Joined on 09/08/05
Ok but...

Pros: This is a good solid motherboard with great sound. It has all the newer features a modern motherboard should have such as usb3.0 and 6Gb/s sata and hdmi. However I have not had much luck with overclocking with this motherboard.
Cons: The overclocking features are there in the BIOS, however I can not get them to work correctly. I have disabled the throttling features such as powernow and C6 state. I can get a stable 4.3ghz overclock with the A10-5800k but under full load it will still throttle to 14x multiplier. It will also throttle with stock clocks. You would not notice this unless you have cpu-z running while running prime95. I do not believe this to be an overheating issue as temp monitoring software says max temp under load is 39c.
Overall Review: I really don't know for sure if its the motherboard or processor that is causing the throttling issue. Anyone else have this problem? Alos if someone else with a A10-5800k could run CPU-z and prime 95 with stock clock speeds to see if it still throttles that would be great.
Its OK

Pros: It worked for what i wanted it to do.
Cons: Not a real gamer
Overall Review: I have owned many video cards and if I had to compare performance to another card i owned I would say its about like a 9600pro.
Its all that I expected

Pros: I was on the fence about buying this card, I didn't know if I should go with a 4gb card or a faster GPU. I asked around and 99% of people said go with a faster GPU. Most said you won't use 4gb of vram at 1080p gaming. That may be true for some games but not modded Skyrim. I have observed skyrim eat almost all 4gb of vram at 1080p with heavy AA settings. I bought this card for skyrim and coming from a gtx560 1gb card its like night and day. The gtx560 was fast enough for skyrim but with 1gb there was some lag when paging files in and out of vram. With this card there is no more loading lag and games are very smooth. I have managed to overclock this card to boost at 1306 mhz and the memory to 3802mhz with no problems. Im sure it could go higher with a modded bios but until I need a few more fps I will just leave it alone. I am no pro at overclocking, although my first overclock was on a Intel Pentium 75mhz clocked to 100mhz, so I have some experience with it. I can say that I was impressed with the memory OC and saw a notable improvement in frame rate when heavy AA was in use. This is a nice card if you need the 4gb for hi res textures. IF you want to play a stock game at 1080p then go with a faster gpu you wont need 4gb, but if you play skyrim modded then this card is where its at.
Cons: The only complaint I have is the way this thing overclocks. What was wrong with the simple overclocking where you set a clock speed for core and memory and thats what it? No boost clocks no TDP ect.
Overall Review: Overall I am happy with this card. I only game in the winter and this winter its all about Skyrim. I have always liked PC games and being able to mod a game can put PC gaming on a another level. I have pushed this card to the max and have used all 4gb of memory playing skyrim. I think I will buy another and sli, I wonder if I could use all 8gb of vram....
its not too bad but

Pros: Its reasonably quick, dx11, can crossfire with an and Apu
Cons: Still not fast enough. Its a great card for a htpc but not for a serious gamer.
Overall Review: This card will play any game out now but not maxed out. That's the way I like to play but crossfire with an a8 apu and maxing games is easy at HD rez.
Great!

Pros: Very nice case and good power supply too. There are a few things worth mention about this case. If you plan on using 2.5 hdd you will need 90 deg sata cables. Also you will have to plan your cable management very well. The top fan does a great job keeping things cool. There was plenty of room for a Cooler Master GeminII S cpu cooler. I have been building mini-Itx systems for a few years and this is the best case I have used.
Cons: none
Overall Review: My setup Zotac 9300 itx motherboard e8400 @ 3.5ghz with Cooler Master GeminII S 4gb g.skill ram spinpoint f3 1tb Hdd Msi Hawk GTX460
Its OK

Pros: Its cheap, takes desktop components, comes with a power supply.
Cons: Kinda flimsy, a little cramped, picks up finger prints easy.
Overall Review: Over all its a good case. It can get a little cramped in there but if you take the PSU out it helps.