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Jacob O.

Jacob O.

Joined on 10/08/04

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Most Favorable Review

It works, is very cheap

BIOSTAR H61MGC LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
BIOSTAR H61MGC LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: For the price, this motherboard is great. It is solid, no funny stuff, got drivers off their site, works fine.

Cons: Of course there are sacrifices made at this price level, like only two DIMM's and a two slot video card will cover the SATA 1 port. No IEEE if you care about firewire.

Overall Review: I don't know what one can expect but to have it work at this price point. The BIOS is a simple American Megatrends. It has basic options, can boot to USB to install windows or whatever. You could over clock, but it is only the most BASIC options for FSB multiplier etc... The audio chipset works great for 5.1 channel analog sound. It is very small, but doesn't feel cheap or flimsy. Overall solid board, I am happy with it because it just works, I don't have to think about it.

Most Critical Review

Don't buy, heed the reviews.

CM Storm QuickFire Stealth - Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with CHERRY MX Blue Switches and Covert Keycaps
CM Storm QuickFire Stealth - Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with CHERRY MX Blue Switches and Covert Keycaps

Pros: When it works, wonderful slick little KB, exactly what I wanted.

Cons: It doesn't work well after a month. Backspace key quit working, making writing this review and trying to correct mistakes a nightmare.

Overall Review: Newegg won't take it back, going to try Coolermaster directly.

Good performer, good price.

HIS Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H685FN1GD
HIS Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card H685FN1GD

Pros: Fast, especially for the price point. Quite, the fan never gets too ramped up. Solid, haven't had any issues, plays the games I need to with high settings and great performance.

Cons: None really.

Overall Review: Overall great card. I have an extreme budget build that has an i3 2120 paired up to this card. Together they sing, run Tera, GW2, Crysis, with high settings ad 1080p.

Solid performance, great price.

Intel Core i3-2120 - Core i3 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 65W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I32120
Intel Core i3-2120 - Core i3 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Dual-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 1155 65W Intel HD Graphics 2000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I32120

Pros: Cheap, fast enough for 90% of what one would want to do. It is a surprisingly fast CPU, especially for apps that aren't optimized for four cores. I also have an i5 based system, and to be frank, I can't really tell a difference. I use it for gaming, and paired with a 6850 it sings.

Cons: None really as long as you know what you are buying.

Overall Review: Bang for your buck, this is a great CPU. It leaves the AMD alternatives in the dust. For a dual core, it is fantastic. It works for gaming, but if you are a very serious gamer, might consider the i5 2500k for over clocking.

It RAM, it works. What else do you want?

Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model MD313C81609L2
Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model MD313C81609L2

Pros: It works, it was dirt cheap.

Cons: It isn't pretty?

Overall Review: This RAM works fine, and was cheaper than anything else I could find. If you use it as intended (don't know about over clocking it) it is great.