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Wing A.

Wing A.

Joined on 10/13/12

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Most Favorable Review

One of the best gaming laptop out there

MSI GS Series - 17.3" - Intel Core i7-4710HQ - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - 16 GB DDR3L - 1TB HDD 128 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop (GS70 Stealth Pro-086 )
MSI GS Series - 17.3" - Intel Core i7-4710HQ - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M - 16 GB DDR3L - 1TB HDD 128 GB SSD - Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Gaming Laptop (GS70 Stealth Pro-086 )

Pros: 1. Keyboard: The keyboard is amazing, RGB lighting looks really cool and many of my friends including me said it feels really good to type with. 2. Screen: The viewing angle is really good for a TN panel. The horizontal viewing angle is almost perfect, the vertical viewing angle is just decent. The screen is very bright as well. 3. Price/performance: Amazing specs for little money. i7 4720HQ, GTX 970M, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 128 SSD + 1 TB HDD these specs sounds like a $1,700 laptop but it's only $1,150 when I bought it. 4. Speaker: The speaker is crazy loud when you turn it all the way up, although the bass isn't very well. 5. Slim: This laptop is really thin compared to other gaming laptop. I can exactly carry it outside without filling my backpack with like 5 bricks. 6. Look: This laptop looks extremely cool, it doesn't look like a thing that you would be embarrassed for bringing it outside like the Alienware laptops and the ASUS ROG laptops.

Cons: Battery life: The battery life is pretty poor on this laptop. Only around 2 - 2.5 hours on regular browsing and watching videos. Big and heavy: You should expect this with a 17" laptop. Color: this color isn't the best in my opinion, I would much rather to get the silver or black version. Windows 8.1: Windows 10 has been out for a long time, why isn't it pre-installed? I wasted about 1-2 hours to get Windows 10 on it but this isn't a deal breaker.

Overall Review: This laptop is really cool to bring it out. Tons of my friends and teachers said my laptop looks really cool and performance really well. This is one of my happiest purchase.

12/13/2015
Most Critical Review

2/3 drives are dead on arrival

ADATA 16GB UV128 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive (AUV128-16G-RBY)
ADATA 16GB UV128 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive (AUV128-16G-RBY)

Pros: - None

Cons: - 2/3 drives are DoA, complete junk

Overall Review: If you are considering to purchase this drive then please be cautious that there's a high chance of getting a non-functioning drive.

Great features for the price but didn't work as expected

GIGABYTE GA-AB350M-D3H (Rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX Motherboards - AMD
GIGABYTE GA-AB350M-D3H (Rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX Motherboards - AMD

Pros: - 4 RAM slots - 6 SATA 3 ports - NVMe support - 3200Mhz RAM support

Cons: - XMP Profile does not work I am not able to change the speed of my RAM no matter how hard I tried. I have 2x16 of Corsair LPX 3000Mhz RAM, tried changing the speed to 29xx, but it either failed or never got saved. I also tried changing it to simply 2400Mhz just in case it's just not possible to have run at 3kMhz yet, but again failed or unsaved. - Weak UEFI The UEFI used on this board is simply not as advanced as the other UEFI I've used before. It has no features like adjusting multipliers and speeds with a mouse (you have to use the + and - buttons). Personally, I think this is just an aesthetically pleasing BIOS with mouse support. - Infrequent BIOS update A lot of X370/B350 motherboards from Gigabyte or from other manufactures have already received multiple BIOS updates to enhance the performance and support of Ryzen CPUs, but this motherboard in particular is still stuck on the first released BIOS. Considering the adjusting RAM clock speed multiplier is missing (or it's too not user-friendly to figure out), makes the lack of update really bothersome to me.

Overall Review: Overall this board contains a lot of physical features that many of the other B350 boards don't have, but it's lacking extremely behind in software as of now. The UEFI looks inferior to other companies' like ASUS and MSI. It's also lacking behind on the update department. I think it's still earlier to say how this board's future support will be like since it's still pretty early since the Ryzen release. Hopefully Gigabyte will give more support to this board in the future. Otherwise this is a pretty great board.

Not recommended

Comfortable Fish Pattern Blue Light Ergonomically Mouse Pad mat For Laptop pc gaming game
Comfortable Fish Pattern Blue Light Ergonomically Mouse Pad mat For Laptop pc gaming game

Pros: 1. Feels good 2. Decent size

Cons: 1. The product that I got was very dirty when I received it. 2. It seems like it was cut using a scissor 3. The edges are unbalanced

Overall Review: It is okay for me for price that I have paid, but in general it is not a good mouse pad. If you don't care about the look and you have a really small budget limit, then you may consider buying this product.