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Liam J.

Liam J.

Joined on 02/04/13

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Most Favorable Review

Good Ram

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10S-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL10S-8GBXL

Pros: Required no configuration in my guest computers motherboard to run at 1866 and performed great, incredibly noticable from 4gb1333 to 8gb1866

Cons: Does'nt self replicate.

Overall Review: I remember expecting to have to configure this memory when It came in the mail, I had to do nothing to get it to run at 1866 (big deal when finally ditching the 4gb1333 junker ram I had used duiring my build) recently sold/donated this ram to a friend who needed working ram in a NOW situation, i bought some 1866MHz_ApoTop ram that required me to manually set the clock speed for whatever reason. Its good, working, reliable, RAM! You shouldnt have any slot spacing and fitting issues, my dimm slots are stuidly close and these with their chubby heatsinks slipped perfectly into place! Just watch the height if you know you will have any chunky hardware overhead of your ram slots! YAY!

Most Critical Review

High Pitched Electrical Whine/Flimsy/Taser

680 WATT 680W ATX POWER SUPPLY for Intel AMD PC Desktop Computer NEW SATA PCI-E
680 WATT 680W ATX POWER SUPPLY for Intel AMD PC Desktop Computer NEW SATA PCI-E

Pros: Makes a great inexpensive RF jammer... or short-out two hard drives to use as a DIY george foreman grill!

Cons: Seriously Flimsy TOO light for 680w TOO small for 680w only 2 sata power connectors... but a billion old school ones... worst of all. High pitched squeel that is more present when the computer and all fans are off! also creats so much interferance it makes all radios within about 10m useless. Also could have come with some teriyaki sauce for my fried Mboard and HD, Yum. Ye have been warned!

Overall Review: This thing is far too small and light to be a true 680w psu... im guessing its maybe running higher than it should but regardless it screams electric death into your ears while it destroys your motherboard and your brand new SSD =/ If you think you hear a bad fan bearing dont try to locate or troubleshoot it, power it off IMMEDIATLY and test the fans another way, i thought one of my new case fans or maybe the psu fans were the cause... =( ALSO I cannot rma to newegg, I should have payed more attention to the rma rules before buying it, and for all of you out there screaming "You get whay you pay for" remember this, I have been buying $30-$50 500-700w PSUs from a little discount computer parts store for over 15 years, they are closed now and most of the makes were offbrands and MYself along with anyone i know to use one ever had one die in less than a few years minimum, let alone no catastraphic failues like this either... so I should have known better but in this isntance i probbly just had crazy good luck with the off brands until now! Ye have been warned!

Its bigger on the inside...

COUGAR MG100 Black Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
COUGAR MG100 Black Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: Inexpensive Compact Accomadates the largest of PCIe double din vids Tool-less drive bays SSD easy mounting spot Fullsize ATX_PWRSPLY Sturdy Stylish 4x120mm fan mounts

Cons: I suspect it use stolen timelord technology.

Overall Review: This thing is awesome.

Zoom Zoom

AMD Athlon II X4 651K - Athlon II X4 Llano Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket FM1 Desktop Processor - AD651KWNGXBOX
AMD Athlon II X4 651K - Athlon II X4 Llano Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket FM1 Desktop Processor - AD651KWNGXBOX

Pros: Fast, Very.

Cons: /shrug

Overall Review: if you have an FM1 board, this is literally the final upgrade for it.

perfect for a compact gaming/#crunching rig

BIOSTAR A75MG FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR A75MG FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Cheep, reliable, Current(USB3.0,decient bus-speed,SATAIII etc) Very minor quirks all resolved with proper drivers/firmware changes.

Cons: biggest con here is that two of four SATA ports cannot be used in conjunction with a large video card UNLESS you buy a special low profile/right angle SATA cable, It's an easy fix and the only reason I consider it a con at all is because its rather ridiculous that they didn't relocate them a few millimeters further down, and it only has 2 ram slots... but i knew that from the description.

Overall Review: people please update your firmware and download all drivers directly from BioStar! that solves over 95% of the problems iv read about here alone. never install drivers supplied on a dusty cd or assume windows chose the right ones. even if you buy a video card that's only been available to the public for 3 weeks... chances are those drivers are already out of date.

Reliable.

Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quiet & quick for a basic mechanical drive. This drive has been in my rig for nearly a year now with absolutely NO trouble! no other drive comes close to seagate IMO...

Cons: Continues to take my business from western digital! Oh wait... That's a Pro!

Overall Review: How do they get Teflon to stick to a skillet if nothing sticks to Teflon?