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BJ B.

BJ B.

Joined on 09/16/07

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ASUS Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH6850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH6850 DirectCU/2DIS/1GD5

Pros: I feel it was an upgrade to my 4870,same size,quieter,cooler.The power plug on the side (instead of on the back of the card) made the connection really simple,and faster. Newegg is always a plus.

Cons: As mentioned before the Drivers,I didn't receive a disk in the box,just the cross fire bridge,power adapter,DVI to VGA adapter plug.I don't think it was worth losing an egg. I already had the latest ATI drivers,which weren't compatible with 6000 series.So I had to roll back my drivers.I'm not using the Beta driver just recently released.

12/19/2010

Close to what I expected

AeroCool Shark 120mm Blue Edition Case cooler
AeroCool Shark 120mm Blue Edition Case cooler

Pros: It's bright,lots of air movement,and not a lot of noise.I love the Anti vibration screws that came with it,as it's hard to get a screw driver on the screws for the intake fan in my case,without taking out the hard drive.

Cons: None, pretty happy with the purchase

Overall Review: Not enough of a problem to be considered a con, or take an egg away.I'm running it in power mode, statistically it pushes about 10 CFM's more than the fan it's replacing,with 3db's less sound.It's actually louder to me,but a different type of sound.It SHHH's more than hums in my Raidmax Smilodon case compared to my old after market case fan it's replacing.

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

Pros: Fast,Great for the price through Newegg,and Newegg's fast shipping.I bought 2 sets

Cons: I was concerned about the "Ripjaws" spreader hieght clearing my cpu fan cooler,It just barely touches. Minor con,I had to install,uninstall them a couple of times to get Windows 64 bit Ultimate to get all 16gb "usable" other than 7.99gb. They are golden now.

11/24/2010

Good for the money

Acer H233Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 40000:1 (ACM) Built in Speakers
Acer H233Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 40000:1 (ACM) Built in Speakers

Pros: Widescreen,Size,clear,no dead pixals,Full HD.moving up from my 19" LCD,it'sbout the same hieght,so it fit nicely on my desk.It's still taking awhile to get used to the widescreen doing Photoshop,illustrator,and other 3d problems.

Cons: Some older games,it's a pain to have to reset the monitor for non widescreen mode,It also seems to take awhile for the " touch buttons" to light up,and the monitor to "boot up" I'm already to my windows screen login screen by the time I get a picture...

Overall Review: I'm happy I got it for the price.(around $200) Which is what I paid for my 19" non widescreen 2 years ago.I think it's worth every penny.