Joined on 03/05/05
This thing is unreal, Best
Pros: This is a magic cable, its incredible, I can't even describe how great it is
Cons: its perfect
New egg gave me a d0 step
Pros: Can't compare to any other new tech. It runs great though, feels like a solid computer. New egg gave me a good 920.
Cons: If your an anti-overclocker then get the better chips. The way they are shipping d0 stepping the chips are the same quality as the 500+ dollar i7's. Intel has provided an amazing overclocker but if you dont overclock then its a con, liken this to being full throttle on the banks of daytona because you can't take the restricter plate off from bristol.
Overall Review: Overclockers will buy it regardless to get into the 4Ghz club, though that is easy if you get a good one. For the normal consumer I think buying this chip is just a safe bet that your going to have a decent rig for a while.
Night and Day
Pros: Every so often products make advancements that make it fun to look back. I am speaking about SSD in general. Intel from a brief amount of reading is one of the top drives for the money.
Cons: finite endurance on flash tech
Overall Review: reroute your cache files! Don't download to it. Decide what is the bottle neck and if you believe its your HDD then write it to the SSD. i don't recommend putting downloads, library materials(media). The real problem I ran into was antivirus ripping the ssd a new one. I installed 7 with the user directory and programdata to a raptor, I just can't stand watching my drive write non stop. Open for recommendations.
warning this isnt a noob card
Pros: Performance and Subsequent Unlocked Potential after the drivers evolve
Cons: Drivers are slow to age....
Overall Review: Touchy to old drivers, just do a fresh install. Driver cleaner programs didn't work. Fan has to be manually controlled, the auto throttle is so reserved. The card makes my room so hot its really a pain (no joke). Even at idle the air coming out the back of the card is as hot as a car heater. Its big so you may need a new case. Its unnecessary unless your going high res or multi monitor. I personally have it on one monitor but in my case I just felt like wasting 600 bucks, which was a significant portion of my savings.
Good product
Pros: cool swivel cord, good looking piece, name you can trust
Cons: shipping was kinda a rip
Overall Review: You can fit alot of junk into the holes
Big
Pros: Big, cools, looks wicked, impresses everyone, makes it seam like your computer has a set of huge. easy to assemble. Its huge.
Cons: need a second person to assist in assembly, fits like junk, ruins the evga vreg cooler airflow, kinda sucks, wish it was a water cooler. Almost gets in the way of the ram, gets in the way of the ram fan. Blocks air circulation.
Overall Review: alot of the numbers people post don't seam very accurate, for instance I used speed fan for a while and it told my my cores sat at 26-27 c but thats bull because other programs claim they sit at 39 c, anyway I have put my cpu to 4 ghz and ran a little prime 95 and it was able to keep it around 82 c for what its worth