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Aaron H.

Aaron H.

Joined on 07/06/08

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Most Favorable Review

Works well!

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -8 USB ports -small board -easy to install

Cons: -no firewire

Overall Review: I really like this motherboard. Installation went very easy. Eight USB ports are more than enough for me, my last motherboard had half that. I would have given this card 5 stars if it had FireWire. Another PCI-E slot would have been nice, but I don't really need it. This is a very good motherboard for the price, and does everything I need it to! My only issue was MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YOUR BIOS FIRST THING if you plan on using a Radeon HD 4800 series (possibly others). My board shipped with BIOS F3, and windows would bluescreen and reboot every time I tried to boot it. Installed BIOS F6 and now it works fine. Other parts are: Thermaltake 600w PSU, 2gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer ddr2 1066, 500GB Seagate Barracuda, Asus Radeon HD 4850, Intel e7200, Pioneer DVD/CD burner. Everything works great!!

Most Critical Review

Good card...bad service

EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Good card (when it works)

Cons: cooler self-destructed, newegg wouldn't replace

Overall Review: I have two of these cards. One is fine, but the cooler self-distructed within a minute on the other one. Fan spun up ridiculously loud then and 3 fan blades broke off. RMA'd, but Newegg refused to repair, replace, or refund and just sent me the card back.

Quick drive, good price.

Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DVR-215DBK
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DVR-215DBK

Pros: This is a very quick drive, at the "Loading files..." screen at the beginning of the vista install, this drive loaded said files at twice the speed of my IDE DVD drive. Windows saw this drive no problem. Very fast reading and writing!

Cons: None at all!

Overall Review: This is a very good drive at an equally good price. I recommend this drive for any new build.

Good case, very quiet!

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: This case runs very quietly. Audible, but very quiet. Screw-less design made installation very quick! Only thing you need screws for are the motherboard. Blue LEDs look awesome.

Cons: Some of the little plastic clips that are used for keeping PCI cards in popped out and I can't seem to get them back in. No big deal though, using a screw is still a possibility. I wish the rear fan had LEDs like the side one does. I plan to replace the rear fan with one that has blue LEDs and move the black one from the back to the front.

Overall Review: Runs quiet, not to expensive, looks great! I'm really happy with this case.

Price/Performance win!!

ASUS Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH4850/HTDI/512M
ASUS Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card EAH4850/HTDI/512M

Pros: VERY fast card for the price! Runs Oblivion on all the highest settings with 8x Anti-Aliasing. This card is VERY fast, and at a very good price!

Cons: It runs a bit warm sometimes, but with ASUS Smart Doctor it's not too bad. Took a while to get drivers to work with Vista 64-bit, but this wasn't the card's problem, it was due to my Gigabyte motherboard having an old BIOS installed.

Overall Review: I can't recommend this card enough! Very fast card at a good price!! You won't go wrong with this card!