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Michael E.

Michael E.

Joined on 07/05/09

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Most Favorable Review

Great case plenty of room.

LIAN LI Lancool PC-K56W Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic + Mesh ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K56W Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic + Mesh ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: looks great. has tons of room inside for how big the case accually is. I love that the video card lines up into the bottom 5 1/2 slot so if you have a big video card with a bigger cooler on it it will fit nicley, And last it has tones of room behind the motherboard tray to run all the wires you want behind it to keep things looking all nice for the window.

Cons: A couple of small issues. One the screwless power supply clamp won't fit over a big P/S (I have an antec 1000W and it doesn't come close, but it still has screw holes for it so it's pretty much of a non issue) Second, and this one upsets me just a bit. The hard drive rack is made so you HAVE to use the screwless rubber slide in things the case comes with, but they don't fit right if you want to mount the HDDs backwards for cable managment due to the rack having a metal bar on the back of it as a stop, if the bar was pushed back a bit it would fit prefect both frontwards and backwards. So if you don't plan to mount them backwards then this is also a non issue for you.

Overall Review: the cable managment strips that come with it have many spots in the case for you to choose to put them. I would suggest you wait till you are done putting everything in the case untill you place them, as they are very hard to get back out and it only comes with 2 strips.

Most Critical Review

Worked great for the time it worked

CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000 W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000 W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Pros: worked great for the first 3 weeks. voltages were solid all the way accross.

Cons: only worked for 3 weeks then blew out.

Overall Review: not all of them can be perfect from the factory, seems like i just got a bad one. once the new one shows up I'm sure it will be rock solid.

11/19/2009

good but bad

ARCTIC COOLING Accelero XTREME GTX 280 Fluid Dynamic VGA Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Accelero XTREME GTX 280 Fluid Dynamic VGA Cooler

Pros: Kept temps very low (even with only 2 of 3 fans working)

Cons: a few problems with this item. first off only 2 of the 3 fans worked out of the box. Second the thermal tapr strips that the ram sinks are held on with did not like to stick at all (and I preped them very well)

Overall Review: i would have kept the cooler had all the fans worked and just replaced the thermal tape with some arctic thermal adhesive.)