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Eric J.

Eric J.

Joined on 06/24/11

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good buy

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100311-3L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100311-3L

Pros: much quieter at idle then expected plays WoT 45-70 max setting (only game i play)

Cons: loud as expected under load

Overall Review: arctic cooler makes it inaudible all the time i'm rockin state of the art 2011 w/ phenom 955 power company will love me this summer 7870 was on sale july 4th only $5 more (darn it)

Most Critical Review

RMA

Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 - 620W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Bronze Certification and Modular Cables
Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 - 620W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Bronze Certification and Modular Cables

Pros: and it did work

Cons: Too Loud

Overall Review: quieter psu's out there for much less

vewy vewy quite

SPARKLE 85+ Green 700 R-SPI700ACH5B 700 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply
SPARKLE 85+ Green 700 R-SPI700ACH5B 700 W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: vewy vewy quite 67 bucks on sale

Cons: My Scythe heatssink and case fans are too loud now. My perfectly good HHD will have to be replaced with a SSD.

Overall Review: Everyone wants gold or settles on bronze for the budget This is the sweet spot. I wasted almost as much as this cost doing RMA's on 3 high priced psu's the tech blog's raved about being silent before finding this one.

620c

Antec NeoECO C NeoECO 620C 620W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Antec NeoECO C NeoECO 620C 620W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: Cheap at 35$ when bought with promo code and rebate Ample power for most single gpu applications. Quite while web surfing, ms office ect...

Cons: Unbearably LOUD while gaming, Louder than any graphics card or other fans in pc by far. Not worth even $35 if you want to hear yourself think.

Overall Review: My pc only consumes 350-370w while gaming. (phenom 955 and radeon 6770)) and it's LOUD This will be on auction site soon if you want it really cheap.

12/24/2012

Very Good

LOGISYS Computer BETA 400 ST AC4400BT 92mm Hydro Bearing AMD CPU Cooler
LOGISYS Computer BETA 400 ST AC4400BT 92mm Hydro Bearing AMD CPU Cooler

Pros: Keeps my Phenom 955 95w version cool and quite, 48°C gaming, 34°C surfing.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I initially had purchased the 2 pipe ST200 also rated at 95w which did do the job. It ran hotter then the oem heatsink. Don't buy that one. The Logisys website and the packaging rate the 400 ST at 125w, I'm not sure about that based on my experience from the 200 ST. I almost dropped another $100 for a new psu thinking the screaming fan noise under stress was coming from it but it was the oem heatsink. My gpu budget just went up $100.