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Austin O.

Austin O.

Joined on 04/08/13

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Most Favorable Review

Great Card for 180

GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R927OC-2GD
GIGABYTE Radeon R9 270 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GV-R927OC-2GD

Pros: Plays most new games med-high. Battlefield 4 is playable on Ultra but doesn't hit 60fps at 1920x1080 with an 8350 and 8 gigs of ram. Great card for the price I'm not complaining. Lots of OC room with the two six pin slots and two fans. I'm at 1050/1500 and I haven't seen this thing hit 70 Celsius yet. I'm impressed. So far that's been the most stable overclock for me.

Cons: Didn't come with any games. Not taking an egg away for this.

Overall Review: If you're looking for a cheap card that packs a punch, get this. I am going to go back to nvidia for my next build but I think I'm gonna get another one of these when I have the money and crossfire it.

Most Critical Review

Started with a bad taste but works great!

MSI Z270-A PRO LGA 1151 Intel Z270 USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z270-A PRO LGA 1151 Intel Z270 USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I'm a AMD FX 8350 guy moving over to the Intel i7-7700K. There was instant support for the processor. Didn't have to update bios. -BIOS is super simple to use on EZ mode. Literally just a couple on and off button to get this thing running at the best performance. -Seems sturdy and has a PCIe port that is reinforced for a graphics card. -Audio is a huge step up from my old board. My headset sounds way clearer for whatever reason. Chalking that up to 4 year old drivers from my old build. -NO MORE STUTTERING. Played multiple games that would have areas that would stutter for loading, etc... Now there is none and I'm actually surprised by how much smoother my games seem to play.

Cons: First board came DOA. That's why I'm taking two stars. Would have gone with ASUS ROG but for intel they're way more expensive.

Overall Review: If you're on the fence about Intel from AMD don't even hesitate. It's much better. Although I haven't dabbled with Ryzen but I was tired of AMD's countless false promises so I didn't bother with Ryzen.

Huge Space

WD Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Awesome. Love knowing I have all this space at hand.

Cons: It's a HDD and not a SSD

Overall Review: N/A

12/10/2014

bye bye amd

EVGA 04G-P4-3768-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 FTW 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card w/ EVGA ACX Cooler - Retail
EVGA 04G-P4-3768-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 FTW 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card w/ EVGA ACX Cooler - Retail

Pros: Love the card. Awesome performance for the money. Unity and Far cry run like butter

Cons: None

11/25/2014

Great Cooler. Saves Money. FX8350

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: So originally I was going to go with water after having the stock cooler on the 8350 for a year. Recently that stock cooler started not doing it's job. I went through two tubes of thermal paste in a month. Not normal. I'm glad I did my research because I found out that this cooler does the job just as well if not better than an H100i like I was going to get. For the price it'd be stupid not to pick one up. I have another fan on the way that I'm going to add to it so it'll be even better. My computer is so silent now, before it sounded like it was a jet engine whenever I played BF4 or was rendering a video. Now it's just utter silence no matter what I do. I haven't seen the temps go over 50 yet.

Cons: A lot of people are saying the installation is frustrating. I think those people were not referring to the provided instructions. I followed them and I had the cooler installed within an hour without any hiccups.

Overall Review: Great cooler, if you're on a budget pick this up. If you want to water cool then that's your thing but this thing does the job just as well.

Great Ram

CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9B
CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9B

Pros: Great RAM. Crosshair Z Formula Z recognized it immediately. Great design, some say it's flimsy but it felt strong to me, had no problems installing. My system now has 12GB of ram and wow did I see improvements. Everything feels much smoother

Cons: Does not come at stock speed. 1333 but you just change it to 1600 and it runs fine.

Overall Review: Worth the buy for the price, can't get better than this.