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Tobias W.

Tobias W.

Joined on 01/22/12

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Most Favorable Review

Cheap, but works perfectly

GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P (rev. 1.0) AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P (rev. 1.0) AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Supports AMD FX CPU's -Overclocks -Grey/black colors, perfect for my black/blue color scheme -Cheap, but to me full of features for it's price

Cons: So far, none that I can think of. Will update when something arises.

Overall Review: I definitely would recommend this board if someone wants to go on a budget AMD build, and is wanting to overclock to a certain degree. I was able to overclock up to 4.6GHz stable, but I was able to just barely push to 4.6GHz at a good 1.3V If you are big into color coordination like me, this is good for your red/black or blue/black setup, or whatever floats your boat.

Just what I wanted.

Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black 120mm Twister CPU Cooler with TB Apollish Blue LED PWM Fan
Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black 120mm Twister CPU Cooler with TB Apollish Blue LED PWM Fan

Pros: Its a little overkill for my A6-3650 APU, but I am planning to upgrade to an FX-8350 in the near future. I have thrown anything and everything I can at my computer to see if there are any changes in the temperature, and there were little to none. I have my APU O.C'd to 4.0GHz and at idle, its around 10C, and varies on room temperature. Plus the blue 120mm fan on it adds a nice blue color to my desk at night.

Cons: So far, none. Hopefully it stays that way.

Overall Review: The only other thing I would say about this cooler, is make sure that you have a big enough case. I had to modify the side vent on mine to make sure the heat sink could fit in there. (EDIT: This has been used on a heavily overclocked FX-6300 at 4..5GHz, and it has handled it no problem.)

Big upgrade

AMD FX-6300 - FX-6000 Series Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD6300WMHKBOX
AMD FX-6300 - FX-6000 Series Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD6300WMHKBOX

Pros: -Better than my wimpy dual core Athlon II X2 250 -Paired with an old GTX 465, runs all games I want at max settings -The board it is with is a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P, overclocked to 4.5GHz with a Hyper 212 Evo

Cons: None that I can think of at the moment.

Overall Review: This processor OC'd to 4.5GHz idles in the mid 20's but at stock clock, With even moderate usage, it kind of ramps into the 30's but running any of the games I throw at it, it doesn't even hit 50C.

Cheap, but works great.

Silicon Power Slim S60 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SP120GBSS3S60S25
Silicon Power Slim S60 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SP120GBSS3S60S25

Pros: I am combining both times I have bought this SSD. I got this for my birthday back in January this year, and it has ran laps around the old HDD setup I have previously. Oh my goodness. I never thought an SSD would be this good. Since it's cheap, I went right to this when I was buying some upgrades for my girlfriends gaming PC. Her computer took a good 5 minutes to boot from a cold start, and with a fresh SSD, it took mere seconds. She was absolutely floored at the performance, and she has it paired with a 1TB WD Green.

Cons: It's not too bad of a con, but it is only 120GB at this price, but I am not complaining.

Overall Review: One of the more cheaper SSD's out there, and to me, the performance still runs laps and laps around nay conventional HHD. This would be great for a more budgeted person, who wants an SSD but don't want to shed out a lot of money for a decent brand/size.

Good price, great performance.

EVGA 02G-P4-3757-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-3757-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 FTW w/ ACX Cooling Video Card

Pros: I bought this card for my girlfriend as a birthday gift for her gaming PC, and she absolutely loves the design of all EVGA cards. Her dad bought a standard 750 Ti, but I decided to go big and grab the FTW edition. The card runs really good. I never hear it when I am in games. I have played Team Fortress 2, Minecraft (higher texture pack), Neverwinter, and all of the games work perfectly. No lag. No stuttering. Compared to her old EVGA GT630, this upgrade was absolutely needed.

Cons: I don't really have any cons as of right now. If I have anything in the future I will update this as I go.

Overall Review: I am beginning to love EVGA more and more with the products I get. All of the cards that I have bought for either myself, or someone else, have all been EVGA cards, and they work flawlessly until I need to upgrade them again.

Update on my old review

ASRock 960GC-GS FX AM3+/AM3/AM2+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock 960GC-GS FX AM3+/AM3/AM2+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I was of course expecting the board to work out of the box, but then again, the quality of boards at this price are sketchy at most. Anyways, the ACTUAL reason why the board was dead, was surprisingly because of the old AMD dual core CPU I pulled from a different system. I failed to think that one of the mosfets went boom and the power supply on that system turned into a bomb, so eventually I bought an FX-6300 and the board works perfectly. Paired with an EVGA GT630 card for the time until I can afford a better card.

Cons: Overclocking. But who would honestly buy a $60 board to overclock? If you do, and don't efficiently adjust your settings, more than likely the board won't be too happy with you, and be extremely hot. Fan headers. The only connector capable of speed control, is the CPU connector because it's a 4-pin PWM. All of the others, as far as I know, don't easily have any speed controlling capabilities, so I had to rig up an external fan controller for the 2-3 other fans that were in the case at the time.

Overall Review: I decided to do this review since I looked back on my rather... frustrated review, and listening to peers of mine saying that ASRock isn't that bad of a brand, I decided to shed some light on the situation. But, since this is a lower end board for the more severely budgeted builders, it can be used to hold the user off until they can afford a better board. I like this board.