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Michael F.

Michael F.

Joined on 05/01/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great HSF Unit with right case & mobo

SilverStone Argon Series AR03 CPU Cooler with 120mm Fan for socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011, AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2
SilverStone Argon Series AR03 CPU Cooler with 120mm Fan for socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011, AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2

Pros: Used with a socket 775 Q9300 that I had overclocked to 3.4 Ghz. Was hard to install. Now I just built a socket 1150 i3-4330. Much easier to install. Getting to the hold down crossbar nuts are easier since the unit is narrow. Then put the fan on next using the rubber rivets make it easier to mount then those cheesy wire holders that some units come with. 40 degrees C is about the highest I've seen with this on my overclocked Q9300 setup using CPUID HWMonitor. The i3 seems to be same. Still testing.

Cons: Have no known cons at this time.

Overall Review: Read specs for fit for your case, motherboard, and RAM height. Certain case / motherboard designs will only allow it to orientate in certain directions and may have issues with high profile RAM heatsinks.

Most Critical Review

confusion about the model.

EVGA 02G-P4-3757-RX GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card Certified Refurbished
EVGA 02G-P4-3757-RX GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card Certified Refurbished

Pros: The card works great... But,

Cons: Evga Precision X is reporting that the card I received is a SC version. Not a FTW. Was there a BIOS change? Working to clarify what was sent to me. It has the dual fan setup but is missing the FTW sticker on the fan shroud. So I'm giving this item only 3 eggs for the time being.

Overall Review: Was going to send this card back after I fixed a heat sink issue on my old evga gtx 660 sc. But the 750 TI uses much less power which is why I liked it. It almost performs like the 660. Waiting for 9xx cards to come down in price.

Very low cost with very good performance.

MONTECH NX600 Dual-Tower CPU Air Cooler with 6 Heatpipes & Premium Top Cover | 28 mm E28 Fan 2000 RPM PWM | Soldered Copper Base | 85 CFM Airflow | Intel LGA1700 / 1851 & AMD AM5 Support | Black
MONTECH NX600 Dual-Tower CPU Air Cooler with 6 Heatpipes & Premium Top Cover | 28 mm E28 Fan 2000 RPM PWM | Soldered Copper Base | 85 CFM Airflow | Intel LGA1700 / 1851 & AMD AM5 Support | Black

Pros: Very well packaged. Nothing was damaged. All the correct mounting components were included for my AMD AM4 Ryzen build. Temps recorded with CPU-X while running benchmark on Bazzite which is seen in picture. Stays well below 50c underload with my build. Fans run quiet and push a good amount of air. I have no issues with RAM clearence since I use low profile non-LED sticks.

Overall Review: Mounted on stock clocked Ryzen 7 5800XT installed in Gigabyte B550 Aorus AX V2 Fractal Design Meshify C Black ATX High-Airflow Compact Mid Tower Computer Case. Maxiumum HSF height for this case is 172mm. Using Thermal Grizzly TG-CA-38-38-02-R Carbonaut Thermal Pad - 38x38mm

It's good 4 solid golden eggs!

ORICO Aluminum M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure , Tool-Free 10Gbps USB C Adapter, USB 3.2 M.2 NVMe Reader, External SSD Case Thunderbolt 3 Compatible, Supports 4TB 2230/2242/2260/2280 PCIe M-Key SSDs-PWM2-BK
ORICO Aluminum M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure , Tool-Free 10Gbps USB C Adapter, USB 3.2 M.2 NVMe Reader, External SSD Case Thunderbolt 3 Compatible, Supports 4TB 2230/2242/2260/2280 PCIe M-Key SSDs-PWM2-BK

Pros: Not hard to open up. Not easy either. Drive mounting is acceptable. Has a blue indicator light and will flash during file transfer operation. Works on a Gigabyte G5 KC Intel I5 Windows 11 Laptop with M Key WD Blue SN500 NVMe drives. Was getting 500+ mb/s 64GB file transfer with the Included USB-C cable. ( Once I figured out that the USB C port is at the back of my laptop. )

Cons: Could not get any M.2 drive to detect on an AMD Ryzen 5600X MSI B450 motherboard Windows 10 with USB 3.2 ports. Guess an issue with the board or drivers. Really needs a USB A to USB C 3.2 adapter / cable. No reason for not including it. Samsung 850 EVO 250GB MZNLN250 B&M key drive had issues with detection on Win 11. That maybe a firmware issue.

Overall Review: None of my drives had a firmware update before testing. Tested WD Blue SN550 1 TB, WD Blue SN550 500 GB, Silicon Power A60 256GB and that Samsung 850 EVO. All NVMe drives.