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Most Favorable Review

Raspberry Pi

EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter
EDIMAX EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g/n Nano USB Adapter

Pros: Raspbian likes it out of the box

Cons: N/A

Most Critical Review

No JEDEC 5600 in the SPD

Mushkin Enhanced Redline Lumina RGB 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model MLA5C640A77P32GX2
Mushkin Enhanced Redline Lumina RGB 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model MLA5C640A77P32GX2

Pros: Fantastic price Good speeds Decent timings

Cons: If you're limited to a system firmware that only likes JEDEC ( no XMP or EXPO ), these aren't the RAM for you. They have two JEDEC 4200 entries and two 6400 entries in the SPD, nothing for 5600.

Overall Review: Great for overclockers, but missing JEDEC 5600

Decent JEDEC 5600

Crucial Pro 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) XMP 3.0 & AMD EXPO Ready Desktop Memory Model CP2K32G56C46U5
Crucial Pro 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) XMP 3.0 & AMD EXPO Ready Desktop Memory Model CP2K32G56C46U5

Pros: Recognized by DELL XPS 8960 After a system update, came in at 5600

Cons: Subtimings in the SPD could be 5600AN 40-40-40, but 42 ain't bad

Overall Review: Great if you have a system firmware that's not designed for memory tweaking.

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EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

Pros: Decent card for the price

Cons: Had trouble waking up a certain brand of monitor; appeared to successfully navigate EDID but HDCP between the two failed and the monitor stayed asleep on HDMI.

Overall Review: I don't have the test gear to find out how compliant either piece of equipment is with the EDID / HDCP / HDMI specs. Same GPU SVGA port, no problems; same GPU different HDMI monitor, no problems. Different GPU failed monitor, no problems.

BEST CPU HS, except rust

Thermalright U120eXtrem1366RT R-C 120mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler
Thermalright U120eXtrem1366RT R-C 120mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Pros: Can mount in either orientation, cools like a beast, easy to attach / setup

Cons: Both of the supplied mounting bars I received had spots of rust where the nut is welded into the main load bar. This is unacceptable for such a highly rated product.

Overall Review: Would have been five stars except for the rust -- I'm honestly shocked. SilentPCReview turned me on to this HSF.

12/30/2011

Doesn't Fit Stock Intel IOH

XIGMATEK PTR-CN881 HDT Northbridge Aluminum alloy Heatsinks only
XIGMATEK PTR-CN881 HDT Northbridge Aluminum alloy Heatsinks only

Pros: The heatsink itself is exactly what I wanted; direct-contact heatpipe for a chipset. It fits snugly up against the 120mm fan on my CPU cooler.

Cons: No backplate, not enough screws / nuts to tie down all four corners, thermal paste is in a 'ketchup packet' style single-use applicator, supplied mounting arms aren't long enough to fit stock Intel IOH

Overall Review: I was attempting to replace the noisy IOH HSF on my Intel DX58SO -- ended up making several trips to the hardware store and raiding the parts bin to get this thing mounted.

12/30/2011
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