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Jonathan P.

Jonathan P.

Joined on 09/12/04

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Most Favorable Review

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GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It's an awesome board really. Lots of features.

Cons: Alright this is the reason I'm writing a reveiw today. If you're tearing your hair out because your computer randomly crashes and you keep getting random errors/blue screens this is the post for you. I was getting freezes even while editing the BIOS and I found out why after a ton of research. The solution is simple. IN THE BIOS, DISABLE THE FOLLOWING IF YOU GET CRASHES: CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) CPU EIST Function THEY ARE UNDER THE ADVANCED SETTINGS. I really hope this is useful to someone, it messed me up for a long time and if I had known this I could have saved hours upon hours of memory tests, cpu tests, etc.

Overall Review: Just wish those two options were disabled by default. 4/5 eggs ebcause of the problems, still a really nice board, but it dropped an egg because of this issue.

Most Critical Review

doesnt work for XBMC vista

AVS Gear GP-IR02BK Vista 2 channel IR Remote Control
AVS Gear GP-IR02BK Vista 2 channel IR Remote Control

Pros: It does work with MCE....

Cons: Does NOT work with vista x64 running XBMC. I was really hoping it would, but i gave up and bought a DiNovo Mini.

Good

ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 970 4GB DDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-90103-10P
ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 970 4GB DDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card ZT-90103-10P

Pros: Great card - bought it when all others were sold out.

Cons: Slight coil whine once in a while. I took a gamble and was hoping this card wouldn't have it, but with my (currently open) case I can hear it.

Great!

PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7
PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7

Pros: Silent. This is the first 'name brand' PSU I've ever owned. I decided to not use one that came with the case when I built my uber machine last year, and I have no regrets. This PSU is awesome.

Cons: It doesn't make toast in the morning.

Awesome drives

Patriot Xporter XT Boost 4GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) PEF4GUSB
Patriot Xporter XT Boost 4GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) PEF4GUSB

Pros: EXTREMELY FAST! They weren't lying. The last drive I had was like snail mail compared to this. Comes with a rubber case holder which feels nice.

Cons: The plastic it comes in requires scissors to remove. Or a lot of biting. Plan on having scissors close by, you might cut your mouth.

Great stuff

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G

Pros: This stuff is great- do NOT make a computer without buying a tube of this. I always remove the old thermal paste that comes stock with some fans with a paper towel and put this stuff on. It, in my opinion, is the best thermal paste you can buy. Its cheap too!

Cons: It's inexpensive. Oh wait. That isn't a bad thing.

Overall Review: They should just put this stuff stock on heat sinks and not use the junk they do.