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Daniel R.

Daniel R.

Joined on 08/24/05

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Nice card

PowerColor Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX4830 512MD3-H
PowerColor Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX4830 512MD3-H

Pros: an overclock makes it get on par and sometimes better 3Dmark scores than a stock HD4850. Runs all my games smoothly at 1650x1080 with pretty much max settings, runs Assassins Creed max settings at resolution at 60+fps. Nice value and blows away 9800GT on price Vs. Performance

Cons: no Crossfire bridge or any stickers or accessories, a 6pin power adapter is needed if power supply does not have one stock.

Overall Review: I would use just the graphics display drivers if no overclocking is needed. If the need for OC'ing is there the CCC from ATI is nice as well as fan speed controls which can be nice fore quieting systems. This replaced my eVGA 7600GT and is way over 2x's as powerful as the 7600GT. Colors are bright and vivid, using on a Acer 22" LCD monitor 16:10 no artifacts until it was overclocked 100mhz on core clock and +50mhz on memory clock

nice case

Sunbeam EVO IC-EVO-BK Black Plastic / SECC ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Sunbeam EVO IC-EVO-BK Black Plastic / SECC ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Pros: Cable management. large fans and plenty of room inside case. The HD and Optical drive mounts make it really easy to work with, turn the dial and out goes the mount and can slide the drives out. Wide array of mounting options for the fans.

Cons: You don't know what color your getting until you get it. I ended up with a bright red one instead of the one in the picrture. I bought a PSU with a blue fan in it because of the picture and the other reviews saying theirs were blue. Weak mounts for the front cover (not the door, but what the door is a part of). 1 egg off for that.

Overall Review: Ended up taking the fan off the side and putting it at the top. The PSU placement is at the bottom which doesn't matter to me, does make it less top heavy though. Be extremely careful if you want to add a front intake fan to the case, I remove the front cover as instructed in the booklet but 2 of the plastic rivets that pop out broke instead, had to superglue them back to the cover and install the fan and carefully put the front cover back on. The fans are fairly quiet, my new build is half as loud as my previous. If you use an optical drive alot this may not be for you as you have to open the big door with the power button on it before you can hit the drive open tray.

Great CPU

AMD Athlon II X3 435 - Athlon II X3 Rana Triple-Core 2.9 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - ADX435WFGMBOX
AMD Athlon II X3 435 - Athlon II X3 Rana Triple-Core 2.9 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - ADX435WFGMBOX

Pros: This CPU made a build i did for someone super easy and i even was able to unlock the 4th core and l3 with the ASRock 880G Motherboard, was able to make a system for under three hundred that blows any thing you can buy from walmart. the 4th core impressed the system owner and makes it an even better deal for both of us, they get extra for the same price, I get more referrals.

Cons: it wasn't free? o and i wish the stock CPU fan came with a AMD sticker on it just for looks.

Great Mobo

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: This mobo i got as an open box instead of retail, it came with everything i needed still so that was great. it booted up first turn on. I Also like the built in 128mb memory for integrated vid chip, it makes things easier if the time ever comes when a video card goes out you have a backup and still can use you computer in the meantime.

Cons: None that i can see.

Overall Review: It comes with some cool utility stuff that is useful like quick boot which helps improve boot times and whatnot. ASRock A780GXH/128m Mobo AMD Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition 4GB WINTEC AMPO DDR2 800 memory Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250gb SataII 7200RPM HD Powercolor Radeon HD4830 GPU Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit

Thank you newegg!

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3250318AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3250318AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Sped up my loading times by 2 fold!

Cons: I would have liked to have been offered a 16mb cache instead of 8, but im guessing seagate knows why the 8mb is better for this.

Overall Review: bought it so games would load faster than my old IDE drive from a few years back. It does the job quickly even though i have upgraded to windows 7 and 64 bit at that it still is super quick, just wish i had another for a raid 0 setup.

Great Memory!

Wintec AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model 3AMD2800-2G2K-R
Wintec AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model 3AMD2800-2G2K-R

Pros: Great buy, easy install, worked with my motherboard fine without any tweaks/bios updates. Heat Spreaders look very nice and stylish.

Cons: only DDR2 800, but i knew that when buying it.

Overall Review: Plugged in and booted first try. ASRock A780GXH/128m Mobo AMD Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition 4GB WINTEC AMPO DDR2 800 memory Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250gb SataII 7200RPM HD Powercolor Radeon HD4830 GPU Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit