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Dan R.

Dan R.

Joined on 05/02/07

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Most Favorable Review

excellent overclocking

MSI GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4
MSI GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4

Pros: I haven't overclocked a video card yet from the bios but I overclocked this video card from ntune and maxed out the core bus to 1310mhz and the memory bus to 1680mhz staying cool at 45*c and it seemed like it could go much further.

Cons: None. evga750iftw q6600@3.2ghz ocz1066mhz msigtx260ov4 wdc2x250gbraid0

Overall Review: wdc650gb coolmax740w coolermaster cosmos coolermaster aqua gate max

Most Critical Review

Worked for about 2 hours.

MSI MAG B550M MORTAR MAX WIFI DDR4 AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s Micro-ATX Wi-Fi 6E 2.5Gbps LAN  M.2 (Key-E)  Motherboards - AMD
MSI MAG B550M MORTAR MAX WIFI DDR4 AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s Micro-ATX Wi-Fi 6E 2.5Gbps LAN M.2 (Key-E) Motherboards - AMD

Pros: It did not kill my CPU, SSDs, video card or RAM.

Cons: This board died in 2 hours. I don't know how to get a return if at all possible.

Overall Review: I was all setup. Motherboard booted into bios and windows no problem. I did a full windows shutdown then nothing. On/Off button would not start it. I had another button that works and still nothing. I tried a bios reset and not thing.

Good for the price.

Cooler Master Q300L V2 Micro-ATX Tower, Magnetic Patterned Dust Filter, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20GB), Tempered Glass Panel, CPU Coolers Max 159mm, GPU Max 360mm, Fully Ventilated Airflow (Q300LV2-KGNN-S00)
Cooler Master Q300L V2 Micro-ATX Tower, Magnetic Patterned Dust Filter, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20GB), Tempered Glass Panel, CPU Coolers Max 159mm, GPU Max 360mm, Fully Ventilated Airflow (Q300LV2-KGNN-S00)

Pros: It's light. The magnetic dust filters are a nice feature. Lots of fan mount points. For a small case it has a good layout to squeeze in a big video card. One USB-C and two USB 3.2 Type-A is all the connectivity I need up front. It's designed to stand on rubber feet vertical or horizontal.

Cons: It's light so it's kind of flimsy but not much of an issue considering it's a small case.

Overall Review: For a cheap small case I like it.

12/30/2023

You can do alot with it

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W Processor - BX80562Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W Processor - BX80562Q6600

Pros: I was lucky when I got this cpu from TD because it was a Revision GO and that has something to do with overclocking capabilities. I overclocked it to 3.20GHz, FSB unlinked 1420MHz, and core voltage 1.40v.

Cons: The only con is not knowing what revision you will get and the same goes for core 2 duo.

Overall Review: Q6600@3.20GHz fsb@1420MHz OCZ 4Gb pc8500@1066MHz 2.0v eVGA 750i SLI For the Win MSI GTX260 oc ver4 WD 250Gbx2 Stripe WD 640Gb Coolmax 700w Coolermaster CM690 Nvidia

Solid GPU

MSI GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4
MSI GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4

Pros: I shopped around for about a month,on Newegg, and this video card had better specs than any other Nvidia cards in this price range. This is my first GTX card and it is a big step from my two Evga 8600GTS. The installation went without a hitch and now the settings on any game I play are on high.

Cons: None as of yet. At idle the card is at 45*c and under load without the fan at 100% is like 70*c.

Overall Review: I will go SLI with a pair of these. If your looking to buy Nvidia and don't want to pay the insane prices then buy this card it has double the stream processors and a higher core and memory clock than the Evga card that is the same price.

Good HD.

Western Digital Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great price, free shipping and Western Digital's warranty and RMA service is excellent. Its not the fastest nor is it the biggest hard drive but when you RAID a few of these, the performance is noticeable and the money spent isn't. It truly is a redundant array of INEXPENSIVE disks.

Cons: I was going to give it four eggs because the same day I got this drive it and my other Western Digital HDD stopped working after I tried RAID for the first time. I think a chip on the board of the HDDs probably fried and it was more than likely my fault.

Overall Review: I have always purchased Western Digital hard drives and I'll never buy a different brand.