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Dusty D.

Dusty D.

Joined on 08/07/05

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Most Favorable Review

Simply Beautiful.

32" 720p LCD HDTV
32" 720p LCD HDTV

Pros: The picture is beautiful. I use this with my computer running DVI-HDMI and my Xbox360 through component and both look great. Playing games on my PC is awesome. People walk into my somewhat small bedroom and their first reaction is "Wow..." First for the appearance of it all and then they realize that it is my computer screen.

Cons: I am slightly concerned about a little issue I am having, I haven't contacted the company yet as I am not that worried. After the first 4 days I had to start turning the TV on once, then off and then back on in order for the back-light to come on. I am fairly sure that its the back light not coming on at first because I can very faintly see the Olevia "boot" logo but the screen stays black.

Overall Review: If you are going to use this with your PC spending the extra few dollars on a DVI-HDMI cable is well worth it, I purchased both through Newegg and have no regrets whatsoever.

12/27/2006
Most Critical Review

PSU

POWMAX CP0327PL-4 Window Black/ Silver SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply
POWMAX CP0327PL-4 Window Black/ Silver SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply

Pros: The case looks good with the lights that came with it, and it looks alright in general. It kind of looks a little bulky but it is fairly light and very easy to carry around with the handle.

Cons: The PSU runs as stated in earlier reviews very hot for the time I had it. I built it for two customers for their kids for christmas presents and just within the last two weeks both PSUs had died out. When tested were dead, and fans were no longer operating. Was lucky though because it was just the PSU that went and none of the other components.

Overall Review: Case looks good and all, but the only thing is that it had me kind of worried when both customers came in, I was hoping that I wasnt going to get blamed for screwing them over. I just ended up swapping out the PSU's and putting new ones in for only the price of the new PSU's.

Absolutely Great

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F1-3200USU2-2GBHS
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F1-3200USU2-2GBHS

Pros: These sticks perform great, and look great. They are overclockable, even though im not going to do that yet, and are fast.

Cons: None really, other than the fact the memory doesnt detect as it should, which is why so many people have issues.

Overall Review: If you are having issues with this memory check your BIOS settings and make sure it was detected correctly and running at a voltage of 2.5 and at 2.5-3-3-6 as when first detected is normally at some other setting. The heatsinks seem durable and had no problem with them at all. Blue LEDS, blue uv cathodes, blue heat sinks, looks great.

Great Bang For your Buck

3D Fuzion GeForce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 3DFR76256GSE
3D Fuzion GeForce 7600GS 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 3DFR76256GSE

Pros: They are powerful and can run games very nicely and smoothly, F.E.A.R. looks very good.

Cons: Mine seem to be running a little bit hot, either that or my system just detects them that way when in SLI enhanced mode they run around 120F and that causes the warning if enabled to go off in my nTune. Only come with composite out cables and I dont have an HDTV.

Overall Review: Just something that i overlooked is the fact that SLI Enhancement cannot be enabled if you want to run multiple monitors, you have to disable it and then reboot. Nothing big just something tedious. Cards do not require power directly from power supply like other PCI-E cards. With two running together they look pretty good. AMD 4800+ with 2x1gb G.Skill RAM. I like... I like.

Very Nice

Foxconn NF4SK8AA-8KRS 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Foxconn NF4SK8AA-8KRS 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: It looks good it does the job and its great for a cheap SLI setup. I like the fact that there is an Optical output for sound, and that there is also a full 6 audio ports as well instead of some motherboards who just have 3.

Cons: Although its minor the card to switch from SLI and normal is a little tedious when compared to BIOS options.

Overall Review: AMD 4800+, 2x1Gb G.Skill memory, 2 3D Fuzion Geforce 7600gs, in an aspire case. It looks, and performs very good.

Great looking case

APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-BK/420W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply
APEVIA X-Dreamer ATXB3KLW-BK/420W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX 420W power supply for AMD/Intel Power Supply

Pros: This case looks great, it is simply wonderful to look at. Yes only one fan lights up but they are both UV reactive, which i should be receiving my uv cathodes soon. The two fans are fine, they move air.

Cons: Nothing major. The whole issue with the audio jacks is annoying but i didnt plan on using them in the first place.

Overall Review: The finish on this case makes it look amazing but it is also very revealing, handprints, dust, anything will show easily, keep it cleaned and it will keep looking good.