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Angeline G.

Angeline G.

Joined on 12/30/06

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Most Favorable Review

WOW!!!!

EVGA GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P2-N635-AR
EVGA GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 512-P2-N635-AR

Pros: WOW! The quality is amazing! I've never seen anything like it. Runs HL2, CoD2, and Star Trek Legacy (a very demanding game) on everything set to highest; antialiasing set to 8x and anisotropic filtering set to 16x and it's the most amazing game I've ever seen in person, even compared to an xbox 360, etc. I'll probably post some pics later.

Cons: It's not an 8800?

Overall Review: A must buy! Games are not going to utilize DX10 for a year or so, and this is the best card you can possibly get for your money at this point in time.

Most Critical Review

Excellent Card - Bad RMA Experience

EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: This card runs like a dream. W/ updated bios card doesn't get very hot on stock cooler either (45C idle, 71C load).

Cons: Nothing with the card itself.

Overall Review: I had owned a 7950 GT 512mb which I bought through Newegg, and it eventually died on me, while still covered under warranty. They didn't have the card, so they offered me this card which was excellent. However, despite the excellent customer service they have, the RMA took WAY too long, and I was without a computer for over 3 weeks because of this.

Still loving it!

PQI TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB
PQI TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB

Pros: Runs at stock 4-4-4-12 on 2.05v (setting the voltage lower with any sort of overclocked made the mobo fail to boot). Runs at 5-5-5-15 at extreme overclocks. Never had a problem with this memory at all.

Cons: I paid over $200 for this memory a year ago and now look at how much it costs! Just the nature of being a computer fanatic.

Overall Review: Be sure to manually set the timings and voltage, or otherwise it's going to default to 5-5-5-15, which means you're not getting the performance you paid for. The default voltage isn't sufficient for running the memory for long use.

12/27/2007

Was Happy but Upgrade Disappointed

BIOSTAR 945P-A7A (8.0) LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard
BIOSTAR 945P-A7A (8.0) LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This motherboard was amazing for the (almost) a year I owned. Excellent overclocking abilities. Ran a C2D E6400 at 3.1ghz with stock cooling with a voltage adjustment at 36C idle, 58C under load. Nice clean organization of where everything is at. Never had any problems with it failing to boot under standard operation.

Cons: This product would have been a 5 star review if it actually could use 4GB of memory. Because of the limitation of the 945 chipset, the bios will only read 3.25 GB out of 4GB, even on a 64x bit system.

Overall Review: At the moment, I'm trying to RMA it since I really needed the extra memory for my line of work. I highly recommend this product, but only if NewEgg would change the max memory to 3.25GB. I feel a bit deceived, especially since NewEgg usually is outstanding.

12/27/2007

*grrrrr*

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6400
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.13 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6400

Pros: This thing is awful. Slow and ineffective. Read Below.

Cons: Read below.

Overall Review: Who am I kidding? This is the best processor on the market. Seriously, it's just WOW. I'm running it w/ 2gb ram and a nvidia geforce 7950 and it's the most smooth computer and gaming experience I've ever seen. I'm already overclocking slight and that's always a plus. 25C and no more than 35C under load. A must buy!

Running with a 945P!

PQI TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB
PQI TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI25400-2GDB

Pros: Despite what others have said, it's running fine with my 945P chipset w/ a E6400 Core 2 Duo. However, if this changes I'll let you all be the first to know.

Cons: None atm.

Overall Review: I'm still weary from the reviews of this kit. However, so far it's a 5/5!