Joined on 06/24/08
Beautiful cool and quite
Pros: It took some studying of the instruction manual and installation illustrations but I got it installed in 5 mins, no cuts or breaks etc. Very quite, in fact it becomes more quite at full speed.
Cons: The heatsink is so large it can be easily bumped by your hands inside of a cramped small case. If you bump it, it can rotate just very slightly out of alignment, but is easy to twist back into alignment with gentle pressure. I wondered if this was because it was too lose, but everything is tightly mounted.
Overall Review: I wish it came in more LED colors, red, yellow, green etc. I could only find blue.
Terrible Experience, Two Defective boards.
Pros: None. Broken.
Cons: Nothing works.
Overall Review: First board shipped blew up after 14 days of use. Second board shipped has a dead PCI slot. Two broken boards in a row.
Nice clean looking quality cable
Pros: Quality construction. The cable feels durable yet flexible to the touch. I like how the LEDs are large and bright not small. This is perfect for case modding. I will be buying more soon.
Cons: No cons, works perfectly, great price and quality product.
Overall Review: Highly recommended.
Completely silent, enough said.
Pros: Very, very quite. I have to place my head right next to it in order to hear the fan.
Cons: None at the moment. Hopefully it stays quite it's entire life.
Overall Review: I would highly recommend to others.
Amazing Dual Core
Pros: Great cool running chip, very stable and powerful. Makes pretty quick work of heavy 3d animation rendering. My main work machine runs a FX-8370. The FX-8370 renders a scene at 43 seconds, this i3-4160 renders the same scene at 31 seconds. That makes the i3 a perfect very low-cost render farm option for my work.
Cons: Not easy to overclock to a full 4 GHz.
Overall Review: Yes I would recommend to others. Great low cost option for student machines or entry level gaming / 3d animation work rigs.
Durable, fast, cool running mini board
Pros: Construction feels very firm and durable. All the components are performing perfectly. Very cool while operating. I am surprised at how cool it is. It doesn't generate any noticeable heat even after long hours of heavy operation.
Cons: No very many USB ports. Only four. Two 2.0, and two 3.0.
Overall Review: BIOS is very feature full.
Great quality product arrived on time.
I purchased a computer signal power switch cable with reset, and LED lights. The cable arrived to me in Texas with in 14 days of purchase. It is a high quality cable that has large bright LEDs and it fits perfectly for my custom PC mod case. 100% Quality seller.