Joined on 12/08/08
Great Card
Pros: Great card, runs cool, fan comes with, no fitting problems, runs fast semi- low profile, stable, competes with the good stuff out there
Cons: drivers that came with were not fully updated but just go to the website and then you will be all good.
Overall Review: This is a great card for anyone who needs a simple cost effective card for gaming and normal usage, great picture quality too. If you experience lag with this installed update your drivers, if you still lag its another hardware's problem- Ex: processor, ram, motherboard} but i think this was much worth the extra 10 bucks for more memory. Thanks alot newegg!
Meh Case
Pros: It holds together pretty well, holds the components. Seems sturdy enough for a build that wont be moving around much Front usb ports work Glows blue on front
Cons: Flimsy front bezel. Fairly large dent in top (from hole in box, maybe shipping at fault) Front drive covers are flimsy/not secure Fan Arrived BROKEN in two pieces, one hanging by its chord Bezel looks hard to get off, did not attempt in fear of breaking it. Front Audio not working Powersupply design has 2 sata power connectors, both on the same 5 inches of cable, so your HDD and DVD drive have to be within 5 or 4 inches of each other.
Overall Review: it is for a very budget computer totaling around 400$, this was the only component that arrived damaged. You get what you pay for, and this case will hold a computer and has decent ventilation, so it was totally worth it with the power supply.
DVD ASUS Drive
Pros: Its great, cheap and it works well
Cons: feels flimsy when deployed out
Overall Review: I have 3 of these drives, one in my machine, and 2 in machines i built for friends. Mine i have had for 2 years and it has never failed me, and neither of my friends have had any problems either.
Windows
Pros: Its windows 7
Cons: not free
Overall Review: Just the OEM version for those building systems for sale
Awesome!
Pros: looks sweet, plenty of space for monstrous GTS 250's fits motherboard well, good build quality, comes with LOTS of fans. Ridiculous air flow, extends lifetime of all heat sensitive components.
Cons: side scratches easily, hard drive cage has a weak pin, be careful with it. had to cut open PSU to re route a cable bc of the processor power for my motherboard being at the very top of the case, more of a PSU problem so none worth losing an egg.
Overall Review: Great case, would definatly buy again. About 11 inches for video cards, so would prbably fit the 470/480's if i got enough money :)
Awesome!
Pros: Very nice! nice and heavy duty, two fans, user defined fan temp to fan speed graph in MSI afterburner. Everything is nice, stable frame rate in BFBC2 on all high, Fallout 3 on all ultra, i pull 230 FPS in HL2 games! looks oh so nice with a windowed case. very fast card, i upgraded from a single GALAXY Geforce 9500gt 1gb ddr2 and this is more than three times the power, the OC is very stable and i feel i could push it much higher without issues, heat or stability. In my relatively cramped case, this has only gotten up to 59 Celsius in BFBC2 on all high. Very quiet during regular operation, but during stress it very understandably gets much louder, well i can't hear it over the games :)
Cons: length, as long as my micro ATX board, about 10 inches i think. CHECK YOUR CASE TO MAKE SURE IT WILL FIT!!!
Overall Review: buy it, got it for $140 and worth every penny My build: AMD Phenom II x4 3.2ghz 955 BE GSkill 2gb (2x1) RAM MSI GF615M-P33 AM3 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Galaxy Geforce 250GTS TWIN FROZR OC 1gb 256 bit hec Orion XPOWER585 585W ATX12V 2.01 Power Supply LITE-ON DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Rosewill CRUISER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB