Joined on 10/15/10
Very Pleased
Pros: Sexy Looking Stable Quiet enough
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: Got this to replace my EVGA 460 (768mb). Decided to go with EVGA again since I had no problems in the 3 1/2 years I had the 460. Obviously, being newer faster tech, and with more memory this card is noticeably faster than my 460. *NOTE* I am gaming with a 1600x900 monitor so take this next statement with a grain of salt: I can max everything I have tried so far (Planetside 2, Warthunder, Skyrim) with no problems at all and they run great. I saw a 100% fps increase on higher settings in Rome 2, would probably see more, but that's Creative Assembly's fault haha. My 460 would average 18fps in the Furmark Burn in Test. This card averages 31 fps solid. Hottest I saw it get (in Furmark) was 83C. Higher than I'm used to but from my research that isn't dangerous so I am not concerned. In case anyone else has an Antec 300, I had a side fan installed. This card's power plugs are on the side, not on the end. Because of my PSU's stiffer cords, I had to remove my side fan in order to shut my case. Looks fancy, I'm happy with it. FYI I am running this with a phenom 965 BE and 8 gigs 1600 ram.
Not bad
Pros: It works well for every day use as well as for apps like reddit and hearthstone. Expandable memory up to 64gb. Only having 1gb of ram I am actually surprised how well it works.
Cons: It is a budget phone. If I were not in a pinch for a phone and in a pinch financially I would have saved up another $100 and gotten the Zenphone 2. I got this on sale for ~$80. If you are paying much more than that and could wait I would save up and get something with a little more oomph.
Overall Review: I recommend this phone at the $80 price point I got it at. At $100+, if you can, save up another hundred dollars.
Great fan while it lasted
Pros: The fan was quiet, looked nice, and provided great cooling ~40C-~50C under load on a stock 965 Phenom II x4
Cons: Was very hard to attach to my AM3+ board. Construction of heatsink plus configuration of my motherboard made it very difficult for me to put on. When I went to clean it I found it impossible for me to get off (without putting myself in danger of breaking anything) without taking off the whole back plate. This lead me to not cleaning it as well as I should have. This in turn made dust build up where I did not see it. The fan broke off of it's axle. Luckily I kept my stock cooler and was able to replace it when It broke.
Overall Review: Had it for around 4 years. It was a great cooler. It didn't look like the dust was obstructing it at all when I ripped the broken unit off, but I can't be sure so I'm going to attest it's breakage to my own neglect. Great cooler while it lasted, besides the difficulty of installing and removing it.