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JAMES M.

JAMES M.

Joined on 12/09/05

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Most Favorable Review

Best card ever!

XFX GeForce 6800XT 256MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card PVT42KUDE3
XFX GeForce 6800XT 256MB GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Graphics Card PVT42KUDE3

Pros: May not be the best card made right now, but for older systems like mine this is the best bang for the buck on AGP PERIOD. Was a bit skeptical about going with XFX because i havent bought from them, but installation went without a hitch idles at 48* F Overall performance was not a dramatic increase over the 6600gt, as far as FPS goes, but image quality was a huge improvement.

Cons: none yet.. it is a bit larger than my 6600gt but not a problem.

Overall Review: comes with a pdf on overclocking, tho i dont care for that. My cd had 4 free games included :o) My fav games: Nascar Racing 2003 FPS 159 in D3D in testing and rFactor 59 FPS in testing with everything on max in both games

Most Critical Review

Junk

WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD10EZEX

Pros: 1tb...

Cons: Took several attempts to install windows 7, numerous random errors after getting it up and running. Has gotten worse over the last 3 months, and this week it would not boot correctly. Took drive out to try a new one and noticed the printed circuits on the bottom of the drive had all disintegrated. There were obvious holes where the gold had flaked away and disappeared. The part surrounded by a white outline labelled J2 has almost NO gold in it as pictured. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize this drive is dead. Lucky me I am out of warranty here so I will be sending this junk back to WD.

Overall Review: If a company can not even make a printed circuit board in this day and age I am done with them!

Great monitor

Hanns-G 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HW-191DPB
Hanns-G 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HW-191DPB

Pros: Just bought 2 more of these for a TripleHead2Go setup, and have owned one for over a year. Great response time with 0 ghosting. Uber bright out of the box, had to tone it down a little, but not a bad thing.

Cons: out of the 2 i ordered this go round, one had a single dead pixel. It is indeed dead, and not stuck. Since i am using 3 of these i just put it off to one side so the dead pixel is more in my peripheral vision.

Overall Review: Even with the dead pixel, i still wouldnt hesitate to reccomend this monitor. Just unbelievable that as long as LCD's have been available that they havent perfected the art yet.

best bang for the buck

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 896-P3-1260-AR
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 896-P3-1260-AR

Pros: Unbelievable performance gain over my EVGA 8600 GTS! Getting 550fps in testing session in rFactor, and about 50fps with a full field 16x AA in Arca Sim Racing. All at 1440x900. Couldn't be more impressed!

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: This thing is a monstrosity. It is a good foot long and takes up 2 slots in the back of the case. I had to cut part of my hdd rack out to leave room so it wouldnt vibrate, and move my hdd's where my a: should be (but i dont have one). If you are using a standard atx case and more than 2 internal hdd's expect problems fitting this beast in there. Forget about SLi with this thing unless you can rig your hdd's up to the cd rom area

simply unimagineable!!!!!!

Hanns-G 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HW-191DPB
Hanns-G 19" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WXGA+ LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D HW-191DPB

Pros: absolutely amazing picture quality for the price. I have been shopping for a flat panel for about a year and was told never to buy online b/c you cant see the image quality up close....well i took a chance and it paid off big time. thoroughly impressed!!!!!!

Cons: as other mentioned the controls are at a weird location, the base can be a bit wobbley and the DVI hookup is too close to the stand...unless you have small fingers. none of these cons would make me consider not buying another tho.

Overall Review: NO DEAD PIXELS!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!! Cables are plenty long enough....like another person said not diggin the white dvi cable tho... i give it a 99% A+ aside from the cons listed above....at this price for this picture quality you CAN NOT go wrong!!!!!!!

11/15/2006

great so far...

Mushkin Enhanced 550200 550 W ATX12V SLI Ready Modular Power Supply
Mushkin Enhanced 550200 550 W ATX12V SLI Ready Modular Power Supply

Pros: bought this to replace a year old allied brand and well...all i can say is stay away from any psu under $50...unless it is a higher priced item on sale here ;o) I have had NO problems with this PSU

Cons: i was going for no LED's but this one has a nice green glow so im not complaining at all

Overall Review: this thing is massive!!!!! remember it is modular and all the cables are neatly bound together and sheathed. would highly reccomend!!!!

11/13/2006