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Philip A.

Philip A.

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Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced - Mini-ITX Computer Case with USB 3.0 and Long Graphics Card Support - Black
Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced - Mini-ITX Computer Case with USB 3.0 and Long Graphics Card Support - Black

Pros: Full sized psu fits. Full sized blu ray fits. Full sized hd7970 GPU fits. It will run an intel I7-3770s. Will fit 3 hdds. I used a seasonic x660 psu. An intel it 3770s cpu. Asrock z77e-itx mobo. 2 gelid pwm 120 fans. - pulled the front fan. and used the other with a prolimatech samual 17 heatsink xfx hd 7970 gpu . 2 sticks of patiot 8gb 1600 ram. a crucial mSata 256gb ssd as my booter a 750 gb western digital scorpio black for storage. a scythe 120 mm slim fan to replace stock side fan. I made the front into a grill used a barbecue grill as a template. used a custom mobo cable much shorter then stock

Cons: You must alter the front to get more air in. you need a better side fan for more air. you need short custom mobo cable

Overall Review: This is a great case with the right parts and the 3 mods. My windows experience is 7.8 for cpu 7.8 for ram and all 7.9's case can run bitcoin 24/7 without overheating! This is a followup to my other review.

Most Critical Review

A dud 2 pc's can't find it.

VisionTek Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card 900652
VisionTek Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card 900652

Pros: I have the premier membership so return shipping is free.

Cons: Tried this in an asus maximus gene VI an Asrock itx-e and a gigabyte h77 mobo. tried all 7 pcie slots on the 3 mobos. I purchased hoping to use it on Thur. oh well.

Overall Review: My fourth visiontek card ever owned. My first dud.

Product is okay has some limits

CORSAIR 3000D RGB AIRFLOW Mid-Tower PC Case - Black - 3x AR120 RGB Fans - Four-Slot GPU Support - Fits up to 8x 120mm fans - High-airflow Design
CORSAIR 3000D RGB AIRFLOW Mid-Tower PC Case - Black - 3x AR120 RGB Fans - Four-Slot GPU Support - Fits up to 8x 120mm fans - High-airflow Design

Pros: Fans look good. Wire management is good. Since I have 3000d high airflow in black I can tell you it is not quiet. I would not get it to run it for a home theater setup. I put an I5 13400t in it. I used 2 16 gb ram sticks for 32gb ram I used an msi mother board. purchased here at newegg. the b660m I used a Fe 3060ti gpu and a 2tb pcie ssd as boot drive. Rig is nice and it does not use a lot of wires to set it up. I had a spare seasonic focus 750 watt platinum psu. I did a few test for noise as I was considering to use it with my samsung 65 inch home theater tv. It is a bit too loud.

Cons: Once again I can not download photos My biggest con so far is it is a bit noisy. But I new it would not be that quiet in the first place since it is designed for air flow. A few mention it is poor for watercooling. Well just think about its name 'High Air flow design' it is right in the title. CORSAIR 3000D RGB AIRFLOW Mid-Tower PC Case - Black - 3x AR120 RGB Fans - Four-Slot GPU Support - Fits up to 8x 120mm fans - High-airflow Design. So only use it if you are looking to air cool.

Overall Review: I am an Eggxpert reviewer so I got the case free. I may give it away on a website I use a lot. My advice is buy neweggs special deal . https://www.newegg.com/white-corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower/p/11-139-191?Item=11-139-191&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Case with ATX - RM850 Power Supply installed, White Newegg Exclusive with pre-installed 850W PSU Nice white model no rgb fans. You can find ones you like or use the 2 plain fans they included. Personally I would get the white case and use the same motherboard with all the same parts other than the gpu I would upgrade to a 4070ti in white and call it a day.

10/15/2023

Very nice external ssd for Mac mini boot drive.

Corsair EX100U 1TB USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD
Corsair EX100U 1TB USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD

Pros: Runs cool I did a full copy of my 136gb Mac mini boot drive in about 6-7 minutes and it was not very warm to the touch. It allows for a bottle copy with Carbon Copy Cloner. This is a nice if you are a Mac user. My Mac mini is using it as I type.

Cons: No run light on it. Maybe it is not a con and that why it runs cool. If you use it as an external boot drive you will know if it is working. I am using it to write this review.

Overall Review: Until now 1 major rival of crucial has an external to use as a Mac boot drive. It is nice to have an option to use crucial instead of only being able to use samsung for this. I am pretty much a fan of both companies for ram and ssd's. I am glad crucial now has a competitive product with the Samsun T-7 Comes with a usb c to usb c cable and a usb a to usb c cable. I did not do any speed test other than the speed to clone the drive with CCC. 6-7 minutes I will do a few other tests with this drive with the internal 1tb ssd in the Mac mini and with my samsung t-7 boot drive. Maybe run with this one for a week. As I just did the clone and boot today. Her is an update: I ran geek bench and using the internal nvme ssd my speeds were 1250 single core score and 4502 multi-core score I ran geek bench and used this external ssd my speeds were 1322 single core score and 4341 multi-core score. So for all practically the externally is good enough for my use. This is a big money saver. a new base Mac mini has 256gb internal if you upgrade on apple website price jumps $400. If you use this ssd price is $84 more. that is a $300+ savings.

Nice low cost psu.

CORSAIR CX-M CX650M 650 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi-Modular Power Supply
CORSAIR CX-M CX650M 650 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi-Modular Power Supply

Pros: Note this was given to me as a Eggxpert reviewer. The cpu wire comes hard wired. The Motherboard 24 pin wire comes hard wired. Low cost. Good Warranty as corsair is good support of gear. Fan is quiet when using up to 300 watts as tested by me. Brand name and of course one more nice feature is it is a small size as psus go.

Cons: Biggest con is 1 pcie cable with 2 jacks and a second cpu cable besides the hard wired cpu cable. My logic goes like this a low cost psu running a high end cpu that needs two cpu cables is less likely than trying to run a low cost cpu and two low cost gpus. I run this with a low cost low power cpu and will not need that second cpu cable. but I do run 2 nvidia 3060 gpus and an extra pcie/gpu cable would help. he pcie jack and the cpu jack are one and the same so you could plug in two separate pcie cables and run 2 low power gpus . Intead I am running 2 95 watt gpus on 1 pcie cable. Waiting on an adapter for that extra cpu cable to make it a pcie/gpu fit.

Overall Review: Do I recommend this. Yes. It is really good for a low cost build . Use a simple cpu I low cost motherboard. a low cost gpu an ssd. You can easily do builds under 500 that are good for streaming and lite gaming If this has a second gpu cable and no extra cpu cable I would have give it 5 stars instead of the 4 I gave it.

11/11/2022

A small improvement over the 3090 ftw3

EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 24G-P5-4985-KR, 24GB GDDR6X, iCX3 Technology, ARGB LED, Metal Backplate, Includes eLeash
EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING, 24G-P5-4985-KR, 24GB GDDR6X, iCX3 Technology, ARGB LED, Metal Backplate, Includes eLeash

Pros: Had it around 10 days. It works well about 5% better than my 3090 ftw3. If you can get it retail it is decent.

Overall Review: At retail price it is decent. Given a choice of it or the 3090 ftw3 at retail it is the better choice. Oh it is 3.5 slots wide the fattest card I ever owned.

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Good piece of gear

Shipped fast. A nice case for test rig setup. Would buy again. If I need more.

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Good seller I have used them more than once.

They ships good as advertised gear that works and is on time. I very likely will use them again.

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Price was good shipping quick

Gear was as advertised. All was good with item no problems on way or the other.

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