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Nicholas M.

Nicholas M.

Joined on 07/26/12

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Most Favorable Review

Had this Mobo since 2014 still running strong

MSI MSI Gaming Z97-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI MSI Gaming Z97-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: MSI's mobo has a sleek design keeping its traditional red and black scheme, its bios overclocking is above average and is also user friendly making it way easier for the less tech savvy who want more performance from the CPU's. The audio is top notch no need for sound cards with this mobo.

Cons: Had this board for a while and haven't ran into any issues, would recommend to anyone who wants a reliable mobo.

I Feel Like A Dirt Bag

XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity HD-687A-ZDFC
XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity HD-687A-ZDFC

Pros: Ill tell you what, don't spend $500 on a GTX 680 and here's why XFX 6870 Test OVERCLOCKING BURN-IN SCORE: 4964 points (49135 frames, 54 °C, 54 FPS) GPU temperatures (start/end): 46°C / 59°C. To achieve this score it take about 2 weeks of tweaking and water cooling, Afterburner, Trixx, and CCC(AMD OverDrive) I use FurMark Burn-in tests to test for stability and keep an eye on my temps. My other Pc runs with a EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Overclocking BURN-IN SCORE: 4604 points (45747 frames, 81 °C, 50 FPS)??? what how you might ask, well that B***** overheats even with water cooling NO overclocking and No water cooling XFX DoubleDissipation: 2224 points (37 FPS) GPU: 900MHz Mem: 1050MHz GPU temp: 68-69°C EVGA GeForce GTX 680: 2699 points (44 FPS) GPU: 1005MHz Mem: 3004MHz GPU temp: 74°C All the test include Bench duration: 900 seconds Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MSAA samples: 0 Window mode: fullscreen To put it into simple words great GPU its a steal for only $180 then you got that XFX LifeTime warranty, Its like their throwing money at you. OverClocked Everything MAXXED OUT Skyrim 90-95 FPS BF3 - 80 FPS Warz - 79-83 FPS Blackops2 - 75-78 FPS Killing Floor - 135 fps PlantSide2 - 50-60FPS in big battles 38-42 FPS

Cons: It should be illegal to sell cards this good for this cheap.

Overall Review: ASRock P67 EXTREME4 CPU: IntelR CoreTM i5-2500K GPU: XFX 6870 PSU: CX750 Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB 1866MHz Hard drive: 1TB WD VelociRaptor 10000 RPM 64MB Cache OS: Windows 7 Tower: HAF 932 Advanced

11/28/2012