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Josh L.

Josh L.

Joined on 01/13/11

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Great Little Card

ASUS GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card GT610-2GD3-CSM
ASUS GeForce GT 610 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card GT610-2GD3-CSM

Pros: Have purchased 3 of these for use in our Office as our machines needed to able to have Dual Monitors running. The machines we use are pretty old and they all had Zero issues with these cards. They weren't purchased for gaming, but I have given them a test with DotA 2, Rust and NFS Rivals and they performed very well in all, heat started to be an issue as it is passively cooled.

Cons: -None so far.

Overall Review: Make sure your case has some spare room around the area your card is going, the heat sinks are on the bigger side as they are passively cooled, in one rig I had to remove one "Fin" from the heat sink in order for it to clear the CPU cooler. In the rig I am using I have it setup with a 80mm fan pulling air from the side of my case and exhausting it directly on the heat sink, keeps temps at very reasonable levels.

Good Upgrade from a 4850 512Mb

ASUS Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Graphics Card HD6670-2GD3
ASUS Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 Graphics Card HD6670-2GD3

Pros: Good card from any older PC, my friends Dad needed a new Video Card and this puppy fit the bill perfectly. His HD4850 had lasted him for quite some time and finally started to give out when he went from Vista to Se7en, so this should keep him going until he decides to upgrade to Windows 8 in about 10 years.

Cons: None as of yet

Overall Review: Did not have a 6-pin connector, but that is just something of note, not a con in any way.

Great Card

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100358L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100358L

Pros: Upgraded from onboard video to this card about 6 months ago, and so far it has been great! Handles all my game at 1080p with high to ultra settings in certain games. Can drive 3 monitors with very little taxing on the card. Played GRiD 2 for 3+ hours in an Eyefinity setup and was great, got a little hot after that amount of time but that is to be expected driving a 3 monitor gaming setup off a semi-low end Video Card.

Cons: -Runs a little warm when under stress. -Doesn't wake me up and give a kiss in the morning.

Overall Review: I keep my fan setting at a constant 100% and it isn't all that loud, although my Corsair H80i runs louder than it as my CPU is overclocked from 2.8Ghz to 3.8Ghz and can still go higher.

Great CPU, Great Price.

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W None Integrated Graphics Processor - HDZ550WFGIBOX
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition - Phenom II X2 Callisto Dual-Core 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 80W None Integrated Graphics Processor - HDZ550WFGIBOX

Pros: -Unlocked to a Phenom II x4 B50 for me -Great speeds for it's intended use -Low TDP so using it in say an HTPC setup like I am is perfect -Overclocks easy, took it to 3.6GHz with little effort and zero issues, all on stock cooler... -The Stock cooler.. it is a lot smaller than the one I had gotten with my Phenom II x6 1050T which works well for my application and seems to be quite a decent cooler also!

Cons: -None so far as the Unlocking issue is completely the fault of my Motherboard.

Overall Review: -Unlocked to an Phenom II x4 B50 but since my Motherboard does not support that CPU I had to keep it as the Phenom II x2 with a slight overclock. -Overclocks seem to be pretty easy on this CPU, I say this as when I got it it only took me like 10 Min to get it up to a stable 3.6GHz on the stock cooler, ran Prime95 for 4+ Hours and never got above 63C, idles at around 33-34C which is normal. -Intended use is for an HTPC/RomBox I am designing so this CPU didn't need to be the "Boss", just fast enough for light gaming and HD playback. Although HD Playback will be handled by the Low Profile Video Card it will have in it.

Great Card.

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100358OCL
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100358OCL

Pros: Went from using intergrated Intel HD 3000 to the 7770, and man soooo much better. Will be using it in a CrossFire setup eventually.

Cons: None except... I had to pay for it?

Overall Review: System: ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 i5-3570K Ivy Bridge O.C 4.2Ghz Patriot Intel Extreme DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RS850-AMBAJ3-US 850W

Great Stuff

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-12G
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-12G

Pros: Amazing for Xbox 360 RROD Fixes, dunno what it is but i have tried so many other types of thermal paste and none of them last as long as this stuff. Fast and great shipping on this as well.

Cons: -None