Seagate Barracuda 7200 11 1 5 TB SATA 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31500341AS
Seagate Barracuda 7200 11 1 5 TB SATA 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31500341AS >> Problems with Seagate not with Amazon s packaging While I must admit that I ve had loads of problems with this particular model of Seagate drive 4 DOAs from another vendor and one that died after about 3 months of use I must say that Amazon appears to have listened to complaints about packaging of OEM drives Mine arrived in it s static bag and
PNY OPTIMA 2GB 2x1GB Dual Channel Kit DDR 400 MHz PC3200 Desktop DIMM Memory Modules MD2048KD1 400 >> Does exactly what it s supposed to These pieces of dual channel have reanimated an old useless system I didn t have the heart to throw away I now have a basic workhorse for everyday chores and homework enabling me to conserve my laptop
Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2 5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT
Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2 5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT >> Great on All Levels This HD was used to upgrade my OEM 80 GB PS3 Hard Drive The installation process was quite simple and the PS3 unit performs much better with this Hard Drive than it did with the OEM 80 GB Seagate
The PS3 unit now runs much quiter which also means that it runs much cooler as the only
Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD20EADS
Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD20EADS >> Don t Let Green in the Name Discourage You From Buying Many people are turned off by products marketed as Green
But I found this drive to be a good performer and reliable in my Mac Pro Installation took 30 seconds It just slides in with no wired connectors
Band : Unknown Product Features : - Complies with industry standards - Lifetime replacement warranty
Generic 512 MB PC133 SDRAM >> pc ram Had to return product because it would not work in my PC Seller anb Amazon were both very courteous in sending me a quick refund for this item >> Not Compatible I own a G4 PowerPC and was hoping to just jack in some cheap generic RAM I was unaware that Macs require a specific chip and the only way you will know if it functions with your computer is if you get certified Ram This Ram actually stopped my Mac from even starting up Incredible >> Not Happy With Product The product was the wrong size and I have been trying to find out where I can return it and get the correct product but have had no luck Can you tell me where I can return it and get my money back I am not happy at all
Band : StarTech Model : PCI1P Product Features : - Up to 3x faster than ISA or built in parallel ports - Guaranteed compatibility with any PC running Windows or Linux - Easy plug and play installatio - Up to three times faster than ISA or built in parallel ports
Startech com PCI1P Value EPP/ECP Parallel PCI Card 1 port >> Works great This PCI card does exactly what it says it does I bought mine to connect my LaserJet4 to my Dell which lacks a parallel port When installed mine defaulted to LPT3 I assume to avoid conflicts with any factory ports This card is very small and does not block airflow over a card above or below >> Paralell port card Worked fine You do need the CD to install a driver and since it is a CD for many of their products it s not obvious >> Great Product Was glad to find a product still available that lets me print from a legacy program I refuse to give up Do yourself a favor and install the drivers from the software provided and you will save yourself some time
Band : Kingston Model : KVR667D2/1GR Product Features : - 128Mx64 Non Ecc 667MHz - 240 pin Unbuffered DIMM - SDRAM DDR2 1 8V CL5 - 24/7 Tech Support - Lifetime Warranty
Kingston ValueRAM 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz 240 PIN Memory Module KVR667D2/1GR >> Great Price My husband and son worked together recently to build a gaming computer My son just had his 12th birthday and this additional memory was one of his gifts He was thrilled with it and we were thrilled with the price My husband compared prices locally and on mail order and this was by far the best deal It arrived quickly in secure packaging and has been installed and is working well >> Small form factor good price Added to a Dell D9150 with other RAM present 2x512MB and 1x1GB SIMM
Don t forget if your are upgrading and adding to a system with slower RAM I forgot the customary issue at first This SIMM was faster than the other memory on board and when placed in the slot 1 2nd slot system would not boot Easy fix I moved it to slot 0 1st slot and moved the original 1GB slower speed to slot 1 the system booted fine
>> why i needed more ram i needed more memory for my computer i got it at a great price thanks alot
Band : MSI Model : 790FX GD70 Product Features : - MSI 790GX G65 Socket AM3 FSB 2600 CPU Support Phenom II Triple Core Quad Core ATX - Chipset AMD 790FX Crossfire SATA2 RAID PCI E 16x 4 Gen 2 16x 16x or Quad 8x PCI E 1x 1 slot PCI 2 Slots - 4 Slots DDR3 Memory Bus Dual/1800/200 24 GB Max HD Audio 8 Channel Dual GB LAN - Dr MOS ATI Quad/Triple Cross FireX 1394 RAID 0 1 0 1 5 SATA2 PCI e Gen 2 eSATA
MSI 790FX GD70 SocketAM3/140W CPU/AMD 790FX CrossFire/4DDR3 2133 OC /ATI Quad/Triple CrossFireX/2GbE/R/A/1394/ATX Motherboard >> HYPER TRANSPORT OVERLOAD ERROR COMMON RESTARTS I WAS ALL HYPED UP TO GET THIS NEW LATEST AMD MOBO FROM MSI I have personally had 2 MSI boards featuring old socket 478 and they have been great performers I had purchased 2 MSI NForce4 MoBo s for customers in past so I was hoping for great results again with this new AMD board This MoBo is filled full of features that other MoBo s do not have for this particular chipset setup BluRay Audio LOTS USB ports 4x CrossFireX Coolest as in temps MoBo i think i ve ever ran But unfortunately it is so unstable and this mobo is nuttin but bad news First off I had Geil 2133 OC memory installed couldn t get it to perform no where near that fastest was 1333mhz switch to Kingston HyperX 1600 and tried CORSAIR XMS3 1600 and both worked as stated then Tried every setting in memory setup with only 1600mhz working decent or the initial 1333 or 1066 on most startups or no post resets used three different memory makers of the 3 only the 2 1600mhz rated workd perfect Second of which is restarts are very common in WinXP and more in Win7 x64 The restarts come up with a screen on inital restart stating HyperTransport Overload Error and then repeats a restart every 20 30 minutes MSI has no fix as of now with there Tech Support Found if you hit the restart button right away after you see the BIOS screen it seems to extend the restart period of time still very lame Third situation i believe is AMD Overdrive is a hyped buying conspiracy i swear manufactures dont even give support for it for the ones that label there product Black Edition compatible and AMD has no clue what it is when u call in about either
I have never had this much trouble building a PC and nuntheless it was for a loyal customer of mine that i have built 3 Gaming rigs for in last 3 years I have put together 100 s of PC s rangin from OLD socket 370 Intel 440BX chipsets bein overclocked huge with 1 4ghz Celerons almost a decade ago to 2days s hottest Intel 1366 or AMD AM3 boards with multiple graphics cards for extremists and by far this has done more wrong to my image as a reputable computer builder then anything good that has come out of it
I already purchased an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe board and everything worx AWSUM now reverted back to ASUS after having good results on my personal older A8N32 SLI Deluxe I will probly not buy another MSI board for sumtime after this incident I own 2 PC s that have Black Edition CPU s and they are fast cheap and effective on games
Xclio Case Quad 3 4ghz 965 Black Edition 4gb 1600mhz Kingston HyperX 2x ATi 5770 1gb CrossfireX ASUS 8x BluRay WD Black 1TB SATA Hard Drive CORSAIR 850w Power SUpply
with these components i cannot find a happy place for no restarts/BSOD s >> Best Board Money Can Buy If you re a gamer this is the board to get It is the easiest board to over clock so even if you have no idea what you re doing it is still very easy to over clock You can over clock the Processer FSB Memory and the PCI Ports with little effort Over All If You Like Playing Games Over Clocking Get This Board >> The Best If u want an AMD system then this is the motherboard u wanna buy Trust me
Band : Western Digital Model : WD20EVDS Product Features : - Power conserving WD AV GP drives offer significant power savings and thermally optimized operation resulting in lower cost of ownership and unsurpassed reliability for PVR/DVR IPTV boxes and media server manufacturers - SilkStream Optimized for smooth continuous digital video playback of up to twelve simultaneous HD streams SilkStream is compatible with the ATA streaming command set so CE customers can use standard streaming management and error recovery options - Ideal for set top boxes PVR DVR and IPTV media servers media centers and surveillance applications - 2TB capacity holds up to 400 000 digital photos 500 000 MP3 files and 240 hours of HD video
