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James M.

James M.

Joined on 06/21/11

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Solid motherboard

ASRock Z87 Extreme3 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z87 Extreme3 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: I've had this motherboard for a few months now and absolutely love it! Its spacious, easy to install, and has run great with everything I plug into it! Using the USB 3.0 ports on the back I was able to install an iso of WIndows 7 in all of about 4 minutes! Everything runs great and there hasn't been one issue. It is a great Motherboard for the price.

Cons: None so far.

Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card 04G-P4-0974-KR
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card 04G-P4-0974-KR

Pros: So the card truly does all nvidia advertised! These graphics blew away my old 650 ti boost card like it was from 1998. Okay a bit of an exaggeration, but still it was definitely worth every penny for the upgrade! It has ran everything on max graphics with at least 30+ frames a second, including assassins creed 4, titanfall, borderlands 2, and batman arkham origins. It has exceeded every benchmark I've put it through with flying colors!

Cons: I normally wear a gaming headset so I can't hear most things outside of the headphones. But when I took them off I could hear a slight noise of the EVGA fan. I have yet to play around with the fan speeds with the EVGA utility. But I know its running cool enough when idle that I can lower them if I wanted to.

Overall Review: an amazing card! Best card for this price that has ever existed! Although don't use ontrac shipping if you can avoid it. I watched the guy who delivered my package literally toss my box at the door.

More power than I need!

Intel Core i7-4771 - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74771
Intel Core i7-4771 - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74771

Pros: This CPU is more than I imagined it would be! I've been monitoring performance and I can play any game while a few other applications are running without this CPU breaking a virtual sweat. I've not had one issue with it and it is worth every penny. I'm sure it will last me for years to come. i haven't had any problem with heat, the fan it comes with seems to be fairly quiet as well. I only have it clocked at the standard 3.5GHz

Cons: When the day comes that I need to clock higher I may get a different cooler though due to the reputation of the standard cooler it comes with usually getting too loud.

Nice and cool

Cooler Master HAF 912 Blue Edition - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case
Cooler Master HAF 912 Blue Edition - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: The case comes with the built in LED fan preinstalled which is great. It was spacious and easy to work with and it does a great job keeping things cool.

Cons: None!

Fast fast fast!

SanDisk 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SDSSDP-064G-G25
SanDisk 2.5" 64GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SDSSDP-064G-G25

Pros: I've never had speeds like this before. It took me 4 minutes to install windows 7, takes me 4 seconds to boot to the login screen, and it shuts down in 2 seconds. When I login I'm instantly ready to go.

Cons: None so far.

11/27/2013

Fast!

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL

Pros: I can really feel a difference in speeds with this ram. I'm used to using 1333 so this was light years ahead in speed.

Cons: When I plugged it in the motherboard thought it was 1600. I manually clocked it with the mobo settings. Not sure if this is the mother boards fault or the RAM though.

11/27/2013