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Michael S.

Michael S.

Joined on 01/21/02

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Most Favorable Review

Best AMD Chip Ever!

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Processor - HDZ940XCGIBOX

Pros: Runs amazingly cool for mhz. +.025V Core = 3600MHZ @ 240 X 15 on a Gigabyte 790GP=DS4H. Linpack stable Had a 9950 and there is no comparison in heat output. At 3600mhz this thing runs 10C cooler than my 9950 at 3000mhz with the same cooler, (Zalman 9700). After a week or so will push the multi to see where to top is.

Cons: AMD will get end up getting little credit for such and awesome clocking processor.

Overall Review: Intel who?

Most Critical Review

Doesn't Work

PowerColor Radeon HD 3450 512MB DDR2 AGP 8X Graphics Card AG3450 512MD2-V2
PowerColor Radeon HD 3450 512MB DDR2 AGP 8X Graphics Card AG3450 512MD2-V2

Pros: Price and potential

Cons: Drivers/Won't Work

Overall Review: I'm having the same problem as the guy below. Desktop seems to work fine but fire up anything that uses 3D/DirectX and the card freezes after about 5 minutes regardless of game or load. I will try contacting Powercolor to see if there is a secret to getting this thing to work. It's not really worth returning at this point but I will if I have to.

Good Card for Physx

ECS GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card NGT430C-1GQR-F
ECS GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card NGT430C-1GQR-F

Pros: Cheap, Cool, Low Watts

Cons: 5850 + GT430 (Hybrid Physx) Works awesome, downclocks to 50/135 when not in use so very low heat and power usage. Really the ideal solution if you want to mess around with physx on the cheap and not overheat your system.

Nice board / Nice Chipset

BIOSTAR A740G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR A740G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: What a nice little board, scores 5900 on 3dmark01 with a single core LE1600. Amazing chipset AMD has here!

Cons: The ongoing SATA issues with regards to having to run in Native IDE Mode

Overall Review: Would definitely buy another

HD3870 running sweet now!

ARCTIC COOLING Accelero S1 Rev.2 VGA Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Accelero S1 Rev.2 VGA Cooler

Pros: Does everything it says and more. Never get's over 75C after hours of Crysis. That is with a case temp of 104+ and an 80F room. Idles at just a degree or two over the case temp.

Cons: None at all

Overall Review: Second Arctic Cooling VGA cooler and will continue to buy and recommend.

As advertised, Nice Processor

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.6 GHz Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - ADO5000DSWOF
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.6 GHz Socket AM2 65W Black Edition Processor - ADO5000DSWOF

Pros: Does 3ghz no sweat

Cons: For some reason cool n quiet doesn't work. It worked with my other processor on the same board but doesn't with this chip. Any ideas?

Overall Review: If AMD had 4mb+ cache on these things I bet they would keep up with the other guy.