Western Digital 2 TB AV GP SATA Intellipower 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM AV Hard Drive WD20EVDS >> Excellent Choice to upgrade your iMac I bought this to replace my original iMac hard drive This is not only much larger in capacity than my original iMac hard drive original was 350 GB in size but also much faster I got it installed at BestBuy for 40 This was one of the best upgrade choices I have made in a long time Even better than the memory bump i gave my iMac from 2GB to 4 GB after buying crucial memory on amazon I think the performance bump is higher in the hard drive upgrade case Hope this helps Prashant >> Works for TiVo HD after a simple tweak Paul s review inspired me to try using this drive for my TiVo HD The wdidle3 exe program worked perfectly and I am now enjoying lots free TV Drive is nearly as quiet as the original drive and is a whole lot quieter than the ATT U Verse box I got rid of >> Great Drive I have been using this AV hard drive for over a month It s very quiet with no video artifacts and runs very cool
Band : Kingston Model : KHX8500D2K2/4G Product Features : - 4GB Kit of 1066MHz DDR2 Desktop Memory - Utilizes HyperX module with faster latency timing for higher performance and speed - Specifically designed and tested for compatibility in various makes and models of desktop computers - From the industry leader in PC memory - Non ECC Low Latency 240 pin unbuffered DIMM type
Kingston HyperX 4GB Kit 2x2GB Modules 1066MHz DDR2 Desktop Memory KHX8500D2K2/4GR >> very happy with this memory purchased memory for a rebuild of a machine It has been very stable and crash free on an ASUS M4A78 motherboard and AMD Athlon II X4 cpu I ve done a lot of standard computing as well as gaming with it running full graphics options on Quake IV Doom 3 Bioshock etc and the memory has really helped game performance >> Cheaper than Corsair but just as good Hi Hello I don t know anything about PC installations but I installed this How awesome am I cool beans thanks It is a great deal for these Rams and they are cheaper than most other big shot brands
Well Let s talk a bit more about this fabtabulous product It runs my Windows 64bit Ultimate with greater ease much faster than only having 4 gigs yess I bought 2 sets of these bringing me to a total of 8 gigs 4 Dimm slots 2 gigs per slot I am a Photographer and an Artist so I need all the MegaRams I can get I often do video editing or large digital paintings and I process a great deal of RAW images from my DSLR on my home computer So you can see why i wanted such KICKASS MegaRams
My computer has 3 hard drives and I pull from them as needed sometimes all three at the same time and the time it takes to accomplish this is a great deal less than before it can handle BIG tasks faster Video editing from one HDD Playing Music from another all while having Adobe RAW editor and bridge opened I jump around from task but leave the window or program opened for the others It helps me think on the next cut while I edit some shots and so on
Render time for ANYTHING is literally cut by half System boots faster Photoshop 64bit starts up in about 2 seconds really About very very fast Installation was a bit difficult being my first time on an install Tight fit and you have to center them Perfectly before the snaps/clips/MegaRams retainer locking clips secure the memory sticks if both sides don t click you didn t do it right You might see them and think they are perfectly aligned but a tiny mm nudge to either side can mean the difference
In closing at 2 gigs per stick and 4 sticks of Rams for me makes 8 Gigs on a 64 bit OS machine At 32 bits and 4 gigs of ram my memory was always around 46 52 usage and I didn t really have any programs but an internet browse opened now at 64 bit and 2 sets of this great Rams with iTunes and only an internet browser opened I m at 18 22 usage frees up a great deal quite fitting as it is a great deal in my opinion >> HyperX ceptional Excellent fast stable memory module BIOS must be set manually to acheive 1066MHz running 5 5 5 15 2 2V No problems so far No heat issues Installed an 80mm cooling fan over the memory and NB heatsink just for added measure My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA MA770 UD3 AM2 I initally installed the Corsair Dominator PC 8500 1066MHz 4GB EPP Dual Channel which continued to dump and BSOD I thought the Corsair may have been defective so I returned it to Corsair for a replacement to no avail same results After installing the Kingston my computer has been very stable with the Vista Ultimate OS 64 bit I don t think the Corsair was compatible with the Gigabyte mobo Quality Vendor list depicted the Corsair memory but not the Dominator I have used Kingston over the years and was always satisfied Kingston will be my first option for all of my future upgrade needs
Band : Asus Model : 90 YAA0B0 0UAN00Z Product Features : - Main 7 1 channel SPDIF Out Line in/Mic in Combo Other S/PDIF Header Front Audio Header Aux In - Sound Noise Ratio SNR 116 - GX 2 0 EAX 5 0 - Dolby Demo CD
Asus Xonar D1 Sound Card Black >> Worse than Creative I bought this to replace a Creative sound card If I had known that the Creative piece of junk was better than this hunk of garbage I would have just dealt with the Creative crackling
This sound card swaps channels crackles pops will play the sound high pitched all randomly
I expected better from Asus
And before anyone blames my computer I ve got two different computers and both cards crackle in both >> very good sound Best for computer music for value and price ASUS marketing need do more thing to pmote this board >> Great sounding card For the longest time I had been a Creative user up until my Audigy 2 which I compared to my onboard sound and was actually impressed with the onboard not to mention the terrible support for Creative in the last few years but I ll skip that
The Xonar D1 is an extremely well performing card This is especially true for music I have a very broad taste in music from classical jazz rockabilly ska hip hop indie whatever no country and everything sounds amazing It s indescribable but it s just like this card is able to convey just that much more that my Audigy and the onboard couldn t Not to mention the Dolby headphone setting It s sometimes very easy to forget I have my cans on It handles video and gaming well too but music is its biggest highlight The control center has a lot of features a great sampling rate and SNR My only complaint is the I/O panel There is an optical out and a line in shared jack Other than that I m 100 satisfied with the card
I use it in Win 7 but with the Vista x64 drivers works no problem It also works fine in Fedora 12 x86 64 Alsa picks it right up It would be nice if there were more software support but it works well enough as is
Band : Hauppauge Model : 1183 Product Features : - PCI card with dual TV tuners to let you watch both digital and analog television on your computer - Supports QAM ATSC and analog cable signals - On board MPEG 2 encoder allows PC to run at full speed while recording analog cable TV directly to hard drive - Includes dbx TV stereo decoder for great TV sound Composite/S Video and audio inputs for connecting to VCRs or cable/satellite set top boxes - Includes WinTV Scheduler to schedule television recordings and Windows Media Certified USB remote control transmitter and receiver
Hauppauge 1183 WinTV HVR 1600 Internal PCI Dual TV Tuner/Video Recorder Media Center Kit >> Video capture This accomplishes 90 of what I wanted The card does not have a component input but I can get around it >> Works Perfectly I installed this with Vista 64 bit system running 6G of DDR2 memory on an E6600 processor downloaded the latest drivers and the media center setup package from Hauppauge and it works perfect With it s on board Mpeg encoder it only uses about 10 of the processor for live tv and runs smoothly Make sure to use an actual S Video cable from your cable box and not the included S Video to RCA adapter With S Video cable the picture is near HD quality as I comppared them side to side with my HD TV I would highly recomend this card >> WinTV HVR 1600 Pros Very easy installation of hardware I did have to go to site to get updated software that Windows 7 needed Even with the software some of the QAM channels donot show up in win 7 Media Center you must manuely add QAM channels in WMC 7 but they do show up using the software that came with the card No problems what so ever with ATSC and analog cable signals Great card
Cons No free TV guide unless you use Windows Media Center and schedule recoding is lacking
Band : EVGA Model : 141 BL E760 A1 Product Features : - 2 way 3 way and 3way SLI with PhysX support - 10 Phase Digital PWM with switching frequency up to 1333 KHz - E LEET motherboard tuner - Vdroop Control and Onboard Power and Reset Buttons - 8 Channel audio
EVGA 141 BL E760 A1 X58 Classified SLI Mainboard >> great board Great board There are setting for everything including extreme cooling setting for those of you that phase change cool It makes it more fun to overclock Seriously though i could have gotton the same overclock off of my CPU from the EVGA SLI LE This board has alot of nice features but i dont use more than half of them >> Very empressed with performance I have to say that I am very empressed with the Evga classified X58 motherboard After arriving in Trinidad and Tobago on 3rd August 2009 a week after it was bought online I assembled it in a Coolmaster CM 690 case with 6 gb of 1333 Ghz OCZ ram XFX geforce 8400 graphics card All I could of gotten at short notice with the little change I had left over Corsair 1000 watts power supply Core I7 920 500 GB hard drive and Lite on DVD burner When I first turn on the PC with out the operating system installed it booted up or posted successfully I then installed Vista Ultimate operating sysem which was a smooth process with no issues After installing all the drivers virus programs etc I ran Fallout 3 Need for speed most wanted and Bioshock and it ran smooth with no problems
