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Daniel M.

Daniel M.

Joined on 06/29/07

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Most Favorable Review

Great Budget card!

PowerColor Radeon HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX6950 1GBD5-2DHE
PowerColor Radeon HD 6950 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX6950 1GBD5-2DHE

Pros: Works great for older games and apps that need a 256 bit card. I use mine for personal video encoding on a modest system.

Cons: Had to send 1 back

Overall Review: Bought 3 of these. 2 for crossfire, and one for another machine. The third one had issues with the memory and I had to underclock it to 1225. I returned it and got the replacement. Same thing, but this time I decided to run VMT (Video Memtest) after running that one full cycle, which takes over 2hrs, it is now fine at default speeds. The Problem disappeared. SO I guess it just needed to be heated up. New memory of any kind sometimes needs to be stressed. The card is working perfectly now and I'm pleased.

Most Critical Review

Nice CPU, if the pins were'nt bent

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ - Athlon 64 Venice Single-Core 2.4 GHz Socket 939 89W Processor - ADA3800DAA4BW
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ - Athlon 64 Venice Single-Core 2.4 GHz Socket 939 89W Processor - ADA3800DAA4BW

Pros: Great CPU, after straightening the pins

Cons: The bungholes in the shipping department at newegg packed it in a cheap, used padded envelope, which of course was crushed by the apes at UPS. The pins were pushed into the black foam, and about a dozen were bent. A hour with a mechanical pencil, and they are straight and it runs fine. Why didn't I RMA? The possibility of the next one being worse, and the shipping cost.

Overall Review: I guess the more you order from here, the less they feel like they have to care, as the hooks are set.

It made it a year and is still going

ASRock Fatal1ty X370 GAMING X AM4 AMD Promontory X370 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty X370 GAMING X AM4 AMD Promontory X370 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Bios updates have made this board pretty stable, and it gets along well now with memory that wouldn't run faster than 2133 when I bought it now running at 2933.

Cons: The onboard Intel gigabit LAN has degraded to 10/100, I had to install a PCI-e NIC No LLC (line level control) in the bios The VRM gets hot with a Ryzen 7 during high work loads

Overall Review: This board works fine for everyday use and can handle big workloads with high cpu usage for hours at a time with a Ryzen 7 as long as you have a small fan blowing on the VRM. At least this board has a VRM temp sensor unlike some costing almost double.

Very nice case for the money

DIYPC D480-BK-Window Black Dual USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Build-in 5 x White Fans (2 x 120mm Fan x Front, 1 x 120mm Fan x rear, 2 x 120mm Fan x top), Fan Controller
DIYPC D480-BK-Window Black Dual USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Build-in 5 x White Fans (2 x 120mm Fan x Front, 1 x 120mm Fan x rear, 2 x 120mm Fan x top), Fan Controller

Pros: Just about everything. It's very well built and I've bought cases costing twice as much that weren't as nice. Nice powder coating, A EATX motherboard does fit. the case is sturdy, and you can actually mount AIO coolers in the front, top or rear. That's something that a certain maker of AIO's can't say about many of their own cases.

Cons: The Built in fan controller uses MOLEX! Who uses molex connectors anymore? I also wish the 3-1/2 bay used threaded fasteners and not riveted. If your using a modular or semi modular PSU as I did, you'll have to connect all the wires you'll need to it before bolting it in.

Overall Review: I've seen complaints about the "Paint" scratching during a build in this case. Maybe it's just me but I don't assemble a new PC with a butchers knife and a chain saw.

Better than a 8320

AMD FX-8300 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.3 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD8300WMHKBOX
AMD FX-8300 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.3 GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor - FD8300WMHKBOX

Pros: Runs much cooler with a H80i Than my 8320 with a H80i and overclocks higher than my 8320 at stock voltage. Mine runs at 20x without a increase in core voltage.

Cons: Box cooler might work alright on a dual core sempron. Leave it in the box.

Overall Review: Wish I would got another one instead of my 8320.

Looks & Works like new

HP C Grade Laptop 2.00GHz 2GB Memory 120GB HDD 15.4" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit 6735B
HP C Grade Laptop 2.00GHz 2GB Memory 120GB HDD 15.4" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit 6735B

Pros: Opened the box to find a brand new looking 6 year old laptop. Not a scratch or blemish on it. Plugged it in, booted it up, entered the activation key for the O/S and it works great

Cons: Not really a con but the 03/27/09 date coded battery is dead and won't charge. But for 62 bucks, I didn't expect perfection. Got a new one for 13 bucks and it fine.

Overall Review: Bought this for the garage to run OBD II diagnostics replacing my old and very slow pentium M laptop, but it's almost too nice.

10/30/2015