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Tri N.

Tri N.

Joined on 08/05/06

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Nice CPU for last 939 upgrade

AMD Opteron 165 - Opteron Denmark Dual-Core 1.8 GHz Socket 939 110W Processor - OSA165CDBOX
AMD Opteron 165 - Opteron Denmark Dual-Core 1.8 GHz Socket 939 110W Processor - OSA165CDBOX

Pros: Also got the CCBBE 0617FPMW, very high overclock ratio. I personally got it to ~2850 with stock AMD cooling and stock voltage. But I stopped there because it gets a little bit too hot (55°C load). I'm sure with better cooling this chip can reach 3 GHZ!

Cons: Not much I could think of.

Overall Review: Newegg rulez!!! :D

Works fine

BIOSTAR TA870+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA870+ AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Works well. Full size ATX. 140W AM3 CPU support. Plenty of overclocking options in the BIOS. Favorable reviews on the net. Can unlock cores. Nice color theme. Cheap.

Cons: No integrated graphics. Couldn't get AMD's ACC to work, and the included overclocking softwares are pretty much worthless.

Overall Review: -Supposedly this board can do CrossFire, need to confirm this though, as Newegg nor the box is not advertising this feature (Biostar's website does). -Was semi-satisfied with Biostar support. Solved an S3 sleep with overclocking issue with a BIOS update in 3-4 days. -Paired with an AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.5 GHz

Nice card, but loud fan

GIGABYTE GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GV-NX88T512HPV1
GIGABYTE GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GV-NX88T512HPV1

Pros: -Nice card, runs fast at extremely low price. -Overclocks nicely with included program.

Cons: -Fixed speed loud fan, really annoying.

Overall Review: -The fan can be fixed though by connecting the 2 pin plug into the 3 pins one on the motherboard. Then its speed can be changed in the bios or by using SpeedFan.