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NATHEN P.

NATHEN P.

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Most Favorable Review

Exceeded my expectation

MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS AM4 AMD B550 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS AM4 AMD B550 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Easily to overclock Memory control works out of the box unlike other B550 brand boards Aesthetically pleasing

Cons: Slower Ethernet but my infrastructure is only 1Gbps None

Overall Review: I purchased an ASUS TUF B550, ASROCK PRO4 B550 and the MSI MPG B550 was the easiest to configure by far. Each has the same RAM and CPU. I was replacing an MSI motherboard that was 10 years old the MSI TRINERGY board OCed i7-860 @4.2Ghz since day 1. MSI is one of my top brands great products!

Most Critical Review

Fast When it works

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX

Pros: It is screaming fast...

Cons: Newegg has no cross shipping on CPU. Grrrr! The CPU I bought is defective 50c @ idle reaches 60c @ load. Had the BSOD a few times. A few hours of frustration and dismay. Reseated heat sink with Arctic Silver 5 dropped a whopping 1c

Overall Review: RMA for replacement. Did I mention that Newegg will not cross ship CPU within the 7-days even if you have been a customer for years.............

Great Ram & Price

CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C8
CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C8

Pros: Great Ram manually set timings in Bios. Overclocked i7 and the Ram works like a champ

Cons: Had to manually set timings. That is the only con most likely a motherboard bios limitation from the manufacturer.

Overall Review: Core i7-860 @ 4.2Ghz MSI BIG BANG TRINERGY 2 XFX GTX 275' s SLI 2 Hitachi 250gb sata 2 Raid 0 PC Power and Cooling PSU Windows 7 x64 Ult

Nice Board for SLI

MSI Big Bang Trinergy LGA 1156 Intel P55 / NVIDIA NF200 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Big Bang Trinergy LGA 1156 Intel P55 / NVIDIA NF200 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Whoa this board has almost everything. Able to run @ 4.156Ghz on a i7-860 and 2 XFX GTX 275 in SLI. Upgraded from a Phenom 2 940 BE @ 3.8Ghz because I won a Intel CPU....

Cons: Price was a little high but well worth it...

Overall Review: I am able to run BFBC2 beta with all the bells and whistles turned on. On the old system I was running DX9 mode

980 Awsome

ASUS M4N82 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI AMD Motherboard
ASUS M4N82 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI AMD Motherboard

Pros: The board is S!CK. A slew of features on this beast. Finally got my 940 BE stable. Running 4Gb G Skill 1066Mhz in Single Channel mode. Works like a charm. SLI 8800 GTS (G92). No problem had a ASROCK K10N780SLIX3-WIFI this board works better for my components.

Cons: Was not free!

Overall Review: I am stable OC @3.6Ghz HT 5200 and NB/FSB 2.6Ghz Rock Solid. If running 1066 mem read the instructions Duh!

If looking for Win XP x64 drivers

OCZ Technology OCZMSEQRD Blue 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Gaming Mouse For Desktop
OCZ Technology OCZMSEQRD Blue 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Gaming Mouse For Desktop

Pros: The mouse is inexpensive. Looks & feels great.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Works in XP x64 if you go download the driver from OCZ... Please look for the driver before writing a review....

12/14/2008