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Tri P.

Tri P.

Joined on 12/01/04

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Most Favorable Review

NOOB reviewer

Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-1375M 1375 W ATX 12V 2.3 & SSI EPS 12V 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-1375M 1375 W ATX 12V 2.3 & SSI EPS 12V 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: This incompetent reviewer below me claims his tech level is high, yet he has no idea what he bought. He failed to realize this PSU is MULTI RAIL and overloaded almost all the power on a single rail, blaming the PSU for shutting down. All the PCI-E cables are on the 12V2 rail, which is only max 900w. He tried to run 4x 290s off 900w, are you kidding me?? The OCP kicked in to shut down the system, it did exactly what it was suppose to do for safety reason. Go buy a newb-friendly single rail PSU if you don't even know how to split up the load...

Cons: I took 1 egg off because cables are rather short, and there are 2 8-pin EPS cables that are NOT modular. Most of the time, you only need 1 EPS cable, almost all the cables are modular, and one you don't need can't even be removed. Also, two of the PCI-e cables has a 8-pin plug that does not have the option to remove 2 pins to make it a 6-pin plug. The notches on this makes it so that it's not compatible to plug into 6-pin connectors. Almost all PSU's noadays have 6+2 pin so you can choose between 6 or 8 pin connector. Not a huge deal since they inlucded so many PCI-E cables.

Overall Review: I correctly load-balanced both 12V1 and 12V2 rails, and this can continuously pull over 1300w (DC) no problem. It's also boarderline platinum efficiency.

Most Critical Review

GARBAGE

Rosewill RV2-600 600 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
Rosewill RV2-600 600 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply

Pros: only pros i can think of is that it's a decent price with the assumption that it will work, and also it came from newegg

Cons: hmm where can i start... when i plugged it in and turned it on, there were some really loud clicks that came from this unit. my first though was that the fan was hitting something and surely enough, there was a stiff light pink wire sticking out that the fan was grinding on. i had to take something small and stick it through the fan grill to push the dam wire down. that fixed the clicking noise. second, the kill switch is permanently stuck on the "ON" position! there is a spring in there that keeps it in this position, and when you try to switch it off, it'll spring back to the on position. seriously? i'm not sure if that's with all these units, or i just got a defective one that does that. either way, this is not acceptable. last and most important, after 10 minutes of usage on this brand new thing, my computer crashed and this unit is not able to turn back on. 3 flaws on this unit, that is some serious control quality issue.

Overall Review: this PSU didn't even launch that long ago, and it's not even 80+ certified. that is one indicator that it's low quality. good thing i bought it less than a month ago so i can return it. otherwise, i would have opened up this piece of shiznats just to see who the OEM is. i have NEVER had a PSU died on me before until now, and i've bought over 30 ever since my computer hobby or building custom ones for other people. it was a shell shocker that i got for $35, gave it a try, and never again will i get a rosewill PSU. you never know who the OEM is that rosewill rebrands.

ABSOLUTE GARBAGE

D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 1000 (DIR-657) Wireless N300, HD Fuel QoS, USB SharePort, Gigabit
D-Link Amplifi HD Media Router 1000 (DIR-657) Wireless N300, HD Fuel QoS, USB SharePort, Gigabit

Pros: It's not edible. You wouldn't want to each trash anyways.

Cons: Wireless drops every few hours, requires a router reboot to temporarily get a connection again. I can go on and on about all the things I've tried, but that won't matter.

Overall Review: Please, save yourself the headache and time and stay away from this defective product. If I had known about it being this problematic, I would not have accepted it even if it was FREE. It's not truly "free" when you spend a lot of time trying to diagnose and troubleshoot, only to end up realizing you've gone through all that frustration for nothing. At least having no router at all would save me that time/frustration. Please look at all the other reviews, and you can see the same recurring problem of wifi problem and constant rebooting can only temporarily fix it for a day max.

Decent platform

ASRock E350M1 AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD A50M Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
ASRock E350M1 AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD A50M Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: price was decent for a newly released platform, and also nice connectivity options for the price. good power consumption, a few watts lower than my atom D252 using the same exact hardware. this got 35w idle from the wall with an inefficient PSU, and a green HD with only 1 stock fan running. the atom D252 was about 38w

Cons: first point is just a small but annoying thing. the power LED pins do not work when connected, so i have no idea when the computer is powered on. i'm not sure if i got just this one defective mobo, or if all of them are like that. other is the biggest issue i have: some youtube videos are not watchable with these new APU. in non HD, it might be ok, but 1080p and some 720p full screen has extreme stuttering. although overall, zacate is faster than atoms and better has a HTPC, my atom does not stutter as bad on youtube. this one downfall of not being able to play all youtube videos probably ruins it for me

Overall Review: this is probably a problem for this new zacate platform and not just this Asrock brand. if anyone that bought this also has this youtube stuttering problem, please post as well. it has very limited features in the bios, like memory timing and voltage adjustment, but not vcore adjustments. you also cant overclock anything. this is not something i'd expect on this platform anyways. the only zacate boards i think that has overclocking feature is the gigabyte one, and maybe the asus deluxe one when it gets released

good budget mobo

BIOSTAR TH55B HD LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
BIOSTAR TH55B HD LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: it has all the basic options to overclock. voltage change for cpu, vtt, pll, memory, although the change is not in as fine increments as the high end boards. has memory dividers, bclk frequency change, etc. basically, all the options to have a mild OC, plus a little more. decent mobo for the money.

Cons: no vreg/mosfet sinks. i run my computer 24/7 crunching and no sinks in this area could potentially fry the mobo if overclocked running 100% load 24/7. not much of a big deal though, i'll be making my own sinks with screws and thermal expoxy :D

good ONLY when it worked

GIGABYTE GA-73VM-S2 LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050/nForce 610i Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-73VM-S2 LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 7050/nForce 610i Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: for the price and size, it's great while it lasted. has a lot of OC'ing features compared to mobo's in the same price range. options for vcore, CPU and memory frequency, and multiplier

Cons: 1) only lasted me 1 month and 4 days and randomly died one day when i turned on comp 2) NB gets pretty hot so i put a 60mm fan taped right over it 3) no dual channel memory, and the slots are way too close together. certain memory with heatsinks will not fit 4) had vdrop and vdroop (different CPU voltage reading from bios and in windows, and under load) 5) if you use the pci-e, the video card will cover up 3 of the 4 sata slots

Overall Review: the reason it got 2 eggs instead of 1 was because it had good OC'ing features for the price. and for vdrop and vdroop, most mobos will have this, so it's not really a con. although some mobos can dampen the voltage difference and it would be nice if this mobo could do that too. OC'ing was even pushed much. got 3000mhz with an e2180 300fsb 10multi 1.35v. for gigabyte's increasing reputation and reliability, i really expected more. it died out during the week i needed it most! things like this makes me lean to asus in the battle between gigabyte vs asus. cant RMA because it past by 4 days. anyone know where i can go on gigabyte's website for the warranty? i cant find it. maybe the manufacturer can respond (hint hint)