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Robert D.

Robert D.

Joined on 09/07/05

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Great Memory Very OC Friendly

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK
Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK

Pros: The Pros: Very speed friendly - chose to run them at agressive 4-4-4-12 settings at PC2 6400 settings or 5-5-5-15 settings at PC2 8500 settings. I am running 4 sticks (4GB total) at 475Mhz (950Mhz fsb) on a Gigabyte P35 board with an C2D E6320 cpu at 5-5-5-15 settings. Very solid performer. Very nice packaging - runs cool to the touch and at 2.2 volts Most of the sticks include the legendary Micron D9 chips - Micron D9GMH(B6-3), Micron D9DQW(BT-37E), and Micron D9DQT(BT-3)chips although a few do have the Elpida AG-6E-E. Just hope for the best.

Cons: The Cons: I think that the PC2 8500 memory is dropping in price so it may pose a challenge in pricing. This is still very solid memory and a bargain with a good rebate option. Heck, save the $$ and get 4 sticks (4GB) to run your new Vista Ultimate 64-bit install like I did.

Overall Review: For a Vista system these days - 4 GBs is almost a given. Don't skimp on memory - well worth the investment with a well known brand like Patriot.

great card

EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: love the card. fast. off of an i7 system with SSD, loading BF3 maps in less than 10 seconds. no stuttering. no problems. much smalled than the 200 series cards (i had previously) runs cool.

Cons: its not free, sheesh.

Best value among 60 GB SSDs

OCZ Agility 3 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT3-25SAT3-60G
OCZ Agility 3 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT3-25SAT3-60G

Pros: fast. easy to install. windows 7 installs and runs well enough.

Cons: i think alot of those with problems with this drive must be having issues with their motherboards then this drive. i am using an EVGA X58 SLI board with two 6Gb sata connectors, so when i first installed the drive it didn't work. why? because i forgot to turn on the controller via the bios. so simply, check you bios first and make sure your boot drives are arranged with the agility at the top - and then install windows. works well enough with windows 7 X64 with the firmware off my purchase on 2/1012. you shouldn't have any problems if you know what your doing.

Overall Review: well if they sold them for $50 it'd be prefect but $100 for 60GB drives is still a bit high.

great projector

Epson EX7200 WXGA 3LCD Mulimedia Projector 2600 lumens, V11H367120
Epson EX7200 WXGA 3LCD Mulimedia Projector 2600 lumens, V11H367120

Pros: Got this for the office. For the money, best value I could find. Bright enough, even with the lights on in the conference room. WXGA or higher resolution is wonderful. I use the HDMI which is fast and even plays blue ray movies well.

Cons: I found using the USB port to be slow and a drag on my laptop. Seems to use up alot of system resources. Can't play video's with it getting choppy. Sound is low, wish it had an audio out. I'd recommend using other speakers via your computer or laptop for audio.

Overall Review: Overall, probably the best projector in this price range.

cheap for SLI

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 896-P3-1260-RX
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 896-P3-1260-RX

Pros: added this to an existing EVGA 260 GTX for SLI. runs great and great price! better than a step up!

Cons: its supposedly 192 core but then when i am running everything maxed out at 1900/1080 anyways in SLI, who cares?

nice drives

Western Digital WD Green WD10EADS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD10EADS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: good price and good amount of storage. runs better than traditional 5400 rpm drives with the cache and ability to spin faster at 7200 rpm when needed

Cons: people seem to like the black series because it doesnt spin down as much. if your running apps this makes sense, if all you do is store, then why care?