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Thomas F.

Thomas F.

Joined on 02/08/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

CPU bargain of the year

Intel Pentium D 805 - Pentium D Smithfield Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80551PE2666FN
Intel Pentium D 805 - Pentium D Smithfield Dual-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 775 95W Processor - BX80551PE2666FN

Pros: Good price, incredible overclocking ability

Cons: Factory supplied heatsink

Overall Review: The factory heatsink is passable for mild overclocking if it is used with a good interface matertal such as arctic silver instead of the factory supplied pad. I have mine running at 3.2 GHZ with an idling temp around 42C & a max temp of around 55C

Most Critical Review

Failed too soon

COOLMAX CX-400B 400 W ATX v2.01 Power Supply
COOLMAX CX-400B 400 W ATX v2.01 Power Supply

Pros: Quiet

Cons: Power supply failed after less than 2 years of service. The 5 volt standby curcuit in the power supply stopped working,unable to start the computer.

Overall Review: Instead of spending an extra $xx for the extended warranty, buy a better quality power supply. I salvaged the cooling fan out of the power supply

10/21/2006

Excellent Product

Zonet ZEW2500P Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g MINI USB / USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates
Zonet ZEW2500P Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g MINI USB / USB 2.0 Up to 54Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: I purchased one of these units back in 2006 and it is still working. The range is phenominal. I lent the unit to one of my neighbors who is still waiting for the cable company to hook up their internet service. It is over 150 feet away from my router and it still gets a signal strength reading of 44%

Cons: None

Overall Review: None

10/23/2010

Not as Advertised

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4860 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100286L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4860 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100286L

Pros: Well constructed, improvement ove the 4670 it replaced

Cons: GPU-Z from techpowerup indicates that the bus width is 128 bits instead of the advertised 256 bit width. If this board used Gddr3 instead of Gddr5 memory it would probably be slower than the 4850

Overall Review: The GPU chip used on this board is a Wekiva RV790GT, which is a stripped down version of the RV790

HOT! HOT! HOT!

BIOSTAR TA770 A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA770 A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Good set of features, including esata

Cons: Northbridge cooling is inadequate, I could not touch the heatsink for more than 2 seconds without getting my finger burned. The problem was solved by ordering a Thermaltake northbridge cooler.

Overall Review: A bios update may be necessary before installing a phenom 9850.