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Brandon S.

Brandon S.

Joined on 07/02/12

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Excellent fan

Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

Pros: Price - I got it on sale a year and a half ago for like, $35. Materials - solid copper pipes. This fan is sturdy and heavy Noise - Quiet. I can't hear it over my GPU's fan Temp - I overclock my AMD CPU from 3.6 to 4.1 and I've never seen it go above 50c, and that's counting hot days.

Cons: It's really big. Unless you have a large (mid ATX +) you're going to have a hard time clipping on the fans, let alone putting it in without taking out the motherboard first. Odds are, you'll have to make a choice between having a top case fan and one of this CPU cooler's fans. See below On AMD CPU's, the fan only mounts one way. Makes it difficult to use all the case fans that I want to

Overall Review: Solid fan that will last a long time. Highly recommend it.

Most Critical Review

Decent case for a first build

Cooler Master Elite 430 - Mid Tower Computer Case with All-Black Interior and Windowed Side Panel
Cooler Master Elite 430 - Mid Tower Computer Case with All-Black Interior and Windowed Side Panel

Pros: Cheap case, plenty of room inside and it has plenty of places for fans

Cons: Horrific cable management. I can't string my wires through the side of the case so I have to bundle them all up and shove them below the HDD so the case can have some airflow. Also, the front headphone jack/microphone jack stopped working after about three weeks.

Overall Review: Looking back, I'd spend a little more and get a better case. The window is nice, though, and I like the blue LED fan in the front.