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Joshua T.

Joshua T.

Joined on 04/20/08

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Most Favorable Review

Great motherboard

GIGABYTE B650 EAGLE AX AM5 LGA 1718 AMD B650 ATX , DDR5 Triple M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C, AMD Wi-Fi 6E, Realtek GbE LAN
GIGABYTE B650 EAGLE AX AM5 LGA 1718 AMD B650 ATX , DDR5 Triple M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C, AMD Wi-Fi 6E, Realtek GbE LAN

Pros: Great UI/UX BIOs, extremely simple BIOs firmware flashing, No issues with AM5 CPU support, includes the backplate IO on the board itself

Cons: No speaker-beeper for the mother board, but most probably have a spare somewhere.

Overall Review: Highly recommend, easy install of the AM5 CPUs, great BIOs

Most Critical Review

Died just after 2 years after purchase

ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card ZT-50402-10L
ZOTAC AMP! GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card ZT-50402-10L

Pros: Worked well for two years.

Cons: Coicidentally died mere months after the warranty gave out.

Great cooling

Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler with 5 Heat Pipes 120mm PWM Processor Cooler for Intel LGA 1700/1200/115X AMD AM5/AM4 w/Addressable RGB Lights Sync
Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler with 5 Heat Pipes 120mm PWM Processor Cooler for Intel LGA 1700/1200/115X AMD AM5/AM4 w/Addressable RGB Lights Sync

Pros: Easy to install, great RAM clearance(especially with fan height being adjustable, Keeps my AM5 7600x around 70-85 for most games

Cons: None that I have noticed

Overall Review: Great cooler at a great price. Highly recommend for budget PC gaming

Great CPU at a great price

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 6-Core 4.7 GHz - Socket AM5 - 105W Desktop Processor (100-100000593WOF)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 6-Core 4.7 GHz - Socket AM5 - 105W Desktop Processor (100-100000593WOF)

Pros: Price to performance ratio is incredible

Cons: Runs hot, but rarely reached 95 with a good cooler

Overall Review: Great starter CPU for those entering the AM5 generation

Decent PSU

APEVIA ATX-AQ700W-BK 700 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
APEVIA ATX-AQ700W-BK 700 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply

Pros: Easy installation. Plenty of wires(that I needed anyways). Blue light that matches my case lights. Works.

Cons: Haven't had any issues. Short warranty.

Overall Review: I've had this particular PSU since July of 2012. I have not tried SLI, mostly because I'm a little leery since it was pretty cheap. Not saying it wouldn't work. Might end up replacing it in 6mos to a year. Just to be safe, but may not necessarily have to do that. Have had ZERO warning signs that it's failing and been doing a great job so far. Wish the warranty had been longer than a year, just to put my mind at ease at least. Sad that the consumer laws in the USA aren't as strong as the EU...

12/23/2014