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Matthew S.

Matthew S.

Joined on 09/16/03

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

So far so good

ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Detected everything just fine...no heat issues that I've noticed

Cons: While the onboard ethernet controller *seems* to work just fine, Windows chokes on it and has weird hardware conflicts with it. The included Asus PC Probe software won't install, insisting my ACPI driver is missing or corrupt or otherwise goofed up.

Overall Review: These are admittedly very minor complaints...otherwise, 36 hours after powering on everything seems to be clicking along just dandy. Using an Athlon64 X2 4200+ and 2GB (1GBx2) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 in it.

Most Critical Review

First order was good. The second...

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664BN1608
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664BN1608

Pros: I ordered one pair of this memory while building a new system in Feb. 2010...it has been flawless, fast, and wonderful.

Cons: I ordered a second pair in March 2011...and 2 weeks after the return period was up, I began getting really strange errors in Windows and disk corruption. Memtest86 showed that one of the new sticks was the culprit, just as it was too late to RMA. Boo.