Joined on 08/28/01
Great Card
Pros: Games look great and the card runs quiet and cool under normal usage and stress testing.
Cons: None thus far.
Overall Review: Very happy with this card. It's definitely big, but as long as it will fit your case I would recommend it.
Good Processor; Terrible Cooler
Pros: Runs well and handles everything that I've thrown at it gaming so far. Turbo mode has kicked in as needed and provides a nice little speed boost.
Cons: The stock cooling solution for this was terrible. Gaming pulled temperatures into the high 80s and stress testing hit 100 where the processor started to throttle back to reduce temps. Experienced this with the cooling as purchased and again after cleaning and refitting the fan with Arctic Silver. I picked up the CoolerMaster Evo 212 and stress testing temps are now staying below 70 with gaming temps well under that.
Overall Review: I'm happy with the performance of the processor and expect that it will handle all of my needs just fine. My frustration comes from the need to purchase an after market cooler to make it operate at a temperature that I've comfortable with. If I'd known that I was going to have to purchase additional cooling anyway, I would have bought the 4670k as they were the same price when I ordered. The option to overclock would have been worth the minor drop in stock speed.
Good PSU
Pros: Runs quiet, looks good, and provides power. Easy to install.
Cons: None that I've seen.
Overall Review: The current build that I have this in doesn't need an 850W power supply, so it may get louder under a significant load, but I haven't experienced it yet. Stays quiet while gaming and stress testing. Very happy with the performance thus far and glad to have additional power capacity for future upgrades. I appreciate the option to turn the LED on or off. Makes for a surprisingly convenient feature.
Great Drive
Comments: Drive works great out of the box. Perfect burns on 3 different types of disks (-r, +r/rw) so far. Definitely a great drive for the money.
Great Value
Comments: I just picked up this card and it is definitely worth the $51. My only problem other then the initial setup (which was discussed earlier and wasn't a surprise) has been with doing captures in MPEG-1 mode. I've had trouble with freezes there but the card works like a champ on everything else so far. Overall it's a good card for a good price and newegg delivered fast as ever.