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Keith E.

Keith E.

Joined on 06/27/05

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Most Favorable Review

Great RAM

HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K2/4GR
HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX8500D2K2/4GR

Pros: Have bought nothing but Kingston over the past 7 years, they have never let me down! Great product as always

Cons: nothing

Overall Review: voltage on this set is rated at 2.3Volt, I have a 1024 kit I bought about 2 years ago also PC28500 and its only rated at 2.2Volt, no big deal, if anything it shows how they have improved

Most Critical Review

Larger than it looks

Antec Minuet350 Piano Black Steel Micro ATX Slim Case Computer Case 350W 80PLUS Certified Power Supply
Antec Minuet350 Piano Black Steel Micro ATX Slim Case Computer Case 350W 80PLUS Certified Power Supply

Pros: Good looking case, good construction (not great) well placed component mounts. Very solid power supply, good lengths on the PS cables

Cons: This case is much longer than it appears in the pictures, I bought it for a HTPC, if you have gobs of dept, no problem, if you don't look else ware. I'm a hugh fan of Antec all around, but have to admit this case is not in there all star lineup.

Overall Review: This is a very good case, but not great like the vast majority of other Antec products I use. Slightly overpriced, although it comes with a very nice PSU.

Sleeper Model

ASUS GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card ENGTX260 GL+/HTDI/896MD3
ASUS GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card ENGTX260 GL+/HTDI/896MD3

Pros: Price - much cheaper than other 260's Quality - Asus products are always top notch Performance - outstanding 3D Mark scores, 50k 3DMark 03 w/ 3.0 C2D on a nForce 780i board

Cons: Size, its large but thats to be expected, see Other Thoughts for my comments on the size

Overall Review: Size - had to take a hack saw to the back side of the hard drive cage in my Antec P150, be sure to measure and make sure this card will fit, you might not be as lucky as I was on making it fit Cooling - a lot of people down this card right away b/c of its heat sink or there lack of, this card runs cool to the touch even at extreme loads, I'm not a serious gamer, but want a performance card, this is perfect, if you are a gamer and play 2+ hours a night this may not be for you, but for a casual gamer, power user who just wants the power on demand this is a great buy

AMD Quality

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 - Athlon 64 X2 Kuma Dual-Core 2.7 GHz Socket AM2+ 95W black edition Processor - AD775ZWCGHBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 - Athlon 64 X2 Kuma Dual-Core 2.7 GHz Socket AM2+ 95W black edition Processor - AD775ZWCGHBOX

Pros: Great value, I bought this when it was $78 now its $67, it was a great value before, even better now. If you stay current is the enthusist world you know AMD hasn't had a lot of thunder the last few years, but I assure you this is a lot of bang for a very good value

Cons: none, very solid, do not get intending to OC's to 5GHz w/ stock cooling

Overall Review: I bought this for a 780G rig I built up, and wanted something to hold me over till the X3 Phenom II's were released, and I have been pleasantly surprised with its performance, much more than I expected.

Solid, Stable, Feature Rich

ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Many features, great for a HTPC or with the right hardware could be a high end rig. 1066 memory works flawlessly (Kingston HyperX) which isn't the case with other intel platform boards I've used recently. OnBoard video ROCKS benches with my old K7 + a GF4 Ti4600, very impressive for on board graphics

Cons: chipset gets warm, would like to see a larger more traditional heatsink over the north bridge, but space is limited in the design, so I guess all in all they did the best they could

Overall Review: Fun board, I've had Ubuntu x64, Vista x64, XP x32 all installed with this rig, all ran extremely stable, driver support from AMD / ATI on the X64 platforms seems to be a little neglected, but I had no problem getting the stuff to work. Hybrid CrossFireX is a very interesting concept, I plan to invest in a $30 to test for myself, some things says only Vista has support others say XP and Vista so....

Great Drive

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great drive, much quieter than the 5 or so (100-200GB) IDE's its replacing, runs cool, very quick, 5 year warranty

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: true hard drive quality shows long term durability, will wait and see, hopefully it holds up as well as those 5 WD IDE's thats been getting the job done for 4-6 years!