Joined on 06/10/03
Still on the fence
Pros: Great timing and awesome cost!~
Cons: A bit difficult to setup thus far...
Overall Review: Bought this ram to work with my GA-790XTA-UD4 and Phenom x4 965 blk and getting them to work at the right speed has been difficult. Gigabyte instructs users that are installing DDR3 1600+ to install the ram into slots 3 and 4, but When I do that at 7.7.7.20 (1.905 v) my cpu will not boot into windows (freezes at windows boot screen). I can drop the timing down to 8.8.8.24 (1.905) and the system will booth. When I put the ram into slots 1 and 3 I can put the correct timing correctly and the ram works fine, but my cpu seams a bit slower than when I have it at 8.8.8.24 in slots 3 and 4. I've emailed Patriot support and hopefully they will buzz me soon.
Issues with GA790xta-UD4
Pros: Great price!
Cons: Issues running at 9-9-9-24 @1.5v
Overall Review: I purchased this ram a year ago and I have had issues getting the ram to run at 9-9-9-24 2T @1.5 I've had to run the ram at 9-9-9-28 2T. Anything else than that and my pc will not boot past bios. I am on the latest bios for my mb and everything else works perfect on my pc. I have no idea what to do1!! GB GA790XTA-UD4P AMD 965 Blk 8gb gskill (this ram) Safire Radeon 5850
Decent Case When It Works
Pros: -Great looking case -Cost -Weight -Keeps my cpu fairly cool
Cons: I think this case has a lot of cons that need to be addressed. 1. Front usb and Audio Ports short - I had two cases that would reboot when I touched the front USB or audio port. This happened on two different cases and now my third case is fine. 2. Cable management - This case has very poor cable management. There is so little room that running wires is difficult. 3. Hard Drive Docking - I have 3 3.5 hdd's that I want in the case but it is almost impossible to shut the side of hte case with hard drives actually mounted inside the pc. It's pretty ridiculous. 4. CUSTOMER SERVICE - CM's custom service is the worst I have ever dealt with. I had their reps not responding in chat sessions and ignoring my phone calls. It took me approx 2 weeks to get them to do ANYTHING with my rma request. I can't stress enough the CM's custom support services are inadequate and not customer friendly. I'm a really nice guy and very understanding, but they ignored me and were very unresponsive.
Overall Review: If I had known the issues i was going to have with this case 1 returned case to newegg and 1 rma'd I would not have purchsed it. I'm not really happy with the length of the front audio connection cables and really frustred with how the HDD's are seated in the case.