One issue I had was that with Vista I could not use the two RJ45 Ethernet network ports to share the internet between my cable modem and another computer no matter how much updates I did on my drivers and OS This issue was later solved after installing windows 7 It took me a while to find a way to fit this big motherboard in a mid tower but after unscrewing the plastic cable Guides the motherboard fit perfect It looks as if the CM690 mid tower case was made for this motherboard Even after running Resident evil 5 and Devil may cry 4 on Windows 7 the computer gave me no issues with drivers or viruses or computer crashes The Bios boot up sequence has a very professional look and feel with the very defined text I compared it with my friend s MSI AM2 790fx platinum boot up screen and I have to say that it cant compete Every thing about the motherboard from the way it was packaged the layout of the motherboard and how it performed was very professional There is great spacing of the PCI express slots on the board It was easy to update the drivers of the computer from the Evga website I would have liked it very much if they had a lighted back plate like the Asus rampage 2 extreme
I have not tried overclocking yet to find out how stable the board really is but that is in development Unlike so many reviews I have read about the Asus rampage 2 extreme and the MSI X58 eclipse having posting problems The Evga classified had shown me that it works straight out of the box I recommend this board to anyone who want X58 performance without the headache especially if you are not a computer nerd
Ohh gosh this review is long so let me take this time to big up the workers at amazon for getting my computer goods to me in record time and treating me like VIP I had sent my first motherboard to the wrong address but Amazon made the changes and sent another motherboard to the right address at no extra cost These people know about customer service I will definitely continue shopping with Amazon com I still have to stop borrowing my friends monitor and buy my own and also buy 2 GTX 295 >> EVGA Classified X58 Motherboard The Star of the Show This is going to be a mini review of the E760 A1 Classified Motherboard by our favorite silicon sandwich maker EVGA Believe it or not Amazon com gave me a deal on this mainboard or I d still be staring at a standard EVGA BL 132 X58 3 x SLI Motherboard and not this pretty Classified baby that s inside of my newest PC right now So thanks to Amazon com for making a bad thing right and taking care of business with me and the Classified
I actually want to thank them a LOT for turning me onto this beautiful sculpture that s inside my HAF 932 highly mod d PC since yesterday at about 9AM PST because this is The Kind as we say in Hawaii Actually it s Da Kine which is KUHL KUHL KUHL The most striking visual appeal of this board is the awesome black and red finish to everything there is ie the theme is repeated from the DIMM slots to the PCI Express slots to the CPU area it s all mirrored in visually stunning graphics colors and finished blackout Chrome metal and a mirror finished motherboard itself Like WOW Visually it s a 20 on a 10 Scale it just jumps out at you and says I am Class and you may as well call me by my real name Classified before I whack you up side of da head
The board has presence and features that beget a much better review than I am going to make tonight All told I have been up perhaps the better part of two days getting the new PC all gussied up in new Duds including this beautiful thing and my judgment and wit are on the wane right about now or I d seriously get into the dialectics of the huge electronic masterpiece that this motherboard is But I won t just now promising to come back to this review and update it with impressions after a week a month heck whenever I feel like it if you don t mind
Wavey Davey gives this motherboard his solid 5 Stars across the board and I ll mention just a couple coup s that the board has that others do not
1 There are 4 Full Length 16/8 x Lane PCI Express Slots actually 5 yes that would be five with the single lane slot for something like your X Fi Fatal1ty Pro Sound Blaster card like that actually it s there for you to run of course Quad SLI mode if nothing else How about that gamers You could potentially if you had enough power supply firepower and cables you d need a minimum of a Kilowatt PSU to do this 1000 Watts or higher ie run 4 x 2 PSU 6 pin connectors to 4 matching cards or rather 3 matching cards for gaming and that sort of deal God forbid the scores with 3 cards in SLI mode and a 4th video card for normal pursuits like Folding Home doing Phys X stuff things like that
2 Then there s the Custom Cooled North Bridge I believe it s called I ll research it and come back and change this if it s the South Bridge hah hah That black anodized piece with an intricate and effective cooling heat sink setup looks so stealthy and Darth Vaderish in all it s glory on the motherboard that it will scare off heat Well would that it could would be nice if it could yah And ON that North Bridge is a magically glowing LED E in EVGA Speak the biggest and baddest eletric LED graphical interface I ve ever seen on a motherboard of anybody s making WOW It just looks positively stunning at night or in a darkened room to look inside your PC and see the Glowing E of EVGA all nice and cozy on your motherboard Nobody has that for sure This is unique
3 The running lights in the Classified are also color keyed along the company line with a red ON button normally it s green right But not with this item guys and gals Red is ON and red is Good so don t get confused and think that your motherboard is posting bad things and call Tech Support over at EVGA with a dire request for an explanation of this phenomenon which looks Tres KUHL like everything else about this motherboard does It s just first class and All First Class from point to point feature to feature vs all the other boards for sale now
Of course the motherboard has the usual fare from EVGA like the Digital Post Board at the lower front edge of the board conveniently located there for your perusal and it will tell you the temp of the CPU at any given time after full boot is made good and up to then it s giving up all kinds of Post Codes which are explained fully in the back of the rather massive owners manual that comes with the board The Activity Light is Amber to Yellow colored so that s also a new wrinkle At least the Clear CMOS button is still familiar Red well of course it would be Red right Right
The motherboard comes with a host of cables and things a bunch of SLI enabling cables for multiple Video Cards different types of SLI I later learned there are several modes SLI 2 SLI 3 and SLI 3 w/4th video card for Phys X FAH or another monitor There are SATA cables and otherwise some Molex connectors for your collection of fans and gadgets inside the case something to help organize the deal so it won t look like a trash heap of wires in there
There s also a Chrome satin finish care portal arrangement I believe it s called something particularly fitting ie it s called the I/O Shield It s the place where all the USB FireWire Ethernet RJ 45 and other ports like PS2 ports are on the so called back of the case that s what they furnish you There s also a combo FireWire and USB port gadget which can be placed in any open PCI slot like if you re a true aficionado you re going to HAVE a clear or open PCI slot don t think so at least not in mine anyway
I will caution those of you with an eSATA port in the front of your PC like I have with my HAF 932 that you will NOT be able to hook up that port normally shall we say with the Classified if you plan on utilizing that single lane PCI Express slot AND the adjacent PCI Express full length 16X Lane slot plus the flat motherboard SATA connector There is no way in Hades that you can put two cards of any persuasion there and still have the connector free for the SATA part of your front panel so I had to Pasadena on using that Single Lane PCI Express port for my X Fi Titanium Sound Blaster Fatal1ty Pro Card and front panel for that matter It would have been nice there the my front eSATA port is very very important to me because I ve got some eSATA external equipment that I like to use with the PC and I NEEDED THAT PORT hooked up
Alternatively you can hook up that front eSATA/SATA port to the regular motherboard SATA connectors and NOT use that particular motherboard SATA connection and then use all 5 PCI Express Slots for whatever purposes you wish end of that story EVGA has it all covered trust me
That s about it for my 1st impressions of this total KNOCKOUT and DRAG ME DOWN motherboard It is so visually stunning you will not believe it goes in the bottom of your computer Crazy I love it I mean my PC is stylin like never before tonight Gosh Darn It Why did they have to make it so pretty anyway
Of course I didn t mention this one s No 1 purpose in all of the above gadgets and stuff It s meant for the Intel i7 Nehalem CPU and all of the OVERCLOCKING possible all you could do and THEN SOME because there are things to do to your CPU with this board that I wouldn t dream of telling Intel for fear of warranty banishment This is the Overclocker s Dream if there ever was one so come one come all it s the E 760 EVGA Classified for you if you want to overclock unlike any other overclocker on your street
