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Shane H.

Shane H.

Joined on 01/06/10

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Most Favorable Review

Awsome Product

G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) FM-25S2S-60GBP2
G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) FM-25S2S-60GBP2

Pros: Very fast, load times now non existant. Opens window after window with no delay. You push the button, it's on the screen. Dragons Age Origins loads saved files in 1 second. Awsome!

Cons: Small Drive. I know dumb thing to say I knew how big it was when I ordered it, but I wish I had spent a few dollars more and picked up an 80 or 120 gig drive. Not really a con more a warning for others. Windows 7 eats half of the 55 usable gbs. A few programs and 2 games and its at capacity. Like I said not really a con but something to be aware of.

Overall Review: Can't say how great it is, I'm going to pick up a 120gig version next month, and put this 60 in my wifes laptop.

10/21/2010
Most Critical Review

Great when working

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5

Pros: I have 3 of these kits, and the working sticks are great.

Cons: 1 stick in 6 came totally dead, can't even start a memtest without lockup.

Overall Review: The ram that works rocks, but it totally sucks that they can't check this stuff before sending it out. That goes for ALL RAM. It's very expensive, and the amount of people who get bad ram is crazy.

DO NOT BUY!!

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: On paper the best choice out there at the pricepoint!

Cons: High Failure rate!!! I believe half of these boards will fail. If you look at the other product(non Gen3) its probably the worst reviewed product on Newegg! Mine was great until it died. I tested it, got ahold of support they had me retest it! Still nothing. Got ahold of them again. I was so excited with the great customer service. They were going to ship me another that very week! Without even getting the other back! I just had to wait for the confirmation email. Claimed I should get it in 2 days. 2 Weeks later I get the email saying I cant get a new one... I should sent mine back and see what happens? Problem is they are replacing so many of these boards they cannot stock enough at the factory! BEWARE!!!

Overall Review: Really disapointing customer service experience! I have now had my new Intel system for 5 months was able to use it for 1. I'm shipping it today! After some research on the internet it looks like half of these boards are lemons. I would go with another brand if I were to do it again. I've build 7 computers now. 2 were built on ASUS platforms. Both of those boards died! Everything else is still clicking years later. I hate to be negative, but this is plain silly.

Great Stuff

Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET)
Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET)

Pros: Wow did that make the gunk come off easy!!!

Cons: Its not free!

Overall Review: Worth every penny

Too Loud

ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT 110mm 2 Ball Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS 9700 NT 110mm 2 Ball Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler

Pros: Cools very well, will fit on AM3 board, wasn't totally sure it would. It did drop the temp of my overclocked 955 by about 10c. Very good cooling. Been overclocking to 3.8 and the temp is yet to go up to 50c.

Cons: Way too Loud! I have a large case with 2 250mm fans, and one 120mm fan. I'm also running dual 5770's. All I can here is the ULTRA QUIET CPU fan.

Overall Review: I would go with a diffrent model if I was to do it over. I love the cooling, but I am finding the noice very distracting. If you have an xbox360, know that its silent compared to this cooler.

Best Board Yet

GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I have yet to experience any kind of a crash since I replaced my previous board with this one. Future friendly, will have some lasting power and thats good.

Cons: The 890 chipset just came out. It doesn't sound like its a huge upgrade, but maybe I missed the bus there?

Overall Review: Works awsome with my setup. Would certainly recommend it.