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Terry M.

Terry M.

Joined on 05/29/04

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It's a tad noisy

MSI Ventus GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card GTX 1650 D6 Ventus XS OC
MSI Ventus GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card GTX 1650 D6 Ventus XS OC

Overall Review: It's a tad noisier that an old MSI Radeon 6670 that I still use. Very similar fans and overall construction. Temps are decent as well as performance. Benchmarks well above average on Passmark.

Great CPU but runs a bit hot

AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen - RYZEN 5 3600 Matisse (Zen 2) 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.2 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W 100-100000031BOX Desktop Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen - RYZEN 5 3600 Matisse (Zen 2) 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.2 GHz Max Boost) Socket AM4 65W 100-100000031BOX Desktop Processor

Overall Review: Great CPU but runs a bit hot. Have not really burned it in well yet, but temps hover around 50c in idle and jump to around 65c under load. I just used the stock cooler and paste. Will maybe try another cooler and some Arctic Silver or some such. Benchmarks well above average in Passmark with ASUS Prime B450M board running at BIOS defaults.

Good memory

G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GISB
G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GISB

Overall Review: It's good memory. Pics on the website make it look like it has a metal heatsink, but is actually a shiny foil sticker. I don't do extreme overclock or LED stuff, so not an issue for me.

Good as usual

ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Overall Review: Booted on first try. Runs as expected with Ryzen 5 3600. Been using ASUS for years without issue. This one replaced an older ASUS AM3 board which I ran for 5 years and have now relegated to Linux duty.