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Jesse W.

Jesse W.

Joined on 11/22/12

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Fast

Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: -Fast -Press Restart, Send a Text, Type in Password and Your good to go. -Grabbed it for like $70 on Black Friday...wish i would have bought more.

Cons: -Clicks somewhat loudly, but i don't really care.

Overall Review: I had a hard time shelling out this much money on an ssd that was a fifth the size. Very happy i didn't.

Its a Midget!

MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card R7770-PMD1GD5
MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card R7770-PMD1GD5

Pros: -Its Purty -Its Quiet -Its Short -Audio Over HDMI -Runs BF3, Minecraft, uh...thats about all the farther my modern gaming goes, but those 2 run good. -Grabbed it for like $70.00 on Black Friday!

Cons: -I definitely wouldn't pay $130.00, unless i just needed a midget card. -See Below

Overall Review: When i game, which is maybe a couple hours a week, i generally play The Sims 2(Not 3), or Minecraft. Minecraft runs great, grab optifine, and play max settings. But the old games i play(BF2, Sims 2, Sim City 4) require editing config files and what not before you can even play above 800x600. Its a pain. Once you get it configured, they run ok at best. FX5200 runs them better though. I knew that my new hardware may not be compatible though, so i'm not too put off by this. Overall, Great $70-$100 card, but not so much at $130 imo.

Great Micro-ATX Board

ASRock H77 Pro4-M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock H77 Pro4-M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -What can i say, it works great. -I got it for $70.00 on Black Friday, and i'd definitely pay $90.00 for it today. -ASRock Extreme Tuning Something or another is a nice little program. Easy on resources, and it tells you some nice information. Has overclocking, but doubt it does much. Its a non-K CPU on an H77 board so that doesn't make since. -Gobs of SATA Connectors(See Cons)

Cons: **These are more annoyances** -Has a bunch of ASRock fast this, and fast that. Don't install it, its stupid.(Minus the ASRock Extreme Tuning Something or another) -The audio connector is under the GPU if you use the 3.0 slot. Not a big deal, but i installed my GPU prior to the front audio, and spent forever looking for that connector. Learn from my stupidity. -Gobs of SATA Connectors, but i guess your only supposed to use these ones that are sticking off the side of the board. I don't know, i only needed 2 so i didn't bother looking into the subject.

Overall Review: Very Happy, works good, has more features then other boards like it. What more can I say?

Love The Handle

APEX TX-381-C Black Steel Micro ATX Tower Computer Case
APEX TX-381-C Black Steel Micro ATX Tower Computer Case

Pros: -Handle -$30.00 -Stays nice and cool with an i5 3470 and an HD7770.

Cons: -Flimsy side panels -Cable management requires experimentation -2 3.5" drives is miserable. *Only $30.00 case I've used, and i wasn't expecting a tank.

Overall Review: The frame seems pretty rigid, but the side panels are like paper. I use an MSI R7770, and the thing is a midget, but if it were any longer, i don't think you could use more then 1 3.5" drive. It'd be tough. But it works great with my setup. I bought the case because of the handle. I knew it was cheap, and that I may be unhappy. I am overall very content with my setup in this case. I move the computer between school, and 2 homes for audio recording purposes, and it does the job great. Handle is as rigid as you could ask for.