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Tony M.

Tony M.

Joined on 01/17/10

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Most Favorable Review

Bad boy

ASUS Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7770-2GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card HD7770-2GD5

Pros: 2 fans...2Gb memory...free game coupons! This is a great mid-level Graphics card. Skyrim set itself to High and so did BF3. Better than the HIS 7770 for same money. I love ASUS software with it.

Cons: none so far...staying nice and cool.

11/17/2012
Most Critical Review

never written a bad review

COOLMAX NW-650B 650W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Ready / CrossFire Ready and Compatible with Core i3/i5/i7 Power Supply
COOLMAX NW-650B 650W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Ready / CrossFire Ready and Compatible with Core i3/i5/i7 Power Supply

Pros: can't really call it doing what it should a pro

Cons: no complaints about the psu itself. it's doing what it should. my issue is the rebate company coolmax uses is ridiculous! it was the most blatant "we're trying to make this difficult" rebate I've ever filed for. They all make stupid rules to keep from having to pay but coolmax needs to get rid of these guys. I may never buy another coolmax case or psu until I know I won't have to jump through so many moronic hoops for $20

10/23/2014

Looks awesome but???

COUGAR Orange Challenger Black Steel ATX Computer Case with 12cm COUGAR TURBINE HYPER-SPIN Bearing Silent Fans and 20cm LED Fan
COUGAR Orange Challenger Black Steel ATX Computer Case with 12cm COUGAR TURBINE HYPER-SPIN Bearing Silent Fans and 20cm LED Fan

Pros: great looking...roomy...room for more fans...nice cable management...hard drive hot swap is cool

Cons: a bit pricey......should have at least one more fan for price.....no option with front USB 3.0 cable for motherboard with no blue 20 pin header.....not sure why it has room like 10 hard drives lol but no egg off for that

one huge problem

BIOSTAR TA970 Ver. 5.3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
BIOSTAR TA970 Ver. 5.3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: I've used at least 10 of these boards and have had no quality or performance issues. However, There is very little to not enough room between PCIe slots to run the newer video cards in crossfire.

Cons: All tthe new cases have front USB 3.0 20 pin blue connectors and this board has NO header. I didn't take off an egg for it but I'd sure like to see it added.

10/31/2014

Eh1

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL

Pros: Love the look. Good heat spreaders. Sounds cool. Works

Cons: 12Gb didn't make any difference over 8Gb in WEI (7.4 for both)? Also didn't seem to make a difference playing Watchdogs or BF3

10/17/2014

looks awesome

RAIDMAX Cobra ATX-502WTIU Titanium / Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
RAIDMAX Cobra ATX-502WTIU Titanium / Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: lots of room for everything decent design and looks great

Cons: only two fans. be sure you get a MOBO with 20 pin USB 3.0 support header for the front USB