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Jeffrey L.

Jeffrey L.

Joined on 10/31/01

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Most Favorable Review

Plenty of power.

KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1220MA1S 1220 W ATX / BTX SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1220MA1S 1220 W ATX / BTX SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: This is one of a few power supplies that is noted as certified at slizone.com for a dual gtx 285 configuration and is considered to be "NVIDIA SLI-Ready certified". I noticed a lot of power supplies are "certified", or "ready" but not many are listed on the slizone.com site. The modular approach to cabling is a nice feature and helps to keep your case clean and clutter free. All the cables are wrapped in a nice mesh. I was worried about fan noise but as mentioned previously, the fan is very quiet. I have actually never had a computer this quiet before, a credit to the COSMOS case, Zalman 9900 and this PS.

Cons: This con could be due to the fact that I am using a very large COSMOS case (bottom mounted PS), but the 12v 8-pin power connector could have been a tad longer. Two or three more inches would have been nice. It works but it's touching my Zalman 9900 heat sink and I want as much air flow around that as possible.

Overall Review: If you are planning on running dual GTX 285 in SLI then this PS has been tested and certified by NVIDIA themselves.

Most Critical Review

Died after 8 months

Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset

Pros: Comfortable for smaller heads/ears.

Cons: It just up and died after about 8 months.

Overall Review: I expected these to last at least a year. I have a super cheap pair that is going on 4 years now and still working fine.

Had to update bios to use our Kaby Lake i7

GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Looks great! We like the red and white colors. Bios is nice. It finally posted...

Cons: Now I understand why Newegg included a super cheap free skylake processor with this board. You will need to use it in order to flash the bios to 6/28/2017 F22f off a thumbdrive. So you install the free processor, post, flash the new bios, then take it out and install your Kaby Lake i7. Threw us for a loop at first but figured it out with 'the google'.

Overall Review: It would have been nice knowing this board didn't support Kaby Lake out of the box up front.

Big. Quiet. Cool.

Noctua NH-D14, Premium CPU Cooler with Dual NF-P14 PWM and NF-P12 PWM Fans (Brown)
Noctua NH-D14, Premium CPU Cooler with Dual NF-P14 PWM and NF-P12 PWM Fans (Brown)

Pros: I have had my MB set to silent fans for a year and game 2 or 3 nights a week and it's never revved up to where I can hear it.

Cons: It's really big. Bigger than you think it. It takes up a lot of space in my large case but that's why I got a large case. I had to mount one fan a little higher to fit over the ram heatsink. Not a big deal, only had to move about 3 mm.

10/10/2014

Weak cable

EZOPower 4-Pack Extra long (2x 6ft + 2x 10ft) Micro USB Data Hotsync & Charging Cable for BlackBerry, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Cellphone Smartphone Tablet eBook and more - (Black & White)
EZOPower 4-Pack Extra long (2x 6ft + 2x 10ft) Micro USB Data Hotsync & Charging Cable for BlackBerry, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Cellphone Smartphone Tablet eBook and more - (Black & White)

Pros: It works but....

Cons: The material that surrounds the plug on the end of this cable is too soft. One day my phone was knocked off my nightstand and landed in a way that bent the plug. It broke off not long after that.

12/29/2013

Beware, only controls Sony AV receivers

SONY PS3 Media/Blu-ray Disc Remote Control
SONY PS3 Media/Blu-ray Disc Remote Control

Pros: Controls the PS3 nicely and my Pioneer TV. Great price on sale. I guess 2 out of 3 aint bad eh? Maybe I shouldn't complain, for the price it can't be beat although the regular PS3 controllers were working just fine for controlling everything.

Cons: Won't control my Yamaha receiver. Can't "learn"either.

Overall Review: I bought this believing that it would control the PS3, the TV AND my receiver. It's got the AV button and everything! I wasn't expecting a lot just power and volume. It has numerous codes for various TV's and controls my Pioneer plasma just fine, even more complicated things like input and screen resolution. Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print and it turns out that this remote only controls SONY AV receivers. That was really disappointing as now I still need a second remote to change the volume on the receiver. This didn't solve anything for me really and is now probably just going to sit in a drawer.