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James-Robert M.

James-Robert M.

Joined on 09/12/10

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Most Favorable Review

Great card

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 4GB G1 GAMING OC EDITION, GV-N960G1 GAMING-4GD
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 4GB G1 GAMING OC EDITION, GV-N960G1 GAMING-4GD

Pros: I have been holding off writing a review for a couple of months to see how this card performs. I have had a very pleasurable experience with this mid-grade card. 4gb is more than enough buffer even for the most taxing of games.

Cons: Will not scale well on higher resolutions above 1080p as this card wasn't meant for such. So not much of a con so much as a inconvenience.

Overall Review: I bought this as an upgrade to a 9800gt. I will be purchasing another for a small boost in performance in SLI.

Most Critical Review

A little Cheap

Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis with Dual Oversized 230mm Ultra-Silent Cooling Fans VJ400G1N2Z Mid Tower
Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis with Dual Oversized 230mm Ultra-Silent Cooling Fans VJ400G1N2Z Mid Tower

Pros: Case kept my components cool and is pretty spacious for a mATX configuration. MSI x58m Core i7 930 Gskill Ripjaws 24gb 1066 GTX550 (fermi) 2gb x2 sli

Cons: Cheap plastic tool-less design. love the case but get rid of the plastic components.

Overall Review: I have used thermaltake cases for five years and this is my first disappointment. I am grateful I'm water-cooling this for a on-the-road LAN box.

Blazing fast

HyperX Savage 8GB DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model HX318C9SR/8
HyperX Savage 8GB DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model HX318C9SR/8

Pros: Very fast RAM. My build wouldn't be complete without it. I squeezed a little oc out of it and it is stable. Highly recommended Ram for a gaming rig.

Cons: NONE

DevilsCanyon

Intel Core i7-4790K - Core i7 4th Gen Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 88W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790K
Intel Core i7-4790K - Core i7 4th Gen Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz LGA 1150 88W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790K

Pros: I have owned this CPU for less than a month and in this time I have come to the realization I have been missing out on performance. My home machine used to consist of a 1366 960x with 12 gb of 1600 ram. My new system out performs with the 4790k and 32 gb of ram with a couple of r9 290's in xfire. Despite the 960x havingmore cores and threads the optimization of devils canyon blows it out of the water.

Cons: Intels stock heatsink.... SMH

Best case I've owned or built in.

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 (CC-9011030-WW) Black Steel High Airflow ATX Cube Case Support ATX Power Supply

Pros: Airflow from the stock af140 fans are immaculate especially since the design of the case offers a separation of the mobo , gpu etc. from the airflow impeding parts found in your typical tower.

Cons: More ssd cages!!!

Overall Review: This isn't the first 540 I have purchased and/or built in. I have built three x99 systems in these cases for a friends internet cafe and they are fantastic. With just stock fans and H100i aio coolers, temps never reach 35c even in a moderately heated environment.

Awesome!!!

Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model KVR1066D3N7/4G
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model KVR1066D3N7/4G

Pros: I have no problems with this ram at all. I use this in a test bench for new builds and testing old equipment. Does its job.

Cons: NONE

Overall Review: I accidentally oc'd it to 1600 when I installed a couple of other sticks in the mainboard I tested. Very stable for an accident.