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Patrick L.

Patrick L.

Joined on 10/12/07

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Yowzas!

ASUS GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5
ASUS GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5

Pros: Pros? How about everything. Crysis 2 with the DX11 tessellation pack and the high res textures pack is a breeze and max resolution. Looks so good it makes my eyes hurt. Installed the BF3 demo, updated the driver and played - max settings, max resolution, absolutely no stutter and the freakin' thing looks gorgeous. Shipped fast, installed easily, absolutely no problems.

Cons: I uh...ummm....err....wasn't free?

Beautiful case, great layout.

Phanteks Eclipse P400 Series PH-EC416P_BK Satin Black Steel Side Window ATX Mid Tower Case with 10 Color RGB Downlight
Phanteks Eclipse P400 Series PH-EC416P_BK Satin Black Steel Side Window ATX Mid Tower Case with 10 Color RGB Downlight

Pros: It looks COOL. I'm glad we're getting past that mid-00's awfulness of cases that look like they got kicked out of the Matrix. This has beautiful lines, clean design, comes apart easily, and the interior layout is genius. Cable management is excellent, really just a pleasure to build in.

Cons: Haven't quite figured out how to add more HDD's (using it as a server case, more or less), instructions will probably inform me.

Overall Review: Buy this.

Easiest install I can remember

MSI A78M-E35 V2 FM2+ AMD A78 USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI A78M-E35 V2 FM2+ AMD A78 USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Pros - nothing wrong with it. Well laid out board. Didn't come with the M connector doohickey, so I had to spend 90 seconds hooking up the front panel. Darn.

Cons: Cons - board's fine, AMD needs to come out with some new products, though, jeez.

Overall Review: Want a small gaming or workstation board? Here you have it.