Pros: Here are the positive aspects of the H90: It’s quiet. The pump is silent to my ears. The fan is PWM and speeds can be regulated. When using a silent fan profile. I cannot hear the fan. It’s simple. It mounts at two points. It’s powered from 2 wires. It’s compatible. It offers compatibility with all the current AMD and Intel platforms. Sockets 1155/1156, 1366, 2011, AM3+ are all supported. It’s clean. I replaced a Swiftech H2O-220 Edge that used black swivel compression fittings and white tubing. While the H90 is not as fancy in appearance, its smaller footprint and unobtrusiveness give a clean look with an open space feel. It performs. With a fan profile that allows the fan to run at 100%, the H90 cooled better than my larger and more expensive cooler. At 140mm it competes directly with other 2x120mm radiators, and even bests Corsair’s own H100. It has a 5 year warranty. It has a 140mm PWM fan. This might not seem like much, but after looking online for another, I didn’t find much. They exist, but you don’t have too many options. And those that do are not giving specifications that rival those listed for this fan. It’s maintenance free. Not that this sealed cooler carries this trait uniquely, but it’s worth noting the comparison when also considering a custom liquid cooling system.

Cons: I didn’t find a lot to complain about the H90. But there are a few points. The first thing to note is that the 140mm radiator size makes for a great and effective cooling surface, it does pose a problem for a lot of people who simply don’t have a spot to mount a 140mm fan and radiator. 120mm fans have been the standard large case fan for quite some time now and their usage is found to be much more prevalent in a far larger amount of cases. So to even use this cooler, you’re going to need the right case with the right mountings. Another aspect of this cooler is that it seems to be somewhat a reversion in terms of features. The H80 and H100 featured integrated fan controllers. The H80i and H100i seemed like refreshers to the previous products, but not without adding Corsair’s Link technology to further add to the features. Then the H90 and H110 arrive and one would most likely just assume that this too would have integrated fan control and Link. But neither are found on this cooler. Not everyone is going to think this is a fault of the product and in fact some will see the benefit in these being removed. But for those who did assume and found out otherwise, there might be some disappointment associated with the purchase. I’d also like to mention the somewhat more complicated process of mounting the cooler. This was my first experience with using the ring type mounting bracket used in the Asetek style coolers. And while it wasn’t daunting in any way, I’ve definitely used simpler designs that seemed to work just as effectively. Assembling the brackets involved some fairly small parts that required some finer motor skills. Lastly, I think the cooler is slightly overpriced. If it came in at $90 instead of $100 I’d recognize the value of this cooler a little bit better. I say this because at one point Corsair mostly stood alone with these coolers. But there are other reputable manufacturers that are now selling basically the same coolers. Corsair’s brand name speaks volumes, but I don’t feel it should be the only distinguishing factor that makes you select their cooler over the competition. A more competitive price would insure Corsair’s dominant position That being said, I wanted there to be enough cons with cooler to bring it down to 4 stars. I don’t like overzealously representing anything too favorably. But the pros too greatly outweigh the cons here making for a great product which I cannot in good conscious take away any stars.

Overall Review: I used to use custom loops. And while performance was great, they came with their own pitfalls. I changed my hardware frequently, and I can’t say I appreciated the process of dealing with a custom loop. They also added maintenance and costs that didn’t present much value. Then came the sealed liquid coolers from Corsair. I wasn’t impressed. They couldn’t match the performance of a custom loop. But the simplicity and ease of installation spoke to me. Eventually I started using a Swiftech H2O-220 Edge, where the pump, radiator and reservoir were all-in-one, but the loop remained custom. I found myself using it more like a sealed system though. I first experienced a Corsair cooler was when I needed to do maintenance on my Swiftech. I use the H100 as a temporary cooler. After a while, I was asking myself why I had spent 2 ½ times the amount on the Swiftech when I could have just used the H100 for the same performance. I decided to reinstall the Swiftech because I had just spent a lot on new compression fittings and white tubing. Fast forward to receiving the H90. I was convinced that its thin 140mm radiator and tiny tubing would be no match for my thick 120x2 radiator using ½ in. tubing. I was wrong. The H90 handedly beat the more expensive system. Not only that, it’s quieter. It’s simpler to install. It takes up less space in my case. The pump on my Swiftech would whine while the H90’s is silent. I’ve decided to keep using the H90 and retire the Swiftech. Having used the H100, the H90 does make some reductions. The H100 could regulate the fan speeds itself. For the H90, the fan needs to be attached to a PWM fan header. It lowers the production cost for Corsair. But they didn’t pass those savings on to the consumer. Another confusing point is the recently release H100i and H80i which provides added features over the H100 and H80 like Corsair’s Link. Yet Link is nowhere to be found on the H90 or H110. And while these changes or omissions might seem somewhat detrimental, I think its fine. Without Link or fan control, it’s so much simpler to install. There is one wire for the fan, and one wire for pump. That’s it. No added clutter. Assuming it costs less to make, I do feel like this item might be slightly overpriced at $100. Plus with some serious competition arriving in the form of the new H220, cost saving incentives from Corsair need to be more evident. I benchmark tested this cooler against my prior Swiftech cooler using a 3770K @ 4.5GHz. These are the results: H20-220 Idle: 26°C Load: 80°C H90 (with Silent Fan Profile) Idle: 29°C Load: 84°C H90 (with Normal Fan Profile) Idle: 29°C Load: 77°C

