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Zachary S.

Zachary S.

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Most Favorable Review
MSI GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC
MSI GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card NX8800Ultra-T2D768E-HD-OC

Pros: I am not going to say its the best card out there since I haven't benched it against all of the other 8800 Ultras on the market, but it is woth the $## or so more over the 8800GTX.

Cons: The card is among the largest on the market, so be sure that you have a wide enough case to hold it. It also requires 2 6-pin molex connectors, so be sure that your power suplly has at least 1 6-pin (the card comes with an adapter for the second if you dont have 2)

Overall Review: Many of the reviews referenced artifacts appearing at stock speeds, however that is because those cards are defective, it isnt standard, and you shouldnt have to underclock it (If you do, contact either newegg or MSI and they will take care of it). It also runs hot, but what do you expect?

10/16/2007
Most Critical Review

Good price but bad pci slot placement and bogus manual

SAPPHIRE PC-A9RD580Adv 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard
SAPPHIRE PC-A9RD580Adv 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard

Pros: 1) Its a great value for the money. 2) Not bad onboard audio.

Cons: 1) Ok, heres the major problem. If you put an X1k series PCI-E card into your comp, you can forget about using EITHER of your PCI slots. One is completely covered the the other is half overed by my GPU fan (I have an X1800 XT) 2) Another HUGE drawback is that the manual FAILS TO LABEL 2 MAJOR POWER CONNECTORS!! It mentions nothing about the 12v that powers the PCI-E Slots OR the 8 pin power connector that goes to the CPU... That is unacceptable. I had to go to the Sapphire forums to figure out why nothing was happening when I turned on my rig. 3) For some stupid reason, sapphire randomly decided to throw 2 ethernet adapters onto this mobo (?????) 4) I cannot find drivers for the USB controller either. 5) I also have an "Unknown Device" in my device manager that I just can't figure out. Tried installing all the drivers on the Sapphire website for the mobo, but nothing worked.

Overall Review: It works well, and if you really dont care about the cons I listed, like I said, its a good value. Just dont try to build a high end rig with it.

Astronomical performance

EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12G-P4-2992-KR 12GB SC GAMING, Play 4k with Ease Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12G-P4-2992-KR 12GB SC GAMING, Play 4k with Ease Graphics Card

Pros: - 12GB RAM! - Excellent single-GPU solution for 4k gaming - SIGNIFICANT increase in SLI is Fantastic (In 3DMark 11 my rig scored 6863 with 2x GTX 680 4GB, an 8238 with one GTX Titan X, and a 13463 with 2x GTX Titan X's) - Only 250W power draw. - DX12 support

Cons: -Price is obviously #1 downside HOWEVER, compared to the cost of previous Titan cards, it is very reasonable. Especially considering what you get. -I cannot think of any other downsides to this monster

Overall Review: With this card it all centers around cost, but if you have it you can't get a better card.

Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AL1065
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AL1065

Pros: I have this ram in my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L and it overclocks like a champ I have mine overclocked to 1200 5-5-5-13 it ran memtest for 12 straight hours with no errors. The lights make it look like I have 2 christmas trees in my ram slots, it certainly makes my case stand out from the rest.

Cons: I honestly cant think of any. This ram is amazing, just be sure to have good cooling if you want to clock it up to 1200 like I have.

Overall Review: I noticed it also has uv lights around the base so it makes your ram slots glow if they are uv reactive.

10/16/2007

Great for amateur overclockers

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard

Pros: The bios are easily navigable making overclocking a breeze. I own an E6750 Core 2 Duo overclocked to 3.4 and some DDR2 1066 Crucial Ballistix overclocked to 1200. Plenty of sata, and the PCI-E x16 is far enough away from the PCI slots that even the biggest cards leave your PCI slots accesible.

Cons: As stated in most of the other reviews, the board's single IDE port is place awkwardly, but its nothing a long IDE cable cant fix.

Overall Review: Love the board, the ram slots seem to be UV reactive, so my ram (which emits UV light around its base) has a cool aura around it...very cool.

10/15/2007

Fits even an 8800 Ultra!

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0

Pros: The case has EXCELLENT airflow, which is to be expected with the amount of fans it comes with. The power supply mounts on the bottom of the case, which makes cable management MUCH easier. Its wide enough to fit any graphics card out there, although with the larger cards (like the 8800) you may have to remove the fan duct in the middle 3.5" cage. TONS of room to work.

Cons: The back 120mm fan blows outwards, and I had to flip it to blow inwards, the case is also a dust magnet, I have to constantly clean off the front and back fan intakes. An external fan speed control would have been nice, its a bit of a hassle having to open the case and flip a switch on eash fan to change fan speed.

Overall Review: The case isnts the loudest case out there but it sure isnt quite. I dont mind it much, but my of my 4 roommates, I have the loudest case.

10/15/2007