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Nader S.

Nader S.

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Most Favorable Review

Reasonable mother Board for the right CPU

GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI AM5 LGA 1718 AMD B650 M-ATX, DDR5, PCIe 4.0 M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5GbE LAN
GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI AM5 LGA 1718 AMD B650 M-ATX, DDR5, PCIe 4.0 M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5GbE LAN

Pros: Wifi Bluetooth

Cons: VRM is weak (5+2+2)

Overall Review: Bought this motherboard as part of a newegg combo special. This motherboard has all the features most people need. It worked out of box for series 9000 processor. Flashing the bios is easy and painless. Only need to install chipset drivers and WLAN, windows recognizes most all other components. Decent board for a 9600x or 9700x. If you have a stronger CPU, I would suggest a motherboard with better VRM. I am using this board with a 9600x for an office computer and have had no issues.

Most Critical Review

Ok

Athenatech A301BS.400 Black / Silver Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply
Athenatech A301BS.400 Black / Silver Steel Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply

Pros: Cheap. 400 watt Power supply that supports 20 and 24 pin motherboards.

Cons: The powersupply sucks.

Overall Review: Bought 2 of these cases for customers. One works fine, but the powersupply on the other burned out in 1 week.

Not bad

Wintec AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AXT6400C4-2048K
Wintec AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AXT6400C4-2048K

Pros: Good price, low latency 4-4-4 at low voltage (1.9 volts)

Cons: Had to RMA the first batch since one stick was bad. Caused system instability and memtest found a ton of errors.

Overall Review: The second set works as advertised. Good for motherboards which can't crank up ram voltage beyond 2.0 volts. Would buy again.

Good memory

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK

Pros: Works at 4-4-4 12 at 1.9 volts. No issues on a G965 motherboard.

Cons: Expensive (so is all memory)

Overall Review: Very good value with CL4 timing. I doubt it overclocks well, but good overclocking memory costs about $100 more.

12/26/2006

Good Direct X 9 card

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100186L
SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100186L

Pros: Fast direct 9 card. Very Good value. Not loud.

Cons: Large card, takes up 2 slots.

Overall Review: Very good value. Faster then my 7800gtx. Really not loud. Spins on high when you first turn on the computer (about 3 seconds) then quiets down. Download the new drivers from ATI and there are no issues. Sure Nvidia's 8800 is a better card, but its over twice the cost!

12/26/2006

Good

Rosewill 19" TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 8 ms D-Sub, DVI-D R912E
Rosewill 19" TFT LCD SXGA LCD Monitor 8 ms D-Sub, DVI-D R912E

Pros: Cheap, works fine with games (no ghosting). Comes with both an analog and DVI cable.

Cons: None, but I suggest Fedex over UPS. The last monitor I ordered via UPS had a rough trip. The box looks like someone beat it with a bat and throw it off an airplane. Even portions the styrofoam in the box were reduced to dust. But somehow the monitor survived!

Overall Review: Considering its low price, this monitor is a good deal.