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John G.

John G.

Joined on 08/31/11

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Most Favorable Review

It Burns! It Burns Us!

MSI GT Series - 18.4" NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI - Intel Core i7-4980HQ  - 24GB Memory - 256 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop - (GT80 Titan SLI-009 )
MSI GT Series - 18.4" NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI - Intel Core i7-4980HQ - 24GB Memory - 256 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop - (GT80 Titan SLI-009 )

Pros: Okay first impressions, this system is on fire. Every game, benchmark, and fun little do these million things at once this system has laughed at me an asked for more. Coming from a background of DIY systems, that were pretty nice for their purpose, it is refreshing to have a system that runs this well out of box and has great upgrade options. Initial setup is straight forward as it is just Windows and a few driver configurations. SLI and Monitor Matrix x3 was super easy and worked just fine. The SSD Raid 0 setup it just amazing.

Cons: I have to say the MSI bloat ware is a bit much. Not the worse I have seen, but when your taskbar is full of stuff on first start up, it just makes a picky person like me raise and eyebrow and say "really?" Outside of that it does run a bit hot, though this is mitigated by the option to ramp up the fans. I almost did not write this as not to terrible. I will be sure to update of anything changes.

Overall Review: Overall I agree with the other reviewers; ig you can afford this system, then you should but it. Noise levels are fine even at full blast, considering the system is a beast. If that is a big concern for you, then buy some nice head phones. Should be easy, you just dropped 3.8k+ on the system. Splurge a little. eh?

Most Critical Review

Great Chip get a better heatsink

Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500
Intel Core i5-2500 - Core i5 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I52500

Pros: The chip is everything you want it to be! Specs are great for the price especially when combo-ed.

Cons: The stock intel heat sink sucks. Comes with the plastic turn pin garbage, that cannot stay in the mobo. Buy an aftermarket heat sink. I am not joking this is a real pain in the rear and the only reason I am not giving it 5 stars. Heat sink popped off after it was installed and broke the thermal. I verified it was fully installed four times during setup, because it just looks and feels shoddy. The plastic pins are just so cheap that the tension pops them out.

Overall Review: Great Chip, will purchase an aftermarket heat sink and should be golden.

What I was looking for!

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100355L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card 100355L

Pros: Silent Great Price Good Performace Plays at max graphics on most games

Cons: None as of yet

Overall Review: First, it is practically silent, which is a nice change for me. I have had it since Nov 2014 with no problems, and you can't beat the performance for the price. This being my second AMD card I must say, so far they have me becoming a believer. I know I am late to the show, but I was an Nivida Fan Boy for awhile. I bought the card to replace an older model Radeon( 4870 X2). I am happy with this as an replacement, I mostly play Steam Games and WoW. Works great on full graphics for all the games I have tried so far; the main two being Skyrim and WOW.

12/30/2013