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David C.

David C.

Joined on 07/20/08

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Most Favorable Review

So far so good

SABRENT 4TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 Internal SSD Extreme Performance Solid State Drive R/W 7100/6600MB/s (SB-RKT4P-4TB)
SABRENT 4TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 Internal SSD Extreme Performance Solid State Drive R/W 7100/6600MB/s (SB-RKT4P-4TB)

Pros: Among the fastest and highest capacity consumer SSDs available

Cons: None yet

Overall Review: Have been working these pretty hard and haven't had any issues with them yet

Most Critical Review

Questionable Quality

Patriot Viper Steel 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model PVS464G320C6K
Patriot Viper Steel 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model PVS464G320C6K

Pros: High capacity

Cons: Poor quality design Stood case upright after installation and the heat sinks on one of the sticks fell right off onto my other components. With some careful testing noticed the heat sinks on the others were a little loose as well Additionally manufacturer packaging was not sealed--no tape on box--and internal plastic covering was snap-on/off, so it's quite possible the seller just repackaged an RMA.

Overall Review: Due to the cons, hard to rate this highly with any certainty

Not impressed

Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Flexible Light Tinted Tempered Glass Window Full Tower Computer Case
Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Flexible Light Tinted Tempered Glass Window Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Pretty big Cable management is pretty decent

Cons: - Included cable that connects to the Fan/pump headers connection on the motherboard is too short--doesn't reach the bottom of the motherboard from top of case - Doesn't come with three front fans - Don't expect to use this for HDD storage as advertised-- not if you include a decent GPU anyways. Due to how GPUs now exhaust heat downwards, the drives in the drive cages at the bottom of the case overheat and die--even with a clear channel directly from the front fan to the GPU exhaust. - Additionally, the dual HDD cages have side plates blocking heat ventilation, meaning directing a fan into them won't cool them down much as the heat gets bottled up in between them. - Have to flip case to unscrew HDD cages - No slide and lock-in mechanism for HDDs - No instruction for drive tray installation once in storage mode, no YouTube videos seem to go into the details there either - Horizontal drive trays are supported only in three corners--and only in two of those with screws--while left to sag in the fourth - Plastic panels covering HDD cages don't lock in in storage mode - Could use an extra 0.5-1 cm of space for the wire management - There are actually channels along the bottom sides with small holes in them where it's possible to lose screws in and next to impossible to get them out (at least without completely flipping the case over

Overall Review: Not recommended for storage Lots of show-stoppers for this case in general

Works Great

Western Digital Gold WDS384T1D0D 2.5" U.2 3.84TB PCI-Express 3.1 x4, NVMe 1.3 Enterprise Solid State Drive
Western Digital Gold WDS384T1D0D 2.5" U.2 3.84TB PCI-Express 3.1 x4, NVMe 1.3 Enterprise Solid State Drive

Pros: Works as expected Fast

Cons: No issues as of yet

Overall Review: There are faster drives, but this one seems to be a good buy so far

Blew up after 5 years

EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: - Ran well (as far as I can tell) for a while

Cons: - Blew up after almost exactly 5 years of use... Coincidence?

Overall Review: - Given the timing of the hardware failure, it makes one question whether the failure was scheduled or perhaps due to driver bugs. Either way, this put my primary machine out of use for quite some time... Due to the questionable timing of the failure and due to the severity of it, I can't in good conscience recommend this product to anyone else, especially to anyone looking for a computer they expect to stand the test of time.

do not get this if you expect it to last

NYKO Power Pak Xbox 360 Black
NYKO Power Pak Xbox 360 Black

Pros: Works well for a few months.

Cons: Charge duration is only a couple hours after only a few months' use. After a few more months or perhaps due to periods of disuse, the battery fails to hold a charge at all and becomes completely useless.