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quinn p.

quinn p.

Joined on 01/09/12

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Fractal Design Venturi HP Series Black Fluid Dynamic Bearing High Pressure PWM 140mm Radiator/Heatsink Optimized Fan
Fractal Design Venturi HP Series Black Fluid Dynamic Bearing High Pressure PWM 140mm Radiator/Heatsink Optimized Fan

Pros: The cable is sleeved! gone are the days of ugly fan cables

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: after some research I found that this was the second best fan for a rad behind a particular khaki fan, without being khaki

Most Critical Review

good while it lasted

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card

Pros: super fast, fx 6300 seemed to bottleneck a little, stayed cool and silent during gaming

Cons: artifacts appeared across the screen and then promptly burnt out after a single month of use. When fan was turned on to 100% manually it sounded like the gates of hell had been opened.

Overall Review: In the process of replacing

quiet

Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 140mm Low Noise Hydraulic Bearing Black/White Computer Case Fan
Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 140mm Low Noise Hydraulic Bearing Black/White Computer Case Fan

Pros: dose job as a quiet fan

Cons: the rpm on this fan is rated 1000 rpm but none of my 3 reach it they run at 870, 900, and 920 on full power

Diffcult Install

WD Black 3TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD3003FZEX
WD Black 3TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD3003FZEX

Pros: not as loud as I was expecting, but I do have a silent case

Cons: -The sata cable doesn't clip into place on this drive, hopefully mine was just a defect -immediately recognized in bios but not windows, after some research I ran windows memory diagnostic tool, and then formatted it in windows disk management (at first it wasn't appearing in disk management before I ran the mem diag tool), after that it worked like a charm -2.72TB , I was expecting only around 2.87TB

works

SilverStone Silent Foam SF01, Sound Dampening Acoustic EP0M Foam Material, Black, 21"x15", 4mm thick, 2 pcs
SilverStone Silent Foam SF01, Sound Dampening Acoustic EP0M Foam Material, Black, 21"x15", 4mm thick, 2 pcs

Pros: coated the parts of my design s case that didn't have foam, worked wonders audibly quieter

Cons: dust magnet

easy install

EVGA GTX 970 Backplate ACX 2.0 Model 100-BP-0972-B9
EVGA GTX 970 Backplate ACX 2.0 Model 100-BP-0972-B9

Pros: easy install, vast improvement to PCB

Cons: Should have been included on a high end card like the 970 to begin with, step up

Overall Review: The E is a solid silver, hard to see in picture