Joined on 09/25/06
Apevia fans

Pros: well i was a little off about getting this fan but i am glad i did. i have BitFenix BFC-PHM-300-KKXKK-NV Black Steel and the fans with this case make it look awesome. cable length is good to rout for my case with out causing to much trouble. wish they had 3 pin connecter on them but i didnt want to spend the extra 3 $ for the other ones just for that. They seem to push good amount of error for me lowered the temp of my hardware.
Cons: only con is i bought to many... not a con about the fans just bad count for me.
Overall Review: the fans really do look cool with my case ( BitFenix BFC-PHM-300-KKXKK-NV Black Steel,) the bottom glows green and i have a nice glow on the top as well not to bright ether.
wireless card

Pros: It gets me online with an ok speed
Cons: this card should have 5 great single but I don't even thou i'm only 10 feet (with no walls) away from my router. on average I get 3 bars.
Overall Review: the reason i'm not using an ethernet is due to where its and little people running around (kids). I don't care nuff to see if its the card it works for what I want.
Works great

Pros: It runs fast and just works (If you overclock them they work just as good as other high end providers)
Cons: After the one year mark a nano resistors came off the memory stick causing one of my 4 GB to become useless.. There was no tampering with this no Voltage change or anything just basic use.
Overall Review: I like G Skill always have out of the many types of memory sticks i have used i find G Skill to be the one i keep coming back to. They handle what i do stay cool and just work. I have used there Warranty before with no problem but this time they are giving me trouble. At this point i just gave up with them. I will still use G Skill for my builds just don't expect them to do anything with the stick if its missing something.
ZALMAN R1 (White) White ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Standard ATX

Pros: The color on the case is nice. The motherboard stand off wholes are not to bad. Fits a full size motherboard.
Cons: The only thing i do not like about this case is the front usb 3.0 port does not seem to work. I have everything hooked up and does not work. I did test it with another motherboard as well and same thing.
Overall Review: Im not sure what the top part of the case does but it has a door thing that comes off. ( Extra air flow maybe ) This is not a con for me but could be a con for others. The case fan that comes in this case are kind of loud. i just replaced them with come silent fans witch refused the noise.
Rosewill BLACKHAWK ATX Mid size case

Pros: This case is bigger then any Mid Size case that i have owned... The 5 fans seem alright they are quite for the most part. Lots of room and behind the motherboard has lots of room for cable management.
Cons: The hard drive / SSD trays are weak and two of them don't even fit right unless you have a drive in them. ( i just used the two that don't fit for the 3.5 inch drives) the case is really bad for a self contained water cooling system for the CPU ( could just be the main board but the top would not fit the cooling system i ended up getting it attached to the door) The front of the of the case is poorly made the plastic peg things do not spring open to get a good fit it does fall off for no reason. ( just stuck something in the pegs to get them wider and that fixed my problem.)
Overall Review: The case is bigger then what it looks. Other then the poor quality on the front part of the case its not bad. If you do not have a water cooler for the CPU like the Corsair h100 or what ever you are fine. Lots of fan and lots of air flow. That water cooling system bugs me about the case i may end up having to replace the cooling system due to the case does NOT FIT MY RAD!!!! ( not sure if i will or not still ) The HDD/SSD trays are not that big of a deal for me but dumb that Rosewill did not make sure they fit. Over all not bad case. The construction of the case is lower quality but work fine. I do not feel that it was worth the money but its what I needed for this build. Just a note to people who seem to have trouble getting the front to stay on put a fan screw in the back part of the peg an or hot glue stick ( not melted whole one but cut the it up ) and this fixed my problem AMD A10-6800k over clocked to 5.2 ghz 12 gb G skill 1600 (12800) GTX 660 Ti Corsair Hydro H60 Some 750 watt psu
Cooler Master Seidon Liquid Water Cooling

Pros: For the price it does the job. I was working on stock cooler witch did the job in my old case but upgraded to something a little smaller and my cpu was pushing temps 76 c + not doing much. watching videos or something stupid. game was not good i seen it peek at 88 c. With this cooler i brought my temp down to 35 c watching movies and gaming hits about 62 ish c.
Cons: This system barely fit into my case i have a micro case and the tubing was just a little to short for me to put the cooler where i wanted. It would of been nice to just increased the tube size by half an inch. other then that nothing does the job
Overall Review: When i started to change from my stock heat sink to this cooler i thought i wish i had this a few years ago (12 years ago) as the price is way better then building a system for it. spent 60$ on this compared to the 350+ for my old system.... don't get me wrong the 350+ was way better at cooling then this.