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Maureen P.

Maureen P.

Joined on 06/19/08

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MSI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R4850-512M
MSI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R4850-512M

Pros: Cools much better than the 4850, and is $12 more expensive. Too get your standard 4850 too run at these temps, you need too have the fan speed at 80% which is very loud. This thing idles around 29-32 celcius, and on full load tops at 45 celcius, the 4850 with the regular fan speed idles at 52 celcius, and max load is around 70 celcius which is way too hot.

Cons: takes up two slots...

Overall Review: I don't have superior cooling or anything, I have 2 120MM case fans, and a $27 arctic cooling 92MM cpu cooler.

Excellent

Creative ZEN X-Fi 2.5" Black 16GB MP3 / MP4 Player With Wireless LAN
Creative ZEN X-Fi 2.5" Black 16GB MP3 / MP4 Player With Wireless LAN

Pros: -Superb Audio Quality -Beautiful, Vibrant LCD Screen -Compact -Noise-Canceling Headphones Packaged(EP-830) -Price -Nice Looking -Wi-Fi

Cons: -Somewhat Cheap Feel -9-Digit Keypad is unnecessary -No Dedicated Volume-You have to go to the track, then adjust the volume -Packaged Headphones Are Not That Great -X-Fi Sound Effects Makes Music Sound Worse (But, it's optional)

Overall Review: This Mp3 player has fantastic sound quality, especially on high detailed songs. The screen is vibrant, and perfect for viewing photos, and 30 minute TV Shows (Screen is too small for 1-2 hours of video). It does have a pretty cheap feel and look, but it was not a problem for me, but if you want a blocky, all metal, tough, rugged mp3 player, this is not right for you. But overall, it's a really, really good value, because of the superb audio quality, and nice screen.

Excellent Product

SAMSUNG ToC T220HD Rose Black 22" 5ms HDMI Widescreen HDTV Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1 Built in DTV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Speakers
SAMSUNG ToC T220HD Rose Black 22" 5ms HDMI Widescreen HDTV Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 10000:1 Built in DTV Tuner & Dolby Digital Surround Speakers

Pros: SAMSUNG ToC T220HD. I am a big fan of Samsung owning 1 42" DLP 720P TV, and 1 50" DLP 720P TV. This blows those two out of the water. The picture quality is amazing, the colors are vibrant, 22" is huge, and not only is it a monitor, it's a TV!. 10,000:1 Dynamic Contrast, 1920x1080 for the TV, 1680x1050 for the monitor, Dolby Surround Sound, 5ms response time for all you gamers, a PERFECT product for someone in a bedroom or dorm room, you get a high res. 22" LCD monitor, and a 1080P TV, for $400. You could spend $750 for a 22" 1080P LCD, and a 22" 1680x1050 LCD monitor for $300. Think about the value.

Cons: I don't really have any, this product is pretty much perfect. The only thing I can complain about is the glossy border around the screen. I personally don't like it, but I don't mind it, it's not a con, I was just trying to find something I didn't find impressive on this work of art.

Overall Review: $400 is a great value. My Samsung looks better than my ViewSonic, although my 1680x1050 ViewSonic does look nice, I use that as my secondary monitor. Both companies are excellent.

2GB of Quad Pumped Memory!!

PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX4870X2 2GBD5-H
PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX4870X2 2GBD5-H

Pros: Smokes the GTX 280 in every game, even beats 2 GTX 280s in some games, 2 of these is better than 3 GTX 280s, plays Crysis at 2560x1600 high quality with around 30fps, which is amazing.

Cons: Enormous and power hungry, you need a full tower case, no questions asked, you also need a 700W or higher PSU, and I would recommend a performance 750W, and for 2 of these, your looking at around 900W of power.

Overall Review: QX9650 @ 3.8GHz, this card, Intel X48 Mobo, 4GB DDR3 2000MHz Dominator RAM.

How do you OC on this?

ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The product is great, but I'm trying too figure out how too OC my proc on this. I used too have a phoenix award bios, but now I don't, and I can't figure out how too OC the proc on this Bios.

Cons: Can someone help me?

Overall Review: Had my Corsair Dominator running @ 1066MHz in no time.

Very good

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-8500C5D

Pros: Runs cool. It's fast, and looks SICK. Ran at 1066 in no time.

Cons: For some reason was running at 533MHz on first boot up. But, a BIOS update had it running at 1066, and the timings were at 5-5-5-18 (no big deal).