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Nancy B.

Nancy B.

Joined on 05/26/07

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100215L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100215L

Pros: Runs crysis on high / very high settings at 30-17FPS, easy to overclock, very efficient. It also run very cool, only 50 degrees at idle and 68 at load.

Cons: Catalyst. It must be manually configured to allow CRT monitor to function at high resolution in vista x64. When i did get frustrated enough to remove it and replace it with Riva. I noticed a 5% increase in performance.

Overall Review: Nice alternative to 8800GT at Nvidia standard clockspeed. This card puts ATi back in the running. It's not better, but it's a step in the right direction away for the HD 2900XT disaster. It also destroys my old 8800GTS 320mb, which i spent $30 more for last year.

12/14/2007
Most Critical Review

Great, sorta...

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: Well, it worked well at first, very fast. IT also use to be stable.

Cons: After 2 weeks of use it just quit, started freezing and than would not pass Prime95 anymore. tested Motherboard memory, even PSU.

Overall Review: Don't not buy this on my account, i suspose i just got a defective one. It dose happen. I'll re post after i get my replacemant.

Very Strong

hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
hec Zephyr MX 750 750W Peak Output ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Very powerful, this PSU is quite effective. Capable of easily running 2 8800GTX's (O.C.) and a phenom 9950 (O.C. 3.1 Ghz).

Cons: None, except that the finish on this seems to be a magnet for fingerprints.

Overall Review: Very good choice, worth every penny.

Kool

EVGA GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card 128-A8-N303-L2
EVGA GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card 128-A8-N303-L2

Pros: Well, it keeps on working 2 plus years after i bought it. So quality with this card is a non issue, the AGP bus for older systems. Runs Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries maxed no problem.

Cons: N/A for what it is, a fine card.

Overall Review: Just a friendly reminder, this card can handle Directx 8 apps. handily, and some REALLY OLD DX9 stuff. Do not expect this to handle anything more complex than TF2 on Low settings at 640x480. Furthermore if you need dual monitors and on a AGP bus I'm sure that a Geforce 6000 series will destroy this card in 3d rendering (which isn't saying much).

Very Nice

Creative FATAL1TY 3.5mm gold-plated Connector Circumaural Gaming Headset
Creative FATAL1TY 3.5mm gold-plated Connector Circumaural Gaming Headset

Pros: Fits well, is very robust, especially at bass frequencies. Microphone and bad work excellent for LAN Parties.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Best gaming/multimedia headset you can get.

Very Good

HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2LLK2/4GR
HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2LLK2/4GR

Pros: Very easy to install, runs very well, posted at 800Mhz. The head spreader is more efficient than i expected.

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: Very good value, highly recommended.