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Sean T.

Sean T.

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Love this Board - Tips if buying - 128gig support and M.2 Windows install

ASUS X99-E WS/USB 3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 USB 3.1 CEB Intel Motherboard
ASUS X99-E WS/USB 3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 USB 3.1 CEB Intel Motherboard

Pros: If you want a motherboard that will accept 128gb Ram IF YOU DO THE BIOS UPDATE IT WILL WORK!!! Initially when I purchased it the bios version that it came with did not support it and I almost paid a 25% restock fee on my ram because I was so upset it would not turn on (READ MORE) Also if you plan on installing the operating system on the M.2 Drive then make sure you do the BIOS update!!!! When I first hooked up my board it absolutely would not boot because I had 128gig installed, so I had to purchase a cheap 4gig stick of DDR 4 just to get the bios updated. I am sure at some point these boards will ship with a current bios that will Accept 128gb but for now, If you are ordering one of these and that much ram, spend the extra $30 for some cheap ddr4 ram it could save you a bunch of frustration and time. If you are spending the money for this board then buy an M.2 Drive, they are low priced and super fast!!!! I built this system specifically to do video processing and rendering and with the combination of the M.2 drive and the processor it's a video rendering hotrod!!! what used to take 30 40 minutes now literally takes only a few minutes!!! So far I have only had mine for a month or so now and I love it!!! I run Photoshop with multiple 300dpi files open, Adobe Premier with about 400 to 500GIG of video viles loaded in the project, Adobe Audition with all the audio in the project timeline open, Adobe Aftereffects with a 3d Logo I am working on for the Video and I have a Movie playing on my one of my monitors a few web pages open and other stuff running and a short video rendering in the background and it still feels fast!!!! I am amazed at how many tasks this can handle at once and not slow down - If you want a solid machine see my specs below they WORK!!!

Cons: Just Make sure that you have a way to install the Bios Update!!!! If you want to install windows on your M.2 you will need to do the update, if you don't do the update it will get all the way to the point where you select the drive to install windows on it, it will even show the M.2 as an option to install but it will display "Windows can not install on this drive" ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS UPDATE THE BIOS!!! And it will work.. If you tried formatting the drive before the update make sure that you delete the partition when you get to that point of windows installation because if you don't delete the partition that message will continue to display!!! Do the update and you will be a happy camper.

Overall Review: Here are the specs Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 128GB (8 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2800 (PC4 22400) M.2 Solid State Drive: SAMSUNG SM951 M.2 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i GTX Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm ASUS X99-E WS/USB 3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 CEB Intel Motherboard Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - OEM QTY 2 OCZ RevoDrive 350 Series PCI-E 480GB PCI-Express 2.0 x8 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD350-FHPX28-480G Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Continuous Power with PowerCache Technology SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply (I have had this powersupply for years and it worked perfectly with this board!!!) QTY 2 EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card Black 02G-P4-2968-KR (Wanted to get 4gb cards but spent all my money on the board, ram and processor but I am mostly doing video processing so I didn't really need 2 of these to do that but these are good video cards I like their performance. Matrox C680 (C680-E2GBF) 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Full Height/Half Length Full height bracket (ATX) ... _Additional video card just for the additional monitor support.. Currently with this setup I can have 6 monitors on this video card running as a display setup and 8 Monitors running on the Nvidia cards. So in total 14 monitors This is a huge investment, basically it took me 3 years to save the money for this all in all well worth the wait!!!

Most Critical Review

Nice Case

ATRIX CSCI-L8029-C34 Black/ Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply
ATRIX CSCI-L8029-C34 Black/ Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 480W Power Supply

Pros: Looks Great, Paint Job it's self could use a little work but overall it is a decent Case. SUPER QUIET!!! That is a major Plus for the Office or Home.

Cons: I purchased 2 of these and they both only Had 20 Pin Powersupply. I could not find those extra 4 pin's anywhere. "They must have been lost in shipping" Ha no I had to go purchase a 20 to 24 pin adaptor at a local merchant for $7.00 If you have a new motherboard and need 24 Pin Powersupply to run it then you might want to look at another case. I know the Description says 20/24 but I purchased 2 of them in about 2 weeks and they are exactly the same.

Overall Review: This is a Great case simple but LOOKS better in person for sure. I actually came back to buy 4 more and they are sold out Right now.

Great for Video Rendering

OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS PCI-E 240GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3MIX2-FHPX4-240G
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS PCI-E 240GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) RVD3MIX2-FHPX4-240G

Pros: Fast!!! - I built my computer specifically to do HD 1080P Video Rendering. The Revodrive 3 X2 Max is the best money I ever spent on a single computer part... I am rendering a 38 min 1080P Video in Adobe Premier CS4 - NTSC 29.97 drop frame, Quality 5, widescreen 16x9, Single Pass, Min Bit rate 25.1 Max 30.... Completed video rendering in 19 minutes 20 seconds... Video File size Almost 6 gig completed.. With conventional hard drives it could take several hours or more to complete the same task... I had the Revodrive2x as my primary drive before and I was still rendering same video and settings 38 min video took 40 min to complete so I was happy with that but the extra 21 minutes I am saving with the 3x is amazing

Cons: If you don't do your research then it can be a real task to install as primary drive. Make Sure the motherboard can boot to PCI if you plan on running this as your C Drive... Tech Note!!! If you use the Driver CD that comes with this drive make sure you take the cd out imediatly after the driver has loaded or you will see an error that windows cant be installed.. If the CD is still in the CD Rom then you will see that error. It Such a simple thing you would think that Microsoft would put a message like REMOVE CD. but no I felt like a complete idiot when I figured out what the problem was... I hope this helps someone save an hour or 2 of problem solving...

