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Rosendo M.

Rosendo M.

Joined on 07/29/08

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Most Favorable Review

Works Great

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

Pros: Installed easily with no errors on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3R and a Western Digital Caviar Black. Found all my components/devices and installed the proper drivers easily: E7400 Wolfdale @ 4GHz Gigabyte UD3R XFX GTX 260 Western Digital Caviar Black HDD Pioneer AIO Optical Drive 2x2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 @ 1101 MHz It's an OEM disk and it's priced extremely well. Buy it.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: For the record, you DO NOT need to use the Microsoft tools to install this if it's going on a computer you built for yourself; by law, vendors have to use the tools to mark the pc it's being installed on and purchased by another. It's an OEM install and what that means is this install of Windows 7 will be "tied" to the motherboard/computer it goes into. You cannot install it into another computer. If you do major upgrades/replacements such as your HDD or motherboard, simply call microsoft and ask for another activation key after explaining the situation to them. Simple. Be sure and set the Boot Device order in your BIOS to your optical (CD/DVD) drive first, then your HDD; put the disk in your drive, reformat the partition it's going inot and install. Easy. Piece of cake.

Most Critical Review

Literally Falling Apart!

GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-D3H LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-D3H LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Cheap. Lasted more than a year. Well laid out.

Cons: Have had problems with the BIOS since day 1. Freezing/unable to enter BIOS/unable to save screenshots to flash drive... Randomly decides which will be my master and slave drives on it's own. The plastic thing that holds the video card onto the PCIE slot literally just fell right off. I don't even understand how that happens.

Overall Review: Probably gonna be my last UD mobo. MSI from here on out. Bought an MSI Gamer and it's got my 4670k @ 4.6 GHz! This Z87X could hardly get it to 4.5 stable.

~ 2 Years Now

Intel Core i5-4670K - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670K
Intel Core i5-4670K - Core i5 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics Desktop Processor - BX80646I54670K

Pros: Fats. Fast. Fast.

Cons: Takes quite a bit of voltage to get the clocks I set out for when I bought this. I read a previous post and, with these 4670k's, there is a lot of variation in the silicon. I've seen people getting 4.5-to-4.6 at stock voltages. It takes me almost 1.34v to maintain 4.5 GHz. Summer, so I drop down to just a hair above 4.4 GHz. Buy the Intel "Protection Plan" if you plan on pushing the limits on this chip. Basically, the warranty for overclockers.

Overall Review: Coming from a 775 rig, this thing is miles ahead of my old "FPS Death Machine."

Second Review

GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse
GIGABYTE M6800 GM-M6800 Noble Black 4 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Gaming Mouse

Pros: Extremely low priced. Light. Comfortable to my grip style. Decent amount of buttons.

Cons: May be too light for some. No LED to see what the dpi is at. Not the smoothest.

Overall Review: I bought this mouse on 9/10/12.... Just this week the button under the center wheel has started to fail. It's not ultra smooth or ultra customizable BUT, this mouse has lasted me for YEARS under heavy use. I bought it as a hold over when my R.A.T. 3 died on me (was 7 times more expensive and only lasted 1 1/2 years) while I decided on my new "permanent" mouse. I tried Sorms and Xornets and a coupla others---they all got past over to my girl or nephews and I kept coming back to this mouse as crazy as that sounds. Buy this mouse and keep it in your drawer. Just in case. Or, buy it and try it. This mouse is no joke. The price has even dropped like 6 bucks since I bought mine.

Wasted 40 Bucks On This

Thermaltake V3 Black AMD Edition VL800P1W2N Black / Red SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Thermaltake V3 Black AMD Edition VL800P1W2N Black / Red SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Good for begginngers....

Cons: Wow...where do I even begin..? First off this case is flimsy. REALLY flimsy. Secondly, it's small. REALLY small--I stood it next to my Antect 300 Illusion (small mid-tower) and it's almost a full 3 inches shorter. No thumb screws, that right there tells you it's not for everyone.

Overall Review: I'm not even gonna use this case. Was looking for a cheap solution to my aging Antec 300 Illusion while I decide on a real case so I bought this. Figured I'd paint the front mesh blue and put a huge Battlefield sticker on the side with the AMD scorpion. Not even worth it. Gonna give it away. Not gonna completely knock it because there are different types of pc owners. But I'll say this: If you're a serious overclocker with some serious hardware--avoid this case...even as a temporary case. My rig: cpu: Intel 4670k @ 4.5 GHz cpu cooler: Megahalems + 2x Yate Loon High Speeds mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-D3H RAM: 8 GB G-Skill ARES 2400MHz gpu: Gigabyte GTX 760 PhysX gpu: Gigabyte GTX 460 psu: Rosewill CAPSTONE 650 HDDs: 1x WD Velociraptor 1x WD Caviar Black

Not Z87x-D3H XMP Ready

G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GAB
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GAB

Pros: Set manually to standard 2400 MHz timings/voltage, this kit screams at 2400 MHz alongside my 4670k @ 4.2 GHz on my Gigabyte Z87X-D3H mobo.

Cons: No matter my BIOS settings, this kit is not XMP plug-n-play with my board. Repeat, NOT XMP plug-n-play on a Gigabyte Z87X-D3H mobo. Not at 2400 MHz. I had to disable XMP profiles, then set everything manually for them to even post much less boot at 2400 MHz speeds. But, they are working fine. I'd buy them again.

Overall Review: New Rig: cpu: Intel 4670k cooler: Megahalems + 2x Yate Loon High Speeds mobo: Gigabyte Z87x-D3H RAM: 8 GB G-Skill ARES 2400MHz gpu: Gigabyte GTX 760 PhysX gpu: Gigabyte GTX 460 psu: Rosewill CAPSTONE 650 HDDs: 1x WD Velociraptor 1x WD Caviar Black