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Craig W.

Craig W.

Joined on 06/05/02

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Most Favorable Review

Updated Review

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: All my old points with a couple new ones. This thing works GREAT as a Hackintosh :) Video, Sound, Networking all work out of the box [depending on distro]

Cons: None

Overall Review: I slapped in an old P4 D 805 which says is unsupported and overclocked it to 3.6Ghz and toss on 10.5.5 and it works like a charm. Figure 50 for the case/psu 50 for hd 50 for mb and 75 for a cpu 25 for a DVD and you have a fully working Hackintosh for 250 bucks. Too scary for words.

Most Critical Review

Stay Away

AMS DS-3151SSBK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA SATA SATA Backplane Module
AMS DS-3151SSBK Aluminum 3.5" Black SATA SATA SATA Backplane Module

Pros: Holds 5 Drives

Cons: Of the 4 of these my customer's have the handles have broken left and right. VERY poor construction

Overall Review: There are much better backplanes for around the same price

Great board even with the P67

ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Rock solid once you get around the cons below. This is a very good board and once that I would recommend to anyone with a decent degree of computer hardware knowledge. Overclocks like mad [as all p67 boards seem to] and has more bells and whistles then most people need :)

Cons: Not enough SATA 6G ports for a decent raid. Sure it has 8 ports but only 2 are on a single controller. REALLY kills fast raids. The P67 is quirky. Not Asus's fault but gets 1/2 an egg removed none the less. No included 50MM fan. And the ones I did find sound like a blow dryer when the load kicks up. The plastic shield? Worthless. Not only worthless but causes heat issues all over the motherboard. The included software is cpu intensive and is constantly poping up "heat" issues at random times on seemingly random parts of the board. Once sec it is saying the USB 3.0 is running hot, the next will popup saying the DDR is running hot, the next saying another part of the motherboard is running hot [doesn't even have to be under load] My solution is to turn off AIS and then no more popups. I have a lot of real issues with the chipset, not the board, so I give it 4 stars and a buy recommendation.

Overall Review: The P67 is flakey. If you can wait until the x79 do so as that chipset and the memory controller on the socket 2011 cpu's have been fixed but they will not release them until AMD releases Bolldozer :(

Awesome Ram

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

Pros: Price is great for such awesome ram. If you take the time to play with these you can get some very tight timings at stock voltage and above rated speeds. Rock solid stable. I bought 2 sets and am very happy I did.

Cons: Heat sinks are a tad flimsy but functional.

Overall Review: If you have a sandy box then you need and want this memory. Price and performace you can't go wrong.

Same as Rosewill RSV-S8

SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR8M-BP RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, Spanning and JBOD(via Bundled RR622 RAID Controller Card) 8 x Hot-Swappable 3.5" Drive Bays eSATA (via Port Multiplier) PCIe 2.0 x1 for RR622 RAID Controller 8 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/
SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR8M-BP RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+spare, Spanning and JBOD(via Bundled RR622 RAID Controller Card) 8 x Hot-Swappable 3.5" Drive Bays eSATA (via Port Multiplier) PCIe 2.0 x1 for RR622 RAID Controller 8 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: was going to buy this but the Rosewill RSV-S8 is the EXACT same unit but over a hundred dollars cheaper. IS the difference in the external controller?

11/15/2010

Awesome Ram

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

Pros: Fast. Stable. Timings are better than advertised

Cons: it is now 1/3 the price I paid for it 3 months ago

Overall Review: If you are looking for some ram to go with your i7 this is it