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Marius I.

Marius I.

Joined on 01/16/12

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Most Favorable Review

This card is a "little" monster

ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7970-DC2T-3GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7970-DC2T-3GD5

Pros: - quiet - lots of output connctions (though, its a challange to make them all work, there is a lot that manufacters dont tell u. Such as u cant run more than 2 legacy monitors unless u use active display port. - card is quieter than my previous 2x560ti dc2 (by doing this swap, I did not gain much performance, but I hated Nvidia switch SLI on / off ,it used to mess up with the screens every single time) - bios that switches between normal DC2 and DC2 TOP card ,cool (display connections change a little bit upon switching) - DC2 cooler is nice - latest technologies , open CL 1.2 , directX 11.1 + a lot of other techs - memory, YES memory ! - scores 3dMark11 P8400 . With i7 3770k , both cpu and gpu stock clocks - luckily, I had none of the problems people were mentioning with the drivers (I use CCC 12.4)

Cons: - this card hates my nvidia 210 which i use for other monitors, so I had some deep freezes when opening GPU-Z . Tech power gpu does not even open - Coil noises , or whatever it is , I heard whining, Now this is not a big problem, since hearing the electricity going through the card it is actually cool, but I am not sure that it is a normal behaviour on a supposed high end product - on paper it supports up to 6 monitors, in reality, unless u have same monitors with display port, good luck configuring more than 2 monitors

Overall Review: Happy with it. I bought this because ASUS DC2 Nvidia GTX680 was nowhere to be found. It was lame from Nv , but who cares, we have HD7970 !!!

Very Fast !!

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB-DX
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR240GB-DX

Pros: -Very Fast ! I mean really fast !! -Scores 774 points in AS SSD benchmark with windows 7 ultimate fresh, and some other utilities running in the background. I've read somewhere that those drives would typically score somewhere in between 650 - 700 -Very nice esthetically -Windows installation went very smooth and fast -Restarting windows its almost instantaneous When u install this, make sure you have all drivers mobo/intel up to date ! its very important Can't say about reliability , since I just got it

Cons: None

Overall Review: I was a bit worried taking a chance on this ssd, since many people here had bad experiences with them. Also the name sounded , mush mush and I was not so into it. I am hoping that this drive will prove to be reliable and not only fast. And with this product, at this price (250$ shipped) , I think it is the deal of the year for me

Great for HTPC

ZOTAC H61MAT-A-E LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ZOTAC H61MAT-A-E LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This is a great card for the HTPC. It's features are very limited, but that's why the cheap price. It uses h61 chipset so it can power the sandy bridge CPU's. First impression was very good.

Cons: No HDMI. BIOS system fan control does not work, even though it comes with lates firmware Chipset gets pretty warm (no much of con , since the case needs ventilation anyways)

Overall Review: I would not buy such a cheap and features-limited card for my personal computer, but for my HTPC it is perfect ! Sandy Bridge + Sata + PCI-E + DDR3 1333 makes it the best media center at the moment PS: I tried using my old pentium4 Prescott 3 GHZ , with mobo gigabyte intel865PE , with radeon 9600XT but it failed playing any movies , the cpu would skyrocket in usage.

Amazing

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT

Pros: Value / Price , great ratio. Scores 7.4 in windows , I am not going to test them to blood though. Put them togheter with my intel g840, on a zotac h61. Works flawlessly . As always, good quality even at low price. Thank you G.Skill I have to admit that the looks are so darn good. Naked and attractive :)

Cons: none.

Overall Review: Performs more than enough for my needs

best value for the price

APEX DM-387 Black Steel Micro ATX Media Center / Slim HTPC Computer Case w/ ATX12V TFX 275W Power Supply
APEX DM-387 Black Steel Micro ATX Media Center / Slim HTPC Computer Case w/ ATX12V TFX 275W Power Supply

Pros: I bought this case in order to build my htpc. It fits really nice next to the tv. I like the mechanism that holds the HDD and the optical drive. Power supply has the minimum you will need. Small case :)

Cons: The noise of the system fan is infernal ! I took it out after about 10 minutes ! I took it out, because for some reason, the zotac mobo h61 that I got, seems to not be able to regulate the power on the fan

Overall Review: Great buy ! Put inside a sandy bridge G840 and your media center is ready to enjoy blu-ray. No need for external graphics

Awesome case

Antec P280 Black Aluminum / Steel Super Mid Tower Computer Case
Antec P280 Black Aluminum / Steel Super Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Silent, spatious which gives room for air ventilation. Comes with 3 fans already installed Dust filters (a blessing) Nice solid material (makes me mad when I drop stuff on it and gets scratched though :-/ ) HDD vibration suppression (somehow limited I find) Now about silent, depends what fans u put inside, when gaming with SLI 560ti , and having 2 x excalibur 2000rpm fans , now that is a hell of a noice. So it is silent at idle only

Cons: Possible high vibrations(depending on how many mechanical hdd u have) causing some noise

Overall Review: Happy with the product, well worth it the investment