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Jeff G.

Jeff G.

Joined on 01/10/08

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Refurbished but good as new!

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 03G-P3-1595-RX
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 03G-P3-1595-RX

Pros: Probably the best card you can put in a PCI-E 2 machine. This thing SCREAMS! I suspect the reason for the refurb. is that this card is big and may not fit into mid-tower cases so they just take it back.

Cons: Requires one 6 and TWO 8 connectors so check your PS first. No disks, cables or instructions -- be ready for that. The fan can generate a lot of noise when under full load.

Overall Review: Replaced a GTX 295 with this mother and my framerates DOUBLED on stock settings and it uses less power than my old card and runs cooler when properly set up. 3GB of DDR5 is more than enough. I've got a full tower Azza with an X58 MB and it was still a chore to fit this card in. Be sure to use EVGA Precision X's cooling curve to keep this puppy nice and cool.

ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: fast,quiet.cool

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: wiring instructions were not clear to me but thanks to the green/red led's I was able to figure it out.

10/14/2014

ASUS G-10AC

ASUS Desktop PC G10AC-US009S Intel Core i7 4770 (3.40 GHz) 32 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Windows 8 64-Bit
ASUS Desktop PC G10AC-US009S Intel Core i7 4770 (3.40 GHz) 32 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Windows 8 64-Bit

Pros: 32 gigs ram 3 gigs video memory will run everything maxed out

Cons: keyboard & mouse are cheap and worthless gtx 760 is a scaled-down version running at 192 bits and it can overheat (80+C) when running certain games maxed out

Overall Review: you will need to partition drive C to get rid of their silly drive d:"DATA" partition which is incompatible with most games wanting to install on drive C: I used a free DL partition app for doing just that.

Gets the job done

Athena Power CABLE-EPCIE1628 1.33 ft. PCI Express 6-Pin to Dual 8(6+2) Pin Linear Extension Power Converter
Athena Power CABLE-EPCIE1628 1.33 ft. PCI Express 6-Pin to Dual 8(6+2) Pin Linear Extension Power Converter

Pros: EZ to hook up and it works.

Cons: No instructions which might be a problem for some users.

Overall Review: My PS has two 6's and one 8 but I needed one 6 and two 8's and this cable worked perfectly and is a WHOLE lot better than a Molex hookup.

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX

Pros: Nice big heatsinks. Runs cool. 4-4-4-12 Vista64 no problems.

Cons: Mail in rebate is a pain...

Overall Review: ASUS P5N-E SLI is known to be picky about memory. This one works.