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Trevor S.

Trevor S.

Joined on 03/11/08

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Most Favorable Review

Asus HD3650 - :)

ASUS Radeon HD 3650 512MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card AH3650 SILENT/HTDI/512M
ASUS Radeon HD 3650 512MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card AH3650 SILENT/HTDI/512M

Pros: Great Card, installed into xp without a problem, driver cd made installation a snap. Card runs slower than normal stats due to an AGP 4x slot, still runs a clocked 722 mhz on gpu, 495 mhz on memory, 15.8 gb/s bandwidth, and sits stable at 52 degrees idling (hot but not for an air cooled card). Heatsink works like displayed, copper line transfers to aluminum fins and then to the v-shaped cooling vents... alot of heat in one area but not enough to degrade the performance.

Cons: None So Far... slightly taller than I wanted and fits tightly into my case but its an older flat desktop case so everything is a tight fit lol

Overall Review: Kinda ghetto, but placed 8" circular fan (lol) to blow onto the card and it dropped the temp to 38 degrees stable during game play, tested good medium-high settings on Oblivion and Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30, both tested higher than 50 fps in heavy combat. Definately a good buy!!!

Superb (minus 1)

Cooler Master JetFlo 120 - POM Bearing 120mm High Performance Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators (Black)
Cooler Master JetFlo 120 - POM Bearing 120mm High Performance Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators (Black)

Pros: SPEED! These things are the definition of BEAST MODE! They move a crazy amount of air and work perfectly for radiators. Keeps all the air moving and heat out of my HAF XB LEDs in the center radiate a good glow (I bought 2 black for the front, 3 blue for inside lighting) All run together at the same speed and flow for a great balance with a nice color. Lots of compliments on them.

Cons: LOUD ... for fans... on max. You can use resistor harnesses (included) to slow them down to quiet them, but you lose the awesome speed and flow. Truthfully unless your head is right by them, you won't notice once any audio starts up, but no lie, they are loud. But if you are set on performance, there are few fans that can perform as well, none for the price of these.

Overall Review: Just outside of my 1 year marker 1 of 5 (not bad statistically) starts ticking. Narrowed it down to my front black JetFlo. Bearing are going out, not even close to 160,000 hours, but it is what it is. I plan to buy another after the holiday to replace it, 4 out of 5 still running strong keeps me happy and the case still stays cold even with 1 down, but I can't give a full 5 eggs seeing that I have to replace one so soon. Still a great buy and well worth the money for the performance, just sad that it failed after the warranty went out. Just my luck lol

12/23/2014