Come get it this is the one
Wavey Davey 5 23 2009
ADDENDUM 6 29 2009
A couple things that comes to mind with this setup which I have learned to love that I didn t mention with the above mini review which was written hastily under the influence of a lack of sleep ie before I had time to actually experience all of the blessings that the Classified bestows on its owners
1 ELEET aka E LEET Tuning Utility
This is something that you ve got to use to truly appreciate and only time and your creativity stops miracles from happening with it punched up in the control center your desktop ELEET allows for fine tuning ie adding additional overclocking parameters to your initial overclock just to make things more stable push the envelope higher than it already is by adjusting virtually all of the important Voltage and Frequency adjustments available with Classified Let me give an example
Let s say you boot up to a 4167Mhz overclock dialing in 19 X 219 QPI but your real goal is 4257Mhz Small things make all the difference in the world doing this sort of thing and here s where ELEET comes into play
Open ELEET Voltages tab where you can increase VCore a minute minoot amount CPU VTT Voltage an equally minute amount then go to the Overclocking tab Hit the Increase Mhz tab ten 10 little clicks and BAM Instantly after hitting Apply Selection things rock and roll for a second or two as the computer s hardward is adjusted by ELEET you re at 4257Mhz the elusive goal is reached
ELEET is the only hardware overclocking utility built into the GUI in any computer/motherboard/CPU tandem that I know of and it s very very effective so there you go another EVGA 1st first on the block first at the race and there at the finish to hand you the trophy
2 North Bridge South Bridge motherboard features unique to Classified
The North Bridge and South Bridge in the Classified put the pedal to the metal so to speak they are the operating hardware features of this board that distinguish it from all others Without getting technical the NB is a big old heatsink system while the SB is the brains the control center for SATA and other intricate functions These are NOT by the way things to grip the motherboard by when handling it during installation as I ve cautioned people over and over again They are on the board with specific itineraries each has special fittings on the bottom of the board which enables maintenance and/or adjustment s to the TIM sealing but be careful there EVGA doesn t like the bottom end of this board taken apart by the consumer even though there s a special thread in the EVGA forums devoted to doing just that with all the special techniques mapped out that are necessary for re seating the TIM Thermal Material ie insulation on each controller and heat sink surface
Just thought I d mention this for the uninitiated as there may be attempts at messing about with the NB and SB but unless you are prepared with the right tools and knowledge it s best left to an RMA to EVGA Tech Support to deal with high temperatures or other anomalies that can occur with improperly applied or mastered TIM sealing
3 24GB of SDRAM
Here s another interesting part of the deal with Classified if you ve got the deep pockets to make it happen 6 x 4GB DIMMs 24GB SDRAM but you ll pay a small fortune for the pleasure this board supports 24GB of DDR3 SDRAM in Triple Channel Mode ONLY That s right it will do this if you ve got a regular job like long payment schedules and can FIND a SDRAM manufacturer to make this happen I am running 12GB of G Skill P3 8x8x8x21x74 Clocks 1600Mhz SDRAM these days running 1772Mhz we call it Purple Wonders SDRAM instead of the Corsair Dominator that I bought into this game with because well it s just so darned good that I couldn t resist the temptation to try it and it worked out even better than I d planned
But back on topic 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3 DIMM modules are NOT cheap by anyone s measure even if you happen to be filthy loaded rich and by that I mean in today s market they are fetching in the neighborhood of more than 300 each that s right EACH ONE costs about 300 or so if you can find it that is But for the budding entrepreneur with loads of cash to burn and a notion to have the world s highest overclocked media and graphix station well you get my drift Classified supports 24GB of DDR3 SDRAM if you had your druthers
Now back to earth here and earthly pursuits
4 SLI Modes Classified E 760 Supports these and these alone
With Classified you ve got more choices than hens have eggs and that also involves the video card business Presently I am running twin EVGA GTX 285 1GB DDR5 SuperClocked Video Cards in SLI x 2 Mode which is plenty good enough for my purposes which is mostly normal pursuits with an occasional game like COD WAW thrown into the mix IN ADDITION I have to actually use my Classified for bring home the bacon stuff yikes aka WORK So I don t have a dedicated to overclocking and fun and games only luxury running in my world Classified it s destined to build web pages construct volumes of photography and graphics projects and yes audaciously manage a film and video portfoloio all things that I get paid for
So SLI x 2 for me means that I have video cards in PCI Express slots 1 and 2 with PCI Express slot 3 dedicated to my wireless network card a DLink DWA 556 in case you wondered what Wavey Davey depends on for Look Ma no wires here Slot 4 gets my bread and butter an Areca 1680IX 8 SAS RAID Controller yup real HARDWARE RAID in my baby that administers to more than 8TB of storage which you may find strange in such a machine but like I wrote above I make using the Classified it s not all show and go
Conceivably people are running SLI x 3 mode which would be video boards in PCI E slots 1 3 and 4 for ultimate effect or 1 2 and 4 for SLI x 3 x 8 Lanes which doesn t give the big KICK in Da Head that SLI x 16 does at least on the graphix scores and game playing that is So you ask what is PCI E slot 0 Well guys and gals that is the Single Lane PCI E slot and it s just a little blip on the Classified s radar just North of PCI E slot no 1 and it s meant for things like my Fatal1ty Sound Blaster Titanium card the thing which makes music and sounds happen with this PC
And happen it does with a full quiver of Logitech Z 5300e THX 5 1 Speakers backed by JBL James B Lansing for those who wondered Studio Sound Speakers which are all hooked up and into my Samsung TOC 40 LCD HDTV/Monitor which runs in 1920x1080 pixel mode for pretty dramatic movies games and AppleTV mode too
So there you have my setup with this unbelievable Classified E 760 A1 motherboard mainboard to Amazon com folks serving as the backbone to it all It s kind of hard to imagine a 15K PC sitting here in my studio where I used to have a G5 PowerMac running the show but there you go times people and equipment does happen to change and so has my flavor of tea it turns out I never said I wouldn t have a PC as my main squeeze but then again I never said I would either it just sort of HAPPENED that way Wavey Davey couldn t be happier than a clam in the sand at Malibu Point that turns out to be the way things are too
Band : BFG Technologies Model : BFGE84512GSP Product Features : - The perfect graphics card upgrade for older systems with standard PCI slots - Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4 0 and PCI Express 2 0 support - 24/7/365 Free Tech Support and Lifetime Warranty - Display Connectors Dual Link DVI I VGA TV Out - HDCP Capable
BFG BFGE84512GSP NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Graphics Card >> Great Product Ever since I had 2 other PCI Video Cards on this Dell Dimension 3000 I did some research on some PNY/E VGA/BFG Tech/ATI/etc PCI Video Cards I found out that BFG Tech has a life time warranty Which the other companies don t have So that means you get a life time warranty on a product that will last for years
Pros
1 Offers 4 0 Shader Model 2 512MB of DDR2 3 Has the performances of x2 more than the BFG Tech 6200 OC 4 Has DVI/VGA/S Video 5 Has HDCP Capable 6 Life Time Warranty
Cons
1 Did not come with a DVI to VGA Adapter 2 Poorly made Heatsink Fan I would recommend a PCI Fan Card to cool down the GPU 3 The Video Card temps are reading 47c I would recommend a PCI Fan Card to cool down the GPU 4 PCI Interface is not recommended for gaming or HD Movies 5 The Nvidia Settings are showing my second display which is a LCD Monitor as a CRT Monitor 6 On the VGA connector it s showing CRT on the Bracket Plate It s VGA not CRT >> Unable to install To date I have been unable to successfully install this item The written quick install instructions were clear and well written but inadequate A detailed email to their tech support produced a canned response also inadequate I don t know where to go from here Nvidia has a good reputation so I gave this a 3 for that reason alone >> GeForce 8400 GS 512MB This card works great I bought it to watch College football games on ESPN360 on my HDTV connected to my PC The performance is very acceptable for this functionality
Band : Gigabyte Model : GA MA785GMT UD2H Product Features : - Sold Individually
Gigabyte GA MA785GMT UD2H Micro ATX Motherboard >> Great motherboard This motherboard is pretty well built quality wise all components looks solid and long lasting Plenty of features also
