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Chung C.

Chung C.

Joined on 11/21/08

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Most Favorable Review

First time getting Sapphire. So far so good

SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100373L
SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100373L

Pros: 1:Fast! It runs all of my games 60+fps with ultra-high setting 1400x900. 2:Quiet. I cannot hear the fans from this card. Sapphire really did a good job the cooling solution. 3:Runs cool. 28C-34C on idle and 60C with full load with my Corsair 750D case. The temperature is various depending on the case or room temperature. My old NZXT case which has bad airflow still manage to keep this card only 2-3C higher. 4: Cheap. I bought this for $180 after rebate. This is way cheaper than Nvidia card with the same performance.

Cons: Don't have much to complain, maybe the case material. It is made out of plastic, but I guess most of the fan/case is plastic so it isn't really a con.

Overall Review: Overall, this is a superb product with good price and performance. People always complain about AMD card regarding their quality. I don't have any problem so far. I had a 4870 from HIS and it is still running fine. This is the second card from AMD and first time trying Sapphire. So far so good. Highly recommend people to buy this.

Most Critical Review

not as good as expected

ZALMAN Ultra Quiet Notebook Cooler ZM-NC1000 Black
ZALMAN Ultra Quiet Notebook Cooler ZM-NC1000 Black

Pros: the air is cool , did cool down my laptop surface, also did drop few temperature if you are not gaming

Cons: seriously not for gaming , did not cool down my hp 12inches laptop . runs 74'C when playing cs:s and only fan is is blowing out cool air. another one broke after the first week i dunno why.

Overall Review: Wish the product is more useful , maybe i am just out of luck. but i have to say what i have experienced.

Great looking memory and works well

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

Pros: Great looking memory Bought it for my new gaming AMD rig. matches the color of my motherboard. Somewhat cheap. I spent 53 dollars on this.

Cons: Really nothing. Works really well.

Overall Review: For around 50 dollars, I can't really complain much. It does its job. Great simple looking.

Great Processor for $120!

AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX
AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX

Pros: For 120 dollars, I cannot complain more. This processor runs everything fine (including most of the games I play). This is the first time I bought AMD processor and so far I am happy about it.

Cons: Few cons I wanted to point out: 1: This processor does get hot when I am gaming. 32C on idle and 76C when gaming. My room temperature is not hot and i opened the side panel of my case (based on stock cooler). Highly recommend to get a aftermarket cooler like cooler master 212 EVO. 2: It draws 125Watt which is higher than Intel Chip. AMD needs to improve the efficiency on their chips.

Overall Review: I hope AMD will continue their FX line in the future. For people who does not have a high budget to build a gaming pc, this is definitely a good choice to pick up.

Does the job to cool my cpu but not outstanding

Rosewill RCX-Z90-AL - 92mm Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Rosewill RCX-Z90-AL - 92mm Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Pros: Cool down my Q6600 to 40c and 50c with full load. The price is cheap , somewhat worth it recommend to people who is on budget

Cons: I expect this cooler to drop my q6600 to 35C but it didn't. It looks the same to my oem intel cooler, or even smaller.

11/23/2009