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Michael M.

Michael M.

Joined on 10/03/02

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Awesome Case

Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX (not included) Power Supply
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX (not included) Power Supply

Pros: High Quality case, from a quality manufacturer. All of my components fit inside it great and the airflow is good, looks pretty nice too, highly functional.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Apparently I can't fit a H100 cooler in the case without some serious modding, wish I had found that out prior to purchase, but not a big deal and certainly no fault of Corsair.

Most Critical Review

DOA

ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Asus, 4 RAM slots on mATX

Cons: Dead on arrival, wouldn't post

Overall Review: I usually stick with Asus, first bad board I've had from them, but even so it should never be expected to get a bad board every so often as some builders seem to expect...

Great board

ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: High quality board, WiFi included, does everything I need it to and then some. Best motherboard I've owned thus far.

Cons: WiFi has disconnected a few times, had to restart PC to get it to reconnect to network, but not sure if I have a driver issue somewhere or something.

Overall Review: First board I got had already been opened and had bent pins, guessing I somehow I got a board someone sent back or something, but a quick RMA fixed that.

XFX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT96GYDF4
XFX GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT96GYDF4

Pros: Great card, looks good, doesn't take an extra power cord

Cons: Big, power-hungry

Overall Review: Won't work in any Shuttle computer, have tried in a 250w and a 300w version, ah well.

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD322HJ 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD322HJ 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Reliable, Quick, Samsung

Cons: That I didn't get a bigger one

Overall Review: Have purchased several of these, as has a friend, probably a dozen between the two of us, and every one has worked perfect from day one. These drives are way underrated, go Samsung.

SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223Q LightScribe Support
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-S223Q LightScribe Support

Pros: Quick, works perfect, nice looking, Samsung

Cons: None

Overall Review: Have several of these drives made by Samsung, very good products.