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Anthony C.

Anthony C.

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Great for $200

PNY VCGGTX660XPB G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PNY VCGGTX660XPB G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: First off, the system I installed this card into contains: CPU: AMD FX-6300 six core MOBO: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (I do not recommend this board) RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance PSU: Corsair cx-750m GPU: this card (with case, dvd, etc - $500) First off, this card is pretty quiet. That is, at 40% fan speed (idle) I can only hear a typical "hum" that comes from most mechanical/electronic things. At 100% fan, you can most definitely hear it. This is not a bad thing. It needs to be cooled, so the fan spins faster - makes sense. If using something like MSI Afterburner, you can create nice temp-to-fanspeed scheme so the fan doesn't need to pick up unless something is really making it work. The card itself has the power plugs on the side and there is also no fancy text or logo on the side. This is neither good nor bad, but the card is very plain looking. Tested it with a 500w PSU and ran fine. Performance wise, this card is better on the above systems than my previous GTX650 as you'd expect. Onto some real-world results: Note: vsync is on so 60FPS is the cap for me Note: I relied on the GeForce Experience application to auto-optimize the settings, but it maxed them out. Note: Tested at 1920x1080, the lower rates go up when played at 1366x768 on my TV. Note: No overclocking to CPU, RAM, or GPU was done for these tests. Skyrim (Maxed out) 50-60FPS *no mods* Splinter Cell Blacklist (Maxed out) 55-60FPS Assassins Creed IV (Maxed out), 35-45FPS *though this games seems to limit it* Trine, Trine 2 (Maxed Out) 60FPS Counterstrike GO (Maxed out) 60FPS State of Decay (Maxed out) 45-60FPS Battlefield 3 (Maxed out) 55-60FPS Battlefield 4 (High-medium) 48-58FPS Battlefield 4 (Maxed out) 35-45FPS League of Legends (Maxed out) 60FPS Diablo III (Maxed out) 50-60FPS *slow loading/network speeds may be to blame* Minecraft (everything ON and "high") 60fps *without vsync, I hit the limiter* Starcraft II (Maxed out) 60FPS Metro 2033 (Maxed out) 50-60FPS RAGE (Maxed out) 60FPS Farcry 3 (Maxed out) 50-60FPS FC3 Blood Dragon (Maxed out) 50-60FPS Card runs at about 60C with most of these games, 70C for Battlefield 3 and Farcry 3 when in DX11 mode and the fans at 75%. My case has pretty basic airflow so these results are not skewed. Some people might like to know that there are two DVI ports, DVI-D and a DVI-I, comes with a DVI-D to VGA adapter. Someone else mentioned that the ports on the back are color-coded, one is gold and one is white. This was NOT the case for me, both were black. No big deal, my monitors worked in either/both of them. Hopefully it lasts as long as all of my PNY cards - forever. I've never had a problem with Nvidia or PNY so hopefully this continues. Good luck!

Cons: None, good card - better than last gen, not quite as good as the cards that are double the price (obviously).

Overall Review: If you are doing a very high quality mid-range gaming machine, this is great.

12/14/2013

PERFECT

I-ROCKS KR-6820E-BK Black 104 Key USB Wired illuminated Backlit Gaming Keyboard (Orange LED)
I-ROCKS KR-6820E-BK Black 104 Key USB Wired illuminated Backlit Gaming Keyboard (Orange LED)

Pros: Small / Sturdy / Backlight / comfy / fast: This thing is just what I wanted. Low profile while still having a good firm feel to it. The backlight toggle works fine and seems sturdy.

Cons: Wish the cable was a little longer. .

Overall Review: The page up/down keys are oddly placed but they make sense. Everything else about the keys are fine. The backlight toggle is perfect. This is the only *BASIC* keyboard I found on newegg. I didnt want media buttons and all that jazz... just a solid keyboard for coding / typing intensive stuff; and this one is perfect. If you need a basic solid keyboard that is really comfortable to type on, get this

Awesome

SYBA CL-CNL-EOLE802 92mm Hydro CPU Cooler
SYBA CL-CNL-EOLE802 92mm Hydro CPU Cooler

Pros: Quite, keeps P4's cool.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: COMES WITH THERMAL PASTE (not as good as arctic silver tho)

Perfect

Rosewill R102-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Rosewill R102-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Case fit my old intel D945GTP perfectly.

Cons: none, except the built in I/O plate doesn't accommodate any newer boards.

Overall Review: Comes with a 120mm as other stated, works awesome

Great

LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50
LG DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS50

Pros: Great, works as advertised. Removal tool for bluebird can be found by googling.

Cons: Yea it has integrated windows software, but like anything else, it can be removed.

Overall Review: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=135300 --- link to bluebird removal tool.