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Steven S.

Steven S.

Joined on 11/25/05

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Awsome

ASUS GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
ASUS GTX660-DC2O-2GD5 G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: THis card freaking rocks, comes with its own Overclocking GUI utility( that unfortunately does not integrate wiht my ASUS motherboards Overclocking GUI utility[ASUS get on that]).

Cons: It does not come with a solar array to offset the power usage of my system? there was now Assasins Creed III offer when I boutght it. Its also cheaper now...grumble...technology trends... grumble

Overall Review: THis card is huge, make sure you can handel one this long, warn your G/F. I got suckered in by SLI the last few times, law of diminishing returns always holds true. This time I am just buying 1 massive card at a reasonable price, so when the next most awsome series comes out from NVIDIA I can afford to sell this one off for the new one, wiht more power and more memory.

11/28/2012

great load meter

P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor
P3 Kill A Watt Electricity Load Meter and Monitor

Pros: works exactly as advertised with no defects going on three months now. Using it to monitor how much power i am using to charge my car.

Cons: Will probably take up two outlets on a regular wall plate.. Its a tight fit for a second if you want to try

almost Perfect case

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Corsair Carbide Series 500R Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

Pros: THis case is super quiet! Has everything you want in a case and hase super minimalist stylig so it does not look tackey. TOns of fans coem with it, while still having the option to add more. Dust protection gallore. Switch for the lights was an amazing thought ( wish it turned of the power buttion light as well though)

Cons: light switch does not turn of power or cpu light ( some people might not want that, but it would be helpful for those of us that like the room dark occasionally while the thing si running) Fans do not have the option of being conected to motherboards fan conroller. Have some proprietary pin connection. Sad that they would remove this option from our hands. SOme days I just want my fans to be controlled by my motherboard rather than a switch.

11/28/2012

Awsome

Intel Core i5-3570K - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I53570K
Intel Core i5-3570K - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 4000 Desktop Processor - BX80637I53570K

Pros: it's so awsome, even if I gave it a 0 egg review, it would still ahve a 5 egg overall. Ok so thats not my review of it BUt wahtever, IF your reasonable, and realize that day to day you do not need hyperthreadding, get this.

Cons: Not cheaper

Overall Review: make sure you get a compliant board

11/28/2012

EPIC

SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC256B/WW
SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC256B/WW

Pros: SSD, samsung 830 are the best that I have used.

Cons: not free, dissapointing that does nto seem to work with Intel Rapid start features

Overall Review: get one

11/28/2012

Very happy overall

ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: ASUS, Z77, lots of fan controllers ...... that about covers why its awsome

Cons: THE BIOS. TEchnically works great. BUt those of us running HDTVS cannot see all of the bios screen. We need to set it up ona regular monitor to use the interface. There needs to be a button in the upper left of the bios screen that lets you effect changes in the screen size in the bios. In the end I can workaround it, but for ASUS, where their goal is the have user friendl BIOS systems this is a little dissapointing.

11/28/2012