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James H.

James H.

Joined on 08/09/07

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Buy

Antec Skeleton Black ATX Tower Computer Case
Antec Skeleton Black ATX Tower Computer Case

Pros: - Solid Construction, the "plastic" portion of this case can be equated to just as sturdy as the steel portion below. - The totally open rack design is great for people who constantly tinker with their hardware. - The large top fan is beautiful, clocking in at a massive cfm that keeps a good amount of air moving over your components

Cons: - If you lack a modular psu it is going to take some creativity and alot of patience to tie, wrap, and tuck your "extra" cables so that it remains somewhat organized with nothing dangling off.

Overall Review: This case is a sort of hit or miss. If you see it and go "I have to have it" I can guarantee you will have endless enjoyment by owning it. But if you see it and go "Maybe" (or even straight off "No") this is not the case for you. Specs: Core i7 920 O.C to 3GHz 6GB of G.Skill DDR3 1333 (3 x 2GB) GIGABYTE GA-EX58-DS4 EVGA nVidia 8800GS BFG 800W PSU

Most Critical Review

Terribad

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-DS4 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-DS4 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Good Layout Full Featured BIOS

Cons: The Benefits end there. The board I received has a broken onboard LAN/NIC. The Power cycling feature and "power gear" feature "shifts" at the wrong time causing your lan to turn off/break. The only way to get it back is to do a full shutdown (unplug everything and wait.) and then turn it back on and even then it breaks again within 2-3 minutes. When you plug in 1333 RAM, the board detects it as 1066, and even after you adjust the timings and the speed to match your ram, it forces the RAM to run at 1066 8-8-8-21 The BIOS has recieved only 3 updates since release when there are many issues to be fixed.

Overall Review: People have reported issues with their Gigabyte board similar to mine on all i7 models. (UD3, UD4, Extreme, and DS4) Gigabyte Tech Support is not helpful, After explaining to them I have tried all the drivers from realtek and themselves, they continue to tell me to use Driver X or Driver Y which is found on the list I provided of ones I have tried.

It's a Cable

Athena Power Cable-AD10 1 ft. EPS-12V (8Pin) connector Extension Cable
Athena Power Cable-AD10 1 ft. EPS-12V (8Pin) connector Extension Cable

Pros: -Extends Things -Made of pixie dust

Cons: -Lacks potty training

Overall Review: It's a cable, what else do you need to know.

Sunbeam LL-B Blue LASER LED
Sunbeam LL-B Blue LASER LED

Pros: Bright, cheap

Cons: Fell apart, but easy to fix

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Steel chassis is very strong. Screwless design on PCI/PCI-E bays is great. Hard drive cage is well designed and screwless system there is my favorite.

Cons: Screwless expansion bays (5.25 and 3.5) are a bit awkward on devices that are not as long as a standard disk drive.

Overall Review: This is overall a great product and has got me hooked the NZXT brand in general. Great quality!

Controller Panel
Controller Panel

Pros: Works very well, extra temperature sensor without a specific part label is very handy, I use it in my graphics card.

Cons: 24-Hour time display and hard to install on a screw-less case

Overall Review: I highly recommend this product. I would only pick differently if you needed to control more than 3 PWM fans.