Joined on 03/27/08
decent m-atx case

Pros: m-atx with room for a cm hyper 212 evo cpu cooler room for huge gpu 2x120mm fan mounts 1-front, 1-rear, side panel mounts for 2 more if needed (1 if you use a large cpu cooler) bottom mount for hard drive is handy no obnoxious led fans or windows or flashy paint job, just plain unobtrusive low key case (perfect in the asthetic department...)
Cons: labeled but not included front panel e-sata and firewire. should have done the hanging hd mount sideways, would make hd install so much easier, same goes for the bottom hd mount. the power led is beyond obnoxious bright, add a resistor or nail polish etc to dim it, really bad in a bedroom if you let it sleep (f1a75-m pro blinks the power led while in sleep mode)
Overall Review: cm dropped the ball with this one... with room for any current gpu and oversize cpu coolers this case really is the only option for a m-atx gaming machine... (hyper 212 evo 1-2mm to spare) If any case manufacturer reads this review here are the changes to make a perfect m-atx case, start with CM elite 341 1: rotate the hanging hd mount below the 3.5" external bays 90 degrees 2: rotate the bottom hd mount 90 degrees 3: add a resistor to power led or use one half as bright 4: include the e-sata and firewire jacks or remove them from the front panel add 2 usb 3.0 jacks with internal 20pin plug in addition to the 2 usb 2.0 jacks 5: add 4 beefy screw lugs to top for an optional LAN party handle Cooler Master elite 341 case Asus F1A75-M PRO mb AMD a8-3870k APU , Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo cooler 2x4gig Corsair Vengeance LP ddr3-1600 Antec 650w earthwatts PSU 3x Cougar orange 120mm pwm fans (front intake, rear exhaust, cpu cooler)
showed up

Pros: decent price, appears to be unbranded (no att logo's anywhere, will see what firmware and bloatware it has once charged)
Cons: dealer is definantly shady, box had been opened, appears that the seller opened the box and removed the mhl/hdmi adapter as everything else appears to be new and untouched. 2 stars off for the obvious removal of the adapter from box, will call newegg and see if they can remedy the problem, as this seller is less than honest...
Overall Review: less than happy that they removed the mhl adapter before they shipped it, pretty low, it should ship as shown, wich it clearly shows mhl adapter. I will write another review in a few days once it's charged and I've had a chance to test everything.
quiet, run for freaking ever

Pros: I like the color even though they are buried in windowless cases, bought 3 pwm and 2 standard 3wire variants feb 2012, kept 1 pwm as a spare and haven't needed it yet, the 2 non pwm have been running 14+hrs a day since feb 2012 and still running strong out in a dusty shop with wide temp variations wide open and you can't hear them, the psu and hyper 212's pwm fan is louder at idle temps... the pwm's have been running 12+hrs a day in an apu machine on an asus mb with the exact same results, far quieter than the tcx3 92mm cm air cooler on the a8-3870 or the antec-650 in that machine stuffed inside a micro atx, cm elite-341 stuffed under a desk in the house that rarely gets cleaned, well over 4 years of hard use in multiple machines and still going strong.
Cons: not free, they never die so you can't get all giggly ordering new stuff, at full blast so quiet you can't tell if they are running. if I had a single honest complaint it would be that they are somewhat picky about how they are mounted, ie if you bolt them down solid to a poorly designed fan hole in case they may get a weird howl from the case itself, use the rubber plug mounts and the problem is largely eliminated unless your case sucks in which case the fan isn't the problem...
Overall Review: anyone that complains about these being loud most likely has them mounted in bad cases with poorly designed fan ventilation and didn't bother to try the rubber pin mounts... well over 4 years of hard use both in the house and out in the shop with zero issue's
google is your friend

Pros: it's a via clone chipset takes about 5 minutes to google the differances and driver version...
Cons: it's a via clone chipset
rock solid since 10/09

Pros: still relevant after years of service, unlike my 939 3800+ manchester which was obsolete within 3 months of purchase... Thing is a beast, has chewed up everything I've thrown at it without so much as a whimper, this at stock clock long story short this cpu is probably the best bang for your buck with ungodly longevity to boot, ever built.....
Cons: mine is actually the early 140w version, not really a con just sayin
Overall Review: idles at 29-30c @800mhz core with a cm hyper 120 evo maxxes at 50c under video recompiling at 80%+ load. best money I've spent in a very long time cpu - 965be 140w gpu - saphire 5870 1gb cypress xt reference card ( scythe setsugen2 cooler ) mem - 4gig corsair dominator 1600 (switched to 8g corsair vengeance lp 1600 this week just because it was laying around un used) mb - msi 790fx-gd70 junk raidmax case with various cooling mod's, ie extra holes at bottom of sidepannel, 2 cougar 120mm case fans power supply - bfg-tech 1200w modular cheap pci-e x1 usb3.0 card sony dvd burner / LG blueray burner

Pros: good hardware etc, see my review on other listing for google market destructions (the model number should make this a an a7+) thing is fairly well built with super bright screen, nearly year later, drug on many roadtrips it's holding up just fine
Cons: no market, currently it seems that even the people over at xdadevelopers have given up on gb, ics or jb rom since twits at elocity won't release the kernel.
Overall Review: link to xda post on getting it rooted/hacked for google market http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431967&page=2 you might be able to get root explorer for free from 1mobile market (mandatory for getting google market running)