Joined on 07/31/06
price is right!
Pros: Dedicated graphics card, well built machine,not too expensive. Comes with nice carry case and corded optical mouse...Bluetooth onboard!
Cons: Comes with only 1gig(1 stick) of ram, definately need atleast 2 gig for vista. Curious to know if this laptop supports dual channel ram...
Overall Review: Newegg did an excellent job of packing this laptop (box inside of another box with cushion between them. Also got to me in 2 days with the free 3 day shipping.
It works
Pros: seasonic quality
Cons: none
Overall Review: I have purchased several seasonic psu over the years, still have a 650w in service that I bought in 2010 . This 550w is working great so far and it matched my case layout great. FRACTAL NANO S MSI B360I GAMING PRO MB INTEL I-5 8400 GSKILL RIPJAWS 2X8GB 3000 DDR4 SEASONIC FOCUS GOLD 550W EVGA SC2 1070 GTX SAMSUNG 860 EVO 256GB + 1TB SSD'S
Fast
Pros: Faster than spinning hard drives, once you go ssd you never go back
Cons: none
Overall Review: Fractal nano s MSI b360i gaming pro ITX mb Gskill ripjaws 2x 8gb ddr4 3000 dual channel EVGA sc2 1070 gtx 8gb samsung 860 pro/ evo 256 & 1tb ssd's intel i5 8400 seasonic gold 550w
Fast for the $$$
Pros: 6 cores, good for gaming
Cons: not as fast as some RYZEN processors in multitasking-multi thread work
Overall Review: I came close to getting a RYZEN 2600 but it was slightly more costly than going the 8400 route, this processor will do the job for a few years before I decide on a new build Fractal nano s MSI b360i gaming pro ITX mb Gskill ripjaws 2x 8gb ddr4 3000 dual channel EVGA sc2 1070 gtx 8gb samsung 860 pro/ evo 256 & 1tb ssd's intel i5 8400 seasonic gold 550w
My first MSI board ever
Pros: I debated a month before deciding on this board, normally I just buy asus or gigabyte but wanted to tighten the budget and dollar for dollar this board had more features vs the others
Cons: I do not need led lighting on my motherboard, I had to manually adjust my ram timings BUT i purchased ram that was not on the QvL of ram listed but none the less it worked great
Overall Review: Fractal nano s MSI b360i gaming pro ITX mb Gskill ripjaws 2x 8gb ddr4 3000 dual channel EVGA sc2 1070 gtx 8gb samsung 860 pro/ evo 256 & 1tb ssd's intel i5 8400 board looks good, has heatsinks on the vrm's , price was right and had all the features I wanted and hopefully will get years of service from it. This was probably the easiest build Ive ever done, main power connection is close to the ram slot and some online reviews stated this as well but I had no issues with plug on a seasonic 550 gold psu
Better than stock intel cooler
Pros: nice size for itx build, reasonable price
Cons: all coolers can be a pain to install, this one was just ok but not completely frustrating
Overall Review: I debated purchasing the H7 but it's not really needed for an I-5 8400 build plus the size of the m9i cooler better fit an ITX board, benchmarks from various sites stated the intel cooler was good enough however the m9i dropped temps a decent amount . It was nice everything needed was included in the box Fractal nano s MSI b360i gaming pro ITX mb Gskill ripjaws 2x 8gb ddr4 3000 dual channel EVGA sc2 1070 gtx 8gb samsung 860 pro/ evo 256 & 1tb ssd's intel i5 8400