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Troy K.

Troy K.

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing Card!

EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Dual FTW w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Dual FTW w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Pros: Fantastic card! Plays everything flawlessly in my experience with BF4, Bioshock Infinite, and some benchmarks like 3DMark. I haven't quite got my PC properly cooled so I can't indicate if the GPU makes that much sound but with some research I found that this is one of the quietest models of the 780.

Cons: I had some issues first installing it because I had some little horizontal blue/pink lines on my monitor when I first installed it. Also my PC would shut down after a bit of playing games like BF4 so I figured that I need to check on the power cables to the GPU. I'm not entirely sure what was the cause but I did a BIOS update and everything seems fine for now after a month of doing so. I won't take off an egg because the problem has disappeared after a month of usage.

Overall Review: When considering to pick this over the AMD 290, it was a really tough choice with the G-Sync for Nvidia and Mantle for AMD. I ultimately chose Nvidia's 780 because it was better in price per performance compared to the 290 especially since it jumped in price by around $150-$200 because of the whole Bit-coin mining thing so I'm glad I went with this.

Most Critical Review

Its decent

KINGWIN HDM-226 Internal Dual 2.5" HDD/SSD to 3.5" Plastic Mounting Kit
KINGWIN HDM-226 Internal Dual 2.5" HDD/SSD to 3.5" Plastic Mounting Kit

Pros: It works in my computer.

Cons: It is really flimsy for an SSD bracket. I had troubles connecting the cables to the SSD after I installed it into my computer because the SSD was so far back in the bracket. I guess I get what I paid for so I'm not going to bash on it too hard.

Overall Review: I tried to install it when I first got it but the way it worked out with my case and the wiring management, it just didn't seem worth through all the trouble. It just stayed in my case for about 6 months with the SSD just laying on top of it because the design of the bracket was too difficult to connect the SSD cables.

12/19/2013

Great MB.

ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The many features on the board was great for my build. I was starting to get into the mid-high range build for my computer and this was a great MB to start with my i7 3770K. It also came with a free 60GB SSD when I first got it so that's always a plus. The BIOS is also very easy to manage and that's always great.

Cons: Maybe the connectors are too far away for my PS cables to reach. But I blamed that on the PS because people also had problems with that particular model so I won't take any eggs off for that.

Overall Review: I am going to stick with this model for as long as my CPU doesn't give out.

12/19/2013

Great SSD

OCZ Agility 3 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT3-25SAT3-60G
OCZ Agility 3 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) AGT3-25SAT3-60G

Pros: Very fast, and I had no problems with this SSD.

Cons: I got it for free with my MB so I can't complain but it didn't have enough memory for my needs.

Overall Review: Still in use, it is storing my OS at the moment.

12/19/2013

Great card.

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 02G-P4-3660-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 02G-P4-3660-KR

Pros: It is really fast and kind of cheap when I got it. It performs almost as well as the 760 now, but the bus is a bit slower than the newer model. This card got through every game I threw at it fairly easily from upgrading from a 560 ti from the year before. Great great card, I would recommend SLI if you can manage to find a compatible 660 ti now.

Cons: I guess I got the reference model, or something really close to it. I didn't care for the difference at the time I bought this so I that is the only con I can think of.

12/19/2013

Excellent Buy.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Pros: It is excellent fast ram!

Cons: None that I can think of.

Overall Review: It is highly reviewed for a reason, get yourself some G.SKILL Ripjaws guys!

12/19/2013