Joined on 12/12/05
great for the price
Pros: I have some great speakers, everything from magnepan flat panels, mirage 5.1, but i use these 70 ii's for my fronts of my 7.1 system, which i'm making 9.1 with 2 more 70's i'm buying now. All the front wide, back rears are 40's, but i was using 40's as my surround as well. The whole system sounds great as all the speakers are broken in well over a year now. Except for these new 70's that i just bought. Of course there are better speakers, but these black friday prices are usually pretty good and the speakers are decent enough to play both music and watch movies, which i do more of with these. I paired all the speakers with a cs10 center and psw 660 12" sub which is awesome.
Cons: not much at this price point
Overall Review: As many have said, the towers aren't the best for super low frequencies, you're not gonna be thumping some super low bass, so get a subwoofer to complement these and the whole system will sound great.
These are ok, nothing fancy
Pros: cheap, quiet operation, easy install, came with screws
Cons: no rgb controlability
Overall Review: Ok these are fine, they are pretty basic as far as case fans go. The power can be supplied by the small motherboard connectors or the molex size power. It doesn't use the 4 pin so it has no rpm control, so i just connected via molex to keep the install cleaner, so the fans are just whatever set speed they run. The rgb are also set to some rainbow pattern. It's not the ugliest, but wished they had the rgb controller to set a single color. You can't set it to a color even though one of the pictures shows a single color. But for the cost, fans work and are decently quiet. These will be behind a front grill, so they are fine how they look with the rainbow ring. These show a controller on the box, and rgb controllability but these fans aren't the ones shipped. These are static rgb leds with preset colors and no cable to plug into the mobo.
unusable for my configuration
Pros: This is a semi modular psu, meaning the main cables like motherboard 24pin and power are supplied in long strands out of the power supply. The peripherals are the modular cables like sata and 1 pci-e. So why do i not like it? The video card cable is part of the non modular side, so you can't switch between the small 10/12pin for like newer nvidia cards, vs 2-3x8 pin for AMD cards. So now i can't use my 9070xt card lol. i didn't check to see if there were any 10pin to 8pin converters but i sort of doubt they do. Other then that, the box shows 3x molex and x6 sata. All that means is that there are 2 cables with 3 connectors for sata, and 1 molex cable, etc. So if you have a beginner build with the newer video card connector, then this might work, otherwise avoid. Get a corsair full modular for less then 20 bucks more.
Cons: video card connector wasn't modular and can't switch between 12pin and 2-3x8 pin power for video cards.
Overall Review: Overall for a budget build with an non 8pin video card this will probably work fine. Luckily i got it somewhat free in a bundled case. I'll have to use another power supply to finish the build. I'll save it for any future build with a 12 pin connector so maybe someday it will get some use.
Good performance
Pros: Works well with most games and i play at 4k. FSR from what i seen in monster hunter benchmark works good too generating over 100fps at ultra settings. Fans not too loud at heavy gaming but my house is generally between 65-78 degrees inside. Undervolting seems easier with minimal adjustments. More compact design. Normal 3 connector power sockets.
Cons: New driver customs settings not as flexible as old cards. Looks are plain with minimal rgb.
Overall Review: Overall a great card for most gamers. I have this card working well with a 9800x3d and 9950x and both have great performance. Works well at 4k so i know most if yiu who play at lower resolutions will have no problems. Just a few tweaks and you will have really competitive performance for a decent price for video cards nowadays.
Great for price
Pros: Price, decent quality, rgb, mechanical clicky but not as clicky as other mechanical key mechanisms, full size, wrist pad, so far works well in games
Cons: Wish there was scroll volume, no extra replaceable keys, only comes with a tool to pull a key
Overall Review: I figured id get these since they had a crazy low price for an rgb mechanical keyboard. Not sure why they were so cheap. Overall its lighter then my evga mech keyboard and less clacky then evga but still seems quick enough where i might sometimes get double strokes on my evga, i dont get that on this just because it feels muted a little. Maybe a rubber insulation or something on these make it feel and sound less clacky. Overall though quality is really good for the price. I had other cheap so called mechanical keyboards that were so terrible for three times this price. It is corded but i like that as i sit on a desk anyways and i think response is always faster corded {i think).
great simple mobo which works well with my 6400Mts memory
Pros: I have a 7950, 9800x3d, and 9950x, and i built another 9800x3d for my nephew. It's a simple mobo with just enough performance to work well with all the latest amd am5 processors. So far all my systems work with 6400Mhz memory and it does have a bios update port and button on the back which made it easier to get the system working with these latest processors. The one SSD slot has a quick install and the heatsink is a click close so it's easy. there are i think 2 other ssd slots but no quick install standoffs.
Cons: I think overall, the plastics used to build the mobo feels a lot more cheap and brittle. I was installing memory and it slipped sideways and it cracked the one side that holds the memory stick in. Also pushing the video card release i pushed it just a little too hard with a long screw driver and it broke that tab off lol. I never ever had this happen on any other motherboard i ever worked with.
Overall Review: Overall for AM5, easy to set up and windows 11 just loaded with no problems. The latest bios did support the 6400Mhz mem sticks in expo so it was easy to set up, but make sure you get 2 sticks. Its much harder to set up 4 sticks.
Good for the price
Gamepower mechanical keyboards id say is similar to say evga mechanical keyboards but at 1/4 the price. The layout is the same, except no roller volume but is changeable by fn key combinations. It has full rgb lighting and what i like is it is a little less clicky. No extra replacement keys though, but at this price it was still fair. Overall, good quality and works well for the price. Sent quickly, i had no problems.
Drive had a great price.
I had to return the drive although it was renewed and looked new. I didnt read that the interface was a double sata or something like that where the power and data seems to be in one cable not two like normal sata. Newegg made the return easy and was promptly refunded. No problem with this company, i just bought a drive with the weong interface. Thank you!
Anker products are good quality!
Great seller, item as advertised and best of all was shipped quickly and on time.