Pros: * 6 Macro Keys with 3 Banks of profiles for a total of 18 possible macros. * Dedicated multimedia keys * Attractive design. * raised keys allows easy cleaning. * Different colours for WASD and Arrow keys. * Any colour back lighting. * Different back lighting levels and profiles. * Decent software for configuring keyboard profiles. * Profiles can be stored on the keyboard and are therefore transportable to any machine you connect the keyboard to. * Claims to be a full KRO There's a lot of decent features packed into this keyboard. I want to say more good things about this keyboard, but unfortunately the majority of what I have to say will be found in the cons section.

Cons: So I listed a bunch of features in the pros section. The list of features are all there and are what you would buy this keyboard for. That being said, let me explain how those features are quiet up to snuff. * The macro keys are up to par with how most of the competition are implementing them. So it really isn't a selling point when you can get the same thing else where. * I like having dedicated multimedia keys as opposed to using a function key to enable multimedia functionality. The problem with the multimedia keys here is that they sit so much lower than the rest of the keys and aren't the easiest to access. So to put them on the keyboard and then do it poorly doesn't bode well. * It's a nice looking keyboard, from afar. Once you get up close to it, it's bottom tray looks cheap and is cheap, made of flimsy plastic. * I like the different colour keys for WASD, but not everyone will. They don't send replacement keys for the user to decide whether they want them to be coloured differently. * The back lighting can do pretty much any colour. It just does it quite poorly. Even in a dark room when the keyboard is set to it's brightest, it looks pretty dim and is fairly unimpressive. Back lighting doesn't have to be blindingly bright, but it should be bright enough to justify its presence, but this keyboard comes up way short in the back lighting department. * The software is run of the mill. It works. But again does nothing to set itself apart from the competition. I've yet to see keyboard profile management software that has really impressed me. Most simply accomplish the job. Some are cumbersome. This one is some where in between and still doesn't impress. At least if you own a Corsair mouse, the software integrates between the two devices into a single interface where you can manage both your mouse and your keyboard. * I didn't go out of my way to verify that this keyboard is NKRO (they call it full KRO with anti-ghosting). I know the first batch of Corsair mechanicals were 20KRO, which is pretty good over USB. The fact that they simply don't state NKRO explicitly and use vague marketing terms leads me to question whether it really is NKRO. Again though, I can't say for certain as I didn't test that directly. For most people it doesn't matter anyway, 6KRO is usually good enough. That addresses the counter points to the pros, but there were even more faults. * Rubber dome switches. For the price of this keyboard, they could mechanical switches. * It isn't a sturdy keyboard at all. In fact it exhibits a lot of flex in the middle. Because of the thin single flat plane to which they attach the keys, it bows in the middle under weight. * It feels and looks cheap up close.

