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Dennis C.

Dennis C.

Joined on 12/28/05

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Most Favorable Review

Love it!

VIVO Black Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Stand Mount, Fits Up to 27" Screens
VIVO Black Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Stand Mount, Fits Up to 27" Screens

Pros: Sturdy, great price at only $44.99! Came with tools and screws!

Cons: none!

Overall Review: Heavier than I expected, but that just means it is well built.

Most Critical Review

PCI Slots-whats the point

MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 870S-G46 AM3 AMD 870 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Motherboard works great. Newegg's fast shipping!

Cons: The reason I took 2 eggs away is for 3 reasons: 1. Can barely use one PCI slot when you have 2 decent video cards installed because the video cards cover the other slots. 2. Need to have a power supply that has 2x 4 pin connectors that can plug into the board. I am use to only needing one. Glad mine does or else I would of had to buy another power supply. 3. Lack of an IDE controller on the board. Had to purchase an IDE controller board to support 2 IDE drives. 4. There is no floppy controller, but who still uses floppies anyway?

Overall Review: Overall to major complaints. Running the following without any issues: AMD Phenom x4 965 8GB Gskill Ripjaw 1066 2 x EVGA GTS 250 3 x 1GB SATA drives 2 x 500GB IDE drives

Good Ram

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model F3-8500CL7D-8GBRL

Pros: Works as expected. No BSOD. ;)

Cons: None

Overall Review: Meant to purchase 1600. Oh well.

Good Processor

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - Phenom II X4 Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor - HDZ965FBGMBOX

Pros: Works like it is supposed to....fast! 3.4GHZ

Cons: Was hoping to be able to unlock the cores to 6 cores. (Thats what I tought "Black Box" meant) Upgraded from AMD Phenom X2 550, but not seeing much of a difference.

Overall Review: I have not tried overclocking the processor...yet, due to not having a decent heatsink...using the stock one for now. If I decide to overclock I will use liquid cooling. Also using 8GB of 1066 ram. I am going to switch out for 1600 ram to see if I can see a difference.