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Steven K.

Steven K.

Joined on 01/30/06

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Most Favorable Review

fixed my issues

ZEROtherm GX700 Ceramic VGA Cooler
ZEROtherm GX700 Ceramic VGA Cooler

Pros: pretty decent profile. does what the stock fan cant. fixed my overheat to blackscreen issue with x1950 pro

Cons: maybe include some VRM heatsinks too?

Overall Review: Ok, so...the resting temperature with this fan isn't particularly much better than the stock fan. Maybe a few degrees. However, under load it seems to do a better job. My screen would black out, which I learned was due to overheating under a heavy processing load. Some places say its due to crapp-y overheating VRMs, but that wasn't the case for me. It could also have been caused by a layer of solid dirt that had accumulated across the old stock heatsink, but I think it's due to crapp-y design regardless.

10/10/2008
Most Critical Review

Stuttering

ASRock Challenger Arc A770 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Video Card A770 CL 16GO
ASRock Challenger Arc A770 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Video Card A770 CL 16GO

Overall Review: Artifacting and stuttering under load. Tested in different systems and with different driver versions.

works great

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: More BIOS options than you can shake a stick at. Worked great for overclocking with an e5200. got it to 3GHz (from 2.5GHz) with no voltage increases. I imagine with some cooling you could go a lot higher.

Cons: None that I can think of right now.

10/10/2008

Not terrible

ECS BLACK SERIES P45T-A LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
ECS BLACK SERIES P45T-A LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Good when compared to more expensive boards with similar features

Cons: Overlocking.... Pathetic. Simply disgusting.

Overall Review: Don't do what I did, which was try to build a low cost/high feature system. I'm returning this and replacing it with the comparable Gigabyte product.

good cooler

TR2TT TR2-M12 80mm Ball CPU Cooler
TR2TT TR2-M12 80mm Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: Installation was a breeze. Is very quiet. Great product!

Cons: None that I can think of.

Overall Review: Keeps my old 3GHz P4 running under 100 degrees (F).

think of an alternative

SAMSUNG 512MB PC 800 System Memory Model MR16R162GEGO-CM8
SAMSUNG 512MB PC 800 System Memory Model MR16R162GEGO-CM8

Pros: Great speed for it's release year, nothing special now though.

Cons: Expensive as all hell.

Overall Review: Here's what I really wanted to say: If you are considering buying more of this RAM, don't. Go buy a C2D, new motherboard, and 2GB DDR2. Buy it here at newegg, you'll find you spent about the same amount of money. This is my conundrum. RDRAM was not the way to go, even for how fast it is/was.