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David K.

David K.

Joined on 11/08/10

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Most Favorable Review

Great price/value

Cyber Acoustics CA-3090 9 Watts 2.1 3 Piece Flat Panel Design Subwoofer & Satellite Speaker System
Cyber Acoustics CA-3090 9 Watts 2.1 3 Piece Flat Panel Design Subwoofer & Satellite Speaker System

Pros: Good sound, low price. Easy volume control, desktop aux input.

Cons: Mic jack might be nice on the desktop volume control.

Overall Review: I wanted desktop speakers for my primary machine that offered good in-game sound. I didn't want to pay $100+ for wall-shaking bass and surround. These fit the bill perfectly. Quality is much better than most desktop speakers, on desk volume control is simple and handy. Kids also plug in their I-Pods to play songs at times and use it for various things. If you're looking for good price/value for desktop speakers, you won't be disappointed.

Most Critical Review

Quiet drives, but some issues

Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate Desktop HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Drive access is quiet, plenty of storage, good price. Seagate offers good RMA process.

Cons: One of two drives failed in the first month. It seems like this is becoming common for 3 TB and higher drives across all manufacturers. Two isn't a large set, but I was surprised it went this fast. Luckily they were in mirrored RAID so I'm still running!

Overall Review: I wonder if the failure/burn-in rates for larger drives are just the cause, as all manufacturers seem to be hitting this. Happy with Seagate's RMA process so far. For $10 they will 2-day me the replacement drive as well as packaging to ship the current drive back. (Other options for free, but I'll pay $10 to get the mirror back up.) At least when the failure occurs, I'm not jumping through hoops.

Awesome, quiet fans

Antec TrueQuiet 120 Non-LED LED Case Fan
Antec TrueQuiet 120 Non-LED LED Case Fan

Pros: I like quiet systems. These fans are incredible. I put one as a case fan, and switched the other to be the CPU cooler fan for my (larger) heatsink. They have a switch to allow half or full speed, and at half speed they are silent.

Cons: None yet

Quiet! (but not simple)

SilenX EFZ-120HA5 120mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler
SilenX EFZ-120HA5 120mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Pros: Cool and quiet!

Cons: May require removing motherboard from case to install. No problem for building a new system, but more work than expected when retrofitting a system. Also, the heat sink is quite tall. Make sure you have a mid or larger case.

Overall Review: I like a very quiet system. I replaced a stock Intel cooler with this to quiet things out. The fan with the cooler is pretty quiet, although I switched it for an even quieter 120mm fan I purchased and moved this to an optional case fan. Installation was a bit trickier than I expected, but that was mostly because I was trying to avoid removing the entire motherboard. I would purchase this again.