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Ian H.

Ian H.

Joined on 02/25/06

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Most Favorable Review

Great card, HIS is rock solid

HIS Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H487F512P
HIS Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H487F512P

Pros: Solid card with great overclockability, and screwdriver it comes with is very useful

Cons: fan profiles when recieved were too slow, however that is easily fixable

Overall Review: Vantage: x3595 @ stock clocks and 3.87ghz Q6600 loads at 55C with fixed fan profile on stock cooler :)

Most Critical Review

THIS RAD SUCKS!

Thermaltake CL-W0021 Liquid Cooling System
Thermaltake CL-W0021 Liquid Cooling System

Pros: none, really, none

Cons: it has a total of 14 180 degree tube bends, each 90 degree bend = 1 foot of tubing. thus it has 28 90 degree bends and and equivalent of 28 feet of extra tube in the system. basically this type of radiator kills flow in your system. TT design is flawed and I suggest you look at Swiftech for better (not best) option

Overall Review: i do actually have this rad and i can tell you it KILLS flow in a WCing setup, that 400gph from your TT pump goes down to about 30 gph (tested)

Kit Works Flawlessly on AMD

OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK
OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK

Pros: works at advertised speed and latency - can overclock if you want to mess with your bus speed. Great low latency and performance, still haven't had time to tweak it as much as I would like.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Running on an MSI GD70 with a 955BE

A Beastly CPU

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ955FBGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ955FBGIBOX

Pros: Great overclocking capability - have had the chip to 4ghz on air prime stable and am putting it on water in a few weeks. Great Price - unlocked multi clocking is hassle free and easy to experiment with, its great that you dont have to pay a grand to get it with AMD Low power, Low heat: if your an air cooler this chip is for you. period.

Cons: Not a ultra powerful CPU, but plenty speedy for everything you ask it to do.

Overall Review: This is SNiiPE_DoGG from XS running on a GD-70 with OCZ animal 1600 7-7-7-24 kit and a lapped Thors Hammer cooler

Great Cooler

XIGMATEK Thor's Hammer S126384 W Heat-Pipe Direct Touch CPU Cooler Intel and AMD compatible
XIGMATEK Thor's Hammer S126384 W Heat-Pipe Direct Touch CPU Cooler Intel and AMD compatible

Pros: Got it on a 920 D0 @4ghz rock stable and always under 65 with HT on, was happy to see the cooler came with enough mount hardware to mount 2 fans. Has a good mounting system that gives even solid pressure.

Cons: The little wrench they give you is useless, but it was easy enough to just use a screw driver with a long shaft. needs 2 fans to get really good performance

One of the best Lian-Li cases designed to date

LIAN LI PC-X500B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-X500B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Wonderful design and features. Fan controller built in is solid, and the case has all the right holes for cable management in all the right spots. I am so completely satisfied with this case I will probably start using them for retail custom builds. Its simply the best

Cons: none

Overall Review: This is SNiiPE_DoGG from MDPC ;) hope you enjoyed my review Doesnt come with SSD mount kits but it is possible to mount 2 SSD's by screwing them to the top of the HD racks.