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William B.

William B.

Joined on 12/12/09

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great Value

Rosewill RFA-120-K - 120mm Computer Case Cooling Fan with LP4 Adapter - Sleeve Bearing, Silent
Rosewill RFA-120-K - 120mm Computer Case Cooling Fan with LP4 Adapter - Sleeve Bearing, Silent

Pros: (2) Great 120mm fan for my Cool Master HAF case top. Not loud. came with small 4 pin to Large Molex splice in. Didn't need that.

Cons: None

Great Bracket

BYTECC Bracket-525 3.5" Drive/Device Transfer Bracket For 5.25" Drive Bay (Black)
BYTECC Bracket-525 3.5" Drive/Device Transfer Bracket For 5.25" Drive Bay (Black)

Pros: Nice adapter bracket to used for 3.5 in 5.25 opening. Make of black plastic, no problem so far. Used mine for front case USB 3.0 to board socket. Fuit my Cool Master HAF perfect.

Cons: None

Great Ram

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL

Pros: Great Price. 2140 Mhz 8 gigs . Big Heat sinks. G Skuill tech support is great. Answered my call right away, and helped me set the Ram timing / Voltage with new Uefi Bios

Cons: None

Works Grreat

Seagate BarraCuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Packaging
Seagate BarraCuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Packaging

Pros: 2TB Seagate 7200 rpm 64 MB buffer SATA 6.0 2 year waranty only $110 with free USB 3.0 PCI Express adapter

Cons: Only 2 year warranty, but they all are going that way, except for WD Black HD 5 year. WD Blue 2 year warranty.

Overall Review: Prices are finally coming down again. Solid State Drives are not that much better when filled up with Data, whic slows them down.

Great Bracket

Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket
Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket

Pros: Barcket is made of Metal and strong. Plug fit on board USB 3.0 socket no problem. Woks with USB 2.0 don't have any USB 3.0 devices yet to test, but seems it will work

Cons: None

Great Board

ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB 950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB 950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I love this Board. Used with AMD FX 8350. Clocked to 4.4 GHZ on air, no problem. First time I used Uefi Bios. It has so many setting, I have not seen before, had to read the manual to fine tune, but fire right up initially, but this great and the future. Nice to have a Full ATX board. 4 fan connections. 6 Sata 6.0 I don't see a need for a Sabertooth.

Cons: SATA port 5 and 6 are covered by my AMD 6970 Video Card. It says to Raid set up up use Sata 5 & 6 port.

Overall Review: ASUS is great as usual. Bios was factory from 12/2012 and no problems with the FX 8350.