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darren b.

darren b.

Joined on 09/02/06

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Most Favorable Review

great case for me

LIAN LI PC-V600B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI PC-V600B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: I find the size of this case to be the best Ive ever seen. I like to keep the case up high next to my desk so any to big would be out of question. Was able to fit 680i LT xfx mother board 2 x pny oc ultras 850 watt quad sli cool master power supply and xps liquid cooling system. with only slight modifacation.

Cons: None other then changed out stock fans with silent x 120 push more air and are quiter.

Overall Review: E6700 at 3.33 ghz , 2 gig corsair 800 mhz xms, 2 x pny oc ultras, xfi fatailty , xfx 680 i lt, LG dvd lightscripe, raptor 75 for wp pro and raptor 150 for vista 32 bit premiun.

Most Critical Review

bad bfg

BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.92 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC SLI Power Supply
BFG Tech ES SERIES ES-800 800W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.92 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC SLI Power Supply

Pros: looks nice

Cons: worked 1 and 1/2 days

Overall Review: owned several bfg products never had a problem till now

how to bleed system

ZALMAN Reserator XT BK Black Reserator (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) Water Cooling System
ZALMAN Reserator XT BK Black Reserator (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) Water Cooling System

Pros: I dont own this system but do own a diffrent system the reserator 2 what I found is that I also had the same problem as everyone else has had it would beep and then shut down every so-often went back to air cooling because was afraid of damage to cpu when computer was on and I wasnt around to know.

Cons: after a few months of using air I wanted to overclock my cpu agian decided to give it another try same thing as before it would shut off every so often called zalman support with little to no help so decided to see what I could do myself tried the jumper but still had problems.

Overall Review: What ended up being the repair was to purge air out of system took along time to do had to pick up unit and turn it back and forth also almost upside down turn unit on to get rid of some air shut down keep tilting and start process all over agian untill no more air bubbles be patient after got it right has been work with no failures at all that was 5 months ago. when its right it works great. good luck hope this helps

another review

BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024OCXE
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024OCXE

Pros: this is a great card very good video quailty also grat game play very high fps

Cons: howeverr rma a 8800 gtxultra that went bad to pny and got back a 9800gx2 instead of what i had (great upgrade thanks pny) it is the overclocked version at 675 mhz and in futremark 3d06 got a 500 point inprovement ovet 280gtx and a 300 point inprovement over same card in 3dvantage

Overall Review: very good video card but did find out that the 9800gx2 does still beat this card in fps to stop all the nay sayers the card was run on the same sytem with nothing changed [email protected] gig mhz 680i evga 300 gig raptor pny9800gx2 soundfi xtreme zalman reserator 2 and a zalman 750 psu all in a lian-li case

not bad

BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024OCXE
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGEGTX2801024OCXE

Pros: this seems to be a very nice video card it peformes better than expected i previous owned 2 8800 ultras even thought it doesnt beat that combonation it preforems very close had 15900 with the 2 ultras and iam getting 14440 with the gtx280 this is with newer drivers may have some help.

Cons: none

Overall Review: intel core 2 x6800 @ 3.471 patriot 1066 4gig raptor 300 zalman 750 psu zalman reserator 2 water cooler bfg 280 gtx oc lian li case

nice setup

ZALMAN ZM – Reserator2 Fanless water cooling system
ZALMAN ZM – Reserator2 Fanless water cooling system

Pros: found the product very wellbuilt from the housing assy to the pump and lines used are first rate system is run off 120 watt power unit so no power is drawn from your powersupply except to turn unit on ,the unit is almost silent .

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: running x6800 core 2 at 3.2 ghz temp at idel around 41 c and at gaming load around 45 c that is the nice thing about liquid cooling you dont have the large differnces in temp like with air cooling