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Matt S.

Matt S.

Joined on 11/29/01

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent! Yay AMD!

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.6 GHz Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - ADO5000DSWOF
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.6 GHz Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - ADO5000DSWOF

Pros: Unlocked multipliers are back... 3.1Ghz stable out of the box without even stressing the motherboard or memory. Made no changes to voltage, etc... only multiplier. Fantastic stuff here!

Cons: Remember to buy a fan! This does not come with one. I just got a standard CPU cooler. Nothing fancy. Does the job fine.

Great PSU - Bad mail-in rebate policy

OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500 W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500 W ATX12V / EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: This is a great power supply. Nice and heavy, good airflow, powers my beefy system quite well. No complaints at all about the hardware. It's great stuff so far.

Cons: Make sure you get the mail-in rebate to them as soon as you get the unit! They have a pitifully small time period to allow you to get it to them (I think I read 21 days), and you'll get a denial if you send beyond that. I had mine mailed less than a month later, but apparently after 21 days, and of course got denied. Very disappointed in the deadline for the mail-in rebate. I'd say don't even bother considering that this has one.

Not bad... I'll keep it.

ABIT AX78 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
ABIT AX78 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great bios options and board layout. Simple overclocking.

Cons: SB600 southbridge is aging, and not so great... Also made installing Windows XP slightly challenging without making a driver disk first.

Overall Review: Was rather disappointed in having to use a driver disk to install Windows, however after it was all said and done, I am very happy with performance for the price.