Joined on 11/12/07
Awesome value!
Pros: Very quick for the price, very quick in general. Will run any current title at max settings and should definitely be able to run new games for years to come. The hsf on this card is extremely quiet, and I haven't had it get loud during gaming once. Idles at about 35c and the highest I've seen it go so far was 45c! HDMI works great and is an excellent addition to this card.
Cons: Can't go wrong with this, even on an older system this in a lot of cases more than doubled my fps while running at higher quality over my 7800gt.
Overall Review: If I had a crossfire motherboard I would buy another one.
Quality board
Pros: Worked out of the box with two Xeon X5650's, 12Gb of Gskill non-ecc DDR3 1600 (running at 1333) and a GTX 480. The layout works well to make the most out of the small ATX size. The board has an excellent high quality feel to it. Comes with a thorough manual written in real English.
Cons: No cooling for the VRMs. Heatsink on the chipset becomes half covered by a decent sized video card and so far it's gotten up to 80c. I'm sure it's okay since it was designed that way, but a larger heatsink or a fan would have been nice as some of the other Supermicro boards have a small heatsink/fan combo on the chipset. No heatsink on the ICH10R, probably doesn't matter though but most other boards seem to have one. 5500 instead of 5520, lack of PCI-E lanes.
Overall Review: Noctua NH-U9DX's fit fairly well. It's amazing that so much can fit into the ATX form factor.
It does what it's supposed to do!
Pros: Works at rated speeds and voltages! 1.8V, stays nice and cool, no problems so far. Good value, if I get the rebate back, it will be an even better value.
Cons: A little more expensive than some of the cheaper brands, but it's still a great deal.
Overall Review: Newegg's free eggsaver shipping using DHL is awful, I will never use that again. The free shipping on here used to take 2 days at the most; it was the only reason I really used this site because I could count on getting things shipped quickly and safely. This took over a week, the tracking number provided didn't work, and it came in a ripped up padded envelope.
Great price on a nice monitor
Pros: Bezel and form factor are very nice. For a TN panel this screen looks great, colors are consistent and not overdone when set right and it's nice and bright while still having great contrast and thick blacks. The viewing angle thing isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. Response time is excellent, this monitor is great for gaming or movies.
Cons: The stand is base of the stand is difficult to attach to the monitor, I wish I had read that using oil or something would help. I nearly broke the monitor trying to force it in there. Only dsub and DVI (with HDCP) inputs, not bad, but an hdmi would have been nice too. Got one dead pixel, but nothing you can do about that.
Overall Review: Fast shipping and a great price from newegg! For the price this is an excellent monitor that I don't see being suggested as much as it should!
Works
Pros: -Worked right out of the box -Lower power apparently (feels a lot cooler to the touch than my previous switch as well) -It's deep enough that it wont tiped over/pulled off the desk when you have a bunch of stuff plugged into it!!! -I think it looks really nice -Good price if you get it on sale
Cons: Can't really tell from looking at it which ports are at gigabit and which are 100, I think the lights are supposed to be a different color but mine aren't for some reason. The gigabit computers report being connected at gigabit though and the transfer speeds prove that so it works fine.
Great disk
Pros: Quiet, runs very cool (hardly even warm to the touch), and fast!
Cons: none, works entirely as advertised
Overall Review: This seems to be an excellent value for the money, just have to take that jumper off and away you go. Definitely considering getting a couple more.