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tyler y.

tyler y.

Joined on 07/31/03

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Most Favorable Review

Nice

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders

Pros: Its Windows 7. Better than Vista.

Cons: I can not make it look like XP like I could with Vista.

Overall Review: CPU: Core i7-920 @ 3.8Ghz (19x200) HSF: Swiftech H20-220 - Apogee GTZ Waterblock MB: Asus P6T x58 3-way SLI RAM: 6GB (2GBx3) OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 VID: ATI HD4850 HD: 250GB Western Digital - 500GB Western Digital OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit PSU: Corsair HX650 modular

Most Critical Review

Great waterblock....but

Swiftech Apogee GTZ Ci7 Extreme Duty CPU Water-block for Intel Core i7 processors
Swiftech Apogee GTZ Ci7 Extreme Duty CPU Water-block for Intel Core i7 processors

Pros: Nice water block. Core i7-920 @ 3.8ghz(200x19) 33 idle 70 full load(30min prime95 torture test). I hope to get my temps down a little more as I found my tube of Arctic Silver and I plan on putting some on there instead of the cheap stuff that came with the water block. Just waiting for my new screws to come so I can replace the 1 or 2 stripped ones.(see below)

Cons: Horrible Design. I installed the block a couple times as I cut and fit my tubing and the screws stripped. I emailed Swiftech and within a couple days had some replacement screws in the mail.

Overall Review: CPU: Core i7-920 @ 3.8Ghz (19x200) HSF: Swiftech H20-220 - Apogee GTZ Waterblock MB: Asus P6T x58 3-way SLI RAM: 6GB (2GBx3) OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 VID: ATI HD4850 HD: 250GB Western Digital - 500GB Western Digital OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit PSU: Corsair HX650 modular

Excellent adapter

NETGEAR WN311B-100NAS N300 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates
NETGEAR WN311B-100NAS N300 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: Awesome adapter. I have only a G router but my G adapter was over 5 years old and where I was in my house I had low signal strength and constant drops. Games very unplayable. This was a very easy install as Win7 recognized it immediately and I was up and running with this new card in 3 minutes flat. Now I have 4-5(good-excellent) bars signal strength where I had 1 bar(poor) or less before.

Cons: Light gray colored antenna doesn't mesh well with my all black computer setup but I will manage. Card was slightly cheaper at the Big Box store or I would have gotten it from Newegg.

Overall Review: If you need a better adapter because an older one is not up to par. Get this and you will not be disappointed. It is backwards compatible and works with G routers perfectly.

went bad

LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50
LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50

Pros: had installed it in a new build at the start of February. Did not come with the ad-ware people reportedly had. Installed Windows 7 w/o a problem and reportedly burned a copy of a game disc successfully and i at that point gave a 5 egg review.

Cons: after using a couple times and noticing a very high rpm sound (note a buzz saw) and having difficulty installing from the CD i had copied(2+hours after a couple of tries) i decided to send it back.

Overall Review: seemed to work OK for a few days or so but would not recommend. LG has made some very good electronics but not this one. I ended up getting a Lite-On from the big yellow smiley store after sending this one back for an RMA. Newegg gets an extra star for their RMA process. Simple as can be.

update after a week of use

LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50
LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50

Pros: nice paper weight

Cons: After installing windows with this drive....and apparently having a couple burned dvds come out ok....it started to give me cyclic redundancy errors reading the dvds it burned and was spinning up so fast it sounded like a buzz saw. and it would cycle....loud to not spinning and would sit there and do this. disc1 of CODMW2 took 2 hours to install. went and bought a different drive from the big store with the yellow smiley face and it works great.

Overall Review: newegg allows me to send it back which is nice. but is the restocking fee necessary? it doesn't work.

Works great

ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Works great, stable. Paired with an i7 920 @ 3.8ghz. The last boards I have bought were either Abit or Asus and I have yet to have a problem with any of them. I will not trust expensive hardware with a cheap budget board.

Cons: Bios and overclocking functions are a bit confusing after coming from a c2q setup but a couple Google searches later and I am up and running.

Overall Review: CPU: Core i7-920 @ 3.8Ghz (19x200) HSF: Swiftech H20-220 - Apogee GTZ Waterblock MB: Asus P6T x58 RAM: 6GB (2GBx3) OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 VID: ATI HD4850 HD: 250GB Western Digital - 500GB Western Digital OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit PSU: Corsair HX650 modular