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Casey B.

Casey B.

Joined on 08/27/06

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Most Favorable Review

So far a great mobo

MSI 990FXA-GD65 AM3+ AMD 990FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 990FXA-GD65 AM3+ AMD 990FX USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Looks nice -USB 3.0 -Decent BIOS

Cons: -BRIGHT blue LED's (was able to turn them off via BIOS) -Other than that haven't had any issues, yet...

Overall Review: This is the first MSI board I have ever tried. Usually go with Asus but really wanted to give MSI a try.

Most Critical Review

Great Card, LOUD Fan

XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFC
XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFC

Pros: -Looks great -Great performance during moderate gameplay

Cons: -Fan is LOUD! -Not only is the fan loud, you can clearly hear the RRM changing ever few seconds which to me makes it sound kind of funny and noticeable. While not I have to manually set the RPM in CCC as to not bother me.

Overall Review: Other than the quirky fan, its a great card.

Okay, but still unsure

XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFC
XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-685X-ZNFC

Pros: Decent card for the price. Has pretty standard performance and has good aesthetics.

Cons: Haven't had that many gaming sessions yet, but playing black ops for only 1/2 and hour and the screen kept artifacting. -Only one fan -Fan changes it's RPM so much that it is noticeable. Though it was my CPU fan but it wasn't. -Good Value, Mediocre performance at best compared to cheaper cards.

Overall Review: Not sure if I will keep this for my personal build, but I really want to give this card a chance as many recommended it to me.