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Matthew R.

Matthew R.

Joined on 01/26/06

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Most Favorable Review

6 months later....

ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5Q-E LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Super stable, easy to overclock. Takes four G Skill 2Gb sticks of memory without hickups like some other boards. Copper cooling is highly effective at dissipating heat; board runs cool. All components on board work well with Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64 without any driver issues. Onboard sound is decent. CPU socket is uncluttered and able to hold a Zalman 9500 cooler which lines up perfectly with the exhaust fan; CPU heat goes right out the back of the case.

Cons: A PCI slot is blocked when using larger video card(s) It doesn't run Core i7.

Overall Review: I've been running an e8400 at 4.0ghz since first install and have never had a problem with this board. It is my belief that the copper cooling makes this board worth the little bit of extra $$$ over other boards where this board runs cool 24/7.

Most Critical Review

Watch out

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS

Pros: It's black and matches my case.

Cons: Only drive that has failed me. Its only 1 year 7 months old and dead. I have drives that are 3+ years old that still work this one is useless.

Overall Review: Wish it worked more than 7 months past warranty.

Amazing 1080P Performance

MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card GTX 1650 Super Ventus XS OC
MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card GTX 1650 Super Ventus XS OC

Pros: Price, Performance, low power requirements, and overclockability. This SUPER card is far superior to the standard GTX 1650.

Cons: None

Overall Review: This GPU has breathed new life into my 4ghz overclocked i5- 4670K system. I replaced a GTX 760. It's like night and a day. I don't play a lot of modern games, but I play extensive Star Trek Online, Battlefield 4, and Minecraft. This card plays minecraft at 1080P with shaders enabled and 4X AA and I get 120 FPS consistently. Paired with my CPU, this GPU gets a 4685 3D Mark Score. I averaged around 2700 with my GTX 760. If your an average PC gamer who has a huge catalog of older games you want to max out settings at 1080P, this is the card to get. It's worth every penny.

More than I expected

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready  Video Card (11202-05-20G)
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card (11202-05-20G)

Pros: 7.4 for both Windows Experience Index. Seriously outperforms my other PC With GeForce 9800GT in Star Trek Online, Age of Empires III, Age of Empires Online, Sims 3. Also blows it away in Open GL performance in Sketchup 3D modeling. This card is much more powerful than I expected and it didn't require a power supply upgrade in tandem. It also runs cool under full load. Having been using onboard HDMI with no fan, I don't notice an increase in noise. The onboard HDMI works for me and I have no problems. It also runs cool under full load. I couldn't be happier.

Cons: The cooler could be smaller thus the card could get away with just a single slot. At 850mhz I don't plan on overclocking so I can't imagine this thing generating any heat.

Overall Review: This card brought new life into an aging system. Athlon 64 X2 4800+ @ 2.75ghz on an Asus M2A-VM. This PCI-E 3.0 card works great in this boards old 1.0 slot until I upgrade those components.

12/12/2012

ugh oh

Rosewill - Black, Ultra High Gloss Finished Micro ATX Computer Case with 400W ATX 2.2 12V Power Supply - R363-M-BK
Rosewill - Black, Ultra High Gloss Finished Micro ATX Computer Case with 400W ATX 2.2 12V Power Supply - R363-M-BK

Pros: All the holes were drilled in the right place. I'm not that happy with this case.

Cons: 5.25" drive slides around; very unstable, can only screw in 1 hard drive, there is space for another drive but no way to secure it. The side is warped and doesn't fit properly. The front drive cover second down came broken so only 1 side stays in....

Overall Review: This case is for a HTPC inside a entertainment center and will run unseen so I'll stick with it. Hopefully Rosewill's awesome customer service will provide me with a working drive cover.....? Hint hint hint.

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5

Pros: I have Corsair ram in 3 of my 5 PC's. Runs nice and cool i don't even think they need a heat spreader.

Cons: none

Overall Review: This ram will crash an Asus M2A-VM HDMI if set to run at 800mhz. Somehow it only works at 667. Tried on Asus P5B and P5Q and works fine just a word to the wise for owners of a M2A-VM HDMI.