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Michael N.

Michael N.

Joined on 09/20/07

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Most Favorable Review

Pretty good for smaller case and lower demand

Rosewill ROCC-16002 High Performance Long Life Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler with Silent 92mm PWM Fan and 2 Direct Contact Heatpipes, Supports Intel & AMD CPU
Rosewill ROCC-16002 High Performance Long Life Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler with Silent 92mm PWM Fan and 2 Direct Contact Heatpipes, Supports Intel & AMD CPU

Pros: Price Performance Noise level Smaller size

Cons: mildly difficult bracket

Overall Review: The stock fan for the AMD FX6300 was showing its age and sometimes ramping up speed and humming loudly. I was very tempted by the 212 EVO, but my case would not allow it. At full power the Rosewill kept the CPU around 60C just idling; now at Power Mode = better performance (middle of the road) it seems to be keeping it at 36C. I have yet to see if I will notice a big performance hit when I'm really doing something taxing like processing video. I do like how much cooler and quieter the PC is now. The bracket was mildly difficult to install. I have a couple of knuckle scars to show for it.

Most Critical Review

poor shielding, poor DVI connector

DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Hannord Dp Display Port to DVI Converter Male to Male Gold-Plated Cord 6 Feet Black Cable for Lenovo, Dell, HP and Other Brand
DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Hannord Dp Display Port to DVI Converter Male to Male Gold-Plated Cord 6 Feet Black Cable for Lenovo, Dell, HP and Other Brand

Pros: Cheap

Cons: Thin cable Poor shielding Poor DVI connector

Overall Review: I was skeptical when I saw the thin diameter of this cable. My DVI to DVI cable it replaced was as fat as my thumb and always worked solidly. Since using this new cable I have been plagued by intermittent noise (which looks like snow/white sparkles in what should be solid black background). When the air conditioner cycles, or even if I turn on or off a lightswitch, the screen can go to snow (think old analog television with no antenna connected). Only power cycling the monitor fixes it...until the next time it happens. The DVI connector itself is not good. With the screws tightened all the way, the connector housing still rocks and flexes in and out.

2nd one for 2021 Moto 3 Power, not so hot

SAMSUNG EVO 256GB microSDXC Flash Card + Adapter Model MB-MP256HA/AM
SAMSUNG EVO 256GB microSDXC Flash Card + Adapter Model MB-MP256HA/AM

Pros: it works

Cons: It does not work as smoothly as the one in my Samsung J3 Achieve worked. Slow transfers and wifi connections dropped; I realize this may be the fault of the phone itself and not the card, so I still gave it five stars.

Overall Review: It works. It does not work as smoothly in a 2021 Moto 3 Power as the one in my Samsung J3 Achieve worked. Slooow transfers and wifi connections dropped; I realize this may be the fault of the phone itself and not the card, so I still gave it five stars.

we shall see, a little slow right now

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-16GXH
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-16GXH

Pros: It's GSkill. Quite honestly I am hoping for the best. I have had nothing but good luck with them in the past.

Cons: Revised: Best speed attained 1866 Original: Slower than expected in a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (rev. 1.0) running an AMD FX6300: 1066MHz (!) 66ns latency (!)

Overall Review: Revised: With a bit more time, I can say I'm pretty happy. I confess to cluelessness at first. Bios vs. memtest86 vs. CPUZ gave seemingly various results. I have gotten the RAM up to 1877 on my mobo, though 2000 should be possible. Tech support at GSkill have been reponsive and helpful. Original: I just bought a pair of F3-2133C9D-16GXH through Newegg/Disram. I installed them in my Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (rev. 1.0) running an AMD FX6300. I tried setting the speeds to profiles 1 and 2. I tried manually setting the timings to 9 11 11 31 1.6V. No luck; BIOS error. The memory defaults to settings of 1066MHz(!) I know the motherboard limits to 2000, but that is quite a difference. For what it's worth, I'm coming directly from running 2 2GB sticks of GSkill Ripjaws running at 1866. The memory passed memtest86 at the slower speed. I have emailed GSkill at their U.S. support; hopefully they may have some suggestions.