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Dale W.

Dale W.

Joined on 01/15/08

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Blackbone

Rosewill ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, Blue LED Fan, Black Steel & Plastic - BLACKBONE
Rosewill ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, Blue LED Fan, Black Steel & Plastic - BLACKBONE

Pros: Great performance. Tool-less. Cooler Master Hyper 212 fits in here.

Cons: None.

Top of the Line Quad-Core

AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket AM3 125W Desktop Processor - HDZ980FBK4DGM
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket AM3 125W Desktop Processor - HDZ980FBK4DGM

Pros: Very fast, very stable. Using with a COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus. Idles in the 30s, loads in the 40s. Haven't done any overclocking yet, but will in the near future. You cannot go wrong here, just make sure you have a mobo/power supply/heatsink combo to support it.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE Deneb 3.7GHz Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 BIOS vF4 COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus HS 16GB CORSAIR Vengeance 16GX3M4A1600C9B DDR3 1600 Galaxy GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB WD1001FALS 1TB BE WD 640GB BE WD 500GB Blue WD15EARS 1.5TB (x2)

Works as designed!!!

Western Digital WD Green WD15EARS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD15EARS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Size. Price/GB Lower power consumption. Great as a storage drive or lower end/demanding applications.

Cons: A bit slow. ~5400 rpm. But then, it was not built as a high-end performance drive.

Overall Review: I have had this drive over a year with no complaints. Those that are having issues or first time buyers, know what you are doing before you use and format this drive. XP users need to do a little extra work. This is a 4096/sector drive. Format it as such. Formatting the sectors higher or lower will produce unexpected results. I haven't had any issues and I have owned 2 of these for over a year now.