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Christopher S.

Christopher S.

Joined on 02/06/09

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Amazing!

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GV-N670WF2-2GD
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GV-N670WF2-2GD

Pros: Small in size big in heart, replaced a 6950HD with unlocked shaders and OC'd to 6970 clocks speeds and the difference in performance is strikingly huge. The card idles at 40c and barely reaches 65c on load.

Cons: Nothing negative yet to say about this card. Downloaded the official drivers from the nvidia website and it has worked flawlessly since.

Overall Review: I've played BF3, Sleeping Dogs, Borderlands 2, Batman AC, and Skyrim. This card can max out all settings (Msaa has to lowered to normal instead of extreme in sleeping dogs) and play at 1080p@60fps CONSTANT. What really surprised me was being able to turn PhsyX on in Borderlands 2 and Batman AC (have to balance with tesselation) on top of maxing out the rest of the settings. The OCd 6950HD with a dedicated 8600gt physx card and a Phenom II x4 955be (my old comp now my younger brother's) cannot keep up with the same settings. Matched this GPU with an i5 3570k.. no OCing at all with factory cooling and storing them in a Rosewill BLACKHAWK case, with six 120mm fans and two 140mm's, keeps everything very cool. I plan on grabbing an aftermarket cpu cooler but too be honest the stock cooler is doing a good job, never go above 75c on full load, pretty good considering the i5 has a TJMax of 105c. This GPU is more than enough, no need to pay an extra 100 for a 680 since I already play on MAX.

Improved my gaming!

Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse
Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse

Pros: Custom LED lighting, included weights in 4 grams and 7 grams, a swap-out textured grip, braided cable, included software allows for deep customization, dual scroll wheel mode, BUTTERY SMOOTH!

Cons: I have owned this for about 6 months and I haven't found a con yet.

Overall Review: This mouse has improved all forms of gaming for me. Granted this is my first gaming mouse so the improvement over the previous would be huge. Gaming profiles can be setup via the software and is automatically swapped to the specific profile when the game/program's .exe is detected. You can also change sensitivity on the fly via the + and - buttons on the top of the mouse, very handy, especially in BF3 when going from sniping to piloting an aircraft. It feels very well constructed in the hand.

Works as stated

Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997057
Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997057

Pros: 7-7-7-24-1T @1600mhz 1.65v Plugged them in, set timings and voltage in bios, and wallah! American Company. You can underclock and tighten timings or losen timings and overclock chip frequency but I after running a couple of benchmarks I found 7-7-7-24-1T @1600 to be the best performance setup. Which btw is very fast.

Cons: None so far, had the ram for about two weeks now.

Overall Review: I upgraded from a set of 2x2GB of Mushkin Blackline ram. I notice faster loading times within applications and gamings, and just an overall quicker responsivness of my PC. Next step is an SSD.