One big drawback Becareful if you use a long video card for example i m using a geforce 250 and 3 of the sata ports gets blocked by the GFX card leaving tight space for connecting only 2 sata devices >> Excellent MOBO Fast shipping Great Motherboard for AM3 Turn off USB in bios when installing Windows 7 It won t go past the starting Windows screen if you don t >> Works great The only issue I had was the the motherboard operates the RAM at least 1 6 volts which fried a few sticks that were rated at 1 5 volts I didnt know anything about the voltage settings before all this all the other specs of the RAM matched just fine and the voltage is not something you typically are concerned about it
Band : Intel Model : BOXDG45ID Product Features : - Form Factor uATX - Memory Slot 4 - Slots 1 x PCI E x16 2 x PCI E x1 1 x PCI - Max Bus Speed 1333 MHz - Supported RAM Technology DDR2
Intel DG45ID Media Series G45 micro ATX Intel Graphics HDMI DVI 1333MHz LGA775 Desktop Motherboard >> Good for HTPC But With Limitations I bought this motherboard a Pentium E6500 processor 4GB of Corsair DDR2 800Mhz memory and a Lite On Blu Ray drive with the intention of saving some bucks and using the built sound and video for a Windows 7 HTPC Once I had all the current drivers loaded it worked as advertised DVDs and Blu ray disks played back without a hitch DTS and Dolby Digital content went out over the HDMI 1 3 connection with no problems and the built in graphics were adequate for standard computing tasks
And that s the problem with this motherboard it s integrated graphics are up to the task of displaying 1080p video but only adequate for most computer applications and almost useless for even light gaming In addition the onboard sound does not support bitstreaming which is required to support the Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA audio tracks used on Blu ray discs Both of these problems were easily resolved by adding an ATI Raedon HD5570 card to my system which increased my Windows 7 graphics score from 4 3 to 6 8 and added support for the missing audio formats Unfortunately it increased the cost of my budget HTPC build by 85 as well
With this in mind if you re looking to build a HTPC on a budget and can live with two less memory expansion slots I d recommend using the E6500 processor and the HD5570 with an Intel G41 based motherboard such as the Foxconn G41MXE or the Biostar G41M7 Either combination will save you about 50 and give you similar results to what I have which has proven more than adequate Invest the money you saved in a really cool HTPC case like the the Silverstone GD04 or just pocket the spare change either way you come out ahead >> By bye PS/2 and IDE This is an excellent mobo for building a modern system The quick reference is clear though it might not be adequate for a total novice
When I first bought it in early 2009 the built in audio did not work with Ubuntu However the 9 10 release fixed that problem and now the audio is flawless along with everything else I m using the optical port which just works
You will need a USB mouse USB keyboard and SATA or USB drives No PS/2 no IDE Old PCI is still supported but only one card >> Home Theater PC The motherboard is exactly what it claims to be I only have one complaint and that is the HDMI output does not work with all applications After reading up on this it seems to be a copyright issue which has not been resolved I use a DVI to HDMI adapter on the DVI output of the motherboard this solved my problems I use a HDMI cable to my Telvision and all applications work fine Since I use a Home Theater Sourround Sound the audion I loose to the telvision is not a problem I would reccomend this board to anyone who wants to build a good Home Theater PC
Band : Cooler Master Model : RC 360 KKN1 GP Product Features : - Compatible with ATX and micro ATX motherboards in a compact enclosure - Able to place vertically or horizontally for users to manage the space in different ways - Cable management design for better cable routing and neatness - Tool free drive bays for quick and easy setup - Top I/O panel provides easy access for users
Cooler Master Elite 360 RC 360 KKN1 GP ATX Mid Tower/Desktop Case Black >> Compact desktop computer case I was building a computer system for my home office and needed a case with a desktop or horizontal profile rather than a tower to fit inside my desk This style of case used to be very popular but has become somewhat rare as most people prefer the look of a tower case This case from Cooler Master met my needs perfectly as it fit my larger ATX motherboard compact but had just enough room for the cards/drives I would be using and did not include a power supply so I could customize with one of the new 80 efficiency supplies to keep down heat/noise in my tight space The price was reasonable and good quality as you expect from a Cooler Master product So many of these cases are cheaply made today but not this one
I highly recommend this case to anyone that is looking for a classic desktop style computer case >> Great for small form factor desktop ATX box With front full size ATX PSU installation takes a full size ATX MB without a problem Easy install If you re looking for a destop type HTPC case this one is the best I ve found Very solid Nice front I d buy another for desktop use Probably not a good choice if you want a tower type case although that s how they picture it Excellent ventilation and the 120mm fan is inaudible Smaller size limits the drive space but you could still get a dvd and at least three 3 5 drives in it Smal size with short depth makes it perfect for a standalone or frontend HTPC box >> coolmaster elite 360 slimline box this box did exactly what i wanted a desktop with a smaller form factor than the previous full size i had while also still have slots for various drives i have one dvd and three hardrives in it great product
Band : Crucial Model : CT25664AA667 Product Features : - Storage Capacity 2GB - Technology DDR2 SDRAM - Form Factor 240 pin DIMM - Memory Speed 667MHz DDR2 667/PC2 5300
Crucial Technology CT25664AA667 240 pin DIMM DDR2 PC2 5300 Memory Module >> Great Price Great Product Purchased this RAM to go with my other Crucial Memory stick I purchased about a year ago Wanted to have matching sets in the same memory bank This newer version is only half the size of the old stick I have Better technology maybe it works and fits just the same as the full size version Will post picture >> very good I recently upgraded my HP Pavilion from 4gb to 8gb It really did wonders on certain programs and increased the speed tremendously >> Worked like a charm I upgraded my HP MediaSmart Server from 512M to 2GB with this memory module It worked like a champ and increased the performance Great price
Band : Sabrent Model : TV LCDHR Product Features : - Support Inquiries Support sabrent com
Sabrent TV LCDHR Stand Alone TV Tuner Box NTSC with Picture in Picture for TV/CRT/TFT and Plasma Monitor/Projectors >> DON T DO IT Easy setup Continuously FROZE Up Menu would not respond or come up with remote or by using buttons on device No channel number display Line along the top of the picture when there was a picture Surprised that amazon sells this thing >> Works great Opened it up connected it plugged it in and had great clear TV on an older LCD monitor No problems at all no complaints I think the people who are complaining don t realize that this won t pick up over the air now and needs to be connected to cable I did the research I love it and will be getting another one >> read the specifications The specs implied that it would permit a moniter to be used as a TV That is not true there are no connections on the box to permit connecting to the moniter Therefore it is not useable
Band : Iogear Model : GBU221 Product Features : - Data Rate Up to 2 1Mbps - Frequency Band 2 402 GHz 2 4835 GHz Unlicensed ISM band - Humidity 10 100 non condensing - Transmission Power 4 dBm Class 2 - Modulation GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying
IOGear Enhanced Data Rate Bluetooth USB Adapter with Range up to 66 ft GBU221 Grey >> Amazon verified review of Bluetooth Adapter This device is an excellent solution to adding Bluetooth to you computer It installs quickly and easily and does the job I would recommend it highly for this purpose >> Works well for desktops a little big for laptop use If you re looking for a cheep yet effective bluetooth adapter this is probably the product for you There are smaller adapters out there that will be better for use on a laptop because they wont get snagged but for a desktop there is no reason to spend the extra cost I was able to use this adapter in a medium sized apartment without loosing connectivity anywhere Although I never tested the limits I will say that I had no problems with the signal travailing 20 feet through 2 interior walls which should be better than needed for 99 of all applications You will not find much better than this and probably worse with the smaller adapters This adapter is not too tall for standard usb port spacing but may be too wide for standard usb port spacing if you have a flash drive along side it which is another reason this adapter is best suited for desktops >> Good product I bought this with a Plantronics Voyager 520 Bluetooth Headset to use as a microphone for online PC gaming such as Left 4 Dead 2
