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Daniel H.

Daniel H.

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Most Favorable Review

YEY! I have room in my case!

EVGA 768-P3-1362-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 768-P3-1362-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Very good card, I am running SCII, CS Source, Fallout and other games maxed out with no problems with an older 1.8Ghz core 2 duo. This card was a breeze to install and the best part for me is that I now have use of 2 hard drive bays which were blocked by my old EVGA 260 SSC. This card is seriously about 2 1/2 inches shorter than the 260 along with out performing it. It also seems to be much quieter than the models with the turbine type cooling units. This one comes with a more traditional middle of the card fan and doesn't seem to make much noise at all even at full load. EVGA always puts out a stable but higher clocked card than the industry norm. Lifetime Warranty to boot! DX 11!!!!

Cons: Absolutely None!!!!

Overall Review: I had an EVGA 260 SSC which i loved, but it was just too big for my case(coolermaseter Wavemaster). But the size of this card immediately made me jump on it. The extra 140+ processing cores really makes this card a great purchase considering i payed 240 bucks for the 260 SSC (pre-core 216) when that card was released. IF YOU NEED SPACE IN YOUR CASE, GET THIS CARD!!!!

Most Critical Review

Will not post. RMA'd

ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The board was easy to set up, everything seemed nice. Everything turned on but.....

Cons: This particular board did not post for me. I tested the other items i got in another system so it seems to be this motherboard. Everything powered up but I could not get this board to post for the life of me.

Overall Review: I will write another review once i am able to get the RMA'd board up and running. But be aware that there have been DOA boards with this line. First DOA product from newegg in my 8 years of purchasing. The box from UPS did look quite rough when it arrived so it may not even be ASUS or neweggs fault.

Armored mobo delivers

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This motherbaord was on my wishlist for a while and ive now had about a year with it and it has really been a great product for me. Works great with my i5 3570k the overclocking is really easy and overall its just a well put together product. has usb 3.0 and it works great. hooks up to the various case ports on my coolermaster cosmos II. This motherboard really doesnt miss a beat.

Cons: Not a big con. but the shrouding or armor on the mobo does allow for a place for dust to get stuck in so be sure to use your compressed air under the armor to blow any hiding dust out.

Overall Review: great higher end motherboard for the ivy bridge setups. i have 16 gb of g skill and run a 660 GTX FTW by eVga i5 3570k, 2 OCZ solid states. -no SLI yet-

Great Modular PSU

Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid RS-850-SPHA-D3 850 W Intel ATX 12V V2.3 & SSI EPS 12V V2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Panel Power Supply with Fan Control
Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid RS-850-SPHA-D3 850 W Intel ATX 12V V2.3 & SSI EPS 12V V2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Panel Power Supply with Fan Control

Pros: I really like this power supply. Simple design and easy to set up. Truly modular unlike many power supplies that have some modular and some cables non removable. Comes with a fan control unit. Cables were able to reach anything i needed them to in the very large cooler master cosmos II case.

Cons: no major cons. didnt really use the fan control unit part because it didnt seem to fit well on my cooler master cosmos II case. This i felt kind of strange since they both are cooler-master products....

Overall Review: great psu solid design truly modular and highly functional.

Truly a Dream

Cooler Master Cosmos II - Ultra Tower Computer Case with Metal Body and Hinged Side Panels
Cooler Master Cosmos II - Ultra Tower Computer Case with Metal Body and Hinged Side Panels

Pros: Great Structure, Solid Design. Fantastic cable routing system, Creative sliding front door and top to reveal drives and power buttons and fan controls. Bottom mounted and bottom vented PSU. The doors are hinged and can be taken completely off the case (which i realized halfway through my build...this guy doesn't like instructions) Pretty much all tool less for anything that you would want to be tool less. (personally i like my pci cards to be screws not tool less so it was perfect for me) The case in provided with plenty of fans but more can be added (to the side door or top of case) the Cosmos II doesn't actually sit on the ground because of the roll cage like bars on the bottom that are matched on the top. These serve the purpose of allowing the air flow to come from every direction reducing dead zones which create heat, making this design superior to the last cosmos case which you really could only knock it for its airflow. This case fixed that and then some. Having built a system with the cosmos I and now the cosmos II i can say that the cosmos II is the best case i have ever worked with. USB 3.0 and eSATA on the front of the case to boot!!! Really a dream for anyone who loves building PC's

Cons: The instructions sort of suck. but this seems to be a common theme with cases for the most part, sadly it can really cause some unneeded headaches. Costly but it should be a case that wont need a replacement for a long long time. HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY this crazy mamma jamma almost weights 60 pounds naked so fully loaded its not that easy to move it so be happy where you put it! No removable Mobo tray but im a sucker for those so some may not mind that at all.

Overall Review: This is my current build G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series16GB (4 x 4GB) 2 OCZ Vertex 4 128 GB SSDs Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Hybrid RS-850 watt EVGA GeForce GTX 660 FTW Sig 2 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 COOLER MASTER COSMOS II RC-1200-KKN1 Black Steel

11/29/2012

Crazy Fast SSD Batman!!!

OCZ Vertex 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX4-25SAT3-128G
OCZ Vertex 4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) VTX4-25SAT3-128G

Pros: Super fast load times. Easy install. Came with converters if your case does not have any SSD ready Hard Drive Slots or adapters of its own. (also they are nice metal ones not chincy plastic) Windows 7 knew just what to do with them makes for extremely fast post and windows boot. I have 2 of these one for my OS programs and another for my games. Makes a world of difference over standard drives IMO.

Cons: none thus far but my pair of these 128 gb ssd's are my first venture into solid state drives so maybe i dont know what to look for in terms of cons vs other ssd's

Overall Review: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series16GB (4 x 4GB) 2 OCZ Vertex 4 128 GB SSDs Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Hybrid RS-850 watt EVGA GeForce GTX 660 FTW Sig 2 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 COOLER MASTER COSMOS II RC-1200-KKN1 Black Steel

11/29/2012