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Andrew S.

Andrew S.

Joined on 05/02/11

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Most Favorable Review

Great!!!

BIOSTAR A75MH FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR A75MH FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Threw the computer together and it fired right up. No issues besides the fact that I always put the power button leads in the wrong place. Didn't have to manually set the ram frequency.

Cons: None to report.

Overall Review: Paired it up with an A8-3850 and a 4gb chip of 1600 ram.

Most Critical Review

Ok while it lasted...

"KAZE Q" Fan Controller
"KAZE Q" Fan Controller

Pros: It kept my computer from being a jet engine 24/7 and looks good.

Cons: It got REALLY hot, too hot to touch and I think that's what doomed it.

Overall Review: This is the second one I have tried and I think I am going to try the sunbeam 3 channel one this time. 20w vs 30w

12/12/2011

Great little card

PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Video Card (UEFI Ready) AX5450 1GBK3-SHEV4
PowerColor Go! Green Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 CrossFireX Support Low Profile Video Card (UEFI Ready) AX5450 1GBK3-SHEV4

Pros: Low power consumption while offering better that integrated performance. Passively cooled so no noise while staying relatively cool.

Cons: ummmmm nope nothing.

Overall Review: Used three of them in identical workstations to replace the motherboard integrated graphics. Works perfectly fine with no troubles.

Great First FX!

AMD FX-4100 - FX-Series Zambezi Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD4100WMGUSBX
AMD FX-4100 - FX-Series Zambezi Quad-Core 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD4100WMGUSBX

Pros: The stock heat sink is more than adequate when running the CPU without an overclock. The temp. is in the low 30s It got a 7.3 on WEI with 1333mhz cas9 RAM. My Phenom x4 at 3.4ghz gets the same score but with 1600mhz cas7 RAM.

Cons: NO REGRETS!

Overall Review: Used 3 of them in some workstations I built for my Dad.

All Good

BIOSTAR A880GZ AM3+ AMD 880G + SB850 SATA 6Gb/s HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR A880GZ AM3+ AMD 880G + SB850 SATA 6Gb/s HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I ordered 3 of these for a few workstations that I built and all work pretty much without any major hiccups. I do believe this is the cheapest board with SATAIII and I needed that for an SSD.

Cons: You have to manually set the RAM speeds in the Bios and it's not an entirely straight forward process.

Overall Review: The builds consist of an AMD FX-4100, 4gb of 1333, cas9 ram, HD 5450 and a 120gb Chronos SSD

Great!

Pareema 4GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model MD313C81609L1
Pareema 4GB DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model MD313C81609L1

Pros: It's RAM. It usually either works or it doesn't, this RAM does work and very well.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I have used it in 3 different builds now.