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Thomas W.

Thomas W.

Joined on 08/27/07

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Most Favorable Review

Great card

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card GV-R485ZL-512H
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card GV-R485ZL-512H

Pros: Great board, eats through Crysis Warhead, The Witcher, Bioshock and Fallout 3 like butter, this thing pairs perfectly with my Phenom X4 9950 BE, temps are very cool and I even have it overclocked to 700MHZ and it's still running cool.

Cons: None

Overall Review: It certainly was nice being able to spend under 200 dollars to get such great performance, my last gaming rig I had a 6800 Ultra that cost me 450 dollars... The 4800 Series from AMD/ATI is fantastic!

12/11/2008

Perfect Monitor!!!!!

ASUS VK246H Black 24" HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1 ) Built-in Speakers  w/ 1.3m Pixel Webcam
ASUS VK246H Black 24" HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1 ) Built-in Speakers w/ 1.3m Pixel Webcam

Pros: Perfect for General usage, Gaming, Blu Ray movies! Incredible picture and quality......

Cons: None

Overall Review: Asus monitor performance and picture quality is impressive! I Sold my 1 year old 22 inch Samsung to get this because of the full 1080P and HDMI and I could not be happier.

Great Case and PS

Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: Great case and Power supply, my specs are AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE, Radeon 4850, 4 gigs of DDR 2 1066, 2 HDD's and an extra 120mm intake fan. The case is very large and well built, the PS runs all of my hardware with no problem.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Make sure and purchase an additional 120mm fan, this case comes with a rear 120 but doesn't come with an intake fan, but it has a mount for a 120 intake which is very easy to install. An additional intake fan only runs about 10 dollars, with both fans case air flow is great, especially while gaming.

12/11/2008

Great price, great performace

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Installed Vists 64 on new build, very quiet and very quick, great bang for the buck.

Cons: None

Overall Review: If you have a 3.0 GB per second MB make sure and take the jumper off the pins per the HD diagram, If the jumper is left on the HD only operates at 1.5.... It's on the diagram and a very easy process...

12/11/2008

Great Ram

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK

Pros: Was easily detected by my motherboard as 1066, very fast and very stable.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great ram at a great price.

12/11/2008

Great board!

ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Best board in it's price range, I have this paired with a Phenom X4 9950 BE and this thing just chews through games. Why pay all of the extra money if you aren't gonna run 2 Video cards, I have an Radeon 4850 and it's all that a budget gamer needs. This system is rock solid running Vista 64, typical Asus quality.

Cons: None

Overall Review: This is my first Micro ATX board and i'm actually loving it, I always hated spending bucketloads of money for extra features that I've never used, this board has all essential extras and a ton of ports. Typical Asus quality and rock solid stability.

12/11/2008