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William B.

William B.

Joined on 11/21/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Mushkin Quality

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997043
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997043

Pros: Very Good Ram. My ASRock Extreme 3 Gen 3 recognized it straight away with the correct 8-8-8-24 timings and 1600MHz speed. It also looks great with the motherboard. Paired with a 2500k I have had zero issues and will pick up another set soon.

Cons: Low Stock On Hand.

Most Critical Review

Corsair Customer Service is Horrible

CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: It looks good. Bought this at another retailer. Newegg does Rock.

Cons: Died within 48 hours. Pump stopped working and temps on my i5 2500k shot up to 95c+. Quickly removed it and installed the H50 I replaced. Set an RMA up through Corsair and it did not exist on their website for days. Called CS and they set me up a new RMA and sent me a label. I then shipped it in according to their procedure. Been waiting 2 weeks now with no access to the RMA on their website because they mixed up my RMA with someone else. Only to call in and find out they are back-ordered. Estimated ETA is the 30th of Oct... This is appalling CS and I should have been notified via email the status of the product. I guess its Corsair's policy to keep you wondering what the hell is going on.

Overall Review: No more Corsair products for me. I have bought many in the past but I don't want to deal with them again.

10/18/2012

2500K BBFYB

Intel Core i5-2500K - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500K
Intel Core i5-2500K - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500K

Pros: The 2500K compared to the Q6600 @ 3.0GHz running 2x GTX 470's is like night and day.My frame rates 100-150% better with this CPU.............. Nuff Said

Cons: None

ASRock Excellence

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This is an excellent entry level board to the Z68 platform for budget builders. It has many features such as USB 3.0, sli and xfire. It is also Ivy Bridge ready. I haven't had time to overclock this board much so I have it at 4.0GHz currently. I have it paired with Mushkin Blackline 8-8-8-24 1600MHz 8GB kit (recognized correct timings and speed) and a 2500k. The gold caps are only visible in a well lit room. The board is sexy and looks great in my Antec 1200. The on-board sound is the best I have come across so far and really sounds pretty good.

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: Antec 1200, Corsair H50, 2500K @ 4.0GHz, 8GB Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8-8-8-24, 128GB Patriot Pyro SSD, 2x GTX 465 Flashed to GTX 470 in SLi, 2 x 1.5TB Seagate Hard Drives, ASUS DVD Burner, Hauppauge WinTV 1800, Western Digital 3TB External Hard Drive. BF3 60-100 FPS in multiplayer on 64 player maps @ 1080p Ultra settings 16xAF 4x AA

Excellent

PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card RVCGGTX465XXB
PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card RVCGGTX465XXB

Pros: $99.99 for a GTX 465 is insane. Then to get a black pcb with 10 memory chips was a bonus. Mine unlocked to a full GTX 470. Before installing I removed the cooler and applied IC7 (temps on full load 85c) to make sure my temps would stay low. Paired with a Q6600 on an EVGA 680i A1 with 8GB of Patriot DDR 800, 3.5TB of storage, X-FI Sound, Kingwin Lazer 1000 watt psu, Corsair H50 and an Antec 1200 case.

Cons: Wish I would have picked up 2.

Nice Looking Junk

CM Storm SF-19 - Large Gaming Laptop Cooling Pad with Dual 140 mm Turbine Fans and Multicolor LED Lighting
CM Storm SF-19 - Large Gaming Laptop Cooling Pad with Dual 140 mm Turbine Fans and Multicolor LED Lighting

Pros: Looks great with my ASUS G73-JH. Quiet on low fan speed. Lights are great. Newegg RMA is outstanding.

Cons: First one I received worked great for a week before the LED light board shorted out and started smoking. RMA'd back to Newegg and total turn around was about a week. I did pay for return shipping as anyone who knows anything about online shopping expects this. Second one lasted on day before the mini USB port fell off. I do not abuse my equipment. Not going to RMA will just order a 5 Pin Mini USB port and attach it myself. Really disappointed in Cooler Master quality. Costs too much to ship back multiple times. I can understand getting a defective product sometimes but this is poor build quality.

Overall Review: I would consider another brand.