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Stephen L.

Stephen L.

Joined on 03/22/12

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Value

EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 015-P3-1480-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 015-P3-1480-KR

Pros: Fast, Powerful, Quiet and runs all my games at max settings on a 1680x1050 monitor(SWTOR, RAGE, WoW, Crysis 2, NBA2k12). The best value of any graphics card on the market if you purchase it for $210.

Cons: Runs hot, uses a 6-pin and 8-pin power connection.

Overall Review: Don't let the 90 degree max temp under load scare you. If you have a proper case this won't effect your other components. The card is meant to max out at 110 Celsius. I will be buying another for SLI, for sure, and possibly water cooling them to overclock to gtx 580 speeds.

EVERCOOL FAN-EC5020M12CA 50mm Case Cooling Fan
EVERCOOL FAN-EC5020M12CA 50mm Case Cooling Fan

Pros: Does what it is meant to do. Keeps my motherboard temps icy cold.

Cons: Doesn't fit the P67 Sabertooth motherboard without buying custom screws.

Overall Review: Didn't fit for what I intended to use it for, however I made it work with a little self modification.

Great Value

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR120GB
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR120GB

Pros: Runs at the advertised speeds of 550MB/s read and 515MB/s write which makes it an exceptional value at the current price point. Using it as my C: drive for running Windows 7 64 and a select few programs that I frequently use.

Cons: I was worried about it being poorly constructed because of the price. The only downside to this drive is because of the way it is designed it does tend to slow down when 80% full as compared to the more expensive drives that's performance continues at full capacity. That is not a con for me because 120gb hold my OS, music production software, select VSTs, and samples.

Overall Review: My worries have slowly faded over the past month of use. It has easily exceeded all my expectations, and then some. One of my favorite items on my new PC build. I highly recommend you purchase this item and go solid state speeds today. Do not makes this purchase for a gaming computer as you will only see fast load times during phases of the game that aren't critical.