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Nathan M.

Nathan M.

Joined on 01/22/08

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Most Favorable Review

Mine worked

NVIDIA Free Mafia 2 Game Coupon
NVIDIA Free Mafia 2 Game Coupon

Pros: Free game. A good one at that.

Cons: Would have liked to choose my own game at that value

Overall Review: No issues redeeming it on Steam.

12/27/2010
Most Critical Review

Dissapointment

OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1066LV4GK
OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1066LV4GK

Pros: Looks very nice. Cheap

Cons: 4 of 4 chips I received were defective and failed Memtest86 within first couple of passes. (tested each stick individually). Newegg service is great though and I'm going to be returning and getting a different set. FYI, tested with another brand of ram and didn't yeild errors in over 24 hour of memtest loop so it's not my mobo

Overall Review: Really disappointed. This was the 3rd time I decided to stick with OCZ. First time it's been a problem. I like the brand, just be cautious and test this ram right out of the box before attempting to use it. I spent a whole weekend troubleshooting a GPU error only to determine it was because of bad ram.

Loud but Awesome

MSI GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N470GTX-M2D12-B
MSI GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N470GTX-M2D12-B

Pros: - extremely powerful - price point is excellent - sli performance is superb

Cons: - fan is extremely loud starting around 75%. Two of these in sli at around 90% fan speeds are unbearably loud.

Overall Review: Well worth the price for performance. I've been using them around 3 months and love them to death. Have been able to max out any game I've thrown at it as of now (including super smooth FF14 even at max). Running with x6 1090t

12/27/2010

Does it's job well.

Thermaltake TR-800P TR2 BRONZE 800W ATX 12V V2.3 / EPS 12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake TR-800P TR2 BRONZE 800W ATX 12V V2.3 / EPS 12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Price, performance, power. Handles everything I've thrown at it so far. Easy to install and setup.

Cons: Tons of connectors! Could be a pro as well, but they really clutter the inside of my case and made it difficult to fit the side fan on with my 2x gtx 470

Overall Review: I've put a couple of these in different systems I've built for people. Not had any issues as of yet. Extremely solid psu

12/27/2010

Great kit

CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC)
CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO-R120 Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC)

Pros: -Keeps my x5 1090t idling at 30c at 4.3ghz (from stock 3.2) and around 38 under heavy load. -Price point is amazing -Very quite

Cons: -Stiff pipes made it somewhat difficult to install the radiator/fan combo. Had to "bend" one out of the way of my video card. -took some considerable force to install the water block on my AMD3 mobo

Overall Review: I've been putting these in all the computers I've built for people in the last few months (around 25 or so systems) and it performs great in every single instance. Well worth the money on someone who just wants to get more out of their CPU without the noise of a high end fan.. Lost 1 egg just because of the difficulty installing but for performance, I give it 5/5

12/27/2010

Exactly what I needed

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996782
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996782

Pros: -Worked on boot -easy to install -easy to look at -Excellent price for speed

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: Got 2 sets of these. All 4 sticks working flawlessly at advertised speeds. Couldn't be happier. Mushkin never fails me.

12/27/2010