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Carley B.

Carley B.

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent Motherboard, Completley beats my old one which never worked right.

GIGABYTE GA-B85M-DS3H-A LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-B85M-DS3H-A LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Easy to install setup and use. No compatibility issues Stable All the features work.

Cons: Not really a con but wish that it had a digital optical out. PCI express x1 slots are kinda close together wish they were spaced a little better.

Overall Review: Bought this to replace my ASUS Gryphon Z87 that would not work with my r9 290x regardless of anything i tried. Even though this chipset has less features it is much more stable and easier to use. Recognized all of my ram and my video card without issue. Highly recommend to builders who are tired of stuff not working.

Most Critical Review

When you get the Motherboard working it is an amazing board and probably the best b350 board you can get.

GIGABYTE GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Tons of features, great price, awesome Bluetooth and wireless. m.2 on mini itx Really is a good motherboard once you get it working.

Cons: Why don't manufactures sell motherboards with highest bios revision. Didn't work with my 2200g out of the box had to buy and return another processor to get it updated. UEFI Bios is kind of not great.

Overall Review: This is a great product and I would recommend buying it, however make sure you have a way to update the bios first. Or else you are stuck waiting for shipping and that is never any fun. I paired mine with a 2200g and I am excited as it will last me for many years

Worst Case I have ever Owned

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift PH-ES217E_AG Anthracite Gray Anodized aluminium panels, Powder coated steel chassis, Tempered glass side panels Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case Support SFX, SFX-L Power Supply
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift PH-ES217E_AG Anthracite Gray Anodized aluminium panels, Powder coated steel chassis, Tempered glass side panels Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case Support SFX, SFX-L Power Supply

Pros: Looks amazing, RBG lighting, fits one 120mm AIO cooler

Cons: SFX-L Power Supply won't fit even though it is supported. Kept getting random restarts with the riser cable. The system is only stable when you don't use a graphics card. I went through 2 different riser cables from this company and neither of them worked. No matter what I kept getting random restarts. I replaced the power supply, and GPU as I figured they were at fault, its definitely the riser cable. I would recommend this case only if you don't have a graphics card. After I moved back to my Cougar QBX (graphics card in the slot). No random restarts.

Overall Review: It is hard to recommend this product to anyone because of this poor riser cable, maybe the next generation of it will hopefully be better.

10/31/2017

Excellent Card for the Price

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4550 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card GV-R455D3-512I
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4550 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card GV-R455D3-512I

Pros: Excellent Video card, for the price, HDMI out, fan less ^_^

Cons: Don't Expect to run Crysis

Overall Review: Card runs everything that I have played it with in an 1920 x 1080 resolution. That includes left 4 dead 2, Aion, Lotro, world of warcraft, etc. For the price I am surprised at how well it performs.

Excellent card

EVGA GeForce 8800 GS 384MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 384-P3-N851-AR
EVGA GeForce 8800 GS 384MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 384-P3-N851-AR

Pros: Great card much nice than both the 8600gt and the 9600gt. Getting 66 fps average in source. I also getting a constant 60 frames a second in ironforge in world of warcraft My rig was a budget rig a year ago and the performance is still great. Also this card is quite Pentium d 805 2 gb ram 8800 gs sli nforce 570 motherboard

Cons: This card has a low video ram compared to new cards. Also size may be an issue for some

Overall Review: Had to rma a 9600gt that was doa. For a 200 dollar price (9600gt after tax) point and the fact that this card is so cheep for what it can do. Makes it a must have.

Love this video card

MSI GeForce 8500 GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card NX8500GT-TD256EH
MSI GeForce 8500 GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card NX8500GT-TD256EH

Pros: WOW just wow this card is fast, a lot of people look at you like your crazy when you tell them that you have an 8500 gt in your computer, I often get ah that card sucks. But for the price nothing beats this little card. It is a champ and an awesome over clocker. It does most of what the 8600gt can do for half the price like others have state go strait to nvidea for the latest drivers.

Cons: None :)

Overall Review: This card does get hot I would reccomend putting a pci cooler under it just to keep cpu temps low.