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JONATHON M.

JONATHON M.

Joined on 09/06/11

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Most Favorable Review

Great Cooler

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Pros: This is easily a $100 cooler. - With an i7-2600k overclocked to 4.75 GHz I'm only reaching 74c under Prime95, idle around 30c (before thermal paste set-in time). - Very quiet. - All copper design -Clears the ram slots on my P8Z68-M Pro by about 4 MM (I have high profile Corsair Vengeance ram sticks). - 4 pin PWM fan connector (no need for a controller with my mobo). - Fits easily in my IN-WIN Dragon Slayer case. - Installation (including removing my previous heatsink and backplate) took 5 minutes.

Cons: Fins are sharp and easily bent, but if you are careful this shouldn't be a problem. None other than that.

Overall Review: I purchased this cooler with Arctic Silver 5, i didn't use the included paste.

Most Critical Review

Died after 2 weeks :(

ASUS USB-N13 300Mpbs Wireless-N USB Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n, USB 2.0
ASUS USB-N13 300Mpbs Wireless-N USB Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n, USB 2.0

Pros: Worked great for the time that it was working

Cons: Died after 2 weeks, i have no idea why. unfortunately i lost the packaging and shipping sheet so i couldn't RMA.

Overall Review: I would definitely buy another one but don't really need one anymore.

Excellent, wish RGB could be controlled by i-Cue though

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3466 (PC4 27700) Desktop Memory Model F4-3466C16D-32GTZR
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3466 (PC4 27700) Desktop Memory Model F4-3466C16D-32GTZR

Pros: With Intel, runs perfectly at 3466 CL16 using XMP profile. RGB works great and g.skill app runs with no issues on Windows 10. After a little digging with the Ryzen memory calculator, I was able to bring the timings down to 14-15-15-28 at 1.41v, and wasn't too interested in trying to go much further, still playing with the other clock settings but was a great start.

Cons: Not compatible with I-Cue. Not a huge issue, but I think I can speak for everyone that having 5 million programs to control my system's RGB sucks. Devs need to stop being selfish and just agree to share RGB control. I know it's not officially supported on ryzen 2700x but I tried it and couldn't break 3000MHz at any timings on the MSI Pro Gaming board, if anyone is considering that, though I hear that 3000 series chips are better with RAM?

Overall Review: Not a single regret. Fast ram and 32GB is sweet.

Terrible Support

Logitech G500 Black Chrome 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse
Logitech G500 Black Chrome 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse

Pros: Great mouse when i first got it, good fit, looks pretty, high dpi...

Cons: about 8 months after getting the mouse, left click started acting up, a lot of people have this problem, and logitech doesn't seem to care at all. RMA submitted and have been waiting WAY too long for a reply. I'm done with logitech and their gimmicky products.

Not Bad, Tons of Options!

ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: There is a LOT crammed onto this board. Drivers worked fine for me, idk what others are getting problems with that for.

Cons: not much room for a decent low profile cooler (expected being a mini ITX.. I had an issue with my processor temps on this board, something i haven't run into before and couldn't find any info on. Once up an running with windows installed and a few games installed, i started running some benchmarks, but before i started, i checked temps. Everything was good except for the core temps. they were all settled around 5C, which definitely doesn't make sense seeing as the ambient temp was around 25C. No support from ASUS of course because the rep i talked to on the phone couldn't hardly speak english, and once i was forwarded to someone that could, they said they've never seen that before and couldn't help. BIOS shows the CPU settling around 45-50C after about 30 minutes so it's not the processor. maybe a windows issue? not sure... either way, for lack of support from asus, i take an egg.

Overall Review: The build plays Crysis 2 at 45-50fps maxed out no problem, Skyrim pulls 60fps full time on ultra... Setup: ASUS F1A75-I Deluxe mobo AMD A8 3850 APU Scythe Kozuti cooler with extra slim scythe 100mm fan mounted on it Corsair Vengeance 1600 8GB (2 x 4GB) XFX HD Radeon 6970 2GB Seasonic X750 Gold OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 120GB Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD all mounted in LIAN LI PC-TU200B Case.

Not Impressed

APEVIA X-QPACK2-BL/500 Black/ Blue Aluminum Body/ Front Mask Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case 500W Power Supply
APEVIA X-QPACK2-BL/500 Black/ Blue Aluminum Body/ Front Mask Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: SFF Case, good for a simple build, but hard to fit anything

Cons: Not very durable, screws strip out easily, front mesh is very fragile, and MB tray is flimsy.

Overall Review: I wouldn't use this case for a gaming build for sure. If you plan on doing a nice build, and want a cube case, i would look into a different case because IMO this case is not worth it for a quality build, especially for 100 dollars

11/21/2011