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Edward J.

Edward J.

Joined on 01/25/09

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Dominator RAM

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M4A2400C10
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M4A2400C10

Pros: No problems booting running these things at their given latencies. Lots of OC headroom. Great stuff

Cons: None

Most Critical Review

Asus Z97I Plus Mobo

ASUS Z97I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Z97I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Very well laid out motherboard - Good IO shield - Multiple thermistors for monitoring temperature is nice - Memory compatibility check feature is nice

Cons: - Having to screw the wireless adapter connections to the back of the IO plate is a little odd (makes for a not so tight connection). - I had to install the updated bios from the website in order to get it to boot properly (had high system instability before update) - USB 3.0 ports failed after driver install - Some downloaded drivers from ASUS website were corrupted - CPU retention bracket interfered with 3rd party cooling backplate

Overall Review: It was a little upsetting that I had such difficulty getting the motherboard and hardware working in tandem in Windows. I've built several computers over the last 15 years and this was one of the bad installs. I originally thought the motherboard was dead (or at least flaky). It runs normally after much headache. It was pretty disappointing. (Case installed to is Corsair Obsidian 250D)

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011048-WW) Arctic White Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011048-WW) Arctic White Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case

Pros: Very sturdy, easy to assemble / disassemble when needed.

Cons: Non so far.

Overall Review: It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, but very nice. I would have liked it to have been aluminum, but I feel the cost would have been too high at that point.