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Edwin J.

Edwin J.

Joined on 09/30/08

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Most Favorable Review

This case is BIG!!!

Corsair Graphite Series 600T CC600TM Graphite Grey Mid-Tower Gaming Case
Corsair Graphite Series 600T CC600TM Graphite Grey Mid-Tower Gaming Case

Pros: This case is incredibly roomy and well designed. It makes building a neat and beautiful machine very easy. It is very quiet and really nice to look at. This case will fit most if not all Extended ATX motherboards even though it doesn't say so in the specs... My Asus Maximus V Formula board fit easily...

Cons: This Case is much bigger than it appears in the pics. To get the idea from the pics you must picture the optical drive bays and the fact that there are about 2-3 inches of Case to either side of the bays. This thing is super WIDE, and a pretty good height.

Overall Review: Fit everything I bought for my build with plenty of space for cable routing and my hands to work without getting cut. This is probably the first pc I have ever built where the case did not draw blood at some point.

Nice and quiet

CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm

Pros: Nice and quiet, once you install corsair's software you can set the controller up and the settings get stored to the hardware and you no longer need the software running on your pc.

Cons: kind of a PITA to install by yourself... bring a friend to the party for an extra set of hands...

Overall Review: set the fans to 1000 rpm for nice quiet cooling...

Great Board

ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great board with great features. On-board sound is excellent, always in 5.1 with optical out. Board is visually marvelous in it's elegant black and red design and has some nice lights. Features work as you would expect.

Cons: Poor choice of provided antennas. The board is entirely black and red... but the wireless antennas provided are white... They are also long cabled antennas as opposed to a standard rod type. I had to buy replacements for the sake of having an aesthetically pleasing build.

Overall Review: If I were going to make a board that supported raid I would have included more sata 6gb connectors on the raid controller... as it is, it has two 6gbs and two 3gbs connectors on the raid controller...