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James M.

James M.

Joined on 03/31/05

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Most Favorable Review

Works like a dream

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: It has been able to handle whatever I throw at it for the most part. Of course, so far I have only thrown Star Trek Online and World of Warcraft at it which it should be more than able to handle. Easy install and while I know this doesn't really matter - a very sleek and aesthetically pleasing design.

Cons: None, so far.

Overall Review: $119.99 With a Mail-in rebate is just the right price. Even without the mail-in rebate $139.99 is still pretty darn good. Very good performance to price ratio.

Most Critical Review

RMA'd

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: Good for the price. Really good for the price. Ran like a dream for a while. Shipping was relatively fast as well.

Cons: So far, I have discovered that one stick of this ram is bad and have RMA'd it. Other than that, nothing at all.

Overall Review: It's not newegg or G.Skill's fault that one of the sticks of RAM is bad as these things happen and that's why there are policies in place to get replacements. My only problem really is the loss of time. I have contacted Newegg and started the RMA procedure. When the new sticks of RAM get here I plan to test them immediately before doing any type of coding or gaming. I will post my results and perhaps change my rating or start the RMA process all over again. I gave this component 3 eggs partly because it DOES seem to be good RAM if one can get a working pair and also because Newegg has made exchanging the component very easy and as quickly as possible considering the distance. If I can get a working pair, I will change it to 5 eggs.