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Brian C.

Brian C.

Joined on 08/26/03

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Most Favorable Review

AMD has a winner

AMD A8-3850 - A-Series APU (CPU + GPU) Llano Quad-Core 2.9 GHz Socket FM1 100W AMD Radeon HD 6550D Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic - AD3850WNGXBOX
AMD A8-3850 - A-Series APU (CPU + GPU) Llano Quad-Core 2.9 GHz Socket FM1 100W AMD Radeon HD 6550D Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic - AD3850WNGXBOX

Pros: Fast, affordable, low voltage. This is a really good low end computer.. I mean, most every game will play on it with medium settings. I upgraded from an Athlon 64 socket 754.. so it has been about 8 years.. this thing is about 10 times faster than my x800xt i had in my old machine.. hard to believe that this is onboard graphics.

Cons: none at all for this price. These types of PC's are what makes the money for a chip company.. I hope they sell out of these things.

Overall Review: My hope id that these systems will bring in a lot of money for AMD, this could improve the entire lineup and make them more competitive. If they could have done this 5 years ago, I think the PC world would look a lot different right now.

Most Critical Review

unstable

ASUS Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD7770-DCT-1GD5
ASUS Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card HD7770-DCT-1GD5

Pros: bang for the buck, super quiet

Cons: 12% factory overclock? No, it crashes constantly at that setting, I have to lower clocks back to stock, and add 0.1 volts to the v core in order to use this card. Anything more that than and I get constant driver crashes, and even a blue screen. Furthermore, Furmark will run all day at the 12% overclock, and my score is the EXACT same as if i run stock clock speeds.... So long story short, Video card makers need to stop overclocking these cards in order to sell them, stability has to be maintained, no one likes a crashing machine. If you insist on setting the VBIOS to a 12% overclock, please make a utility that allows you to correct the VBIOS to a stable setting.. Having to really on a program to run in the background to get a stable card, is annoying.. not only that these programs will sometimes set the card back to stock, and your gaming session will end abruptly.

Overall Review: I think my Cons list covers it.

Very fast card

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card 11322-01-40G
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card 11322-01-40G

Pros: Very fast Very quiet Hotspot stays around 70c, when playing starfield.

Cons: A lot of power draw ~ 400 watts with no OC Very large, you need a large case

Overall Review: would recommend if you can afford it, have a large case, and a powerful power supply

Very Impressive

LIAN LI O11D MINI-W White SPCC / Aluminum / Tempered Glass ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
LIAN LI O11D MINI-W White SPCC / Aluminum / Tempered Glass ATX Mini Tower Computer Case

Pros: - Really easy to build in. - Looks fantastic - Awesome cable management - 9 120mm fans, can be watercooled. - The most customizable case I have ever seen - You can use 2 power supplies in this thing! - Very good thermal / noise performance, even with filters in.

Cons: - Heavy "Not really a con, just observation" - Needs SF type power supplies - Requires careful planning

Overall Review: Okay, this thing is one of the classiest computer cases I have ever seen. I am a bit biased because I have always owned Lian-Li cases, My 16 yr old daughter is still using a customized PC-60 from 2004. I am Running the following: Ryzen 5800x Be Quiet 250w cooler Asus Prime X570-p GSkill Tridents 3800 CL16 GTX 1080 (I want to upgrade my card, but they are as rare as a sasquatch) 9 Artic F12's, Bottom and side are intake, all others are exhaust. I'll post a picture with temps from my PC during a Warframe session.

Good for gaming

Intel Core i3-3220 - Core i3 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 55W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i33220
Intel Core i3-3220 - Core i3 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 55W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i33220

Pros: Fast, very low power consumption. high single thread performance.

Cons: not good for heavy multi threading (knew that when purchasing it

Overall Review: if I were to do it all over again, would have went with Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz a little more expensive, but basically an I7 for 230 bucks.

Awesome

ENERMAX Noisetaker EG475P-VE-SFMA 470 W ATX12V Power Supply
ENERMAX Noisetaker EG475P-VE-SFMA 470 W ATX12V Power Supply

Pros: Clean power, This is my 3rd enermax, I have another 330 W that is 8 years old and it still runs perfect. This 470W is the best power supply I have owned, I am actually going to run a 6870 on it when i get the money for an upgrade.. Enermax Power Supplies are good investments.

Cons: None, unless you dont like quiet, reliable, clean power.

12/22/2011