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Timothy J.

Timothy J.

Joined on 03/17/12

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Most Favorable Review

Much better.

ASUS Radeon HD 7790 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7790-DC2OC-1GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 7790 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7790-DC2OC-1GD5

Pros: Great for entrance gaming Wonderful for 1080 HD theater systems. Very quiet Very cool

Cons: The drivers, however, that's to be expected from such a new card.

Overall Review: Card is decent on the power intake, and I never hear a peep out of it. That guy saying that the 550TI was faster did something wrong, I switched from the SAME card and can easily see the benefits/Performance increase. He needs to install the drivers, or check his installation, sounds like he's running onboard instead of the card. KNOW YOUR STUFF!

Buy it.

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 1x nm Samsung Toggle DDR 2.0 3-Bit MLC NAND Flash Memory (400Mbps) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 1x nm Samsung Toggle DDR 2.0 3-Bit MLC NAND Flash Memory (400Mbps) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Fastest SSD on the market with RAPID mode enabled. Easily. Price to performance is...well...black magic. Migration software is above and beyond amazing. I remember the days of fresh installs...*Shudder*

Cons: RAPID mode using RAM caching, 500mb of your data floating around in there most of the time, does your power randomly cut off a lot? (Why are you using the PC then..?). Well if you randomly suffer from PC cut offs, you could potentially lose that 500MB of Data if it doesn't flush to the SSD.

Overall Review: My benchmark on this SSD using Magician SSD Benchmark. 1045MB/s Sequential Read 871MB/s Sequential Write 52501 IOPs Random Read 63930 IOPs Random Write

Fantastic Card

HIS IceQ Boost Clock Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card H795QC3G2M
HIS IceQ Boost Clock Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card H795QC3G2M

Pros: -Moderately quiet. -Astounding cooling. -Excellent overclocker. -Aesthetically pleasing design -Price tag at purchase ($214.99) was amazing

Cons: -None as of yet.

Overall Review: I honestly don't know if I just got a cherry picked card, but this thing is amazing. At 100% Load, it never wavered above a 55c temp at a 1100Mhz core clock with a 1575MHz mem clock. And that was with 65% fan speed, which was barely audible. Could it be possible? Perfect overclock, quiet, cool, and very cheap for the performance. We've got a winner here.

Deliciously perfect

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7970-DC2-3GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7970-DC2-3GD5

Pros: Noise is virtually non-existent at 60% and below fan speed. When cranked up higher you can hear a low droning but nothing too major with headphones. Excellent over-clocking capability, I'm set to 1150MHz core and 1575Mhz Mem with no artifacting or stutter. Keeps relatively cool with the right airflow and ambient temps. Plenty of monitor hookups Backplate prevents ugly sagging on the PCI-E. Card is GORGEOUS, especially for a red/black themed PC like my own.

Cons: Large, very large. Medium sized cases might take issue with this, but a nice Full Chassis should be fine with it. Do your homework! Had to unlock the voltage with Asus Smartdoctor before bumping the clocks up with Afterburner. Was greyed out in Afterburner but not with Smartdoctor, perhaps others should try this method?

Overall Review: Needs to come down in price now, if you're thinking about buying, WAIT. With the release of the 780, this baby should drop price considerably to compete. Still worth the purchase, just have a little patience.

Winner

GOgroove GG-SONAVERSE-TI Full-Range USB Powered 2.0 Channel Computer Speakers for Laptops, Mac, Notebooks, Netbooks, Desktops and More PCs
GOgroove GG-SONAVERSE-TI Full-Range USB Powered 2.0 Channel Computer Speakers for Laptops, Mac, Notebooks, Netbooks, Desktops and More PCs

Pros: All of this is price relative of course. Delivers sound on par with the best of it's price range. A lot sleeker looking than it's competitors. Blue LEDS are a very nice touch to a system matching the color scheme. Easy to use, just plug in and enjoy.

Cons: For this price? No cons, works as intended and pleasing to the ears and eyes.

Overall Review: Don't expect these to perform flawlessly at MAX volume. That requires more expensive materials which equals out to a more expensive speaker. This is for anywhere from 1-80% max volume usage, and delivers clear audio when used properly. Music, games, movies, all are adequate. If you need a cheaper, sleeker solution, go ahead and buy it. If you want professional class audio, look a bit higher.

Please don't leave one egg reviews as responses :P

XFX Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card FX-799A-XNF9
XFX Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card FX-799A-XNF9

Pros: Powerful, quiet, cool.

Cons: Large and heavy (As you knew buying it), drivers need work, slight stuttering still visible in some games due to crossfire drivers, could use a little prettying up.

Overall Review: If you're going to respond to someone in a review, please don't leave a 1 egg review :P It lowers the overall rating of an item, not cool considering people look at the rating before buying.