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Christopher C.

Christopher C.

Joined on 05/05/05

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready   Power Supply
Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply

Pros: - Quiet - Mirror Finish - 120mm fan with blue LED - Adjustable fan speed - Low cost high performance ratio

Cons: - None

Overall Review: This is a top quality PSU. I wasn't to sure in getting this since I never really heard of the company but I just needed something cheap for the time being. Boy was I in for a suprise. This baby is top quality. Comes with all the plugs you need and then some. Not to large and very quiet. Can power a 4800+, SLI 7900gtx, 3 opticals, 1 SATA hdd, and a floppy with ease. It even has more power for heavy overclocking. Was able to get my cpu up to 2.78ghz from 2.4 and both of my video cards to 695/1880 from 650/1600 any higher gives me instability but that is to be expected with a cheap power supply. Anyways this is up there with the Antec and Silverstone power supplies that I normally use for a fraction of the cost and noise!

Most Critical Review
KOOLANCE ICM-505 all-in-one liquid cooling system
KOOLANCE ICM-505 all-in-one liquid cooling system

Pros: - Single all in one unit - Quiet - Excellent and easy to install CPU block - Front panel temp probe and fan speed control - High quality tubing

Cons: - Large and won't work well in some cases like the ThermalTake Tsunami. - Hard to cool video cards at the same time - Low performance

Overall Review: Since this wouldn't work with my wife's Tt Tsunami I had to mod it. Or pretty much rip it to piceses to fit it in the case. I then added a second radiator, the ThermalTake AquaBay M2 and it moderatly cools my 4800+, northbridge and SLI 7900gtx. It does quiet it down a lot though which is a big plus since that was the main goal but the perforce with another rad is depressing. It is not worth the high price tag since you get the same performance from a kit that costs you 1/3 of the price. Then again the water block it gives you costs 1/2 of the kit and performes great. Lastly if you are going for this pricerage then get a Swifttech which will give you better results or if you wish for something that is easy to install then go for the Exos-2 which is extreamly high quality.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - Athlon 64 X2 Toledo Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Socket 939 Processor - ADA4800CDBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ - Athlon 64 X2 Toledo Dual-Core 2.4 GHz Socket 939 Processor - ADA4800CDBOX

Pros: - Powerful - Can easily OC to FX-60 speeds - Top of the line HSF

Cons: - None

Overall Review: I have two of these. One in the states and one in the UK and boy they are fast. They can smoke anything and everything I throw at them. They can easily OC to FX-60 speeds so its an easy way to save money on that. I'm using a: DFI LP nF4 SLI-DR, 4800+ @ 2.78ghz, 2x 1024 Cosair XMS, 2x XFX 7900GTX, 200gb Seagate SATA HDD, 550w Rosewill PSU, Tt Tsunami with a modded Koolance water cooling kit for my UK system and a DFI LP nF4 SLI-DR, 4800+ @ 2.76ghz, 2x 1024 GeiL Value, 2x XFX 7800 GTX 256mb, SB Audigy 2 ZS Gamer, 120gb and 250gb Maxtor Diamon Max 9 ATA133 HDD, 710w Silverstone Zeus PSU, Tt Shark with an Exos-2 water cooler.

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: - Lots of accessories. - Easy to install - Lots of BIOS options - Great overclockablity - Nice design - Power and reset switch on board

Cons: - USB ports are hard to use in SLI - No instruction manual. They just give you an quick referce guide and a quick reference book on the ports/jumpers - SLI is done by a set of jumpers

Overall Review: I got one of these a while back for my rig in the states and it was just great. So great that when I got to the UK I got another one. It comes with a nice UV wire wrap kits that looks nice when install. Comes with this FrontX pannel which you can customize and is a true overclocker. Gave much more options then my old MSI K8N Neo4 Platnium SLI. All in all I just love this board. Can't wait to see DFI's new boards for the AM2.

KOOLANCE LIQ-700BU-B Liquid Coolant Bottle, 700cc
KOOLANCE LIQ-700BU-B Liquid Coolant Bottle, 700cc

Pros: - Great coolant - Easy to use bottle!

Cons: - None

Overall Review: Why on earth didn't Koolance think of this before? They been using bags to store their coolant for years which was a royal pain to use. With this it was a pice of cake to fill a system.

ARCTIC COOLING MX-1 Thermal Compound
ARCTIC COOLING MX-1 Thermal Compound

Pros: - High performance

Cons: - Gunky - Hard to apply evenly

Overall Review: Does it work? Yes. Does it work extreamly well? Yes. Is it good? I don't think so. It works great but is a big hassle to apply on to a chip. It is gunky and wont apply evenly making it a pain to install. works great but isn't worth the hassle of dropping 3-7c.