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Jesse M.

Jesse M.

Joined on 11/16/04

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Most Favorable Review

Very fast, awesome performance

Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Gaming Memory Model BLT2KIT8G3D1869DT1TX0
Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Gaming Memory Model BLT2KIT8G3D1869DT1TX0

Pros: Awesome performance, low latency high speed

Cons: A little miffed they dropped the price $30 a week after I bought it, but I guess that's my fault

Overall Review: You'll probably want to adjust the size of your Windows Paging file, 16gb paging file isnt really necessary, and it will save precious space on an SSD.

Most Critical Review

Well Featured, Advertised Falsely

MSI 970A-G46 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
MSI 970A-G46 AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Price, ClickBIOS, well featured

Cons: Was not compatible with the FX-8350. If I had gone with the FX-6300 as originally planned, I would liked this board. Docked 2 eggs for misrepresentation of the board's support for the FX-8350. Newegg was very good about the RMA.

Overall Review: I didn't buy this board to overclock the FX-8350 with, but the OCGenie looked like it would have been helpful, especially for people who are new to overclocking and might be intimidated by it. I would overclock a 95W processor on this board, but 125W would be pushing the board's limits.

Driver crashes and black screens

PowerColor RED DRAGON Radeon RX 460 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXRX 460 2GBD5-DH/OC
PowerColor RED DRAGON Radeon RX 460 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXRX 460 2GBD5-DH/OC

Pros: If it worked the price/performance would be great

Cons: Crashes while gaming, fan doesn't spin @ idle

Overall Review: Powercolor needs to address this issue, otherwise I would like a full refund

Rosewill Cherry MX o-rings

Rosewill Silicon O-Ring Dampeners - RO-100B
Rosewill Silicon O-Ring Dampeners - RO-100B

Pros: Easy to install, gives you an excuse to wash your keycaps and boards, really make the action of the keys quiet and in my opinion improve the travel distance. I'm using them on cherry MX blacks and i love the feel and sound.

Cons: Price is a little high, even on sale

Overall Review: You can get the same things for cheaper at a hardware store

Good Price/Performance

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G

Pros: Really good price, well known brand

Cons: Not the fastest SSD, had some issues with a SATA II machine but was resolved by setting SATA mode in Bios to AHCI instead of IDE

Overall Review: Windows Experience Rating = 7.5 120GB is really only enough for a boot drive + your most commonly used applications, but thats where the price/performance of this drive shines. Significantly improves boot speed and OS speed while not breaking your wallet. Adding a SSD to your computer is easily the single most cost effective way to improve its performance.

Decent Board, a bit too weak for the FX-8350

BIOSTAR TA970 Ver. 5.3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
BIOSTAR TA970 Ver. 5.3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: First off, I like this board, the price was great, and the features were good. Unfortunately I didn't do enough research about the FX-8350 before I bought it. Everything else on the board works great though.

Cons: Its really not up to handling the 125W FX series processors, the North Bridge is running at 85+ degrees C under full load, and like anyone else who has posted about this board with the 8350, VRM throttling results in constant stability issues.

Overall Review: I have replaced the board, but I will probably keep it to run a FX-6300 in the future, I imagine the 95W processors have fewer issues with this board than the 125W ones.

10/26/2013