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Oscar T.

Oscar T.

Joined on 11/18/16

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Most Favorable Review

Simple and great

Thermaltake Smart Series 500W SLI/CrossFire Ready Continuous Power ATX 12V V2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready PS-SPD-0500NPCWUS-W
Thermaltake Smart Series 500W SLI/CrossFire Ready Continuous Power ATX 12V V2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Haswell Ready PS-SPD-0500NPCWUS-W

Pros: -Great budget PSU -Has all the connectors I needed for my budget build and still has more to offer

Cons: None

Overall Review: - Was skeptical at first about the quality. After having it in my hands and have been using it for over a month I've found that this has shown to be a great quality and reliable PSU

Top Shelf Cooler

Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan (Brown)
Noctua NH-U12S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-F12 120mm Fan (Brown)

Pros: Very great cooler, fits in my Fractal Design Nano S with only millimeters to spare from touching the plexi panel. The coolers performance is comparative to the previous Corsair H80i V2 all in one cooler I had installed before it, keeping temps at around 60*C under heavy load. The supplied fan is also very quiet and is a noticeable improvement from the AIO, it does not disturb the ram slots of my Asrock Z170itx motherboard.

Cons: Although worth it, the price is steep compared to other tower coolers in its class. The brown beige of the fan clashes with black red of my case.

Noctua and Quality are synonymous

Noctua NF-A8 ULN, Ultra Quiet Silent Fan, 3-Pin (80mm, Brown)
Noctua NF-A8 ULN, Ultra Quiet Silent Fan, 3-Pin (80mm, Brown)

Pros: - Excellent Quality - Well equipped - Well packaged - Runs quiet

Cons: - The fan is fairly thick which can pose an issue for cramped mini ITX builds

Overall Review: I purchased this to replace my stock 80mm case fan and must say I was very impressed with Noctua's fit and finish // I did run into an issue fitting this fan in place of my stock case fan due to its thicker size, but thankfully due to Noctuas well equipped assortment of accessories, I was able to run the fan on my case with the supplied rubber pegs // Although Noctua does not offer much in aesthetics, I think its performance and function outweigh that factor hands down I recommend you purchase this fan

Corsair Air Series AF120 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow Case Fan Single Pack(CO-9050001-WW)
Corsair Air Series AF120 120mm Quiet Edition High Airflow Case Fan Single Pack(CO-9050001-WW)

Pros: - Runs quiet -Interchangeable colored rings to match your rig - Good airflow

Cons: - Nothing major but my fan tuner was not able to recognize this fan to tweak with the resistor in line

Overall Review: I picked up this fan as an upgrade for my mini ITX build case along with another 80mm Noctua fan. Surprisingly my stock fans from my cooler to the case fans performed admirably and kept temperatures at relatively good temp, mid 60's under load, but they were too noisy for my liking. This fan comes with a voltage step down adapter which I used and the fan works excellent even at this lower speed // Although my rig is still noisy from the the stock CPU cooler I noticed that the CPU cooler doesn't strain as hard as it use to, likely due to the added aid in airflow from the new fans // Temperatures remained about the same with both fans runs the resistors and overall my rig has quieted down

Mighty mouse

OEM Intel Core i3 i3-6100 Dual-core 3.70 GHz Processor LGA 1151
OEM Intel Core i3 i3-6100 Dual-core 3.70 GHz Processor LGA 1151

Pros: -Great value and performer -Handles just about everything I throw at it

Cons: -Although it works wonders with its hyper-threading and dual cores this processor is the biggest bottleneck in my build, it constantly is having to work hard to keep up and I've pegged all 4 threads to 100% with certain games. -This is the place holder for an i5 in my build and if someone is looking for some serious power they should really consider going with an i5 over this i3

Overall Review: - Great for the light user and budget/entry builder -Totally worth the buy

Standard reliable perfomer

Team Elite Plus 4GB DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model TPRD44G2133HC1501
Team Elite Plus 4GB DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Desktop Memory Model TPRD44G2133HC1501

Pros: -Bought this for my budget build and needed some affordable ram. I wasn't as familiar with this brand as some others but I decided to give them a chance. Ram works well out of the box and has been performing excellent, I was satisfied enough that I purchased a second stick for my empty slot. -Has been performing well with all my ultra 1080 gaming -Visually appealing red and black heat sink

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Why pay more when you can pay less?