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Lawrence C.

Lawrence C.

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Most Favorable Review

great price

Foxconn A88GM Deluxe AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Foxconn A88GM Deluxe AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: The motherboard is a very good deal... Very hard to find one under $100 with these features: SATA 6Gb/s (very hard to get this in a sub-$100 motherboard) Esata on back (required feature for me) Onboard video (Radeon 4250 is not for gaming for decent for HTPC since it supports UVD 2 acceleration for Blu-ray) (required feature) 4 DIMM slots (16 Gb max), supports 1600Mhz DDR3 memory (required feature) Micro-ATX size AM3 socket for X6 CPU's. (required feature) Very large number (12) of USB ports (6 on back + 6 on motherboard headers) but these are not USB 3.0. gigabit LAN (required feature) 16 GByte RAM required a beta BIOS from Foxconn. I had to submit a problem ticket for that. 4/8/12Gb works fine but not 16Gb without the beta BIOS.

Cons: No cons

Most Critical Review

Only 3 screws fit

COOLER MASTER STF-B01-E1-GP Cross Flow Fan for CM-Stacker
COOLER MASTER STF-B01-E1-GP Cross Flow Fan for CM-Stacker

Comments: The fan comes with 4 screws, but only 3 will fit. The last is blocked by the black shroud in the CM Stacker's case.

great

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T - Phenom II X6 Thuban 6-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 125W Desktop Processor - HDT75TFBGRBOX
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T - Phenom II X6 Thuban 6-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM3 125W Desktop Processor - HDT75TFBGRBOX

Pros: great cpu for a great price. Intel 6-core cost 3x the price and only got 7% better performance according to IntelBurnTest.

Cons: No cons.

More problem

LOGISYS Computer CS206BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer SOHO Case 480W Power Supply
LOGISYS Computer CS206BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer SOHO Case 480W Power Supply

Pros: Pros

Cons: Adding one more con: the audio header is mis-wired and the front headphone/mic jacks can't be used. Taking another egg off for that. -2 eggs for bad 80mm fan (cost me $5.99 which is 20% of the cost of the case) -1 egg for bad audio jacks on front

Cheap case works fine

LOGISYS Computer CS206BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer SOHO Case 480W Power Supply
LOGISYS Computer CS206BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer SOHO Case 480W Power Supply

Pros: Low cost. power supply included

Cons: 80mm case fan was DOA.

Overall Review: Not much else to say. It is budget case and it is budget quality.

DOA twice

G.SKILL Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX
G.SKILL Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX

Pros: No pros, not functional. replacement was bad too.

Cons: First time, failed memtest86+ with 443 errors in 22 hours. RMA back to newegg. Replacement arrived within 1 week. Newegg rocks. Problem is replacement also memtest with 2 errors in 25 hours.

Overall Review: Ran with BIOS at default values except RAM timings adjusted to match G.Skill spec 2-3-2-5 2.6V. Relaxing the timings to 3-3-3-8 and upping the voltage to 2.7V (within G.Skill spec) did not help. Definitely defective.

10/20/2007