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Austin S.

Austin S.

Joined on 06/06/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great Card

EVGA  01G-P3-1282-TR  GeForce GTX 280 Superclocked  1GB  512-bit  GDDR3  PCI Express 2.0 x16  HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
EVGA 01G-P3-1282-TR GeForce GTX 280 Superclocked 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Pros: Fast card, runs extremely quiet. I had just gone from a EVGA 640meg card to this, and I could tell quite a difference in sound level, even with my ear near the case i can't hear the fan going for this video card. It runs cool for a card of this size, and I've had no problems what so ever with it. Clean installation (once i got it to fit in my cooler master mid tower case). Running great on both windows XP as well as Windows 7, and displays excellent on dual monitors (both ACER LCD 23 inch ones, a AL2223W and a X223W).

Cons: very large, make sure your case can fit this bad boy. I had to pull out all 3 of my hard drives in order to get this thing to fit, and it just had millimeters to spare before it hit the far slot brackets for my hard drives. The hard drives themselves, I had to rearrange in my mid tower case (my case = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068 )

Overall Review: Be sure you have enough power to run this, it requires both a 8 and a 6 pin connector, it does come with converter cables if need be if you don't have a 8 and a 6 right off of your power supply (i didn't). Lastly, be sure you register with EVGA within the first 30 days of purchase, in order to be eligible for the warrenty.

Most Critical Review

Damaged Tower

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: Runs temps very cold, had a previous Cooler Master 932, no problems with it at all.

Cons: Bottom back left corner of case bent in when opened up the box. Box was undamaged. The finger screw to open the side of the case must have been hit as that back corner was damaged. Used a pair of pliers and pulled it most of the way out. Didn't want to deal with return policy, restocking fees, shipping, and waiting for a new case to arrive.

Overall Review: make sure you notice it doesn't have a 2nd red LED light. previous 932's came with 2 led's, this one only has 1.

SLI not compatible!

MSI MSI Gaming Z97 GAMING 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI MSI Gaming Z97 GAMING 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: nice look to board, red and black scheme is sharp.

Cons: No where does it list on this motherboard, that if you have ANYTHING plugged into the 3rd PCI x16 slot, then this motherboard disables SLI mode, with no way to turn it back on. I ordered a PCI slot SSD card, along with two GTX 970's. Windows detects both 970's, but nvidia control panel won't give me the option to SLI the video cards together. Take out the SSD from the 3rd pci x16 slot, and wahla! SLI is detected. Now I have to buy either a new motherboard, or a sata SSD. Not happy that this fact was hidden when buying the card.

Great case for the price

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior

Pros: Light weight, very cold case. Lots of space in it to fit a wide variety of components and designs. Superb air flow, and the LED blue lights on it make it look great. Gives it that extra edge over other normal cases when showing it off to friends.

Cons: It is large, barely fits under my gaming table.