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Thomas J.

Thomas J.

Joined on 11/02/05

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Leadtek GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card WinFast PX7900GS TDH 256MB
Leadtek GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card WinFast PX7900GS TDH 256MB

Pros: should arrive tomorrow... even with the GS only down 4 pixel pipes and 1 vertex shader, this thing will still roll with the top notch. especially with a little overclocking, and later SLI... definitely the best decision in this price range right now....

Cons: hopefully none

Overall Review: I chose this card because of the 4 available on Newegg, if you notice, this is the only one where the cooler actually covers the memory as well... and in theory should have a slight advantage as far as stock cooler overclocking as opposed to the others.....

HGST Ultrastar A7K2000 DL-HUA722020ALA331 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s REFURBISHED

HGST Ultrastar A7K2000 DL-HUA722020ALA331 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
HGST Ultrastar A7K2000 DL-HUA722020ALA331 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Cheap, it's working (finally)

Cons: Had a bit of a scare when i first plugged it into a hot swap just to initially test... would not finish formatting (quick) and would just say failed. Tried full format and hours later that failed at the end as well. Restarted the computer, did a quick format and it took. Now I'm running a surface scan just verify we're good, transfers around 130MB/s initially, so this might be fantastic if it's structurally sound.

Overall Review: If this checks out, I'll probably buy a bunch more.

Overall great inexpensive LED case fan.

ID-COOLING PL-12025-B Blue LED 120mm Fan with De-vibration Rubber, 1600RPM, 60CFM, Low Noise & Big Airflow
ID-COOLING PL-12025-B Blue LED 120mm Fan with De-vibration Rubber, 1600RPM, 60CFM, Low Noise & Big Airflow

Pros: - good airflow - quiet at full speed - LED glow looks as good as it does in the product picture, and not overbearing. - I would have no problem filling a case with these.

Cons: None so far, day 1.

Overall Review: Something to consider: the LED brightness is directly affected by input voltage, so on a fan controller at 50% speed they dim quite a bit. If these fans could do 90+ cfm, and the LED's were constant this would be the perfect fan in my book. Definitely picking up a few more at some point.

Not bad at all.

RAIDMAX ATX-503WTi Black / Titanium Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
RAIDMAX ATX-503WTi Black / Titanium Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: For $50, it's not a bad case at all. It's definitely not a high end case, but the features are great. Plenty of room. A TON of drive bays. It doesn't "look" cheap. 2x USB 3.0 and 2x USB 2.0 ports on top of case. It even has a hot-swap cradle on the top of the case for internal drives or ssd's, which will be SUPER handy. Nice options for cable management with the access holes around the motherboard.

Cons: The only minor issue I had was it didn't come with motherboard stand-off's, luckily I had enough laying around.

Overall Review: If you need an inexpensive case that has a lot of features cases that cost 3x as much have, I mean this one's a no brainer.

wow

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.3 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4400IAA5DO
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ - Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 2.3 GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor - ADO4400IAA5DO

Pros: running this in a Foxconn A7GM-S, i was SHOCKED at how high this clocks. 3.3Ghz. I had similar results with stock voltage up to about 3.1 or so, prime95 stable. when i got to 3.3 i added .05v, so mobo reading 1.34v. keep in mind i was using a divider on memory (2GB Super Talent ddr2 800 kit), not letting it go past 800, and further dividing each time i would get there. amazing chip for the money, paired with that mobo makes a great platform to run Home Server!

Cons: absolutely none

Overall Review: OCZ Vendetta air, and with that small v+ tops out at 55c. the kicker is, i think this thing has more room. i just stopped at 3.3, but never had a blue-screen or anything catastrophic.

10/30/2008

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CORSAIR XMS 1GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CMX1024-3200C2
CORSAIR XMS 1GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CMX1024-3200C2

Pros: 2-3-3-6 as advertised. Very Quick. Nice Low timings for the high capacity modules.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: running on ASROCK939DUALSATA2 // on mobo, mem voltage is only 2.6 (normal) or 2.7 (high), so running .5 lower than recommended and holds fine @ DDR400. Forget about overclocking though, without at least being at recommended voltage. probably will do semi-well @ 2.9, but the timings on these will more than make up for not being a super overclocker (if it turns out not to be) will be testing out on A8N32-SLI when it's back from RMA