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Rick K.

Rick K.

Joined on 02/02/06

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Most Favorable Review

Love this case.

NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-W1 White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-W1 White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Looks good, allows for cable routing to hide the busy-ness of the my setup. Plenty of air flow, handles all my hard drives, what's not to love?!

Cons: Poor documentation, had to figure out as to how to hook up the fans and determine what was used for what.

Overall Review: Would recommend with the caveat that you might have to do some homework on the power leads to be sure what does what. The pop-in catches on the top feel somewhat cheap, but they've held without issue and I'm not too worried about them as long as I don't "ram and slam" disassembly or assembly.

Most Critical Review

DOA

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: None, never got it to work

Cons: Dead on arrival. Received a few boot errors via the LED on the board and then that stopped working, too. Tried all combinations of memory slots and anything else I could think of, no dice.

Overall Review: Haven't used ASRock, but RMA'd it and ordered the ASUS F2A85-V PRO FM2. Sorry ASRock, strike one you're out, don't have time to be without a box as I'm pulling components from my old in into this.

Exactly what I wanted!

MSI 49" DQHD 2K 1440P 144Hz Adaptive Sync 0.03ms HDR400 DCI-P3 99% USB-C VRR KVM OLED 1800R Curved Gaming Computer Monitor with Height Adjustable, Swivel & Tilt stand MPG 491CQP QD-OLED
MSI 49" DQHD 2K 1440P 144Hz Adaptive Sync 0.03ms HDR400 DCI-P3 99% USB-C VRR KVM OLED 1800R Curved Gaming Computer Monitor with Height Adjustable, Swivel & Tilt stand MPG 491CQP QD-OLED

Pros: - Zero bad pixels, it has not a one. - Bright picture, it's awesome

Cons: - Nothing comes to mind, seriously.

Overall Review: I recommend this whole heartedly. Was looking at a number of monitors and chose this as it seemed the best combination of capability vs price. Was I ever right. It works, nothing more and nothing less. Bright picture and no dropped pixels. Recommended!

Great PWS

Seasonic PRIME Snow Silent 550W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Compact 140 mm Size, Power On Self Tester, 12 yr Warranty
Seasonic PRIME Snow Silent 550W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Full Modular, 135mm FDB Fan w/Hybrid Fan Control, ATX12V & EPS12V, Compact 140 mm Size, Power On Self Tester, 12 yr Warranty

Pros: Looks Ease of use Documentation Stuff included with the PSU

Cons: Somewhat lacking in documentation

Overall Review: It just flat worked. A new build, trying to figure out how to connect various things, the box header cables had connections I had no clue as to what they were and the CPU2 connection? Nobody documents anything anymore, but once I figured out what I did and didn't need everything was nails from the first time I turned the machine on. There's no noise, it's the quietest PSU I've every use. Yes, I would buy/use again and I recommend it if it fits your power requirements.

Great CPU, welcome back AMD!

AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700 Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.0 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W YD1700BBAEBOX Desktop Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700 Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.0 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W YD1700BBAEBOX Desktop Processor

Pros: Plenty of performance with breaking the bank. Reliable and sold, not had a single issue ever. Used for development work, coding and compiling C#/WPF stuff, more than solid enough to handle whatever I throw at it.

Cons: Can't think of one.

Overall Review: Running with ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac, G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000), XFX RX XXX Edition RX 570 DirectX 12 RX-570P427D6 $GB. Best system I've ever put together.

Works beautifully

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15D-16GTZR
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15D-16GTZR

Pros: Easy install, no tweaks as it's not overclocked, running with Ryzen 1700. Worked from the first boot, never had a single issue due to this memory, would buy again in a hearbeat.

Cons: Geez, um, that I didn't get more?!

Overall Review: Absolutely would recommend if it's compatible with your board.