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Philip S.

Philip S.

Joined on 03/05/05

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This thing is unreal, Best

Nippon Labs Premium 18" (1.5 ft.) SATA II Cable with locking latch for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive 1.5ft Model SATA-L0.5-R 1.5 feet
Nippon Labs Premium 18" (1.5 ft.) SATA II Cable with locking latch for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive 1.5ft Model SATA-L0.5-R 1.5 feet

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

Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920
Intel Core i7-920 - Core i7 Bloomfield Quad-Core 2.66 GHz LGA 1366 130W Processor - BX80601920

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

Intel X25-M Mainstream 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSA2MH160G2R5
Intel X25-M Mainstream 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSA2MH160G2R5

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

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100280OCSR
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100280OCSR

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

APC P11VT3 8 Feet 11 Outlets 3020 Joules Performance SurgeArrest 11 Outlets with Tel2 / Splitter and Coax Jacks
APC P11VT3 8 Feet 11 Outlets 3020 Joules Performance SurgeArrest 11 Outlets with Tel2 / Splitter and Coax Jacks

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

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2
COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel 1366/1155/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2

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