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Mark G.

Mark G.

Joined on 10/23/05

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Most Favorable Review

Massive everything.

ABS Aplus ABS-CS-EL Diablo Black 0.8mm SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case
ABS Aplus ABS-CS-EL Diablo Black 0.8mm SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Massive case, massive fans, massive cooling, massive awesome looking... this case keeps everything running nice and cool, when idling everything in my case runs at 32 degrees C or lower aside from the GPU, which runs around 37 or 38.

Cons: the built in speed controllers on the side of the case do not work on mine, my fans are at full RPM all the time. Not really too upset though because they run pretty quietly.

Overall Review: Was a breeze to work inside of, plenty of room for whatever you want and cable management isn't much or a problem.

Reliable and Inexpensive

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996557
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996557

Pros: Runs without any problems, as fast as i expected, runs fairly cool. Came with a free copy of 3D Mark 08. Cheaper than similar memory and still a good name. Heat spreaders looks nice and seem to work well.

Cons: None.

Fast

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Windsor Dual-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2 125W Processor - ADX6000CZBOX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ - Athlon 64 X2 Windsor Dual-Core 3.0 GHz Socket AM2 125W Processor - ADX6000CZBOX

Pros: Fast, stable, cool, and quiet. What more could I possibly ask for. Price is very fair for what you get.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: This is an upgrade from an Athlon XP 3200+ What a difference.

Good Drive

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Quick read and write. SATA. Cool and quiet.

Cons: See Below.

Overall Review: Not a big problem but for some reason when i installed windows it only read the hard drive as 127GB, then I had to find the other half and format it so it would recognize it and now I have two partitions. I don't mind as long as I'm getting the storage I paid for I just thought it was weird.

Freeze

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm Ceramic CPU Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm Ceramic CPU Cooler

Pros: Keeps my Athlon X2 6000+ nice and cool, about 33 idle and 39-41 load.

Cons: Big. I don't care though, my RAM fits fine.

Overall Review: replaced the thermal compound with Arctic Silver 5

Great board

ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Very easy build with this board. On board sound is great, all my components worked perfectly. Asus software has a lot of useful tools on it.

Cons: No 1394 support, but I have never used it before so I doubt I will miss it. No SLI on this model, doesn't affect me but for those of you who want an SLI setup don't buy this board.

Overall Review: This was my first build and ASUS as made a fantastic first impression, will be buying from them in the future.