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Mark W.

Mark W.

Joined on 06/26/06

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Most Favorable Review

Stock Fans LOUD AS SHI

CORSAIR Hydro Series H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: According to the Asus "Thermal Radar" I'm at 32c on all cores running at 4.3 (AMD FX8350). I've got the H80 set on fan speed of 2 out of 3 on the block and it appears the two 120mm fans are not speed controlled and just blast 100% full time? Either way, they sound like jet engines and the girlfriend refuses to sleep when my computers on. I highly suggest you purchase new fans. I've just purchased these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181027 and a pair of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608004 I'm going to see which fans are more quiet. If the corsair fans can compete with the NF-P12's then I'm going to keep the corsairs just to have the rubber buffer and the nice color rings as I'm using a case that's open (Thermaltake 10GT). Do not tighten your bracket too tight if using AMD bracket, the tabs bend. I think another reviewer said this too. TLDR; 32c medium load (GW2, XP VM..) FX8350. Stock fans are ungodly loud, it's a MUST to purchase quieter fans unless your rig is in your neighbors house then I guess it wont effect you in your bedroom.

Cons: AMD Bracket tabs can be tightened too tight and bend, don't tighten your bracket too much. Stock fans could propel a B52 bomber and sound like it too.

Overall Review: None.

11/24/2012
Most Critical Review

Worst Chair Ever

Rosewill High-Back Artificial Leather Executive Chair Black (RCT03BP)
Rosewill High-Back Artificial Leather Executive Chair Black (RCT03BP)

Pros: Was easy to put together and give away to a friend after I forced myself to sit in it for a few weeks thinking it "might get better"

Cons: You may as well sit on bricks. The arm rests are extremely low, making them useless... You cannot drop your arms enough to use them, might as well take them off.

Overall Review: Build quality is great, I would only suggest this chair to a midget with normal length arms who's skin is like a balloon filled with whipped cream to counteract the hardness of the cushions of this chair, if you can even call it that.

10/21/2011

Works

StarTech.com USB312SAT3CB USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Adapter Cable for 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD Drives - Supports SATA III (6 Gbps) - USB Powered
StarTech.com USB312SAT3CB USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Adapter Cable for 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD Drives - Supports SATA III (6 Gbps) - USB Powered

Pros: Works

Cons: This is not a 'con', this adapter only works for 2.5" drives (I realize it advertises this but someone may not notice)

Overall Review: Good and cheap, works great.

Works extremely well

Wifi Adapter, PCIe WiFi 6 Card Bluetooth 5.0 AX 3000 Mbps AX200 Dual Band 5.GHz/2.4GHz PCI-E Wireless WiFi Network Adapter Card for Desktop Windows 10 64-bit
Wifi Adapter, PCIe WiFi 6 Card Bluetooth 5.0 AX 3000 Mbps AX200 Dual Band 5.GHz/2.4GHz PCI-E Wireless WiFi Network Adapter Card for Desktop Windows 10 64-bit

Pros: Price is good compared to other products Still working as of today, no issues. Bluetooth works just fine also, no issues.

Overall Review: Highly recommend this if you're looking for the features this product advertises.

3 Years and Running Strong

EVGA 04G-P4-2686-KR GeForce GTX 680 w/ Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 04G-P4-2686-KR GeForce GTX 680 w/ Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: The card kept temps around 50=55c on 60-75% load (Diablo 3, LoL, WoW...) without having to adjust fan curve or fan RPM. Kept extremely clean spite living in a smoking environment, cyclone fan I think helped rather than a traditional fan. Dual DVi, HDMI and Display Port... yeah, that's nice.

Cons: None. Had to remove the card for my GTX 690. This is a sad,sad day.

Overall Review: This is a great card, look for one used if you need an upgrade, I'm sure you'll find the used prices fit for an older card but it sure keeps up.

So Far So Good

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10D-16GBXL

Pros: I was always a Crucial guy until my Ballistix RAM took a dump on me twice (thanks to RMA). I purchased some DDR2 a few years back and GSkill had a great price. I've loved that GSkill RAM as it has given me no issues in ~3 years so I decided to purchase some additional GSkill for my new build. I'm not sure how helpful this review will be but I wanted to point out that the RAM arrived working and has not given me any issues in the week I've owned them. I had to set the proper timings, speed and voltage on my Asus FX990 board for this RAM.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Second set of GSkill RAM I've purchased after moving form Crucial and I'm a GSkill fan still.

11/24/2012