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Paul C.

Paul C.

Joined on 11/09/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great HDD

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 ST2000DL004 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: - Great Price - 2TB, although formats to 1.81TB obviously. - $80 on average at times. - Excellent reputation.

Cons: - Needs a firmware update? - 5400rpm, wait does that count as a Con? It's a storage drive after all, not a performance drive. - Seagate now owns Samsung's HDD division. :(

Overall Review: I've had this drive since late October, never ran a firmware update on it and set up a couple of partitions on it on Windows 7. Never ran into issues whatsoever, most of the drive is filled up and everything so far is in working order for lasting nearly 6 months.

Good but not Great

SilverStone AP121 Case cooler
SilverStone AP121 Case cooler

Pros: - High static pressure - Very quiet - Got 2 during the 20% off all fans promo, so combined price was fairly cheap. - Nice sleeving.

Cons: - A bit weak in airflow, I am aware it does 35CFM max, but still weaker than I expected it to be overall. - Molex connector on the fan doesn't have both male/female connectors - Tested it in an open air environment where I had a piece of paper a meter away and the fan barely moves the paper just to see the level of effectiveness it brought.

Overall Review: It's not a bad fan, but fulfills a certain niche for a case intake fan, some may try it on a heatsink or radiator due to it's static pressure (I've tried it on a Thermalright Silver Arrow) but I don't think it does enough to warrant usage there. I got 2 of these to basically put onto the side of my HAF 932's side panel to intake air to cool my video card, mobo and cpu a bit more, but results are probably 0.5-1c better than the stock 200/230mm CM fan that came with the case. A bit disappointing but it wasn't too bad. As long as these fans are used for intake even at 12v they're rather quiet. Don't expect much more from them though. I may try the AP181's some day and just use some ghetto zipties to help it stick onto the HAF 932 side panel, hopefully those yield better results.

Excellent Goop

ARCTIC MX-4 Thermal Paste, Carbon Based High Performance Thermal Compound for All Coolers, Thermal Interface Material, 4 Grams
ARCTIC MX-4 Thermal Paste, Carbon Based High Performance Thermal Compound for All Coolers, Thermal Interface Material, 4 Grams

Pros: Non electrically conductive/capacitive. Great thermal conductivity. 4g tube is enough for several applications on CPU's and/or GPU's.

Cons: Not cheap.

Overall Review: I got this at a different e-tailer for almost half the price the egg sells it. I have yet to try it on my CPU, but I will in due time. I did try it on a ASUS 4870 1gb card and temps in Furmark dropped noticably. I used Xigmatek's PTI-G3606 and my Furmark temps went as high as 75c on the 4870, with the MX-4, it dropped to mid-low 60's.

Overall a very good case

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: - Full Tower so plenty of space - Comes with 3 230mm fans and a 140mm - Great cable management system - Price gets lowered.

Cons: - 230mm fans seem a bit weak, at least the top exhaust fan is, my old Antec 900's 200mm fan was blowing air out much better than the one here. - One of the plastic knobs for the tool-less screw system on the expansion slots broke off, I didn't even apply that much force on it, the other ones seem a bit brittle too. - More of a complaint of my own, but wish the right side panel was mere beveled out or a bit more expanded, my Corsair TX750 psu isn't modular so I got a heap of cables all over that area, and some just push the panel out a bit or it's a really tight fit.

Overall Review: I got this off a different e-tailer for a lower price and lack of sales tax (since I'm in California). I came from an Antec 900 originally. Planning to get some nylon stockings or pantyhose as makeshift air filters on this thing eventually too. Will also replace the top exhaust 230mm fan with something more beefy like 2 Silverstone FM-121's (great cfm, they make good exhaust fans). Not sure if I do want to replace the front 230mm fan on the front or side panel yet though. But I may in the summer.