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Jordan D.

Jordan D.

Joined on 09/29/11

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome!

XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280X-TDFD
XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280X-TDFD

Pros: The card plays just about everything all while staying cool and quiet. Free game and Lifetime warranty!

Cons: The card is big..as mentioned by someone it too covers up some of my sata ports. It also appears to be sagging at the very end.

Overall Review: This is my first real build (outside of doing them at work), overall the card is sweet. Although I wish there was something to compensate for the sagging.

12/17/2013

Awesome Upgrade

AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX
AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX

Pros: Upgraded from FX 6200 and can now stream to twitch at 60fps in most games with no issues. Having 8 cores is really useful when working with virtual machines. Can be overclocked quite a bit, currently it at the same clock speed as the 8350 (4ghz).

Cons: Its 4 years old? Hardly a con for the performance.

Overall Review: I also purchased a new a cpu cooler and it has not gone above 60c once when I ran prime95 stress test.

Still Running Strong

XPG SX900 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASX900S3-64GM-C
XPG SX900 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASX900S3-64GM-C

Pros: I have owned this SSD for about a year and half now and it is still going strong. Boot times are around 13 seconds for me depending what is loading on start up. I also really like that it is still being supported through firmware updates.

Cons: I didn't get a larger SSD.

Beast

AMD FX-6200 - FX-Series Zambezi 6-Core 3.8GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD6200FRGUBOX
AMD FX-6200 - FX-Series Zambezi 6-Core 3.8GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD6200FRGUBOX

Pros: Processor is fast and stays cool. Although it's not top of line, games that require more cpu like Plantside 2 are running at 60+ Also when gaming, temps usually stay around 30-40c depending what game.

Cons: Stock cooler is pretty noisy

Overall Review: I have already installed an aftermarket cpu cooler and is much quieter now.

12/17/2013