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Clinton H.

Clinton H.

Joined on 12/23/05

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Most Favorable Review

A Great Quality Asetek AIO

Fractal Design Celsius S36 360mm Silent High Performance Slim Expandable All-In-One CPU Liquid / Water Cooler, LGA 1700 Ready / AM5 Compatible
Fractal Design Celsius S36 360mm Silent High Performance Slim Expandable All-In-One CPU Liquid / Water Cooler, LGA 1700 Ready / AM5 Compatible

Pros: -Integrated fan hub (I didnt use but you can) -Rad and CPU/pump block hardware was 100% compatible with my previous AIO (Corsair H100i), didnt even have to mess with the bracket whatsoever, it fit exactly the same! -Just like in reviews, performs only just a tiny but better than my H100i, we're talking 1-2C on idle and about 3-4C cooler under load, using the exact same ML120 fans; of course performance can of course be improved on the smaller 240mm rad by increasing fan % say 10% to get the same performance out of a 240mm but at the cost of oh having a worse noise/performance ratio. -The hoses are nice and flexible and the unit has a high quality feel, and I personally like the sleek LED-less black icicle on it, no bright branding logo, nice!

Cons: Haven't fount any thus far.

Overall Review: Performance for the pump/block should be identical to other 5th gen Asetek units but you will have a very slight edge over a unit with a 240mm in terms of noise to performance. If you are looking for a sleek 360mm AIO and you don't care about having RGB LED's on your unit, then I highly recommend this unit!

Most Critical Review

Low quality and Noisy

CRYORIG XT140 140mm Slim Profile PWM System Fan
CRYORIG XT140 140mm Slim Profile PWM System Fan

Pros: They are quite slim.

Cons: Weak performance, constant faint bearing "hiss". Bought two of these, both of them started making clicking and grinding noises, one of them happened instantly but I was able to bend the frame back straight since it arrived twisted, the other one developed a clicking noise. By the way these are not quiet fans, especially at full speed you can hear the low quality construction of the blades, the motor, and its bearing, and they don't move a lot of air either.

Fast ram, and looks great!

Team T-Force XTREEM ARGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model TF13D432G3600HC14CDC01
Team T-Force XTREEM ARGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model TF13D432G3600HC14CDC01

Pros: Highly overclockable with fast timings out of the box with the XMP profile. This memory can exceeds what my CPU's mem controller is capable of when overclocked, so I mainly use XMP profile since 3600 C14 is a nice timing anyways the performance is good even if you don't overclock.

Cons: Ram RGB returns to a default pattern after a power cycle and needs the software or compatible motherboard software and then the ram snaps to whatever color that you set it to as Windows loads up. Not a big deal I guess, not like you're going to be losing even 1fps, just had to mention something for a con so there you go.

Overall Review: -Nice RGB diffusers -Highly overclockable (if you choose to do so) -XMP works out of the box (your experience may vary)

Unstable XMP, yet still overclocks?

G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C15D-16GTZ
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C15D-16GTZ

Pros: NO RGB :) Strangely stable at 4000c18-18-18-36 but not at XMP of 3600c15-15-15-35.

Cons: Boots at XMP of 15-15-15-35 but crashing occurs and Memtest86 reveals that the memory is spitting out tons of errors at this speed, even going from the 1.35 all the way up up to 1.5v at this speed proved to not be stable. Oddly enough I WAS able to get the memory running at 4000 18-18-18-36 at 1.45v perfectly stable and since I can not afford downtime on this machine at all and was not offered an advance-rma of any sort then I am resorting to running the memory at this speed which is passes all tests and is truly "stable" at this speed and voltage. No advance-rma of any sort was offered and I can not afford ANY downtime on this machine so I am stuck with the overclock at 4000 at higher voltage.

Overall Review: The previous review "Flawless Overclock" by "Anonymous" is strange in that it was posted immediately after my initial review and the only thing that it says is that it overclocks flawlessly at XMP (what does this mean?) and the strange thing is how this was posted immediately after my long review explaining how I could not get this memory stable at XMP with very similar hardware, I wasn't going to let that oddity slide without mentioning that. I am using an Asus Maximus X Hero and "Anonymous" guy says that he is using the "Maximus Code X" (which isn't even the proper way of listing the motherboard model, there's the "one-up" that I was talking about), I said that I am using an i7-8086k, he says that he is using an 8700k supposedly and he has to list that it has been, and I quote "overclock (overclock @29%)" as he says hastily. I can't figure out if this was just trying to "one-up" my hardware listed in my prior review (very strange indeed) but I can tell you folks that this memory is NOT stable at the XMP. Be weary of such brief and to the point reviews made just to rebuttal prior reviews, or to grab the spotlight or something which that's just trolling. By the way he doesn't even mention any tests that were performed so we should all so we all should question the credibility of the word "stable" is this quick review, it just can't be proven without testing on his part and to make it even more suspicious it was quickly posted after my one egg review, so that's a misleading review at best. He's trying to one-up everybody by saying, and I quote "ASUS Bios instantly sees the XMP profile", as if no other brand motherboard besides an ASUS can detect an XMP profile, which is a lie and false.

Great Ram, No Problems

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Pros: Great ram, running two of these sets (2GB+2GB+2GB+2GB) set at advertised speed 1600/9/9/9/24 with both sets installed and has not given me any problems whatsoever. My first time buying memory form G.SKILL, will I buy G.SKILL memory again!

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Great product, if you want high quality DDR3 1600 memory then look no further, purchase this set!

Great

IOGEAR GUH285 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub
IOGEAR GUH285 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub

Pros: Dont listen to LafinJack up there, excellent product. Works great just as any usb hub should.

Cons: None to date.