cover
kellen b.

kellen b.

Joined on 06/21/08

0
0

Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 8
Most Favorable Review

Wow this is light/small/pinacle

LIAN LI PC-9F Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-9F Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: I will start by saying this is my very first Lian Li case. I previously owned a Corsair 800d and found it to be MUCH larger than I needed. I sought something smaller and lighter as the Corsair was killing my desk with its somewhat insurmountable weight. As a grown man I didn't want a case with acrylic windows or lights making my room look like a disco. I read some reviews about this and Googled some builds and was impressed. The case itself is very small and somewhat thought out. The build quality is superb for a sub $150 case. It of course is light weight, surprisingly light. Everything together feels solid and cohesive.

Cons: Prone to finger prints, maybe some gloves?!

Overall Review: The wire openings could use some rubber grommets.

10/20/2011

Good card/Bad Newegg

ASUS GeForce GTX 590 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX590/3DIS/3GD5
ASUS GeForce GTX 590 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX590/3DIS/3GD5

Pros: Amazing card. Have a small case so I didn't want to go the 2x580 route. Quiet under load.

Cons: None with the card, just Newegg. Purchased in the afternoon on Thursday, paid the $3 rush order fee for shipping on Friday. The card didn't ship till Monday with overnight and arrived on Tuesday.

Physx

ASUS GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP)
ASUS GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Graphics Card ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP)

Pros: Relatively quiet at high speeds. No heat issues whatsoever. Used as a cheap Physx card.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Works well with Mafia 2, Mirror's Edge, and Metro 2033

Does Crossfire...

ASUS P8Z68-V LE LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS P8Z68-V LE LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Great board to not break the budget! SATA 6g work like a charm. Booted right up and recognized everything in the board including crossfire MSI 6970s.

Cons: I/O shield was a bit tricky to get everything lined up with as someone aforementioned. This is negligible though in spite of the rest being a quality product.

Overall Review: i7 2600k 16 gigs ddr3 Corsair Vengeance MSI 6970s crossfire I had the original thought of just having the on 6970 and then doing a whole new MB later. I got an itch one day to see what the performance would be like adding another one in the 4x PCIE slot. My buddy came over with a near identical set up to mine ( near being he had a board with 2xPCIE 8 ) and we ran some benchmarks. His at MOST was 7% faster than mine. Most of these instances were over 100FPS. i.e. he got 107FPS, I for 100fps.

Quality

Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: I have had this case for about a week now. Superb build. Had an Obsidian 800 before this. Wanted something smaller but with better air cooling capacity. Great fan control knob. Put a Corsair H100 up top and all is silent and cool.

Cons: Would have been nicer if it was aluminum?!

Overall Review: Another amazing case for Corsair.

Super Quiet

MSI Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R6950 Twin Frozr II OC
MSI Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R6950 Twin Frozr II OC

Pros: Stuck 2 of these in a Corsair 600t White and cant hear a thing. Super quiet, play all games like butter.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Got these for 240 a piece. Was going to go with two 560 SLI but am glad I didn't.