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David C.

David C.

Joined on 06/22/08

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new build

EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GA, 80 Plus Gold 550W, Fully Modular, Eco Mode, 10 Year Warranty, Includes Power ON Self Tester, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-GA-0550-X1
EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GA, 80 Plus Gold 550W, Fully Modular, Eco Mode, 10 Year Warranty, Includes Power ON Self Tester, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-GA-0550-X1

Overall Review: Used this in a recent build. Everything went together painlessly. Nice modular supply. A few more watts then what I needed but the price was right and so was the warranty.

New Build

GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Overall Review: Used this in a recent build. Went together painlessly and is working well.

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard

Pros: Very good instructions and easy to follow. Hadn't really considered any overclocking but with the info that comes with the board I just might experiment some. After my initial problem things have been real good.

Cons: Only glitch I had and maybe it was something I missed in the BIOS set up. I have 3 hard drives, a DVD-burner and a USB multi-card reader. When I loaded XP it assigned my 4 slot card reader as C,D,E,F drives and then my DVD was G drive and my HD for my OS an H drive. OK I had the DVD and the HD plugged into the wrong SATA slots but why the card reader was assigned C D E and F I don't know. I started all over and reloaded XP with just my OS Hard drive and DVD plugged in. Sure enough they became my C and D drives respectivley which is what I wanted. Then I plugged everything else in and re-booted .....they were assigned E,F and so on. I can't blame the motherboard or the OS as I figure it was me who created the mistake to begin with.

Staying with XP for now

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit for System Builders
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit for System Builders

Pros: So far so good. Easy install. I wanted to get this before it disappears and all there is is Vista. Its been very stable so far.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I plan on doing some HD video editting with this new build and have read everything I can possibly find on line about Operating systems. Although some people are having luck with Vista in General most seem to stick with XP for now.