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Brandon N.

Brandon N.

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Most Favorable Review

Toysrme

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-16GRK
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C15Q-16GRK

Pros: Runs as advertised. CL15 across the board @ 3000. Can overclock a little 31XX. Most seem to be able to hit CL13 to CL14 with more voltage @ 3000. Very nice!

Cons: None? It runs at what it's rated for.

11/25/2014
Most Critical Review
ASUS 17" SXGA LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub VB172D
ASUS 17" SXGA LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub VB172D

Pros: Price, $99 w free shipping! Fast panel for the money.

Cons: Quality control - like other cheap panels This panel has SEVENTY, yes SEVENTY pixel problems!!! dead pixels black & white, stick red blue and green pixels. Worst I have ever seen! Ive got a 52" LCD TV and 22" Acer monitors. Between the entire lot they have two faulty pixels. How does this one small 17" panel have the majority of a hundred!?

Overall Review: RMA'ing this monitor. I will update the review on the second monitor.

Crashing & Replaced at the 1 year mark, but absolutely fastest gaming CPU on the market in Q1 2025 when paired with fast ram

Intel Core i9-14900K - Core i9 14th Gen 24-Core (8P+16E) LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop Processor - Boxed - BX8071514900K
Intel Core i9-14900K - Core i9 14th Gen 24-Core (8P+16E) LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Desktop Processor - Boxed - BX8071514900K

Pros: 6-6.2ghz on P-cores 4.7-4.8ghz on E-cores Fastest gaming CPU on the market if your IMC will run at least DDR5-8200 and aggressive tertiary timings

Cons: Became flakey about the 1 year mark and was warrantied by Intel

Overall Review: Recommend liquid metal and disabling HT to assist in keeping heat down (I idle 34c and peak 67c) Would recommend over the Core Ultra series

Fast, Reliable

HP EX950 M.2 2280 1TB PCle Gen3 x4, NVMe1.3 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5MS23AA#ABC
HP EX950 M.2 2280 1TB PCle Gen3 x4, NVMe1.3 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 5MS23AA#ABC

Pros: Good price Good capacity Fast speed Very reliable

Overall Review: I would recommend.

12/29/2022

Terrible Three of four sticks died

Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4400 (PC4 35200) Desktop Memory Model PVS416G440C9K
Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 4400 (PC4 35200) Desktop Memory Model PVS416G440C9K

Pros: Price

Cons: Poor reliability. I bought two (2x8gb) 4400 kits and three of the four sticks didn't last six months.

Overall Review: I would not recommend.

12/29/2022

One of the best mining motherboards on the market

ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - Intel
ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - Intel

Pros: 9 PCIe (7 slot + 2x m.2) Price is fair around $145-160usd currently as of writing No trouble running the 8 card limit in windows 10

Cons: The MSI motherboard has 7 PCIe (6 slot 1 m.2) for $40-50usd cheaper.