Setup is easy enough Don t let Windows Vista install the default drivers for this It will look like its working but the audio tab will be missing from the headset properties and it will be impossible to make your bluetooth headset act as a sound device recognizable by your applications So install from the CD and just follow the instructions You ll get a new little icon in your system tray for bluetooth Double click this to see how what devices are paired Follow the instructions on your Bluetooth headset to enable pairing mode to register it Mine is listed as ATT V521 Next right click that and go to properties Then go to the services tab and uncheck Handsfree Telephony and put a check mark on Headset Hit OK to get back to the main bluetooth window and click Bluetooth settings Go to the audio tab and highlight your headset and click connect down at the bottom Go into your App and test it out It should be working at this point
The first time I installed I didn t use the Driver CD so I was missing a few tabs including the audio tab a quick google search helped me figure out what I had done wrong I seems like you have to go back in here and click connect every time you shut down your PC I don t know if there is a way to auto connect it
Band : HIS Model : H435F512H Product Features : - ATI RadeonTM HD 4300 Series Key Features DirectX 10 1 80 stream processing units 64 bit memory interface 12x custom filter anti aliasing CFAA and high performance anisotropic filtering - Product Advantage NATIVE HDMI output with digital 7 1 sound channels Low Profile Form Factor with interchangeable low profile and high profile brackets - Go Beyond HD Video Accelerate your PC with the ATI RadeonTM HD 4350 GPU and get the dedicated graphics memory you need to handle graphics intensive activities like watching HD movies or editing videos - Microsoft DirectX 10 1 support ATI RadeonTM HD 4300 series GPUs offer full support for the new DirectX 10 and DirectX 10 1 API - ATI CrossFireXTM Technology Take gaming to a new level with plug n play ease
HIS Radeon HD 4350 HDMI Dual Link DVI HDCP 512 MB 64bit DDR2 PCIe 16x 2 0 Low Profile Video Card Retail H435F512H RoHS >> Works great easy installation Purchased this graphics card to update my PC to connect to HDTV Works great and installation was a snap Great picture and sound thru HDMI connection to samsung plasma tv >> A great video card The video card was simple to set up and works beautifully My only complaint is the fan which is VERY loud I was able to disconnect the fan and I expect I can replace it with a quieter model >> Great value card I bought this video card for my Poweredge T110 so I could hook it up to my 46 Sony Bravia W series They drivers were extreemly friendly with a box that wasn t built for a gpu I m very happy with the performance of this card and my TV loves the 1080p native output resolution over HDMI This card let me accomplish what I wanted for a great price
Band : Crucial Model : 103486 Product Features : - 1GB PC3200 DDR 400MHZ 184PIN DI - MM 2 5V CL3 UNBUFF
Crucial Technology 103486 1GB 400Mhz PC3200 DDR RAM CT12864Z40B >> It s RAM There are reviews that contain the technical information relating to this product so all I can say for it is that it was an easy install There were no error messages that appeared during start up and the computer does seem to work a bit easier I jumped from 768M to 1 5G To do all this for the price I paid can not be beat It is RAM so there is not much more I can say about it that others have not already said If you need more RAM and this configuration works in your computer then go ahead and get it >> managing memory The two 1GB memory cards were easy to order quick to arrive and easy to install Made a tremendous difference in the running speed of my computer >> PC3200 DDR RAM I have been using crucial ram for six years now I have one machine with 2GB running XP Pro and my other machine has 3GB running Vista Ultimate The XP machine is much faster with only a 2 8GHZ intel P4 while the vista machine is running a 3 2GHZ intel P4 The more I use my vista machine the more I like it I give it 5 star because it performs well for me
Band : Asus Model : RAMPAGE II GENE Product Features : - With True Enhanced Performance - Latest Technical Development
Asus Rampage II GENE Core i7 / Intel X58/ DDR3/ CrossFireX SLI/ A 2GbE/ MATX Motherboard >> Near Perfect Exceptionally clean layout fantastic performance micro ATX size Hard to improve on this board given that it handles 6 GB memory 7 SATA ports 1 e sata fast i7 processor on board 7 1 sound 12 USB 2 Firewire 2 PCI e 2 0 etc
Solid fast small well constructed with good over clocking tools and potential I say this having built systems based on Asus Maximus Formula SE and Intel DX58SO Smackover and this mATX is just as fast The Smackover is o clocked to 3 5 GHz 1600 MHz memory bus i7 920 C0 stepping and I expect the Rampage II Gene easily will exceed this level with D0 stepping
There s little not to like Of the five systems I ve built this is the board I am really pleased with Buy without worry In fact enjoy >> no room If you use 2 vidio cards theres no room for your sound card the 2nd cards cover up your pci slot for sound card >> small form factor huge performance this is such a great product i love ASUS and would never buy from anyone else everything worked right out of the box right now iam running a core I7 920 3 6 ghz with my temps never higher then 45C using a cooler master V8 two Geforce GTX 260 s in sli and six gigs of OCZ reaper pc3 14400 1800 MHZ PLUS it came with Kaspersky antivirus and 3D Mark 06 IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A MICRO ATX BOARD THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU thank you amazon
Band : Crucial Model : 110014 Product Features : - 1GB Kit 2 x 512MB DDR PC3200 - UNBUFFERED NON ECC 184 PIN DIMM
1GB Kit 2 x 512MB DDR PC3200 UNBUFFERED NON ECC 184 PIN DIMM >> This is the way to upgrade I have an old sony computer I added these and I have an old sony computer able to still operate like a new one >> DDRPC3200 Memory Review I m very satisfied with the Kingston 1GB Kit 2 x 512MB DDR PC3200 UNBUFFERED NON ECC 184 PIN DIMM memory module I installed it in a Dell Dimension and it been working fine without any problems I recommend it >> ram upgrade looking to upgrade your ram this is what you want I recently upgraded my computer with this product and it s faster than ever
Band : Sabrent Model : SATA C35U Product Features : - Connects SATA hard drive to USB 2 0 - SATA female to USB male - 7 inches long - Support Inquiries Support kinamax com
Sabrent SATA C35U Serial ATA to USB 2 0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply >> Mine never worked Just be warned that an electronics item this cheap is always a gamble On mine the power supply never worked never powered up the light never came on I could probably send it back but for < 20 it s not worth bothering with I m going to try one of those bare drive docks next For only 5 or so more you may want to consider the same unless you are feeling lucky and absolutely need something very portable >> Easy quick amazing Just got this in today It took a couple hours to recover about 200 GB from my old Vista HD Actually most of the time was spent convincing Windows I had administrator rights to the drive then hunting down the files/folders I was rescuing This device was easy easy easy Transferred quickly Drive never got hot I recommend this for anyone who wants to save any valuable personal or professional data from a crashed hard drive >> Sabrent SATA C35U Serial ATA to USB 2 0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply Item was very easy to use Basically a plug and play item Allows you to make use of hard drives without opening your PC and connecting internally This is ideal for troubleshooting systems by backing up huge amounts of data
Band : Adaptec Model : 1856600 Product Features : - USB to SCSI adapter - Very simple to use - Compatible with Macs and PCs - Up to 700 KB/sec sustained data transfer rate - Five year manufacturing and materials warranty
Adaptec 1856600 USBxchange Kit >> Think twice This device is anything but plug and play check out the Google Groups pages I was a bit wary installing this so I downloaded the latest driver for my unit and installed per the detailed 12 step instructions on their web page The end result was the blue screen of death forcing me to power cycle the computer just to get it to reboot yes I tried Crtl Alt Delete but that didn t work This began a 2 week series of try this try that emails
I use a brand new Dell Dimension 8400 desktop with Windows XP Professional SP2
The end result is I that I still can t use my scanner
A search of Google Groups indicates similar problems with Adaptec s USB2xchange
Be warned >> Adaptec USBXchange I bought this to run a Umax PowerLook scanner from an eMac Software installed easily and I have had no problems scanning >> I use this with my HP SCSI scanner It performs very well Be careful with the driver installation You have to install the Adaptec driver otherwise the system will recognize the adapter as a storage device Do not use this for storage devices
Band : EVGA Model : 512 P2 N430 LR Product Features : - PCI Express Compatible - GeForce 7200 GS with 450 MHz clock - 256MB 64 bit 2 5 ns GDDR2 memory - 532 MHz effective memory rate - Full DirectX 9 and Open GL 2 0 Support
