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Leonardo A.

Leonardo A.

Joined on 05/03/14

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Great 500w PSU

EVGA 500 B1 100-B1-0500-KR 80+ BRONZE 500W Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply
EVGA 500 B1 100-B1-0500-KR 80+ BRONZE 500W Includes FREE Power On Self Tester Power Supply

Pros: Silent. Power efficient. 80 plus bronze. Runs relatively cool. Cheap at $54.99 at time of review.

Cons: None as of time of the review.

Overall Review: Great 500w psu for the buget or entry gaming build, which is why I purchased it. This guy went into the PC I built for my brother. It is powering a ASRock Z75 Pro3 mobo, i5-3470, Asus GTX 750ti, Seagate 1TB HDD, and 4 GB (2x2 GB) of G.Skill 1600 Ram. I will be adding another 4 GB of the same ram for a total of 8 GB (4x2 GB) in the near future.

Sweet Card

ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GTX750TI-OC-2GD5
ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card GTX750TI-OC-2GD5

Pros: -Extremely quiet (No coil whine) -Stays cool -Excellent OC'er -Power efficient Overall this is one beast of a budget build card.

Cons: -6 pin power Connector located near bracket (front of card), which is a uncommon place for it. Though this does not seem to affect the actual performance of the card, an egg will not be deducted.

Overall Review: This card went into an entry level/budget gaming PC I made for my brother. Have tested the card on games at 1920x1200 resolution and 1366x768 on a few games such as Rust, Dota, Bioshock Infinite, Heros of Newerth, Warface, and Path of Exile. When most of these titles ran on 1920x1200 (My personal monitor), they ran at above 60fps when OC'd (1252 (1330 boost) core, 1503 memory). Most stressful of the games were Bioshock Infinite where I would normally stay at about 43-50 fps. When running these games at 1366x768 all titles ran at an excess of 60 fps. This cards seems an excellent choice for 1080p monitor seeing as how well it performed in 1920x1200. For people who happen have/play on 720p monitors this card should handle any game easily. The last 3 titles mentioned were part of the bundle the card came with at the time of purchase. His specs are: Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 CPU: i5-3470 Memory: 4 GB DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws1600 (2 x 2 GB) Storage: 1 TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Video Card: Asus GTX 750 Ti PSU: EVGA 500B 500w 80 Plus Bronze Case: Raidmax Cobra ATX-502WTIUl Titanium/Black Steel

Amazing Budget/Entry level gaming case.

RAIDMAX Cobra ATX-502WTIU Titanium / Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
RAIDMAX Cobra ATX-502WTIU Titanium / Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: -Cheap case. -Very sturdy. -Looks nice.

Cons: -Does not come with fan placement built side panel for extra airflow. -Stock fans seem rather weak with airflow. -Don't really like how the top was designed for the placement of fans seems that the fans will wobble in place from vibration due to the rubber tubes where the screws will go. The rubber tubes can move around in the holes that they are placed in. Although I will not use this as a determining factor for deducting an egg as I have not placed a 120 mm fan there to test this theory.

Overall Review: Would like to see the case remade with a larger see-through side panel with a side fan placement built into it for better airflow. Even if some will not care for the side fan or larger see-through side panel. In my opinion those who like cases with rather nice aesthetic designs love see-through side panels so that we can marvel at what is in our PC as well. At last this case was not one that I picked, but my brother for the entry gaming PC I built for him.

Amazing Mobo for the budget/entry gaming level build.

ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great value. 2 PCIe slots. 2800+ OC support for memory.

Cons: None as of the time of review.

Overall Review: This Mobo was applied to an entry gaming build I made for my brother with a i5-3470. I have no intention of overclocking so that is the reason I did not purchase a i5-3570k. The CPU is being paired up with a GTX 750 ti. The Mobo itself sits in a Raidmax Cobra ATX-502WTIU Titanium/Black case. The Mobo has slightly smaller dimension than most ATX boards, but that does not come as a problem due to all of it features.

Excellent CPU

Intel Core i5-3470 - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i53470
Intel Core i5-3470 - Core i5 3rd Gen Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1155 77W Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop Processor - BX80637i53470

Pros: Very fast processor with the fact it isn't a K and much cheaper in price.

Cons: None as of right now, I hope this processor carrier a long life.

Overall Review: Placed this CPU in an ASRock Z75 Pro3 Mobo. It part of a entry level gaming PC that I built for my brother. The processor is just as fast as I expected. I didn't purchase an i5-3570k because I will not be overclocking the processor, while it is still possible to overclock the maximum is 3.8 across all 4 cores and only up to 4 Ghz for single core performance. There are online tutorials to teach you how to do this to none K intel processors.

Excellent Ram.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL

Pros: Runs just as the advertised 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) in 9-9-9-24. Ram is very stable and doesn't look like failing any time soon, hope it stays that way.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: First purchase on ram from G.Skill. This ram went into an entry level PC I built for my brother on a ASRock Z75 Pro3 with a i5 - 3470. Did not get a i5 - 3570k as I do not plan on overclocking anything on his PC other than maybe his gpu (which I'm still waiting for in the mail). I plan on purchasing another set, so as to have 8 gigs or ram in his PC.