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Shaun P.

Shaun P.

Joined on 03/31/05

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Most Favorable Review

Great Quality Product

Seasonic PRIME 1300W 80+ Platinum Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Power On Self Tester, 12 yr Warranty, SSR-1300PD
Seasonic PRIME 1300W 80+ Platinum Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Power On Self Tester, 12 yr Warranty, SSR-1300PD

Pros: Seasonic quality is king! Don't get me wrong. There are some "good" PSU brands. But then there is Seasonic. The warrantee is A+.

Cons: You pay for it. Totally worth it.

Overall Review: I've been building PC's and servers for almost 25 years. I've never had a Seasonic prematurely fail. So,,, yeah. It is what it is.

Most Critical Review

Good cooler, Bad fan

Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II CL-C0034 Copper Fan & Heatsink
Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II CL-C0034 Copper Fan & Heatsink

Pros: The cooler works well, Heatpipes... what can I say, it works. Even when you take the fan off the unit. Once installed, it's easy to adjust to make room for add on cards, i.e. video cards etc.

Cons: The fan started vibrating and got terribly loud. I removed the fan from the cooler and just let my 120mm case fans do the circulation for cooling.

Overall Review: The chipset did not heat up any more without the fan installed. So... This unit work just as good if you take the fan off(with good circulation). I dont know how well it would do if you have low circulation or no case fans.

Quality product

SAMSUNG 870 EVO 4TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E4T0B/AM) , Black
SAMSUNG 870 EVO 4TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E4T0B/AM) , Black

Pros: 4Tb capacity. Samsung. SSD

Cons: A little pricey. But not too bad. SATA speeds aren't the greatest. but... see below

Overall Review: Using as main Bulk storage. Should last a really long time. If you run Samsung magician software on it and set it to performance mode, then run "Performance optimization", Enable: RAPID Status - TRIM Status - and Over provisioning (10%). "RAPID status" uses your DRAM as cache and gives you a huge, but temporary, boost (see pic)

Great PC Foundation!

ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700(Intel 14th & 13th&12th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,20+1power stages,2.5Gb LAN, Bluetooth V5.2,2x Thunderbolt 4 ports,5xM.2/NVMe SSD,Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C,
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700(Intel 14th & 13th&12th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0,DDR5,20+1power stages,2.5Gb LAN, Bluetooth V5.2,2x Thunderbolt 4 ports,5xM.2/NVMe SSD,Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C,

Pros: This thing is sweet! tons of I/O, WiFi 6, Storage support (PCI-e 5 ready), Japanese CAPS, full cooling backplate, LED's, just BEEFY.

Cons: Price, but you get what you pay for. Totally worth it, if you can swing the cost.

Overall Review: I have had zero issues with this board. Build install went smooth, 100%. IDK if I would call it future proof. But paired with a 13900k CPU, RTX 4090, and a Seasonic Prime Titanium 1300watt power supply... It's gonna kick some buttocks for quite a while. I hope, lol. *recommended

Great CPU!

Intel Core i9-13900K - Core i9 13th Gen Raptor Lake 24-Core (8P+16E) P-core Base Frequency: 3.0 GHz E-core Base Frequency: 2.2 GHz LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop CPU Processor - BX8071513900K
Intel Core i9-13900K - Core i9 13th Gen Raptor Lake 24-Core (8P+16E) P-core Base Frequency: 3.0 GHz E-core Base Frequency: 2.2 GHz LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop CPU Processor - BX8071513900K

Pros: Runs at 6100Mhz. Smoking fast; literally lol. During MSI Kumbustor CPU stress, @6100Mhz, the CPU temp levels out around 94°C to 96°C. I'm running a custom cooling loop, with (2)360mm radiators.

Cons: Power draw 250W. Tough to cool if OC'd. Can be done, but naturally runs hot under full load. And price, a little bit.

Overall Review: With this CPU you do get what you pay for. It's fast. Really fast. I never imagined how much faster it would be than my old 11700K.

Good personal storage solution

Toshiba X300 4TB Performance Desktop and Gaming Hard Drive 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive Retail Packaging HDWE140XZSTA
Toshiba X300 4TB Performance Desktop and Gaming Hard Drive 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive Retail Packaging HDWE140XZSTA

Pros: They work. :) 7200rpm. Slow data rates, but 2 in a mirror raid (raid1) assures data integrity even if 1 of them were to fail.

Cons: All platter HD's are slow. So... these are too.

Overall Review: Would buy again. *Recommended