex A.

Joined on 06/13/12

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Most Favorable Review

Faulty Fan Controller

Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Solid design, well built (Structure-wise) And structural parts/mesh and windows are very cheap on their website.

Cons: There have been widespread issues with the fan controller going out. Mine went one fan at a time until they were all dead. And this is after about a year of normal use- and support is kind of an issue. I don't have a warranty, and Corsair says that I can't just request or purchase a new controller/io board. So I'm stuck with a useless dial on my case. Corsair support suggested that I connect my fans directly to the mobo. Thanks! lol. Also, those of us planning on using the hugely popular H100 series coolers will run into issues if planning on push/pull configs(due to mobo mounting too high up )

Overall Review: Just sits there and looks cool.

Great design, works just O.K. for higher cores. RGB fans are NOT Static Pressure!

NZXT Kraken Z53 240mm Liquid Cooler with LCD Display LGA 1700 compatible - White
NZXT Kraken Z53 240mm Liquid Cooler with LCD Display LGA 1700 compatible - White

Pros: Design, appearance, video screen is awesome, software works good.

Cons: 240mm isn't going to be enough for higher-core CPU's like the 5900x I have. I tend to get 60's on warm days with heavy browsing, tabs open. Included fans should be Static-Pressure, but are not! The included ones are airflow design. Their cheaper, non-rgb fans ARE SP, so I guess we take a performance hit for fancy colors lol. The temp display tends to freeze sometimes, restarting the CAM software mostly resolves this.

Overall Review: Good design overall, good software... Definitely confused why the RGB fans aren't SP? I replaced the stocks with Icue SP fans and it helped a bit. So 5000 AMD users prob should go for the 360mm. They do run hotter than others though.

Literally 2 more CM and it would fit a micro!

RAIJINTEK METIS PLUS RED, a Alu. M-ITX Case, USB 3.0* 2, Compatible with Standard ATX Power Supply, 170mm VGA Card Length, 160mm CPU Cooler Height, 12025 White LED Fan Installed, ventilate hole on top
RAIJINTEK METIS PLUS RED, a Alu. M-ITX Case, USB 3.0* 2, Compatible with Standard ATX Power Supply, 170mm VGA Card Length, 160mm CPU Cooler Height, 12025 White LED Fan Installed, ventilate hole on top

Pros: Seems good quality during build, no sharp edges tooling done well. It's the only one my mom liked out of the M-itx cases.

Cons: If they would've just made it 2-4 CM deeper it would be a perfect itx-atx micro combo case... Normal psu will put lots of pressure on the 24-pin/USB 3 jack. I've done a few mods to it, but cannot fit a normal psu in.

Overall Review: Good but missed a nice opportunity to sell for both form factors.