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Brian S.

Brian S.

Joined on 06/13/11

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Most Favorable Review

GTX 670 FTW LE

EVGA 02G-P4-2676-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW LE 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-2676-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW LE 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: -Plays BF3 on Ultra, 4xMSAA, HBAO, 1920 X 1080 @ 55-60 FPS (64 Player maps, Armored Kill maps also) -About 10 Deg C cooler than my OC GTX 460 2 GB under load (Now 60 Deg C) -Fan is very quiet, I can't even hear it during games (1:1 Temp to Fan Speed Ratio) -

Cons: -Pricetag -HUGE, but it still fits in my Antec 300. You will have to move your hard drive if its across from the PCI Slot -Still has a little trouble with Crysis Warhead on full settings, specifically when there is fire.

Overall Review: Very happy with this card so far. It performs much better than my 460 by a huge amount. I don't know what fan noise other people were talking about in other reviews, as mine is silent all the way up to 100% (except the noise from air movement). My Setup: i7 2600K @3.4 GHz ASUS P8Z68 Motherboard (PCI 2.0) EVGA GTX 670 FTW LE Corsair 650W Power Supply (1-yr old) Antec 300 Case w/ stock fans Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 12 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600 MHz

Most Critical Review

Perfect... Except...

Logitech G110 LED Backlighting Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G110 LED Backlighting Gaming Keyboard

Pros: *Keys have great feel to them, require a little force to push *Volume Control is nice, a little slow though *Great looking keyboard *Quiet keys

Cons: * Back lighting is the worst I've ever seen. You cannot tell that its on when there is any light around, including the light from the monitor. *Some keys only partially backlit.

Overall Review: Read mixed reviews on Newegg and was hoping to just get a lower-priced backlit gaming keyboard... so I bought this, and I regret it already. I just got it today. The backlighting was the main reason for the upgrade other than the fact that I was using a 10-yr old Dell keyboard up until now, and it is terrible.

Great

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 02G-P3-1386-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 02G-P3-1386-KR

Pros: Price, 2 GB, EVGA. Can run Battlfield BC2 on highest settings, Crysis, Portal, etc. on the full settings. Temp gets to be around 55 C for full load. Software included for overclocking is very easy to use, but have not really had to do much overclocking. Quiet fan.

Cons: A little big, but fits in a mid-tower just fine.

FANTASTIC

Intel Core i7-2600 - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600
Intel Core i7-2600 - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600

Pros: Can handle anything I throw at it, runs @ about 25 C idle, around 53 C after heavy load for an hour

Cons: Heat sink isn't the best design in the world, initially would not stay attached to motherboard almost causing overheating. Easily fixed however.

Overall Review: Very fast, but seems overpriced. The 2500k i5 might be a better option.