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Ken J.

Ken J.

Joined on 12/18/04

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Most Favorable Review

Real nice board

DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Very good layout. Stable. Hi-tech power section. Better suited for water cooling than ASUS. Serious overclocker.

Cons: Dont install Nvidia network access manager. wrong BIOS temp readings.

Overall Review: Make sure you have a good PSU. Change setting for correct PCIE 16 slot in BIOS. Use Core Temp for CPU temp reading. I have it running on 4 other systems & it is withen 1 degree of Speedfan on all. Using 2 sticks G.Skill F2-6400PHU-HZ RAM. 2.1v in Orange slots. works excelent. Scythe SCNJ 1100P cooler, Scythe 120 bay cooler & 120 in rear all line up & I'm running at 31 idle & 37 full load. No issues with this cooler on this board, no problem with RAM access. I have no fans plugged into board. All running from fan controller. Save your board by doing this. QUIET. Still playing with all the BIOS settings on this board. WOW. XFX 7900GS Extreme, Athlon 3500. Saving up for Opteron 1218.

Most Critical Review

DVI-D not DVI

GIGABYTE GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card GV-N52128DS
GIGABYTE GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card GV-N52128DS

Pros: Easy install, No driver issues. Fine card for avarage gaming. Passive cooling for low noise. NEWEGG got this to my door a day early!

Cons: Has VGA, RCA, & DVI-D. DVI-D not DVI. Would not work with two of my monitor.

Overall Review: If you foresee having to buy an additional adaptor to connect your monitor, you may be able to upgrade to a faster card for the same amount of money. I could have. My fault for not reasearching enough.

Microsoft Windows XP Home Sp2b 1pk
Microsoft Windows XP Home Sp2b 1pk

Pros: It's XP.

Cons: It's XP. Price.

Overall Review: Arrived on time. Came with Vista upgrade discount. I'll wait awile for driver/software support & let em work on the bugs befere installing Vista.

Works good, Looks good

Scythe KAMA BAY SCKB-1000BK Black Case Cooling Fan
Scythe KAMA BAY SCKB-1000BK Black Case Cooling Fan

Pros: Works good. Looks good. Good materials. Housing & grill are metal. not plastic.

Cons: You will have to unscrew housing from case & unscrew Fan from housing to clean filter. Small screws may be a pain for some.

Overall Review: Lines up perfect with Scyrh SCNJ 1100P & rear fan in my case for killer air cooling. DFI Lanparty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G Athlon 3500+ G.SKILL F2-6400 PHU2-2GBHZ Antec NEO480, XFX 7900GS Extreme 2X WD SE16 250GB, SB X-Fi Gamer Enermax case, XP Home.

Sound OK

Cyber Acoustics CA3001WB 14 Watts 2.1 Speakers
Cyber Acoustics CA3001WB 14 Watts 2.1 Speakers

Pros: Price. Sound. They work.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Bought for Wife to use at work. She is happy. She says they sound good & she likes the blue light.

Very Good

G.SKILL 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400PHU1-1GBHZ
G.SKILL 1GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400PHU1-1GBHZ

Pros: Worls greate with DFI LanParty 590. Greate O.C. Stable.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Black matches my DFI board, XFX 7900GS Extreme, S.B. X-FI. LOL