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William K.

William K.

Joined on 03/26/05

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Most Favorable Review

Great PS

Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply
Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

Pros: Very nice power supply. This unit has plenty of power connectors. The semi modular design is great IMO. They have the must use connections hard wired just how it should be. Then you get to add as your system grows.

Cons: The 4 and 8-Pin (EPS12V) cable is too short for a full tower case. I own an Antec Twelve Hundred and I could not run the cable behind the MB tray like the case is designed. This is why I am not giving it 5 eggs. This is a poor flaw that Antec should have thought about. They reccomend this unit for the case and you cant hide the cable.

Overall Review: If you are not using a full tower case this will work great. All of the cables are long enough for a mid tower. Antec should train the Phone Support on the Twelve Hundred case and tell them which PS units have long enough cables. I had to RMA this and lose $25 due to a restocking fee. If you have a Twelve Hundred and you do not mind this power cable being ran on the top side of the board then it will work great. On my EVGA Classified I had to runt he cable under the Graphics cards. On the Asus P6T Deluxe I had to run it under the GPU's and the CPU fan.

Most Critical Review

AWEFUL Customer Support Asus!!

ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It worked when I received it..

Cons: But only for 6 weeks, This board died on me mid gaming. It just powered off and would never power back on again. I called up Asus for an RMA and they sent me a board. The RMA board that came it would power up but when you would shut down it would power up on it's own, also if you ever powered it down it would lose all of the CMOS settings including the time. I changed the battery and that did not help. Asus needs to check their boards before shipping them out as an RMA. I paid Asus to ship a bad board. I still have not gotten a refund on my shipping. Still waiting. The placement of the CPU socket is real bad. It is much lower on this board the other manufacturers. This caused an issue with my ThermalRight Ultra 120 and the Antec Twelve Hundred. The heatsink was right below the case door fan port which left that fan port empty. You can not mount a fan there with this Heatsink and MB.

Overall Review: I did try all of my other parts in another PC to rule out if the 2nd board was good or not. All of my parts were fine and still are in my new EVA Classified MB. ZERO problems with all of the same parts on a different MB.

Works great.!

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500 W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500 W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: I bought this to replace a PS in a friends Dell. it worked great. All of the cables reached and it fixed her PC. All is well

Cons: None

As good as it gets

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D

Pros: Everything. I bought 2 sets for a total of 12gigs. They run great overclocked just as they were designed to do.

Cons: None

Overall Review: They are much taller then normal DDR3, I knew this before I purchased.

Wonderful Case

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Everything. This case is sweet!! Plenty of room for just about anything you want to cram in here. Antec says it is an ATX but I put an E-ATX EVGA Classified in it just fine. This case fits the ThermalRight Ultra 120 just fine with this MB. Just make sure you get a MB that has the LGA1366 socket on the top end of the board or it will block the door fan port. The Asus P6t has the LGA1366 mounted too low while EVGA has them mounted in a great spot. QUIET. With the fans set on low this thing is quiet with plenty of airflow.

Cons: I tried to think of one and I can not come up with a single con.

Overall Review: This is a very large case and it is heavy. Keep this in mind.

As expected

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Outstanding performance just like you would expect from WD. I own 2 of these in Raid 0. They stay much cooler then previous WD drives I have owned. 5 year warranty. What more could you ask for????

Cons: None.

Overall Review: The OEM drives are by far the best way to go, lower cost more warranty. They only ship in a anti-static bag. No accessories are included but you will need none if you are building a new system or replacing a drive.