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Jason R.

Jason R.

Joined on 02/04/05

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Awesome speakers

Polk Audio Monitor60 Series II Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black) Single
Polk Audio Monitor60 Series II Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black) Single

Pros: For the money these things sound great. I have them paired up with a CS1 center channel and some old onkyo bookshelve's as surrounds all powered off a ~10yr old Denon reciever (which sounds like new on these higher quality speakers). My sub is a little weak so I am running the Monitor60's as "large" with the "+mains" sub setting on for some extra oomph on the low end. They handle it without breaking a sweat. They definately sound a little better following a few weeks of break in.

Cons: As some other people have noted the grills on both speakers were cracked when they arrived.

Overall Review: Be sure to register them on the Polk site. Polk replaced my broken grills for free because Newegg is an Authorized retailer of this product. Much easier than shipping the entire speaker back to Newegg for replacement.

11/29/2011

Awesome for 2500k

XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler LGA1150 Haswell Compatible
XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler LGA1150 Haswell Compatible

Pros: i5-2500K, 4.5ghz, fixed voltage at 1.2v. I have had this installed for ~3 weeks now. In prime95 it temps top out at about 60c which is every bit as good as my Zalman CNPS 9700 did, and with a lot less noise. Temps are a bit higher when im stressing the video cards as well, but the difference is only 2-4 degrees. Installation is very easy, far easier than the Hyper 212+.

Cons: The rubber clips can be a pain to pull through the screw holes on the fan, but if they didnt fit tightly they wouldnt do their job, so I am not sure if this is really a con.

Overall Review: Fits mounted for cross or vertical airflow on my P8P67 pro without interfering with more than the first memory slot. I have Corsair Vengeance memory with the tall heatspreaders.

Great on P8P67 Pro

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Pros: Currently running on my new SB setup, 2500K and P8P67 Pro. It booted up with the XMP profile with no problems (9-9-9-24-2T). I manually changed it to 1T, and so far its flawless with no change in volts.

Cons: It is a bit tall. It might not fit under all heatsinks, but its not a problem for me at the moment.

Very pleased vs old 8800GTX

XFX Radeon HD 5830 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-583X-ZNFV
XFX Radeon HD 5830 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-583X-ZNFV

Pros: I am very pleased with this card so far. I play a lot of WoW and was able to increase my viewing distance several notches and move shadows up a notch and still gain a few FPS. My limitation now is my aging Q6600 G0 cpu @ 3.0ghz. I have only used the 1.4 catalyst drivers so far, but thats because they seem to be stable. If it aint broke. Temps are good in my CM690 case with a side mounted 120mm fan blowing directly onto the card. I have not noticed any increase in CPU or motherboard tempurature even though this card does not exaust hot air out the rear of the case like the GTX did. I attribute this to the 5830s much lower idle and load temps. XFXs cooler is undetectably quiet in comparison to my CNPS9700 cpu cooler.

Cons: My only problem so far has been some shadow flickering in WoW. I have had no crashes so I believe this is driver/game related. The flickering is not listed as a fixed item as of catalyst 10.6 which is part of why I have not updated yet.

Overall Review: It was nice to get a free copy of AVP with this but the download from steam takes a while. After the price comes down some I intend to purchase a second and crossfire them (yeah I know WoW doesnt really benefit from sli/crossfire but thats just the game of the moment).

Good Price, Good Performance, Good Memory

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK

Pros: Booted on my DS3 @ 5-5-5-15 1.8v with no problems. I am currently running 900mhz 4-4-4-12 2.1v, 5 hours memtest stable. I am very happy with the overclockability of this memory and that it booted right up on the DS3 below its rated voltage. I would recommend to anyone interested in a low-moderate OC or just for a simple stock operation.

Cons: So far none.