EVGA 512 P2 N430 LR 512MB GeForce 7200 GS DDR2 PCI Express 2 0 Graphics Card >> 250 Watt Power Supply Installed into my new Compaq SR5710F also purchased Amazon and works fine Box said it needed 300 watt power supply but EVGA tech support said it would work with a 250 watt which it does very nicely Great two monitor support >> Looking for a new stove I bought this card at new egg The card installed fine after i turned off my onboard video But now im in the process or looking for a replacement My card at the moment is cooking at a nice 108 C that heat sync isnt worth 10cents Im haveing to blow a fan onto the card to get it down to 80C i wouldent recomend this card to anyone not even everyday users much less gammers Turn away now It may seem like a cheap alternative but dont trust it just spend a couple dollars more to get a card with a fan >> Didn t Fit Motherboard I was searching for pci cards This one poped up didn t know it was pcie until after purchase I don t think pcie should show up in the searches if im looking for pci
Band : Sapphire Model : 100287VGAL Product Features : - PCI Express 2 1 x16 bus interface - 128 bit DDR5 memory interface - Microsoft DirectX 11 Support - Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 PCI Express Graphics Card 100287VGAL >> This card does NOT support Eyefinity I hesitate to give the whole card a 1 star review but I hope that it gets seen so potential purchasers don t get mislead While the card itself is fine and a great budget addition it does NOT support Eyefinity For Eyefinity to work the third monitor must be connected to a DisplayPort output which this card doesn t feature If you are looking for an HD 5670 that supports Eyefinity then look for the 100287L not the 100287VGAL this card It can be found here
>> Nice card nice performance Works perfect with the new games install it on my Lenovo A57 with Windows 7 and all good except for some errors with the ATI drivers the box says it is PCI E 2 0 and here says it is 2 1 but is the same at the end Is an option for those who do not want to spend more than 100 on a video card
Band : Corsair Model : CMXAF2 Product Features : - Ideal solution to support Corsair s triple kit solutions for the Intel Core i7 processors - Online 24/7 Customer Support available at www asktheramguy com for your convenience and questions - 2 Year Warranty - Keeps your high performance computer memory subsystem cool and performing to its maximum rated specifications and beyond
Corsair CMXAF2 Dominator Triple Channel Airflow Memory Fan >> Excellent Quality Quiet This memory cooling device is built like a tank It is made from heavy duty aluminum rather than plastics It may outlast the majority of parts inside the computer Highly recommended if you intend to overclock memory I have SIX 6 DIMMS installed and this device provides enough air circulation to maintain stable operation
>> Silent and solid Fits perfectly over my Corsair Domminator ram on an Asus p6x58d mobo Runs silent without issue Highly recommend if you have plans to OC your system >> Works great but LOUD Works great and looks good quality but the fans seems to get very loud and squeal sometimes
Band : Creative Labs Model : SB1100 Product Features : - Xtreme Fidelity audio technology restores the detail and clarity to compressed music files like MP3s - Experience realistic sound effects and 3D surround that make you feel like you re in the game - Features VoiceFX for voice disguiseand choice of 18 different effects - Bring the Sound Blaster X Fi Go To LAN parties school or work - 1GB flash memory lets you transport your profiles plug ins add ons or any other files easily
Creative Labs SB1100 USB 2 0 Sound Blaster X Fi Go Audio System >> Sound Blaster SB1100 Wonderful portable substitute for a defective sound card on my laptop Worked instantly and is a definite improvement to the sound card normally installed on a 1000 laptop >> good sound this thing took my sound from rain on a tin roof to something I could listen to >> BEWARE THIS ITEM COULD BE PRELOADED WITH TROJAN VIRUS Bought 2/14/10 paid for one day shipping Installed 2/16/10 This device came preloaded with a Trojan Horse virus and a worm and loaded them onto my pc My anti virus protection caught and quarantined them If you do an internet search for off the shelf malware carriers you will see this product listed The manufacturer has been aware of the problem and continues to sell the product I also informed Amazon of the problem Please be careful One would assume that a product that comes to you new in a factory sealed package would be clean Evidently this phenomenon of devices being preloaded with viruses at the point of manufacture is becoming more frequent
SYBA Combo IDE 1 /eSATA 1 /SATA 2 PCI Card SY VIA6421 3S1P >> SYBA Combo Slid this divice into a old sony desktop Updated the driver from the disk Installed a 1T Drive formated the disk and it worked fine Only problem was finding to left click on my computer to formate the disk >> Sata IDE combo Very nice card only down size it is not 2 0 but I didn y need that capablity of the system the card is going into >> SW install seemed to crash my hard drive I was looking for a product to add a 2nd hard drive to my Dell PC since the motherboard did not have any SATA ports available I plugged it in and connected the hard drive booted up and everything seemed to be OK I did not need to install any drivers it just worked I was able to access the files on the hard drive good because the last PC this hard drive was in totally crashed and died
I should have stopped there Instead I wanted to boot from the hard drive attached to this device I wasn t able to so I thought well I ll install the software from the mini disk included I put the mini disk in ran setup for VIA device and the install failed using Windows 7 64 bit But Windows 7 asked me if I wanted to try again with new settings a feature in windows so I did
PC had to reboot to finish install but upon reboot I got a black screen message that the disk had errors and needed to be checked The checking never completed it ran all night but didn t complete Tried a few more reboots connecting hard drive to motherboard bypassing this card by disconnecting the DVD drive to free up the SATA port Same issues
Ultimately I had to pull out this device and the hardrive And the hardrive is now toast
I gave two stars because it did work for a few hours before I installed the mini disk software
Band : Cooler Master Model : RS460 PSARJ3 US Product Features : - Compliance with the newest Intel standard ATX 12V V2 3 - More than 70 efficiency at typical load operation - Green power design to meet Energy Star and Blue Angel requirements - Multiple protection design OVP/OCP/OPP/SCP - EMI Noise filter built in design
Cooler Master RS460 PSARJ3 US Elite 460W ATX 12V V2 31 SATA PCI E Power Supply Black >> Not a premium product but good enough for most uses I bought this to replace another major brand supply with a failing fan
PROS It s perfectly quiet as you d expect from a contemporary supply with a 120mm fan Adequate power connectors 4 SATA a PCI E etc and all long enough to get where I needed to in my old skool full tower ATX case The case is the standard plated steel though nicely finished with no sharp edges
CONS Premium supplies will have all the cables tightly tied off or arranged in cable looms not so here No power factor correction chances are you won t miss it Could use more than 2 4 pin power connectors though the 4 SATA connectors help
Overall meets all my expectations doesn t go out of the way to exceed them but very good for the price >> POWER SUPPLY THUMBS UP I BOUGHT THIS POWER SUPPLY TO REPLACE A CHEAPER ONE THAT ONLY LASTED A YEAR THIS ONE WAS EASY TO INSTALL AND AT THIS POINT IT IS WORKING GREAT >> Product is nice but The fan is quiet as one would expect The construction is sturdy and i like the fact that it is energy star rated I was not pleased with the fact that it took 15 days to receive the item which was originally listed as In Stock and I did not even receive notification that there was a problem with supply until 9 days after I placed the order When your PSU is dead that s a bit irritating
Band : XFX Model : HD575XZNFC Product Features : - 1GB DDR5 Memory - Display Port - Crossfire Ready - ATI Eyefinity
XFX Radeon HD 5750 1GB DDR5 PCIE Graphics Card HD575XZNFC >> AWFUL product support Bought this and one of their motherboards from them Their shipped with BIOS is very poor and it s a known issue Updating the BIOS is job one but in order to get access to it you have to fill out a form and open an account with them After doing so they force a validation process on you the end of which results in the website confirming validation and then summarily refusing to allow you to download the file asking you again for validation Forcing an account sign up to get access to a BIOS that actually works Still refusing to deliver the BIOS after the customer jump through their ridiculous hoops FAIL FAIL FAIL
I ll never buy from this horrible company again >> XFX ATI Radeon 5750 Video card This is a fabulous video card It now allows me to watch Blu Ray s on my PC now with out any jittering Smooth as can be >> XFX HD 5750 1GB Great addition for my Quad Core Intel 2 4ghz Q6600 with Windows 7 64bit Got a Windows Experience Index for Aero at 7 3 and also graphics at 7 3 The bottleneck on my computer now is the SATA 2 hard drive with a Windows Experience Index of 5 9 Graphics and speed are so good that I m not going to do any more upgrades I don t feel the need to add a second SATA 2 drive in RAID to increase the drive s and Overall Windows Experience Index The cpu s index was 7 1 and 4GB DDr2 800 memory s experience index was also 7 1 Quick and Easy installation Didn t use the included drivers cd because Windows 7 automatically found and installed the latest drivers for me without the cd I m writing this at 72 degrees F room temperature and my handheld infrared gun shows the backside of the card only up to 112 degrees in spots with my cpu at 110 degrees F No complaints from me