Overall Review: I've been using mechanical keyboards for a couple of years now. Before that Logitech gaming keyboards like the G15 and G19 were what I used. It's pretty hard to go back to using dome membrane switches after using Mechanical keyboards for so long. So my initial impression of this keyboard was a little tainted right from the start. That is why I decided I wouldn't write or decide anything about it until used it for at least a month. Boy am I glad that month is over. So Corsair typically makes pretty good products. I like their company and their products and use them quite frequently. Either through quality or through their brand name recognition however, their products will often carry a bit of a premium. So they will occasionally release a product to reach a lower segment in the market hoping to reach people unwilling to spend top of the line. Usually when they do this though, they sacrifice quite a bit and still charge too much because it's branded Corsair. And that is what I feel they did here. When they first released keyboard, they were partial mechanical keyboards. They looked great, were popular and performed well. And despite being only partially mechanical, people praised them and they seemed to sell well. The 2nd generation was even better. Gone was the odd use of occasional membrane switches, replaced by 100% mechanical switches. These were the models to own, and for anyone who waited to purchase these, they would be quite satisfied. This keyboard is trying to capitalize on the success of both the first and second line of Corsair mechanicals. It looks very similar overall with it's raised key design and open tray. The problem is that it's not at all in the same league in terms of build quality. I don't think I've ever seen a keyboard exhibit so much flex in it's design. It's simply made cheap. And unlike the Corsair mechanicals, it doesn't feel sturdy. The back lighting between them is also night and day. Sure the mechanicals only do one colour, but at least you can see the light. In a lit room, you can barely tell this keyboard has back lighting. This keyboard simply exists to serve one purpose, to let people who want a K70 buy something cheaper and make them think they are getting something similar. I'm here to say you are not. At the price of $80 also, it's simply overpriced for what you get. After using it for awhile, I guessed it was a $50 keyboard at most. Imagine my reaction to find out what they wanted for it. And after a month of using it, it doesn't do enough good stuff mentioning because it doesn't do anything special in terms of how it feels to type on it. I've used $20 keyboards that fell similar when I type on them. I simply can't recommend a good reason to buy this keyboard. I often see sales where mechanical back lit keyboards fall into the same price range. And if you don't want a mechanical keyboard and would rather save the money, you can find keyboard for $20 less with similar features.

Pros: Works on every other game

Cons: The game they included with this card was Starfield, to showcase this card. However, it will crash 100% of the time at beginning of game walking into next room.

Overall Review: It might be a good card. But because they chose to showcase this card with Starfield and this card cannot play it, then they forced my hand in giving it 1 star.

Pros: None, it's unplayable. Right after waking up from passing out, if you walk into the next room following the lady NPC, the game will crash every time without fail.

Cons: Everything. It's unplayable. Right after waking up from passing out, if you walk into the next room following the lady NPC, the game will crash every time without fail.

Overall Review: This game was provided as part of a purchase of a 7900XTX. What a strange choice considering it can't play it, with a 100% fail rate.

Pros: None it doesn't work

Cons: Won't show video on trying to start over IPMI Updating BIOS and BCM does nothing to fix Dealt with for a month straight and never got working Out nearly $300

Overall Review: I've run Supermicro boards in the past that work great out of the box. This doesn't even come close to attempting to want to work. I had a 2700X to use with this board and the BIOS it came with doesn't even support. I attempted to downgrade and since then it's been a dead heap of worthlessness. Don't buy this junk. It was never intended to run in any capacity. It only fills a slot to take your money.

