Recent content by Steve James

Its a false shortage to jack up prices

There is no CPU shortage. What a load if bull****

Avoid Crucial SSD's. They die before or right after the warranty expires. Just junk

Avoid Crucial SSD's. They are junk

Crucial drives are junk. Mine just died and I only had it 25% full

Malwarebytes is the best

Bitdefender? give me a break. Malwarebytes is still the best

doesn't matter. I'm not installing that crap on my PC. I'll wait for Windows 10

WEI is only for people to see if they have the hardware setup to run Windows Vista/7. Any other application for it is useless. It's not an accurate benchmark. it's a tool for Microsoft to curb customer complaints from people claiming they can't run Windows 7 on their Pentium III's

Samsung SSD's slow down over time so those speeds aren't accurate

I own both and they both have cheap capacitors. EVGA is all cheap caps but Corsair has a better primary cap (Nippon Chemi-Com). The primary cap is the big can the AC current goes through. EVGA claims it can put out 34 amps on the 12V rail and Corsair claims 32. I tried both psu's and they both...

finally got it open. it was stuck because the black paint was oversprayed. the capacitor quality is not good. the primary cap is a Capxon LP series and the rest of the caps are those green Teapos. rest of the components look good. It's similar to the Corsair 430w

just got this brand new for $15, couldn't resist. I'm going to use it as a backup. Anybody know how to open this thing up? I took the screws out both sides (4 screws) and the 4 fans screws and it won't budge. I don't want to tear it up trying to get it open. there has to be a trick like pushing...