Band : Gigabyte Model : GA P55M UD2 Product Features : - With True Enhanced Performance - Latest Technical Development
Gigabyte GA P55M UD2 Intel Core Micro ATX Motherboard >> Awesome motherboard This motherboard is great for budget Core i5 or i7 build I built a Core i5 750 gaming machine around this board Absolutely no issues board is rock solid and allowed me to overclock the Core i5 easily to 3 7Ghz on air with plenty of headroom left This is a Micro ATX so keep in mind that if you want a lot of PCI E expansion cards this is not the board for you My Radeon 5850 covers up one PCI slot leaving enough room for just two more cards I m running 4GB of Corsair XMS3 RAM stock timings and no issues Setup was very easy the board is clearly marked BIOS is great Overall you cannot beat this board for the cost I read numerous reviews before choosing this board It overclocks just as well as the 200 boards and is well built A great buy >> Great Motherboard This motherboard is great I just put an I5 750 cpu and 4 gigs G Skill DDR3 1600 ram a Nvidia GTX 275 vid card I m very surprized at the overall speed increase over my seciondary system which has an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 duel core in it which is also very fast This board is packed with high quality parts and a high level of construction Awesome Overclocking board as well I was blown away by the low price of this board This board has been rated by several testing websites as one of the top boards out there for performance and quality I m a 18 year pc hardware tech and I build highend gameing pc s and play many pc games both online and off I would highly recomend this board to anyone that doesn t feel they need a full size board for extra addin PCI boards This is a Micro board and if you will be putting in a large 2 slot video card you will only have 1 pci slot that is not covered by that card to install any addistional PCI cards you may need
Band : Kingston Model : KVR266X64C25/512 Product Features : - Storage Capacity 512MB - Technology SDRAM - Supply Voltage 2 5V - Bus Clock Rate 266MHz
Kingston KVR266X64C25/512 512 MB DDR Desktop Memory Module >> Memory for upgrade My wife s PC had 512MB running XP Pro and for a long time it ran just great Over time it just began to run slower and slower The usual fixes of deleting browser files defrag the HDD etc did not work Finally I ordered this memory upgrade two 512MB memory cards Wow what a difference her old speed was back The service from Amazon was their usual fast and efficent I d order memory again from them >> Received incorrect memory sticks I sent 2 emails to the company that I purchased this memory from never received any response I asked for SDR and received DDR which doesn t fit in the desktop I asked for an exchange and heard nothing not a happy camper here >> worked fine first time added another 512 megs to an older system and bought some time before the next upgrade
Band : EVGA Model : 512 P3 N954 TR Product Features : - PCI Express 2 0 Support - GeForce 9500 GT with 550MHz clock - 512MB 256 bit 0 8ns GDDR2 memory - 800 MHz clock with 1600 MHz effective memory rate - Full DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2 1 support
EVGA 512 P3 N954 TR e GeForce 9500 GT 512MB DDR2 PCI E 2 0 Graphics Card >> Card is ok This video card is ok runs fine under Windows 7 It is nothing special but it is cheap and will give you dual connectors for 2 screen setup and let you run Aero I ordered this card and after a week it did not ship so I canceled via Amazon s website I then ordered from another website that I use same price but I got it in 2 days Then about a week after that received an email that Amazon had shipped the card They were nice about the whole thing but I had to go to the post office and refuse the shipment and then wait for a credit on my card It was very annoying over all and a huge waste of time
I am usually very please with Amazon but not with this order >> Best deal from the 8600 GT Pretty good upgrade from the 8600 GT Dead Space is just lovely with this card It wasn t bad with the 8600 GT But with the 9500 GT I see the cracks in the walls >> It works This card works well You ll get decent general performance out of it
If you re not an avid FPS gamer it will serve you just fine
Band : PNY Model : MD1024SD2 667 Product Features : - Memory capacity upgrade provides improved system performance and responsiveness - Deliver all the productivity your PC has to offer with PNY Memory - Compatible with PC2 5300 667 MHz PC2 4200 533 MHz and PC2 3200 400 MHz systems - Helps prepare your PC for running Windows Vista - Easy installation Free 24 hour Technical Support and Lifetime Warranty
PNY OPTIMA 1GB DDR2 667 MHz PC2 5300 Desktop DIMM Memory Module MD1024SD2 667 >> Work well with my Pentium 4 machine I used to have 512MB on my Dell 4700 Pentium 4 machine It was running slow and freezed up a lot I ve done everything to try to quicken the speed e g removing files defragment the hard drive checked off startup files None is more effective than adding these 2GB dual memory modules to PC The price was good and the memory has been helping a lot for the issues it was a rather low investment for a better performance >> Poor quality WORSE customer service I purchased 2 kits of this memory for a computer of mine and in less than one year 3 of the 4 chips went bad Tested bad using Dell s Memory checking utility and would not post with them installed I contacted PNY and they have refused to honor their warranty and in fact were rather rude and cavalier on the phone I would STRONGLY recommend avoiding PNY products in the future Not only are they of poor quality but customer service appears to be even worse >> Works Great With Dell 9100 I purchased this to increase the memory in my Dell 9100 circa 2005 from 1GB to 3GB It was a simple procedure to install the memory into two open DIMM slots on the motherboard The PC still has the original 1GB of memory installed by Dell which occupies two of the four DIMMS on the motherboard After installation I rebooted the PC and the system automatically recognized the new memory The PC which was working fine before the memory upgrade continues to work great with the PNY memory I can t say that the memory upgrade has a made a major difference in the speed of the PC though there are a number of operations that I can tell run faster For the relatively small cost of the upgrade I am glad that I added the additional memory
Band : D Link Model : DGE 530T Product Features : - Connect to a Wired Network and Surf the Web with Your Desktop PC - Windows Automatically Detects the Adapter for Easy Installation - Designed for VoIP Extreme Gaming Transferring Music Video and Large Files
D Link DGE 530T 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Adapter >> D Link 530T After buying a Dynex DX PCIGB card from Best Buy that never would connect to my router at 1 gigabit I trashed it and bought the D Link card Windows 7 installed it and it connected at one gigabit with no problems >> Works as advertized Installed in a foxconn atom bare bones box I m using for a windows home server Worked great out of the box comes with a 1/2 width faceplate that I used which is why I went with this model >> Great NIC Decent gigabit PCI nic Supports up to 9K jumbo frames/packets so you can use them in yer gigabit network if you so desire
I ve had no problems with it on any of the machines I ve installed it in Runs great on Windows XP Vista and Windows 7
Band : XION Model : AXP100 001BK Product Features : - AXP 100 Gaming Series Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Retail - Spec Type ATX Mid Tower Color Black with Blue LED Light Case Material Steel Power Supply NO - Features Unique V Blade Front Panel design with Blue LED Sliding Doors design for Drive Bays Silent 120mm fans improve airflow inside the case - Expansion External 5 25 Drive Bays 4 External 3 5 Drive Bays 2 Internal 3 5 Drive Bays 5 - 7 Front Ports Front Ports USB x2 Audio x 2 Cooling system 1x120mm Blue LED Front Fans 1x120 Black Rear Fan
Xion AXP 100 Gaming Series Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Retail Black/Blue >> Some irritating attributes This case is cool looking no doubt And it s easy to install stuff plenty of room etc What I don t like
1 Case fans are not speed controlled that s just plain cheap 2 The front panel audio/USB are at the very bottom of the case pretty inconvenient even if you put it on your desk 3 Clearly it s cheaply made stamped steel which is fine just don t expect Antec build quality
It is pretty cool looking my 9 year old loves it he picked it out for his first ever PC build >> Kind of loud little crack on the front When the PC goes under load conditions such as playing a full screen game the fan inside the tower speeds up to a pretty loud condition even though the CPU temperature was only around 49 degree celsius When the PC is not under load the fan is ok can t say it s quiet but it s fairly ok That s the only thing i didn t like about this case The LED s are pretty cool And the little crack in the front was probably caused during the shipping and handling >> Xion AXP 100 Gaming Series Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Retail Black/Blue Speedy shipping Awsome tower case lots of room to build great design My first case to build from the ground up Perfect Love it Thanks Alot
