Tim H.
Joined on 12/23/06
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Very good deal!

Pros: Fairly sturdy, Well made! Nice moderate size, big enough, not too big. Looks like a computer case should, won't scare small kids and pets. Enough fan mounts/ ventilation for most builds.
Cons: Break away expansion slot covers. Buy at least they provide a couple of REAL slot covers if you should need to cover up a mistake or change your configuration. Have no idea if this case would be appropriate for multiple graphics cards, many disk drives, the biggest water cooling setup you can find, but I don't care.
Overall Review: At the price I paid, this was a real bargain! $48.99 before a $10 rebate. So I may have purchased this for a net of 38.99. I had originally purchased a comparable case from another POPULAR manufacturer but returned it because I opened the box and the front bezel fell off. Glad it did, as this case has a much better construction (that was a 5 egg case, really?). This will be used as part of a VM host build for database lab work, windows, linux, etc. Should be just about perfect.
Got a bad one.

Pros: There are no pros for a faulty drive.
Cons: Have the 1TB version of the same drive, work flawlessly. Received the 2TB version, but is unusable. CrystalDiskMark 6 locks up for a minute while preparing the second read benchmark, the write performance of the drive is about 1/5th of the 1 TB version. Windows 10 issued an error and unmounted the device. Tried both a USB 3 and Sata connection methods, same result. I think the controller on this drive is at fault.
Overall Review: I hope this is not an example of what to expect with these drives, since once this one is replaced I will have 2 of them, a 1TB and a 2TB. Oh Oh, Newegg has had my RMA'ed drive since 10/2/2020 11:03 AM, yet no action on either a replacement or refund. This is pretty poor response compared to a large competitor. I really want to keep using NewEgg as well as others, but they need to step up their game.
Can't maintain 3200 MHz any longer

Overall Review: X570 motherboard (ASUS ROG crosshair hero VIII) with this memory kit populating the 4 available DIMM slots. No overclocking at all, other than setting BIOS DOCP to DDR-3200 to match physical memory specs. System ran fine for over a year, then windows started random BSODs. Spent months debugging the BSODs: windows OS, memory, OS updates, drivers, software, dumps, BIOS updates, power supply, you name it. Turns out the memory will no longer run at 3200 MHz. If I leave EVERYTHING as it was in the BIOS and just reduce memory frequency to 3133 MHz, we are back to rock solid. If I set memory frequency back to 3200 MHz random BSOD, even if I up the CAS to 18. Given that this happened after a year of no problems I would imagine there is *something* that has fallen out of spec with the memory and I was probably lucky that this worked at spec when it did. Note: there is not a big difference between 3133 MHz and 3200 MHz, but the point is I bought a 64GB 3200MHz kit.
Probably a good power supply, but --

Pros: I think Seasonic has a good reputation for power supplies, that's why I bought this. It is a spare and has not been needed yet.
Cons: The rebate program was a sales enticement, not a reality. Completed everything as indicated by the rebate administrators, they sent me a notice that the rebate forms had been accepted ....... and that was it. I see that the rebate status check site is no longer available for follow up. I can only assume the rebate program fell apart.
Overall Review: I have no tolerance for dishonesty/incompetence from a vendor. In this case I don't care if the vendor had a 3rd party running the rebate program for them, I made the purchase from Seasonic and expected the rebate to be part of that purchase. Won't be purchasing anything from Seasonic again. No need with all the competition in the power supply industry.
Buy something else

Pros: Does the most critical thing well, keeps the CPU cool. As long as the fans are on low speed there is not much noise. The pump unit does communicate with the fans and increases rotation speed if needed.
Cons: This Corsair link thing is a mystery. I would not care except it was part of the cost for the H100i and Corsair really makes it sound good on their marketing of the unit. Bottom line, if yours works you are very lucky.
Overall Review: I have been working with Corsair support trying to get the Link to work. Tried 3 different USB headers (they all work with other USB devices), 2 different USB cables, 2 different versions of the Link software, and nothing. Windows 8.1 can't see the H100i device to control it. I found a recommendation to disable legacy USB support in the bios, guess what happened on an X99 board using UEFI when I disabled legacy USB support? That's right, my wireless USB mouse and keyboard no longer work in UEFI, and to top it off it did not help the Link fiasco either. I know Corsair support is going to want me to RMA the unit. What a pain and I am betting the next unit won't work on this setup either.
Good memory

Pros: Typical corsair quality memory. Running at 1600 with no additional voltage, rock solid (as advertised).
Cons: If you are not an extreme overclocker I think the heat speaders are overkill. I would rather be sure my memory would fit under the latest mammoth PSU.
Overall Review: I always buy Corsair, I am a *mild* overclocker, so I don't buy the extreme versions of memory, but I do buy lots of it!
