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William S.

William S.

Joined on 01/04/10

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AMD Gift - Software Download Coupon
AMD Gift - Software Download Coupon

Pros: free

Cons: Useless

Overall Review: This should provide NO incentive for purchasing whatever product you may/may not purchase. Ignore this coupon. It's not a scam, it's just the equivalent of them sending you a bloatware CD.

BIOSTAR N68S3+ AM3 NVIDIA MCP68S Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR N68S3+ AM3 NVIDIA MCP68S Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: POST went fine Good BIOS The placement of plugs is pretty nice RAM clips, video card, CPU cooler, all the stuff fits nicely without trouble

Cons: Supporting software is garbage, no fan control or OC settings. Haven't checked BIOS for fan control yet. Tiny

Overall Review: Build: 550W CHEAP PSU phenom ii x2 555 XFX Radeon HD 6670 Gskill 2x2gb ram Seagate 500gb hard drive ASUS dvd drive DO NOT plug in an ethernet AND a wireless card at the same time, computer blue-screened, luckily I had a successful restart.

LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply With SATA and 20/24 Pin connectors.
LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply With SATA and 20/24 Pin connectors.

Pros: 5 stars for the price Works Great cooling Quiet fans Black is always a welcome color for a PSU Already survived a power outage! No damage to computer hardware! (granted I'm using a surge protected power strip)

Cons: Wires are a huge mess. IMPORTANT: the hard drive and CD/DVD drive power cords are on the same wire 'bundle' and are only spread about 5-6 inches apart. Very inconvenient! No power for a GPU (I didn't see one anyway)

Overall Review: Second time building a computer - this is for a budget build. I forgot to put the ram into the mobo and figured the PSU was my problem. I tested this on a board with a phenom II x6 1055t worked flawlessly. I'd recommend this to anyone going for a budget build - seems hit or miss, so make sure to use a power strip w/ protector.

G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS
G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS

Pros: Low cost

Cons: none

Overall Review: Not much to say about RAM, it works find, recognized on POST. I purchased this for a budget build using Biostar N68S3+ and all is well. In fact, the biostar website does not show compatibility with this RAM but it works fine.

Acer 21.5" 60Hz TN FHD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI S0 Series S220HQL ET.WS0HP.A01
Acer 21.5" 60Hz TN FHD LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI S0 Series S220HQL ET.WS0HP.A01

Pros: Vibrant colors Crisp images on Skyrim and all other games Very lightweight, sleek design Power supply [brick] is not integrated into the monitor, so no bulky backbone Quick profile changer is excellent!

Cons: Extremely bright before adjustment Only has contrast and brightness adjustments

Overall Review: *brightness - I personally run my monitors excessively dim as it reduces eye strain, for me at least. Can't adjust colors, gamma, etc. using the monitor tools, but windows display settings and/or graphics card control panels do a nice job on their own. The 'profile changer' is basically 4 presets and a user mode that you configure and it saves. Very convenient for having it set to dim then putting a brighter format on for gaming or other users. Note about the menu buttons. They are under the right side of the monitor, while they are not the easiest to use, they are definitely not worth dropping an egg for. The arrows buttons are indicated at the bottom of each 'screen' on the menu and its easy to get the hang of. No HDMI input, but DVI --> HDMI cables are cheap these days so no big deal.

Can't go wrong

XPG 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-2G
XPG 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1600GB2G9-2G

Pros: Reliable Looks good No problems using this with Asrock M3A770+ Just upgraded from 4 gigs of this ram to 8 gigs, no reason other than future proofing, as I haven't needed 4 gigs to date! I play Skyrim daily w/ max settings (don't know that this means anything)

Cons: None

Overall Review: Thanks for a great product ADATA!