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sam s.

sam s.

Joined on 05/28/08

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Most Favorable Review

Slick

NEW NZXT H440 STEEL Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0, White/Black
NEW NZXT H440 STEEL Mid Tower Case. Next Generation 5.25-less Design. Include 4 x 2nd Gen FNv2 Fans, High-End WC support, USB3.0, White/Black

Pros: Size: Not too big, not to small Slots: Plenty of HDD, nice aesthetically pleasing location of SSD points; mine are Seagates that are black and white so it matches the theme perfectly. Fans: Air flow is awesome, and for stock case fans pretty dang quiet as well. PSU tray: Great concept idea, easily hides both your power supply as well as any cords that come with it in case you don't have a modular cable management system (such as myself) Lights: the NZXT lights up on the PSU tray, as well as the light on the back of the chasse where the I/O for audio and all that other jazz it, great feature. Easy to pop off the front and top outer-most panels, and then just as easily pops right back on

Cons: Jeez there isn't really any, except for one that threw me for a loop. It's such a blatantly obvious one that I completely over-looked it and it almost shot me over. There's no optical expansion,... I had to install my mobo software.. via cd my internet wireless drivers ... via cd my new operating system.. via cd my new anti-virus ... via cd But nowhere to place an optical drive. Luckily I had a way to hook up my old one to get the information on it, but it's just the inconvenience that almost messed me up. Aside from that, it's a pretty awesome case

Overall Review: Getting a dark, or close to black mobo, with white cabling sets off the white and black theme quite nice.

Most Critical Review

You get what you pay for

SD/XD/MMC/MS/CF/SDHC USB 2.0 ALL IN 1 Multi CARD READER
SD/XD/MMC/MS/CF/SDHC USB 2.0 ALL IN 1 Multi CARD READER

Pros: Sometimes some stuff works

Cons: From my experience trying to use this thing, in operability is quite intermittent.

Overall Review: If you're looking for something you can trust, and or need something that works rather promptly like I did, just spend a bit more and get something else. You can almost tell by the weight and feel of this thing that it's super cheap, like a knock-off or something.

Corsair = win

Corsair M65 USB Wired RGB Laser Gaming Mouse - Black
Corsair M65 USB Wired RGB Laser Gaming Mouse - Black

Pros: This mouse and it's features.... RGB Quality Precision

Cons: As with any heavily used mouse/ keyboard, that annoying hand dead skin gunk builds up, but, so far for me only on the target button on the left (the red one) which is mostly easy to clean because it's a glossy/ smooth button unlike the rest of the firm-grip aspects of the mouse.

Overall Review: The corsair lighting software (I have the rgb keyboard as well) is surprisingly feature rich and easy to use with lots of options. I've become quite accustomed to Corsair in general due to it's products. Thanks Corsair!

Overkill

CORSAIR RM Series RM1000 1000 W ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
CORSAIR RM Series RM1000 1000 W ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Full modular 1k W

Cons: Size / weight, but I don't expect anybody to place this in a micro or mini chasse. Mine is in a huge corsair 540

Overall Review: I wanted to get a fully modular PSU that would last me and this one is amazing. If I knew more about PSU's I would give a better review. This thing is pretty big, and quite heavy to count towards it's quality.

The best...

Intel Core i7-4790K - Core i7 4th Gen Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 88W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790K
Intel Core i7-4790K - Core i7 4th Gen Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 88W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790K

Pros: This CPU has been the best CPU I've ever owned. It's high clock-speed, and extra cores has made this processor melt anything that I throw at it when paired with my 1070 (or previous sli 970s) I wish it supported just a tad more lanes.

Cons: Cliche answer of a fanboy saying nothing at all

Great board

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Looks cool thermal dissipation features bios update

Cons: Cost. This board, just due (apparently) to the shielding, is identical to another board but costs quite a bit more; depending on the sale at the time 75-120 bucks more. The little fan inside the shielding can get quite loud if you're noise sensitive, or have a small chasse

Overall Review: I wish I would have waited to get the newer version that supports DDR4 RAM. Not because of performance, but due to newer technology / newer standard. Same goes for the chipset / socket of the CPU Don't let those turn you off if you find a great deal as this MOBO is awesome.