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James M.

James M.

Joined on 08/12/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (0S00163) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail
Hitachi GST Deskstar HD31000 IDK/7K (0S00163) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail

Pros: Fast hard drive, inexpensive, works out of box.

Cons: Haven't used Hitachi drives before, don't know what their long term reliability is like.

Overall Review: Scores 5.9 on Windows 7 score. Seems really quick. Don't know what the long term reliability is like as I'm used to Western Digital drives but as long as drives aren't like Seagate(I've had more trouble with seagate then any other manufacturer in the past) it should be ok.

Most Critical Review

Atleast it has SLI

ZOTAC NF750A-A-E AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ZOTAC NF750A-A-E AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: SLI, Stable as far as I can tell, pretty good features for a $80 board

Cons: Weird setup for SLI, a pretty lousy overclocker as well as it has no adjustments for CPU voltage or multiplier. No BIOS updates as of yet for new CPUs

Overall Review: Would be easily a 5 egg board if it allowed some voltage and multiplier adjustments for my 9850 Black edition. Really wish Zotac had a beta bios to enable this or something as the board is really a great value for the money. How difficult is it implement these things.

Runs hot but powerful

XFX Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card FX-799A-6NF9
XFX Radeon HD 7990 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card FX-799A-6NF9

Pros: Voltage unlocked and overclockable, puts out 1470 khash at 1070 Mhz and is able to be undervolted

Cons: Stock Cooler isn't the greatest, suggest getting spot coolers or additional fans to help get better cooling.

Rosewill RNX-N180PCe Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Revision 1.1 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
Rosewill RNX-N180PCe Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express Revision 1.1 Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Much faster then a 802.11G card, its like being connected via ethernet.

Cons: None

Nice case for the price I paid

LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic + Mesh ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 Black 0.8 mm SECC, Plastic + Mesh ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Got the case for a bargain, holds everything without a problem, looks great, well built

Cons: Very heavy compared to my other cases. I'm used to using aluminum cases, steel is much heavier.

Sparkle Computer Corp GOLD CLASS SCC-850AF 850 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active, 0.99PF Typical PFC Power Supply
Sparkle Computer Corp GOLD CLASS SCC-850AF 850 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active, 0.99PF Typical PFC Power Supply

Pros: Plenty of connectors, more efficient then the previous supply that I was using.

Cons: Don't really need all those connectors in my rig.

Overall Review: Modular cables are great