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michael b.

michael b.

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Most Favorable Review

Cooler Master Elite 361

Cooler Master Elite 361 - Mid Tower Computer Case with Rotatable Logo for Vertical or Horizontal Placement
Cooler Master Elite 361 - Mid Tower Computer Case with Rotatable Logo for Vertical or Horizontal Placement

Pros: The Cooler Master Elite 361 is a great little case with just enough room for and good little gaming system. I was able to fit a full size motherboard and a 500 watt PSU and A 12" ATI 5870 and still had room for two 3.5" HDD

Cons: I really can not think of any except I would really like to have the interior painted black also but saying that it was only 40$

Overall Review: This is the smallest case I could for find that I was able to fit my old ATI 5870 and it did a great job at doing that I am really happy with this case, and you should have no problems fitting any of you parts in this case, just good luck finding an aftermarket cpu cooler to fit in this

Most Critical Review

TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0

TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0 (8x4) Wireless Wi-Fi Cable Modem Router
TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0 (8x4) Wireless Wi-Fi Cable Modem Router

Pros: The TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0 is a well build Wireless Wi-Fi Cable Modem Router, it is nice looking and is of good quality. The range is good as well but was surprised it did not support 5 GHz Frequency. The TC-W7960 N300 was so very easy to set up and activate, I have Comcast, “XFINITY” as took me no more than a 10 minute phone call to activate. There are many great features, like Channel Bonding, DOCSIS 3.0, and the USB 2.0 port which will work for a printer or a large external HardDrive, also some of the Wireless Function are “Enable/Disable Wireless Radio, WDS Bridge, WMM, Wireless MAC Filtering”. Below is the TC-W7960 ISP compatibility list, Comcast,Time Warner Cable,Charter Communications ,COX Communications,Cablevision Systems ,Suddenlink Communications ,Brighthouse Networks ,Mediacom Cable,WOW,Cable ONE,General Communication Inc.,and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico.

Cons: The TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0 is good but I did have some speed issues when I went to speed test I could only manage an average of about 15 MB/s down and 4 MB/s up, with my Buffalo Air Station I reached my maximum of 30 MB/s down and 6 MB/s up and a Linksys CM 100 DOCSIS 2.0, I’m not sure if it is a capability issues with Comcast or what, I tried some trouble shooting but to no avail, so I am using the TC-W7960 for the modem portion and my Buffalo Air Station for the Router portion.

Overall Review: The TP-LINK TC-W7960 N300 DOCSIS 3.0 does seem to be a good modem and router combination, I am not sure if the speed issues I encountered was my particular setup of if it was down to the TC-W7960, I am still happy with the TC-W7900, It is nice looking, the user interface is good, and has many good features for this price-point.

10/30/2016

Corsair AF Series AF120 LED (2018) CO-9050080-WW

Corsair AF Series AF120 LED (2018) CO-9050080-WW 120 mm Red LED Case Fan, Single Pack.
Corsair AF Series AF120 LED (2018) CO-9050080-WW 120 mm Red LED Case Fan, Single Pack.

Pros: The Corsair AF series case fans are very good case fans for the price, as you would expect it upholds the Corsair build quality. The AF series uses sleeved bearings, there are 4 different types of bearings that PC fans utilize, sleeved bearing use 2 surfaces lubricated with grease or oil and have near silent operation and the only other bearing type more silent operation are Fluid bearing but are very expensive, and not worth the money in my opinion.

Cons: These fan use the 3 pin on the 4 pin so no (PWM) I really do like these case fans the color is terrific and they move a lot of air for their near silent operation, I would have liked for there’s fans to have damping, or vibration padding at fan mounting point, but most of us already have fan rubber mounts and if not it does not make much of a difference.

Overall Review: The AF series come with a 2 year warranty and there RMA process is so painless. Overall the AF series are of great quality and look great with near silent operation, and are great case fans at its current price point. I would highly recommend any corsair product especially there line of power supplies.

Corsair AF Series AF140 (CO-9050086)

Corsair AF Series AF140 LED (2018) CO-9050089-WW 140mm Red LED Case Fan, 2-Pack
Corsair AF Series AF140 LED (2018) CO-9050089-WW 140mm Red LED Case Fan, 2-Pack

Pros: The Corsair AF series case fans are very good case fans for the price, as you would expect it upholds the Corsair build quality. The AF series uses sleeved bearings, there are 4 different types of bearings that PC fans utilize, sleeved bearing use 2 surfaces lubricated with grease or oil and have near silent operation and the only other bearing type more silent operation are Fluid bearing but are very expensive, and not worth the money in my opinion. These fan use the 3 pin on the 4 pin so no (PWM) I really do like these case fans the color is terrific and they move a lot of air for their near silent operation, I would have liked for there’s fans to have damping, or vibration padding at fan mounting point, but most of us already have fan rubber mounts and if not it does not make much of a difference.

