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Carl M.

Carl M.

Joined on 01/19/04

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Unbelievable job

ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I built a monster on this board: 4x500GB RAID5, E6600, 4GB RAM, 1 SATA DVD drive, 1 IDE DVD drive, 8600GT, 6600GT, and three monitors. No issues whatsoever, which is unbelievable for an initial release board. I'm speechless.

Cons: Haven't tried OC'ing yet, but I hear the board is awesome. The CPU power plug was pretty far from my lower-mounted Enermax PSU, all the way at the top of the board. Barely made it. Those SATA ports directed 90 degrees made SATA cable plugin more difficult rather than easier. But these are nitpicks.

Overall Review: I'll let you guys know if there's any problems long term, but this board for initial quality is a steroid-powered home run. Good price, high-end features, and the drivers all worked. Given the problems with P965 and the JMicron bolt-on IDEs that Mobos have had, this is amazing. Buy this board with confidence.

Works ... once I did a tape hack

WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB SATA 3.5-Inch Enterprise HDD  WUH721414ALE604
WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB SATA 3.5-Inch Enterprise HDD WUH721414ALE604

Overall Review: These seemed dead on arrival. But then I did a bunch of reading about some extended SATA protocol in DC drives that this model ALLEGEDLY did not have, you have to tape over two of the sata pins. Once I did that it worked. These have worked fine for about six months so far in a raid-1.

Bright, Crisp, Clear

Acer 24" TFT LCD WUXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP support 6ms (GTG) D-Sub, DVI-D AL2416Wd
Acer 24" TFT LCD WUXGA LCD Monitor with HDCP support 6ms (GTG) D-Sub, DVI-D AL2416Wd

Pros: I bought a refurb advertisted on this site, great price. Thing was flawless, no dead pixels, DVI/D-Sub/Power cables included. One of the reviews said it didn't have DVI, well, mine did. Very bright and crisp, I can barely look at my old CRTs anymore. Lusting for a second one. DVD playback was unstuttered, haven't noticed any response problems. Haven't tried any FPS games yet though...

Cons: I think the only con you can list is I don't think this massive monitor is rotatable. Big Deal.

Actually has 5 internal ides

Antec Solution SLK3800B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Rackmount Case 400W Power Supply
Antec Solution SLK3800B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Rackmount Case 400W Power Supply

Pros: should be quiet

Cons: I wish this had 6 internal bays

Overall Review: This will be my next box's case. The reviews and the pictures actually show a 5-drive internal ide cage, since the drives are normally mounted.