Pros: The biggest pro with this case is in its biggest gimmick and that would be when you pair the case with one of Seasonics SYNCRO CONNECT Module Cable Management Power Supplies. I was lucky enough to receive the DCP-850 850W model, which is not only the most capable of the available units but carries a higher 80+ Platinum efficiency rating. When used together, the normal excess of PSU cables is alleviated. Instead, a single cable harness exits the main unit and attaches to a power distribution block that mounts into a dedicated section of the case. There is some setup involved with getting this setup, but once you figure it out, it is relatively easy. The power distribution block does a few unique things. First off, it allows the regular PSU cable connections to all of your hardware. The 20/24 pin motherboard connector and the PCI-E power connectors are exposed on the face of the block and when mounted align with cutouts on the back case wall so that very short cables can be connected directly to the motherboard and GPU(s). Up to 6 PCI-E connections can be plugged in, which are the type of the 6+2pin style. The CPU power cables, and any power cables attach to points along the side of the block and can be hidden, routed behind the motherboard tray. Another direction function of the distribution block is that of a fan and RGB controller. The block provides a cable to attach to a 4pin PWN fan header on the motherboard and a cable to attach to a RGB header as well. From there the distribution block has fan/RGB connections around the edge of the block. Positions 1 6 directly correlate to fan mounting positions in the case with 1, 2 and 3 at the top of the case and 4, 5, 6 at the front. There is a 7th fan connection for the rear fan of the case. This allows you to use your standard bios/software to control your case fan speeds with a single connection to the motherboard, making it easy and clean. The case is large and roomy and allows decent airflow. The case front aesthetic appears closed off. However, a single solid piece of angled aluminum stands off the front to give that appearance, while keeping a good gap on three sides to allow good air flow. It is a good compromise from the standard slotted side wrap around grill that you would see from competitors. I am unsure if it is comparable to using a full mesh front, but from observation, airflow seems unimpeded with this design, and you still get a solid front appearance, if that is what you prefer. The case is solid and heavy. Most of the case is steel. The front, the feet and the door handle are all aluminum. Just that small amount gives the overall appearance of aluminum and quality of such. The glass side panel is magnetically latched, making it extremely easy to open with relative ease, yet holds strong enough you do not have to worry about it opening accidentally or rattling due to looseness. It swings out on a hinge, so you do not have to worry about it dropping and breaking. You can fully remove the side by lifting it from the hinge. It comes with 4 pre-mounted 120mm PWM fans. The fans appear to be static pressure focused fans. Three are mounted as intake in the front of the case and one is mounted at the rear for exhaust. The fans are no-frills and can run quietly, and all the way up to fairly noisy. At full speed they do seem to push a good amount of air. In addition to the included fans, 4 additional fans could be mounted as well. Three at the top and one atop the PSU compartment shroud at the bottom of the case. Every fan mounting position other than the bottom one supports both 120mm fans as well as 140mm fans. The front and bottom of the case have slide-in/slide-out filters and the top has a recessed magnetically attached filter. All the filters slide or detach smoothly and seem solid in their construction. The case layout is motherboard inverted, which is a little more unique and useful for anyone wanting a case to sit on your left side and still have the internals visible through the glass side panel. The motherboard tray cut out is quite large, giving a lot of rear access to the back of any mounted motherboard. There are triple 2.5 SSD/HDD mounts on the back that are detachable. A double 3.5 drive rack is also pre-mounted in the bottom of the case just behind the front panel and ahead of the PSU compartment. I did utilize this rack. It is configurable so that you can reduce its size down to a single drive rack. It can be mounted in a second location, under the PSU compartment shroud. I did both modifications to improve the aesthetic layout of the case.

Cons: I want to talk about cost. One factor in buying parts is often knowing that because they fit an existing standard, each part can be sold individually into a market where there is demand for those parts. Because the design and purpose of this case is to have the case and PSU so dependent on each other, you lose that prospect somewhat. Yes, the case can be sold as a stand-alone case that works with any PSU and it will work. But some of the value is in the fact that its design is around the SYNCRO CONNECT PSU and so its value will be depreciated when attempting to sell it later. The PSU has no aftermarket to enter with its total dependence on this case. Perhaps Seasonic will introduce additional follow-up cases that utilize this design. But unless they are very well sought-after cases that propagate into the market, the chance of reselling the PSU later is quite small and probably with some amount of higher depreciation. So that leaves you selling both together. Considering that this case and PSU together get close to a $500 price tag, you can expect to be taking a substantial loss in doing so. So just make sure that if you intend to purchase this case, you are doing so with that in mind. The good news is the 10-year warranty on the PSU, that if you plan to just purchase and keep for 10 years, youll have utilized the value yourself. So that would be my suggestion, to buy with intent to keep and use long term. The included four fans also drive-up cost. Yes, the fans seem like decent fans, and it is nice to have fans preinstalled. However, they are only 120mm when there is room for 140mm. They are not RGB or even lighted. And while that might not be your thing, the fan controller has full support for RGB. Plus, as it comes, its quite dark inside the case and difficult to see your displayed hardware. The fans are PWM, but are noisy above low speeds. There are seven main fan mounts (excluding the 8th 120mm only position). That means three are left unfilled. You will have to spend more to fill the last open positions. I looked for these fans and I cannot find any. So, you will be buying mismatched fans at that point. All this just means that if you want bigger, quieter, lighted fans or just having all positions filled, youll likely be buying 7-8 fans, which is costly. Therefore, I would have rather Seasonic excluded the case fans and further lowered the cost of the case. Some more fan issues were that out of the box, the front three fans were wired into a single harness. An inexperienced user might have connected that single connection directly to a motherboard header. 3 Fans should never be directly powered from a single motherboard header as it can cause damage. The instructions recommend connecting the front fans to positions 4, 5, and 6 on the controller. However, you need to have at least one fan connected to position 1 to get RPM feedback. So, there is a mismatch of where they suggest connecting, where they have installed the fans and how the controller works. So, make sure out of the box if you are using their preinstalled fans that you use positions 1, 2 and 3 instead. The rear fan does not have a long enough cable to even reach the distribution block, so it cannot be connected to the controller out of the box. I had to use a 4-pin fan extending cable (which is not included). Lastly, the 4-pin connectors on these fans were extremely difficult to attach to the distribution block as they just seemed to be made oddly. Other fans I tried attached fine. These had to be forced in at an odd angle and while doing so, felt like something was wrong or would break. I kept second guessing myself while trying. So that was quite odd. All the external screws are thumb screws, but none of the PCI slot cover screws are. I found that annoying having to use a screwdriver to tighten down my video card. The SYNCRO CONNECT PSU has a hybrid mode button on the rear and there is little to no information explaining what it does. However, they do state based on whether you use it you should orient the PSU either with fan up or down. This is all very unclear without some better understanding of the reasons for all this. I investigated a bit and from what I understand, hybrid mode on is one where the fan will not spin unless it gets hot enough to need to. Whereas hybrid mode off, the fan spins always. With hybrid mode turned on, they recommend facing the fan on top, so the natural process of heat rising can occur, with the heat being delivered into the case. The reason to use hybrid mode would be to lower noise and possibly extend the life of the fan. However, the other fans easily drown out the PSU fan, which is near-silent and therefore negate the silence factor of hybrid mode. With hybrid mode off, the fan can face downwards, pulling outside air to cool, while the fan runs continuously. Plus, no extra heat is delivered inside the case while the fan sits idle.

