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Mark P.

Mark P.

Joined on 08/26/06

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Most Favorable Review

Nice little case

Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M
Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M

Pros: Sleek, small look.

Cons: Front LED is very bright. Power supply fan gets loud randomly. Power supply just died after 3.5 years, so I can finally buy a quieter one.

10/10/2013
Most Critical Review

Great, but optical out doesn't work on Linux

ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Thermal fan control built into the bios. Motherboard works great for linux, onboard 8200 works with VDPAU and envyng loaded the nvidia drivers with no problem

Cons: optical out doesn't work in Linux. It's recognized by Alsa, but can't get any sound out of it. Seems to be a common problem when searching on the internet. -2 stars

Plenty of power for my 3060 ti

GIGABYTE P650B GP-P650B 650 W Intel Form Factor ATX 12V v2.31 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Non-Modular Active PFC (>0.9 typical) PFC Power Supply
GIGABYTE P650B GP-P650B 650 W Intel Form Factor ATX 12V v2.31 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Non-Modular Active PFC (>0.9 typical) PFC Power Supply

Pros: Lots of PCIe and SATA connectors

Overall Review: Lots of power and very quiet.

12/25/2020

Nice, but it beeps

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING OC 8GB Video Card, GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING OC 8GB Video Card, GV-N306TGAMING OC-8GD

Pros: Good frame rate, runs cool.

Cons: It causes my computer to beep every time I turn it on. Not sure what's wrong!

Overall Review: Not really sure what all this ray tracing stuff is about, but the graphics look nice in Cyberpunk.

12/25/2020

OCZ always works for me

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8004GK
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8004GK

Pros: I've never had a bad module from OCZ. I've gotten other "good" brands, but occasionally they will have a bad module. Always use memtest to check your RAM -- I've had various random crashes and usually they're memory related. Stick with OCZ.

Cons: A little pricier than others, but well worth it.

good case, easy to use

Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M
Rosewill - Black & Silver, 0.8mm SGCC Steel Slim Micro ATX Computer Case with ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - R379-M

Pros: Pull out drive cage makes installing drives pretty easy. Front panel wires are nicely laid out and labeled. Didn't cut myself, always a plus! Has a vent right above the CPU to get good airflow in there.

Cons: Just a little too long for an htpc