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JAN V.

JAN V.

Joined on 07/26/12

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

good but beware

Rosewill FBM-02 - Dual-Fan Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
Rosewill FBM-02 - Dual-Fan Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: it's a good looking case, like most rosewill cases I have bought. pretty good airflow with the pre installed fans that don't make much noise.

Cons: the only little thing is that with the msi mobo that I chose (probably the same problem with most mobos) a normal 3.5 inch HHD will stick out over the second RAM stick so depending on the RAMs heatsink, you may have a little problem. My ram has a pretty big heatsink and it fits fine but a little bigger and i wouldn't have been happy with my choices :P

Most Critical Review

one good, one dead

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: one drive is still running flawlessly

Cons: but the other (i made two builds exactly the same) just recently died. My bro's comp started getting ''SMART bad status, backup and replace'' while booting up.

Overall Review: I bought the drives 1 year 4months ago.

COOL

XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600W4G9-DGV
XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600W4G9-DGV

Pros: not problems detecting, no instability, and the heat sink look fantastic!

Cons: none so far, my rating is based on perfomance, not price.

Overall Review: I don't know why the price of all DDR3 jumped up so much in the last year, I have the bills to prove that 8Gb last year cost less then half the price for the same model!!!

Great!

HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive) SH103S3/120G
HyperX 3K 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive) SH103S3/120G

Pros: I but one of these in my gaming rig about a year ago. its so much faster than the regular 7200rpm disk drive that I had my OS on previously. I liked it so much I recently bought another one to boost my old laptop and the boot time went for about 5 minutes before the comp was ready to go to about 1 minutes :) on winVista.

Cons: I still find the price of SSDs a bit high for the amount of memory you get, but I knew how much I was getting before buying one.

Overall Review: i haven't tried any other brand or model of SSD yet, but this one blew me away!

so far so good

MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: it worked great right out of the box, barely any configuration needed if you don't want to overclock. i only had to change 1 setting so the mobo would detect that my RAM is 1600 and not 1333.

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: no hiccups yet, I just recently made a built for my parents so we will see.

Great case

Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid-Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Expansion Ready: Internal 3.5" Bays & External 5.25" Bays, 3 Pre-installed Fans with Side Fan Mount Option
Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid-Tower Gaming PC Computer Case, Expansion Ready: Internal 3.5" Bays & External 5.25" Bays, 3 Pre-installed Fans with Side Fan Mount Option

Pros: Good price vs competitors, included fans don't make noise, haven't had any issues yet after over 3 months of use

Cons: I bought 2 of these and with one I had a little trouble fitting the faceplate with the plugs of the motherboard (asus M5A97) but the other one was fine. (hard to say if its the motherboard, the case or both).. no biggy

Overall Review: overall great product for the price.