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Michael I.

Michael I.

Joined on 07/10/02

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Most Favorable Review

Converter Cable

SYBA SY-CAB40004 1.16 ft. Cable
SYBA SY-CAB40004 1.16 ft. Cable

Pros: Power and data in one connector, plugs in securely to the hard drive or optical drive.

Cons: A wire backed out of the molex connector the first time I plugged it to the power supply. Pushed it back in till it snapped and then it connected fine. Poor quality control. Cheaply made.

Overall Review: Does the job well once correctly installed, converts molex power to SATA power.

Most Critical Review

cheap

KINGWIN ADP-04 DVI-I Male (24+5 pin) To VGA HD 15 Female Adapter
KINGWIN ADP-04 DVI-I Male (24+5 pin) To VGA HD 15 Female Adapter

Pros: Converts DVI-I to VGA

Cons: Does not carry plug and play info to keep you from setting the wrong resolutions.

Overall Review: Wasn't the video card. I have one from a GeForce 4 that works perfectly.

Z97 Micro ATX

ECS Z97M-PK LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ECS Z97M-PK LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Running I5-4590K at 4.5 GHz with a small bump in adaptive voltage. Supports Broadwell C chips unlike the ECS Z87H3-M which is this exact board layout with the haswell launch chipset.

Cons: This is not for extreme overclocking, but more modest settings work great. I5-5675C or I7-5775C Prices. Might never get one to try.

Overall Review: Got it with a 50% off code

rebates

XFX Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-577A-ZNFC
XFX Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD-577A-ZNFC

Pros: price after rebate : performance ratio

Cons: people who cannot read or follow instructions

Overall Review: print the rebate form the day you order, print your invoice after it ships. if you wait to receive your card then come back to print rebate the dates may not line up. If so, click MORE then REBATE CENTER and search the newegg part number and print off the date correct form. see sample link http://www.newegg.com/Special/Rebate.aspx?RebateType=0&ExpiredRebate=1&Subcategory=0&Brand=0&saveCompare=0&SaveAmount=&item=N82E16814150447&action=search

This is an Athlon II not a Phenom II

AMD Phenom II X4 840 - Phenom II X4 Quad-Core 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - HDX840WFGMBOX
AMD Phenom II X4 840 - Phenom II X4 Quad-Core 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 95W Desktop Processor - HDX840WFGMBOX

Pros: Adds an extra hundred MHz over the Athlon II 645 for the same cost

Cons: Called a Phenom when it lacks the L3 cache. Older 800 chips had 4MB L3 as opposed to 900 chips 6MB L3

Overall Review: Should be sold and listed as an Athlon II 650 Shame on AMD

good budget board

BIOSTAR TA785GE 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA785GE 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: sideport am2+ ddr2 sb710 acc

Cons: no HDMI port no pci-e x1 due to northbridge placement and heatsink

Overall Review: currently running a dog of a 7750 black cpu which is unstable at 2.8 ghz on a 770 chipset, but thanks to this boards acc it is easily doing 3.0 GHz the onboard graphics are nice enough for 1920x1080 on daily tasks and 1024x728 light gaming but you will want to consider a 4770 or better for newer games.