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Most Favorable Review

Probably the GOAT of computer case in this price range

Fractal Design Meshify C White - White Steel / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower High-Airflow Compact Clear Tempered Glass Computer Case
Fractal Design Meshify C White - White Steel / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower High-Airflow Compact Clear Tempered Glass Computer Case

Pros: Amazing airflow throughout. some of the easiest cable management I've worked with. Plenty of backspace to route your wires accordingly. The rest is personal taste but the glass panel and the PSU cover section just make this case look insanely clean. It's easy to take the front panel apart when installing additional fans or water cooler. Plenty of spare screws, and solid construction, and perfect finish.

Cons: My only struggle with this case was due to my own mistake picking my water cooler. I really wanted it to be sitting on top pushing the heat out, but due to the fact that the mobo sits pretty high and I used Corsair RGB ram, I could not fit the fan on the water cooler. I really should have measured everything properly instead of eyeballing measurements. I ended up mounting it on the front face so now it's pulling the heat from the cooler through my case. It's no big deal because as I mentioned the airflow in this thing is amazing, but it makes it a little bit less efficient. Regardless, my workstation still holds a steady 36c idling and barely goes over 55c gaming, so I am extremely pleased.

Overall Review: I would buy this case in a heartbeat for any build. The time you save yourself in the installation by picking this case is so worth it. I used to be a corsair guy but this has converted me lol.

10/20/2020
Most Critical Review

Do not waste your cash

NETGEAR WNA1100-100ENS N150  Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rates
NETGEAR WNA1100-100ENS N150 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Well, it works...

Cons: The speeds I experienced with this adapter are just pathetic. My computer is 4ft away fro my router and I cannot get speeds higher than 200kb/s while my Acer Aspire One gets an average of 600-800kb/s 20ft away through concrete walls. I would not recommend this to anybody and would definitely spend the money on... pretty much anything else but that.

Overall Review: My main use for this was to stream videos and browse the internet. It was slow in both cases.

Great Card to upgrade from a 2080Ti

ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) PROART-RTX4070TIS-O16G
ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) PROART-RTX4070TIS-O16G

Pros: Quiet, Overclocks nicely, slick look, no additional software to run RGB since it has none. Runs cool under load (didnt see it go over 68c playing my games on extreme settings with ray tracing and DLSS quality)

Cons: None that I have found so far

Overall Review: I bought this because my EVGA 2080Ti XC Ultra was showing its age on some titles. The gaming performance are top notch. I went from 130frames max in COD MWIII to 240frames (1080p) The 2.5 slot design is perfect for the Hyte Y60 case as well and leaves enough room for the fans to breath. I have measured a solid 1.25 gap to the glass panel. Very happy with the purchase. The little extras in the box are cool but meh. I also didnt care much for RGB LEDs so this card was perfect for me.

Almost 2 years in, and still kicking

MSI PRO Z490-A PRO LGA 1200 Intel Z490 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI PRO Z490-A PRO LGA 1200 Intel Z490 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -easy to work with BIOS -works flawlessly with 10th gen, and 11th gen Intel (with updated BIOS) -No gimmicky stuff, straight to the point

Cons: -Only one Nvme heatsink was supplied, but two slots are available. No big deal but it would have been nice to have two.

Overall Review: I'm almost two years into this board, originally built it with a 2060 and 10400. Then upgraded the BIOS to switch to a 11700K, moved to a 2080Ti. This board has surpassed my expectations so far. I wanted to build something that could withstand time a little better than others and so far this board has done just that. I'm still running everything in PCIe Gen3 until I end up moving to a 30 series RTX, but so far my performances are really good. The "memory try it" feature of the BIOS is pretty good. I'm currently running the unit overclocked at 4.9Ghz on all cores with a 200 core boost on the 2080Ti and 32Gb of 3200mhz Corsair vengeance pro on XMP1. No blue screen or crash in the two years I've had this board. It's solid, it does the job, it's reliable, it's priced well, and you get constant BIOS support from MSI. definitely a good buy.

Great Card for Mid-Range Gaming

EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SC Ultra GAMING, 06G-P4-2067-KR, 6GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans
EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SC Ultra GAMING, 06G-P4-2067-KR, 6GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans

Pros: very quiet runs relatively cool under load EVGA software makes it easy to overclock Ray-Tracing is a plus, but don't go enable it on all your games, this card has its limit!

Cons: It won't make me a sandwich Can't run Ray-Tracing in Warzone, but who cares, look at those frames.

Overall Review: A great bang for your buck. I will be upgrading my second PC with one sooner than later. My specs: i5 10400 Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 Fractal Meshify-C Enermax Aquafusion 240 The card fits well in there, see photo

10/20/2020

Great cooler, need to update the hardware though

Enermax AQUAFUSION 240 ARGB White, All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler for AM4 & AM5 / LGA 1700/1200/1151, 240mm Radiator, Dual-Chamber Water Block, SquaA RGB Fan - AM5 & LGA1700 Compatible
Enermax AQUAFUSION 240 ARGB White, All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler for AM4 & AM5 / LGA 1700/1200/1151, 240mm Radiator, Dual-Chamber Water Block, SquaA RGB Fan - AM5 & LGA1700 Compatible

Pros: Efficient cooler. Keeps my CPU at 36c idle and doesn't break 55c gaming. Fans are quiet and the RGB ring produces a nicely diffused and consistent light. RGB works perfectly with my mobo RGB controller and app. White is not as common for water cooler so if you do a themed build it will be right at home in your case. The price point is really good considering corsair coolers prices have inflated quite a bit in my opinion.

Cons: So this where the let down was for me. I almost knocked two eggs but I ended up fixing my issue easily. I run this on an MSI Z490-A Pro with an i5 10400, that's the LGA1200 socket. Newegg does say this cooler is compatible with the 1200 socket, however, the manual makes no reference to it. I did a quick fit check and everything lined up as it should so I proceeded with the install. Once it was time to put the spring-loaded nuts, there was no way that I could install all four without putting an excessive amount of load on the CPU. The nut would not even engage on the back screws. Luckily for me, I was able to remove the springs off the nuts with some pliers. Once done, I was able to finish my install. I would suggest Enermax to either revise the length of the back screws to be at least 5mm longer, or go with a much softer spring, or do away with the spring altogether. Now with that said, the manual doesn't mention the LGA1200 as part of the compatible sockets, so maybe Newegg needs to revise that as well. Either way, I made it work, and it works well so no beef with either party, just a little more work than what I bargained for. The other thing I think should be revised are the screws for the brackets on the sides of the CPU block. The screws provided are somewhat self-tapping when really they should be machined screws. The force you have to apply to fully set those screws is likely to either damage the screw head or worse, make you slip and damage the plastic shroud of the CPU block. I would suggest using some M3 or M4 socket head cap screws to remedy that, and pre tap the plastic or install helicoils in the CPU block.

Overall Review: Despite what I went through during install, I would still buy it again. It's an efficient and stylish water cooling system that delivers great performance. I really like the look and performance. However, as much as I love this cooler, I could not give it 5 eggs.

10/20/2020