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Peter K.

Peter K.

Joined on 12/06/01

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7
PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7

Pros: Its as solid like a concrete bunker.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I have a 3870 X2 and a quad core Phenom running on it, take it like champ.

Most Critical Review

Not very reliable

HP 867213-005 Intel DC S3520 Series 1.6TB 2.5-inch 7mm SATA III MLC (6.0Gb/s) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2BB016T7P / (HP Model VK001600GWCNT) - New OEM w/ 5 Years Warranty
HP 867213-005 Intel DC S3520 Series 1.6TB 2.5-inch 7mm SATA III MLC (6.0Gb/s) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSC2BB016T7P / (HP Model VK001600GWCNT) - New OEM w/ 5 Years Warranty

Pros: They worked for a little under a year, I guess that is a positive.

Cons: Both drives had smart errors after ~11 months and were no longer detectable by my MoBo or by a USB-Sata adapter.

Overall Review: I wouldn't recommend the drives, but the seller, goHardDrive, was quick and professional with the RMA. Their staff responded to email promptly and processed the RMA in a timely manner. It stinks to lose data and have the drives fail, but goHardDrive made it right rather quickly, I would defiantly buy from them again.

epic fail

Cisco Small Business USB1000 Gigabit Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps USB 2.0 1 x RJ45
Cisco Small Business USB1000 Gigabit Adapter 10/100/1000Mbps USB 2.0 1 x RJ45

Pros: makes a good drink coaster

Cons: after about 8-9 months it will not be recognized in any machine I plug it into, poor construction, the metal spring is shot.

Overall Review: you would have a more effective communication device with a signal lamp.

great board

EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI  FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Even though its a supped-up version of the 650i paired with a NF200 PCIe 2.0 16x, its got great bang for the buck. For sub 200 bucks, its a great buy, the 780i and 790i boards are all going for 250,300,350, even up to 450 bucks for a board. I am running it with 2x evga 8800GTS SSC 640MB cards and a C2D 6750 (running at 3.2GHz) and Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066 and it rocks my freakin socks.

Cons: Runs a bit hot, my Intel board ran much cooler.

Overall Review: Excellent board for the money, OCs well and has been solid so far.

pretty good

AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition - Phenom X4 Quad-Core 2.5 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HD985ZXAGHBOX
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition - Phenom X4 Quad-Core 2.5 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HD985ZXAGHBOX

Pros: Runs fairly nice, runs hot though. Got good scores out of PC Mark Vantage and 3d Mark 06 (though not as high as my Q6600). At 235 USD its a good bang for the buck.

Cons: Wish I got a one of the magical 3.2GHz OC'able ones, I hear they are delivered by pixies instead of USP and they run on 125W of love.

Overall Review: Running the latest bios on my GA-MA790FX-DS5 (rev. F5) and it does not like to overclock all that much, it ran at 2.8GHz for about an hour and then crapped itself. 2.7GHz lasted almost a full run of PCMark Vantage before soiling itself. I am using a PC power & cooling 750W so there should be no problem at all with juice. Maybe I will have to liquid cool this bad boy.

good case

Sunbeam UFO ACUF-HUVB UV Blue Clear Acrylic ATX Cube Computer Case
Sunbeam UFO ACUF-HUVB UV Blue Clear Acrylic ATX Cube Computer Case

Pros: Looks amazing and super easy to mod.

Cons: Make sure you check the dimensions of the components you are intalling, you only have 11 inches of width to work with. My 3870 X2 didn't fit and I had to go back to my 8800GTS. Air circulation is also a problem, make sure you circulate air by your HDD and make sure you use fans that can move a good amount of air as the acrylic is not going to absorb any heat like a traditional aluminum or steel case would.

Overall Review: All in all a great case.