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Jared C.

Jared C.

Joined on 11/07/09

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Most Favorable Review

Way to go Fractal!

Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Arctic White Silent ATX Mid Tower Case
Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Arctic White Silent ATX Mid Tower Case

Pros: *Large but not as big as my HAF X and can support almost everything the HAF X can if not more *Very VERY clean looking and looks great with almost any components. *Can support up to 10 SSD's (counting the 2 on the back of the Motherboard tray) or 8 HDD's and 2 SSD's! That's FANTASTIC! *Can support up to 6 fans with Windowed version and 7 without the windowed version. *Can support up to 2 240 Radiators and you can move the bottom HDD cage to make room for a bigger radiator in the front. *Supports Graphics Cards up to 11.6" (If you have a bigger card than that then you shouldn't be buying a desktop case!) *Integrated fan controller makes for easily silencing up to 3 fans and effectively does so without jumping through loops. *Building in this case has been by far the easiest installation of components I've ever done. Also is very friendly to first time builders. *Cable Management is a no-brainer and you really just have to route the cables and they already appear very clean without spending hours zip tying cables. *Comes ready for future upgrades and has a lot of room for expandability. *Supports Fully Modular PSU's no problem! *Comes with a fully loaded front I/O of 4 USBS (2 2.0 and 2 3.0) with a nice power button and a reset button. *Side panels are very sturdy and do not feel cheaply made at all. *Powdercoat is a very pretty white and the window compliments it nicely.

Cons: *Red power activity light is an ugly red/pink/orange but I soldered a White LED to it and it looks much better! (Something to keep in mind Fractal) *Price is a little steep, I think $100 is right on the money versus $120 but still reasonable as compared to Corsair and other companies that have cheaper products but are more money. *The factory powdercoating is a little overdone which makes for a bit of a problem as you have to hit the back of the panel to make it go all the way up for the screws to come on but at this point I'm just nit picking.

Overall Review: Overall I'm EXTREMELY satisfied with this case and do not regret anything! I would buy this case again and will recommend it to others looking to build a computer! System Specs: ASUS Maximus V Formula Z77 Intel i7 3770K @4.5GHZ EVGA 770 Classified 4GB 16GB Gskill RipjawsX 1600MHZ 2x Plextor M5P Extreme 256GB 1x Samsung 840 Evo 250GB 1x Western Digital Green 2TB Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 850W *Fully Modular* Fractal Design Define R4 All purchased from Newegg!

Most Critical Review

WARNING! DO NOT PLUG THESE INTO THE CORSAIR H100 WATER BLOCK

Delta AFB1212GHE-CF00 Case cooler
Delta AFB1212GHE-CF00 Case cooler

Pros: Blow's a ton of air and would've did the job just fine... Read cons

Cons: I don't even know where to start... I plugged it in for the first time, and it seemed like it was louder than from the many video's I watched where people reviewed it. Secondly, I finally got the right screws after three trips to my local hardware store (A Delta needs 6-32 x 2in. Screws to mount succesfully) and then when I got home and installed the fans, after thirty or so seconds, It completely RUINED / FRIED my H100! It could partially be my fault because I plugged them both into the h100 and I think combined they both put out 40w of power, however It just literally went *poof* done... and then as soon as it was started, it was finished. I'm glad I'm still within warranty days of my H100 though. So I guess 90% of these cons are about the H100.

Overall Review: Wish they didn't fry my only cpu cooler :(

10/24/2012

Anyone giving this a bad review does not know what they're talking about!

ASRock Z170 Extreme6 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z170 Extreme6 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Supports a wide variety of new and upcoming features like *Ultra* M.2. (32Gb/s) and USB 3.1 with 10 GB/s speeds as well as DDR4! -Is one of the only Z170 boards that is primarily black with copper accenting. I find the board to be one of if not the best looking. -The Debug LED and Power/Reset button red leds turn off after the system finishes loading the BIOS settings. It's not a big deal but when trying to color match a computer it can be an issue if it's on all the time like previous ASUS boards I've had. Love that it automatically turns off. -BIOS navigation is a dream! Very quick response times for changing settings as well as rebooting. -DUAL BIOS is a great feature especially if you ever get a corrupt BIOS. You can easily change the jumper over to activate the 2nd BIOS and fix the BIOS and get back up and running. -XMP 2.0 profile works with the click of a button. My 3000MHZ ram was running at 3000MHZ after I choose the profile. -8x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports and 2x SATA express ports. More than enough for 90% of users. -Has a thunderbolt header. -ASRocks servers are fast to download latest drivers and took only about 30 minutes to get everything up to date. -The price! I can't praise the price of this board enough... For $180 you're getting so many features that some $200+ dollar boards don't have! I actually got mine on sale for $145 from Newegg so I'm beyond thrilled to say the least! -Out of the box I selected the 4.8GHZ overclock preset and booted right into windows and was able to stress test it and it was stable! Very impressed with this board right now.

Cons: -Placement of the Debug LED isn't ideal. I wish they would have put it below the Power and reset button. If you have a GPU in the 2nd PCI-e slot it will most likely block the Debug LED. Not a big deal.

Overall Review: Well first off people reviewing this motherboard have no clue what they're talking about. All of the 1 out of 5 egg reviews state the motherboard was DOA which means it was not working right out of the box. How can you give a product a review when you didn't even get to use it??? These people are nuts! System Specs: i7 6700K EVGA 980 Ti FTW Corsair Vengence LPX 16GB 3000MHZ ASRock Extreme 6 Z170

Very pleased

Supermicro CBL-0044L 2 ft. SATA Cable
Supermicro CBL-0044L 2 ft. SATA Cable

Pros: This cable is just so premium Idk what to do with it. First I tried hooking it up to my monitor, that didn't work, I then tried plugging it into my water cooling loop and I think it got a little water on it. No worries, I eventually figured out that I use it as a power cable to power my computer. I now can draw up to 550MB of power from the wall!

Cons: Instructions were not clear enough, I accidentally the whole thing.

Overall Review: Doesn't say "Oh boy 3AM" when the time hits 3AM

Faster than anything AMD

Intel Core i7-3770K - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770K
Intel Core i7-3770K - Core i7 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I73770K

Pros: To start things off: - Native USB 3.0 - Faster than anything AMD - PCi-e 3.0 - Good memory Controller - 22NM - Stock at almost 4GHZ - HD 4000 (Don't use it but nice to have if something goes wrong with your GPU) - 3 Year Warranty (Good guy Intel) - Twice as fast as an 8350 at barely extra cost - Paired with two Plextor M5P Extreme's in RAID 0 I boot in a bout 7 seconds. - More that can't come to mind at the moment...

Cons: If you're having one of those days and thinking about getting an 8350 over this bad boy that's twice as fast, then you might wanna reconsider your options...

Overall Review: If you're being stupid and thinking about getting the "Top of the line" 8350 over this, you might wanna reconsider and get this.

This card is from another Galaxy

Galaxy 68NPH6DT6ENZ GeForce GTX 680 GC White Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Galaxy 68NPH6DT6ENZ GeForce GTX 680 GC White Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Bought this to replace my 560 Ti's and can't wait to get another. I love this bad boy and the fact that it's white PCB makes it even more legendary. However... See con's

Cons: I love this card to death, but I wish I could change two things. One being the little blue decorative "Ribbon" like thing that has the Galaxy name on it, I wish it could be white or black. And two being I wish the ENTIRE card could be white instead of just PCB. Not a big deal though because unless you have a tech bench you'll only see the white led pulsating and the epic white PCB.

Overall Review: Anyone want to buy me another?