Overall Review: I really like this case and it is a brilliant start for Seasonics foray into making cases that is something new and unique. It was an ingenious idea to leverage their already fantastic line of PSUs and figure out how to extend off of that. The case is of obvious quality and for a startup product, nice to see so much thought and detail put into the design. The use of quality materials is also good. The case only has a few aluminum parts but placed in well-thought-out positions, the case seems like an aluminum case with a tempered glass side panel, despite it mostly being a steel case. I do struggle with stating this case is good value however, at least how theyve decided to sell it. I think a better sales choice would have been to exclude any case fans and instead bundle a SYNCRO CONNECT PSU with the case. I would have found more value in purchasing a case/psu combo with a preinstalled PSU and distribution block and choosing my own fans, than how it is sold today. The case lacks the standard familiarity found in most other cases. And despite the cases well thought out design in how it interacts with the proprietary PSU, I found myself taking longer to build within the case due to the amount of new discovery that was required. The case does support standard PSUs, but it defeats the point of this case. But because you are not required to use their proprietary PSU, they need a filler for the space where the power/controller distribution block needs to reside. When you first get into the case, your presented with a nice shroud that covers this area and provides a really nice chamber to route cables through. In fact, most of the already attached case cables are running through and under this shroud. To use the proprietary PSU this case is designed around, the very first thing you do is remove this shroud and therefore remove the nice clean cable routing chamber and you are left wondering what you are going to do with the cables that happened to be running through it. The removal of the shroud is a little confusing as well. I imagine most people will open the shroud and start removing screws from the backside of the case, upon which youll discover that the shroud also uses magnets to still stay in place, and then even after youve take it apart, find out that instead you should have removed the 4 tiny little screws from within the case front side. Now that may not seem like a con, that removing this part of the case is confusing, considering most people will eventually figure out what to do and they only need do it once. And you can argue, that provided with the case, was some useful instructions, that despite its ambiguous guidance, should be enough to make this process moot or even positive. However, it was all unnecessary. I understand why the cable management shroud needs to exist to fill in the gap of space left behind by anyone not using their proprietary PSU, but I do not understand why it could not have just shipped in the box alongside the case, unattached. To me, if the focus of this case is to get you to buy their purpose-built PSU to which the case is designed around, then I should be rewarded as a purchaser of said PSU by avoiding unnecessary installation steps that are one-time disassembles. I would even go as far as to state that the cable management shroud could be sold separately. This would lower the cost of the case. It would also present to buyers the chance of understanding their two options more clearly and drive sales into the SYNCRO CONNECT PSU. Lastly, it would make the process of installation the same for both those who buy the SYNCRO CONNECT PSU and for those who buy the cable management shroud. As is it today, those who opt for a more affordable PSU (most other options cost less) are rewarded with quicker and more familiar installation.

Make sure when you order that you filter down to just newegg as any of these other sellers will hold hostage your stuff for weeks on end. I don't care that it had to come from China, it still took too long. Had I know it was coming from China, I most certainly would have avoided. China is a huge problem altogether, let alone trying to get parts from.