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James R.

James R.

Joined on 06/30/05

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Most Favorable Review

Total Eye Candy

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100280OCSR
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100280OCSR

Pros: Fantastic video card for all your gaming enjoyment. Sapphire is the first and currently only manufacture with a BIOS upgrade to unlock the fan and gets the overclocking software working. I easily set this up to 850/1200 1.162v with no problem. I also mapped the fan speeds with MSI_Afterburner to keep it nice and cool.

Cons: Not many games support Directx11 - yet...

Overall Review: NewEgg rocks! I have been a happy customer for well over a decade. [email protected] CPU EVGA X58 E760 Classified Motherboard Sapphire HD5970 GPU OCZ 12GB 2x(3x2GB) SDRAM DDR3 PC1600 OCZ3X1600R2LV6GK Cooler Master HAF 932 Case Prolimatech Megahelms CPU Cooler Push/Pull w/ Yates Fans Arctic Silver 5 2 - Western Digital 500GB HDD Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD RW Lite-On Blu-Ray Player Corsair CMPSU-1000HX 1000W Power Supply SteelSeries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse ASUS VW266H Black 25.5" 2ms LCD Monitor Win7 64-bit Professional

12/13/2009
Most Critical Review

It's Ok

Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card
Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card

Pros: Great gaming sound from the card outputs.

Cons: I/O Drive sound quality is not nearly as good as directly from sound card. Cables to connect to the I/O Drive to the sound card are poorly made. The connectors easily broke off the main cable when I disconnected it. And I disconnected it carefully. Haven't been able to find a replacement or schematic to resolder it.

5 Bad Drives

Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Raptors still work, but not these. Cons:

Cons: Looks like WD is going the way Seagate did many years ago. Five of these drives on two separate computers died within a year. Pretty bad when mirrored drives go out before one can be replaced. Disappointed.

Overall Review: Western Digital used to produce reliable products. Time to move on.

Good Fan

MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan
MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: The best airflow/low noise ratio. Did a lot of research to select this fan. Have bought over 20 of these and am very satisfied.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Have also wired several of these in series on custom fan controlled watercooled systems.

Great gaming mouse

Logitech G500 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse
Logitech G500 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse

Pros: Great mouse with lots of usable features. I like the sensitivity adjustments for optimum gaming and non-gaming use or for other family members who can't handle high speed mousing and prefer a slower setting. Button macros makes gaming reaction faster and more fun. I also like the weights and higher quality cable.

Cons: None

Love 'em

Audio-Technica Audiophile ATH-AD700 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Circumaural Open-Air Dynamic Headphone
Audio-Technica Audiophile ATH-AD700 3.5mm/ 6.3mm Connector Circumaural Open-Air Dynamic Headphone

Pros: Clear and crisp fantastic sound. Very comfortable to wear for long listening.

Cons: Fit can be a little loose.

Overall Review: The Open-Air design allows sound to be heard by others nearby. Works great for gaming too. Just us an external mike instead of buying low-fidelity gaming headsets.