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David F.

David F.

Joined on 12/02/09

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Most Favorable Review

Cheap and stable.

ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I wanted a board that could OC well, and did not have tons of features that I would never use, and don't want to pay for. This is it. Running an i5-3570K @ 4.5Ghz all of the time, played around at 4.8 for benchmarking and this was rock solid.

Cons: None.

Most Critical Review

Removed GTX 470, looks like I'm putting another one back in!

MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N570GTX-M2D12D5
MSI GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card N570GTX-M2D12D5

Pros: Cheapest 570 on here, working so far. No funky graphics or artifacts. Faster than my 470.

Cons: Well, I ordered what I THOUGHT was a reference model GTX 570. What I got was a GTX 470 PCB and cooler, with a 570 GPU and RAM. I did some google searching, found out this has happened to a few other people as well. At this point, I am going to email for a return, or an exchange for a model closer to what I planned on getting. I am afraid to try overclocking at this point, who knows if it can handle it... I guess I don't like putting 75% of the same card back into my computer for over $300.

Overall Review: I will update if anything changes, for now I am posting this so others think twice before making this purchace.

Great in Crossfire!

PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7950 3GBD5-2DHV5E
PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX7950 3GBD5-2DHV5E

Pros: Nice price, free games, decent aftermarket cooling.

Cons: Prices jumped in the last couple of weeks, but that's not an issue with the card.

Overall Review: Works great in Crossfire with my 7970, solid build, nice cooler, does exactly what I was hoping for and expected.

Excellent CPU for the money

Intel Core i5-3570K - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I53570K
Intel Core i5-3570K - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I53570K

Pros: Runs fairly cool with my H50, overclocking is stupidly easy. Sitting at 4.5Ghz right now, I have run some benchmarks at 4.8Ghz without trouble as well. I am a gamer, so the HT offered by the i7 was not something I would use, saved some money!

Cons: I never installed it, but the stock heatsink looks fairly poor.

DOA, it might work great... if it works.

Wine Enthusiast 495 10 50 Electric Blue Push-Button Corkscrew Silver
Wine Enthusiast 495 10 50 Electric Blue Push-Button Corkscrew Silver

Pros: It looks nice.

Cons: Well, it was DOA, I never got to use it. I sent an RMA request, and called a few times, never got the return packaging. Now I have contacted them, and they said it was past the return point. It's a lovely paperweight.

Cool and quite, destroys games!

EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Full PCB, higher than 680 clocks, runs cool. I have a custom fan curve and I can barely hear it until the fan spins up past 80%, the temps run in the high 50s low 60s. This thing rips into every game I play without any trouble at 1080p. I came from a GTX 570. Running a Phenom X6 @ 3.5Ghz.

Cons: None.