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Ruiz J.

Ruiz J.

Joined on 07/24/07

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Very Satisfied!

ASUS P5B-VM SE LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5B-VM SE LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: When it arrived, I didn't realize that I ordered such a tiny board. That's actually a good thing, because just installing a medium sized mobo in my case is a PAIN, they barely fit. Installation for this motherboard was really easy. The performance is just WOW.

Cons: Like others have said, overclocking is an issue. I can only overclock my E6600 to 2.5GHz, any higher and it becomes unstable to use. And the onboard graphics are nothing to get excited about. WEI gives it a rating of 3.4. I'm only using temporarily until my 8600GT comes in.

Overall Review: Awesome solution for someone on a budget. Newegg did ship it out same day, but it took about 5 or 6 days to come in, it's fine though. ;)

Great Memory!

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5

Pros: Does what it says, plain and simple.

Cons: Rebate takes 8 - 10 weeks to process after they recieve it and send them to the appropriate places.

It's not for me.

AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe ATSC/NTSC/QAM TV Tuner Card (White Box)w/L-P Bracket 7 95522 96058 0 PCI-Express x1 Interface
AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe ATSC/NTSC/QAM TV Tuner Card (White Box)w/L-P Bracket 7 95522 96058 0 PCI-Express x1 Interface

Pros: Pretty good card, ClearQAM tuning works great in Vista Media Center. Much better than dealing with those horrid Happauge cards... I actually like the card. :)

Cons: - The card gets stovetop hot. It WILL burn you if you touch it while in use. I felt that it was going to melt or something and had to put a fan on top of it. - Can't say it was bug-free. Had a few problems with stability here and there. The computer would always randomly crash, those chances increased if you used a Media Center extender. - For some reason, the tuner was unable to properly find the ABC ClearQAM channel properly. While Vista Media Center claimed to find it, it linked to a PBS ClearQAM channel instead. My Samsung HDTVs are able to find the channel just fine. I don't know if it's the card, VMC, the area I live in, or something that is just beyond my control. There could be a ton of different contributing factors to this problem.

Overall Review: I also want to mention that this card is much longer than it looks in terms of width. On my MicroATX board, the card sticks out and blocks one of my RAM slots. After playing with the card for a while, I concluded that it was not worth sacrificing 2GB of my RAM and ended up RMA'ing it. Watching HDTV through VMC was great, but not worth the overall hassle I went through to get it set up.

I'm in heaven

HT  OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
HT OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

Pros: Upgrading from my Sound Blaster Audigy card. FINNALY I am able to hook up my 360 and my TV to the same card and blast them through my Logitech Z4's. The sound clarity is very noticible and is very easy on the ears. Very very satisfied.

Cons: Setup was quite a bit frustrating. I downloaded the "crippled" Vista drivers instead of the fully functional ones and spend about an hour stumped as to why the SPDIF Input wasn't working. Why do they even have those drivers on the website? Doesn't even make any sense. So if you're using Windows Vista, PLEASE make sure you download Rev.1508, VERY IMPORTANT and it'll save you a lot of trouble.

Overall Review: I paid for UPS 2nd Day, and they arrived a day late, waste of five extra dollars. Plus, the UPS guy was being a total ignorant jerk. I should've gotten his name. Of course it's not Newegg's fault, but hey, this is the "Other thoughts" section. ;)

Awesome!

ASUS P5B-VM SE LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P5B-VM SE LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Awesome board for the price. You can actually overclock the processor without any problems. (See Cons and Other thoughts)

Cons: Overclocking the processor is possbile, but it ruins the NIC and makes it unstable.

Overall Review: Solution: a Gigabit PCI adapter. Overclocking does not affect it in way. Currently my C2D E6600 is at 2.7GHz, and I'm not even done pushing it to its limits. Hope to reach 3.0GHz. :)

Bravo!

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6600
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 - Core 2 Duo Conroe Dual-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 65W Processor - BX80557E6600

Pros: This thing is a BEAST. I love it! Super-Fast!!!

Cons: I didn't buy a good overclocking board, so I can't really unlock the full potential of this processor. Currently only at 2.6 GHz.

Overall Review: <3