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J S.

J S.

Joined on 02/04/12

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Most Favorable Review

Nice upgrade, so far so good

EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING, 02G-P4-6150-KR, 2GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING, 02G-P4-6150-KR, 2GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: Picked this up for my daughter for Christmas to replace an aging GTX 460 that had seen better days. Easy to install, no cables to fuss with, resolved a stubborn driver crash problem that had been dogging us for years. Gets along fine with her i5-2320. Problem-free game play. Very pleased with this card.

Cons: It's not quite as efficient as a GTX 750Ti?

Good little drive, does what I need

SAMSUNG T7 Portable SSD 2TB  - Up to 1050 MB/s - USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive, Gray (MU-PC2T0T/AM)
SAMSUNG T7 Portable SSD 2TB - Up to 1050 MB/s - USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive, Gray (MU-PC2T0T/AM)

Pros: It's an SSD, it's small and lightweight, holds my data and hasn't had any problems so far. Samsung storage has rarely failed me.

Overall Review: Barring unforeseen future issues, I see no reason why I wouldn't purchase this SSD again.

10/21/2021

Nice little bonus item

EVGA PowerLink, Support ALL NVIDIA Founders Edition & ALL EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti / 2080 / GTX 1080 Ti / 1080 / 1070 Ti / 1070 / 1060
EVGA PowerLink, Support ALL NVIDIA Founders Edition & ALL EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti / 2080 / GTX 1080 Ti / 1080 / 1070 Ti / 1070 / 1060

Pros: Looks nice, makes keeping things tidy in the notoriously cable-management-challenged Antec 900 case a bit less difficult.

Cons: Weirdly put together and a bit fussy to get installed.

Overall Review: This was a nice free addition to my purchase of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW. If I remember right, the PowerLink was still fairly new and priced higher at the time (about 18 months ago,) and I'm not sure I'd have paid the higher price for it separately, but for ten bucks it's not a bad deal.

Not much more I could ask for in a video card.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6276-KR, 8GB GDDR5, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6276-KR, 8GB GDDR5, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: Attractive and quiet, handles everything I throw at it with aplomb. Came with a nice backplate as well as a bonus PowerLink. Thermal pads and firmware update for the ACX overheating problem were pre-installed; I have seen no signs of any heat issues.

Cons: This is honestly more GPU than I truly need...I paid a premium for the customizable LED colors and bragging rights, but it should be a long, long time (and probably at least one new PC) before I need to buy another graphics processor.

Overall Review: The EVGA PowerLink that came free with the purchase was a bit fussy to install, but a nice bonus.

Perfect for what we need.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 06G-P4-6267-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0, 6GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 06G-P4-6267-KR

Pros: Significantly reduced lag at 1080p.

Cons: None to speak of.

Overall Review: Possibly a bit more GPU than our i5-2310 can effectively make use of, but it was definitely an improvement over the GTX 960 SSC, and the price is finally back down into a reasonable range.

Good price, works well

ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro - Compact Multi-Compatible Tower CPU Cooler | 92 mm PWM Fan | for AMD AM4 and Intel 115x CPU | Recommended up to 115 W TDP
ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro - Compact Multi-Compatible Tower CPU Cooler | 92 mm PWM Fan | for AMD AM4 and Intel 115x CPU | Recommended up to 115 W TDP

Pros: Reasonably quiet and effective. Installation did not require the removal of my motherboard or manual application of thermal compound, and it knocked a good 10-12 degrees Celcius off my (non-overclocked) processor temps versus the stock cooler...so far it's been well worth the $22 I paid for it. ETA: I purchased a second unit when the paste dried out on the stock cooler for my husband's i5-2310. It took two tries to install it correctly, which was more our fault and the Antec 300's than the cooler's (it's a bit awkward to work around in the available space, and a screw was dropped.) Glad I bought a tube of MX-2 just in case, but it went in fine on the second try and the processor is now running consistently in the 20s-40s.

Cons: Not as dramatic an improvement over the stock cooler as I am told can be expected from some other popular/larger/more expensive air coolers, such as the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo or the Cryorig H7. The mounting process is a little weird, and I can see why some other purchasers have reported it going awry. You do need to be very careful to get all the pins properly aligned and clicked into place, tighten down the screws on either side as evenly as possible, and not let the cooler 'drift' around on the processor and risk scraping off the pre-applied thermal paste while you're doing it. I suspect I might have gotten even better results if mine hadn't done this during the installation process, and I had to open the rig back up once to remove and re-tighten the screws before it seemed to be working properly (though to be fair, even when it was installed badly my hottest-running core still didn't get up to an alarming temperature.) The fan does appear to be a bit on the cheap side, but (perhaps partly because I was forewarned by some of the other reviews here and was extra careful) I was able to get it in place and later work some other parts around it without breaking anything.

Overall Review: My house can be difficult to keep cool in the summer, and I had occasional overheating issues with my Sandy Bridge i5. I now have a Haswell i7 that runs hotter even at stock settings, so $22 for a little extra peace of mind has definitely been a worthwhile investment. At the time I installed the cooler, I had two sticks of RAM in the second and fourth slots, and they posed no problem. I later installed a 4-stick RAM kit (G-Skill Ripjaws X, for the record). Getting the stick nearest the cooler into place took a bit of maneuvering, and its heat spreaders now intrude slightly into the fan cage, but they sit well clear of the fan blades and don't appear to cause any issues. As I've seen similar user reports with many other large heat sinks, I've concluded it's something that just comes with the territory, and did not deduct additional eggs for it. My motherboard has clamps to prevent the RAM stick from being worked loose by vibration from the fan's operation, but if a motherboard has no such mechanism then I could see that potentially being a concern.