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Danny B.

Danny B.

Joined on 06/15/07

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GREATTTT

MSI GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N275GTX TwinFrozr OC
MSI GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card N275GTX TwinFrozr OC

Pros: This card is absolutely great. I put this card in and it is a great performer. I bought this card because of the cooler on it and I was expecting it to be good quality but it took me by surprise. The cooler is actually made from very high quality metal and the attention to detail and level of craftsmanship are very high. MSI did a great job with this and it does keep the card very cool. The 2 fans at normal 2D stay at 40% and as the temp increases the fan speeds does as well. The automatic fan speed control is flawless. i would recommend this to anyone.

Cons: It might not fit in a small case and is pretty power hungry. This card extends past the end of my ATX board by about an inch and goes right over top of the south bridge. You MUST have a low profile heatsink on the southbride if this card is going to be on top of it or it will not fit.

Overall Review: I did notice some quality control stickers on the backside of the card...6 of them to be exact. To me that means MSI thoroughly tested this card.

Best board for a Core 2 Duo

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I bought this board coming from a 650i chipset board and I cant even begin to explain how impressed I am with it. As a long time veteran overclocker I have found this to rival DFI boards in the BIOS and beat all other brands in stability. This board will even enter and return from S3 sleep at speeds as high as a 2000mhz FSB! This is the best option for anyone looking to push their core 2 duos to the limit as this board can achieve between 2000mhz and 2400mhz FSB and for core 2 quads are around 2000Mhz to 2200mhz FSB! I have been extremely impressed with the Ultra Durable design too with the 2oz copper pads in the PCB. I run my board at 2000FSB with watercooling on only the cpu and the rest of the board stays at a very acceptable temp. I would recomment this board to anyone.

Cons: The Easytune 6 overclocking software that comes with it has never ever worked for me. It wont even open on vista 32bit.

Overall Review: E8400 RAID 0 SSD's GTX 275 4gb DDR2 =]

Its as good as its always been

Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 14g Premium Ceramic, Polysynthetic thermal compound  AA-14G
Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 14g Premium Ceramic, Polysynthetic thermal compound AA-14G

Pros: Ive been using this stuff for years now and i have to say that its still alot better than arctic silver 5 no matter what anyone says. You cant beat this stuff and the price is great.

Cons: none

Overall Review: buy a lot of this stuff

Great product

Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)
Linksys WRT54GL 802.11b/g Wireless Broadband Router up to 54 Mbps/ Compatible with Open Source DD-WRT (not pre-load)

Pros: This is a great router and is unbeatable for the price. It runs Open-WRT, DD-Wrt, and tomato perfectly. I use DD-WRT and mine overclocks great too. This is the much better buy than the more expensive wrt54g base model. Buy this now and dont think twice. You will not be disappointed.

Cons: It could ship with a little faster broadcom arm in it but hey its fast enough for anyone just short of corporate needs.

Overall Review: Hmm can we say use third-party firmware. DD-WRT is my favorite. This router can be modded in all sorts of ways. Mine has a serial port and an sd card added to it for NAS. =]

great

SilverStone RL-FM81 80mm Case Cooling Fan With Control Panel
SilverStone RL-FM81 80mm Case Cooling Fan With Control Panel

Pros: People that consider purchasing this need to make sure that they know this fan is made for a purpose, its meant to move a ton of air at the sacrifice of noise level. But for all of those that have complained they have put in a rheostat to lower the rpm.

Cons: people complaining about buying something thats loud. Read the freakin reviews.

Overall Review: Great for watercooling loops. adjust the fan speed as you increase an overclock to meet the minimum cooling requirements.

Great product

EDIMAX EW-7128G Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
EDIMAX EW-7128G Wireless Card IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: This product works great. Popped it in my vista 32 ultimate box. it found it right away. Installed the utility and works seamlessly with vista. Utility is great too. External antenna was the main reason i bought this product and it has made all the difference.

Cons: it wasnt free