Overall Review: I am Running an i7 990x - 24 gig Ram - GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 Mobo - Primary Drive OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Max - Secondary Drive OCZ RevoDrive X2 and a bunch of SATA drives

Great for Rendering Video

OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-E 240GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0240
OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-E 240GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0240

Pros: With my old computer I had 4 300 gig WD raptors Raid 0 and had 8 gigs ram Corsair Ram and it would take about 2 hours possibly 3 hours to render "18" minute clip in full HD 1920 - THIS ONE RENDERS JUST OVER 40 HD FRAMES IN ONE SECOND I CAN RENDER A "60" MINUTE VIDEO IN "55" MINUTES WITH THIS REVO X2

Cons: MORE SPACE FOR LOWER PROCE WOULD BE NICE IM KINDA BUMMING I PAID $675 AND NOT ITS $554 OH WELL MAYBE I GET ANOTHER ONE AT $554 TEMPTING

Overall Review: I spent months researching what to purchase for rendering video in Adobe Premier CS5 I broke out and built a new computer. with THE revo x2 240 AND the I7-990x and 24gig Kingston Hyperx and GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 mother board I AM Loving how fast it is...LOVEIT!!!

Great board - It Works with OCZ Revo X2

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great board. I spent a ton of time trying to figure out if this board would work for Boot to PCI-E and if the OCZ Revo X2 240 Gig card would work as the System Drive I gambled and it worked... I just wanted someone to save some time YES It works If you have mobo Revision 1 Update bios to F8G If you have Mobo Revision 2 Update Bios to FC Install OCZ card in bottom PCI-E Slot (Bottom Blue Slot) SYSTEM: Monitor 1 - Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Monitor 2 - 24" Dell UltraSharp Monitor Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Nehalem 3.46GHz Kingston HyperX 24GB DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 CORSAIR Hydro H70 Cooler ( I Love this thing) Antec TruePower Quattro Series TPQ-1200 Power Supply (Make sure your case has plenty of room even though it's modular there are a ton of cables that are not) LG Blueray Burner & HP DL DVD Burner Qty 2 VelociRaptor 600GB SATA 6.0Gb/s in Raid 0 Qty 2 Western Digital RE4 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s For Storage drives (Non Raid)

Cons: Flawless install of everything - Sure would have liked more than 2 of the SATA 6Gb/s slots really put a limit on my storage drives but there are a ton of 3Gb/s slots. Maybe next time they will put 8 SATA 6Gb/s slots and 2 of the slower ones Oh Well everything else is Gerat.

Overall Review: Installing the OCZ Revo X2 240gig PCI Solid State drive in this motherboard. 1: Download the Drivers from OCZ web (32bit or 64bit what ever you need) unzip them to a USB drive or Burn to CD 2: Download most current Bios Update and install (if you already have it then continue. 3: Start Computer Set Bios to boot to CD first (Default is Hard Drive the Set to boot to hard drive 2nd) Restart 4: (Make sure no other drives are plugged in) Start computer when you see drive options screen (if oyu have a USB it will be the only thing that shows up it's ok! Click Browse then locate the OCZ drivers on USB or CD then choose a driver (I chose top one) when drivers are done installing it will show up as a drive you can install windows on 5: At this point continue windows install as you would any other drive (if you have a decent Cd or DVD rom install will take maybe 8 minutes) Very fast I love this motherboard it's cool looking and works perfectly!!! & got to love Newegg for fast shipping

Great Camera

Canon EOS 30D Black 8.2 MP Digital SLR Camera w/ EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II Lens
Canon EOS 30D Black 8.2 MP Digital SLR Camera w/ EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II Lens

Pros: I will be frank, This is my first REAL Camera! That said I do have an eye for what I want to shoot and I have always Used the regular Digital camera and have gotten wonderfull results. But I wanted to take my photography to the next level and maybe try and make money in the profession shooting Motocross, Supercross, Arenacross and other Offroad and Street Motorcycle Racing Events. The biggest reason I chose this camera is because every one at the races I have spoken with suggested this camera, mainly because of the choice of lenses avaliable for this camera. and Because it still has some automatic settings that work.

Cons: In My Opinion there are not really any to speak of. But again I am not a professional and have not yet been able to fully grasp what everything does. SO if I had to choose it would not really be a con for the camera but more for me. THERE ARE ALOT OF FUNCIONS. Although I like that knowing when I finish taking these classes I might actually learn to use it properly.

Overall Review: If you are wondering what kind of quality this camera has with fast action here is a link to some of my recent pictures. It may help you decide on purchasing this camera if you see them. Mind you most of these pictures were taken with an automatic function. this link is to an entire page of shots all these pictures were resized the original size is 3504 x 2336 but for download time they were resized to 1280 x 1024 This one is a really great shot

11/21/2006
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Great communication and fast shipping

Trusted seller, I purchased several separate orders from them and was pleased with all 3 purchase . I had a few questions and they responded right away . I’m very pleased with the product and service I received .

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