Cons: The only features I would have liked to see on these case fans are vibration padding mounting points and maybe a 4 pin PWM

Overall Review: The AF series come with a 2 year warranty and there RMA process is so painless. Overall the AF series are of great quality and look great with near silent operation, and are great case fans at its current price point. I would highly recommend any corsair product especially there line of power supplies.

CORSAIR RMx Series RM550x CP-9020177-NA

CORSAIR RMx Series RM550x CP-9020177-NA 550 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply
CORSAIR RMx Series RM550x CP-9020177-NA 550 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply

Pros: The Corsair RM500x Power Supply is absolutely great, I have been using Corsair Power Supplies for more than 10 years now, after the first 5 or so I bought I was so impressed I have not bought any other brand. The build quality is fantastic, solid construction, you can feel. I build gaming PC’s for friends and co-workers., and only use Corsair Power Supply’s because they are the most reliable I have ever seen, and to this day I have never had to work on anyone pc because of a failed power supply. The power output is stable and now other power supply that I know of have more amps on the +12V rail, which is highly needed if you are running high-end video card. The fans and fan profile on the RMx series is excellent with mainly silent operation., if you get a RMx series PSU 30% higher wattage than what is needed the fan will never spin up, so makes for silent operation while gaming. I had to RMA one of my Corsair PSU that I have had for 4 or 5 years, to be honest I am the one that broke it, and they replaced it no question asked, the day they received it they did not have any in stock so they shipped me one straight from the factory in Hong-Kong, I think it was and it was at my door in 3 days, I was totally amazed. The RMx Series have a 80 Plus GOLD Rating and a 10 Year Warranty. There are lower cost power supplies on the market but you get what you pay for, if you buy a Corsair power supply they completely have your back, and the chances of you having a problem with a corsair power supply is so slim to now, over the years I have owned more than 20 and only 2 broke and the one was my fault, I think about 6 years ago I had a TX 500 watt , and I had hooked up 2 ATI 5870’s and it ran the system just fine even though it was pulling over 700 or 800 watts from the wall. For the reasons I mentioned above is why I speak so highly of Corsair Power Supply’s.

Cons: Their is no cons to Corsair's line of Power Supply I have used them all TX, CM, RM, and AX and if I forgot to mention one Ive probably used it too. The RM 1000 is my favorite.

Overall Review: Test System: EKWB Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WIFI (rev.1.0) (Bios ver.5.1) Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.2 GHz Core Voltage 1.228V G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (F4-2800C16-4GRK) 2400 MHz @ 14-14-14-39-2T MSI GTX 1080 Sea Hawk EK X 8gb Samsung 840 EVO-Series 750GB in Raid-0 (MZ-7TE750BW)

Cooler Master MA621P

Cooler Master MasterAir MA621P RGB ThreadRipper TR4 Twin Tower CPU Air Cooler 6 CDC 2.0 Heatpipes, Aluminum Fins, Push-Pull, Dual MF120R RGB Fans RGB Lighting
Cooler Master MasterAir MA621P RGB ThreadRipper TR4 Twin Tower CPU Air Cooler 6 CDC 2.0 Heatpipes, Aluminum Fins, Push-Pull, Dual MF120R RGB Fans RGB Lighting

Pros: The Cooler Master MASTER MA621P, is an absolutely terrific CPU cooler, it is the whole package, Nice quite fans, adjustable RGB compatible with some of the major motherboard manufacture’s, at almost half the cost of many CPU cooler of the caliber. It reminds me of the old Cooler Master V8, that I absolutely loved and used for many years untill I went to water cooling. The PMW fans are quite and move a lot of air, around 54 CFM the PMW fan speed range from 600 to 1800 RPM, that is very good, I have power curve set in my motherboards bios, and the RGB is just terrific.

Cons: I cannot honestly think of anything bad to say about the Cooler Master MA621P, the fans are excellent as ore the massive 6 heat pipes almost 2 pounds of heat pipes and aluminum.

Overall Review: I used the MASTERAIR on my Test System: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WIFI (rev.1.0) (Bios ver.5.1) Intel Core i7 5820K @ 4.2 GHz Core Voltage 1.228V G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (F4-2800C16-4GRK) 2400 MHz @ 14-14-14-39-2T EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Classified in SLI Core 1204MHz x Memory 3683MHz (03G-P4-2888-KR) Samsung 840 EVO-Series 750GB in Raid-0 (MZ-7TE750BW) My temps at idle were 34 degrees and during normal Gameplay stayed around 60 degrees and I was very impressed. The MASTERAIR is at a really good price point and looks absolutely terrific.