Joined on 03/24/16
Had a flickering issue but we're good now
Pros: This monitor is almost entirely pros. I genuinely love this product. I did however experience some cons.
Cons: -The stand is awful. Factor in the price of a new stand or vesa mount if you're considering the odyssey g5 34". It only has a slight vertical tilt which feels like you're gonna break something when adjusting it. The monitor rests tilted towards your keyboard, if you tilt it upwards to a more enjoyable viewing angle, it slowly settles back into the down position. The stand is why I docked an egg. It really is the worst. Think buying toilet paper when covid hit. It's that bad.-Flickering issue. So for the first week of owning it I noticed a brightness flickering issue in things like games, blender, photoshop. After some googling I found the identical flickering issue on the 240hz G7. There was a simple firmware update to fix the G7 flickering. However, the firmware update file listed on samsung's website for the G5 34 (M-T5500GGZA-1006.0[3F6C].bin) doesn't work for the G5 34. Monitor keeps saying, "No update files found on USB", tried with several usbs all formatted to FAT32, put the (.bin) file at top of directory, it just doesn't work, it's as if the file is for the 32" 144hz monitor instead of the 165hz 34". They both share the same firmware file download but have different specs, doesn't make sense. Turns out it doesn't matter, the reason my Odyssey G5 34 was flickering is because I had gsync enabled in my nvidia control panel. My previous monitor was a 24" gsync dell, so when I upgraded to this one I didn't think to disable the gsync option due to the fact this is a freesync monitor. There really wasn't much information about the G5 out there so diagnosing this was a huge pain. Hopefully someone who also has gsync enabled from their previous monitor can read this and solve their issue. -Final con but it's not the monitor's fault. Hooking this monitor up to my 1080ti with the provided display port cable caused my pc to take longer to boot up. My boot time is normally around 5-10 seconds. It ramped up to about 30-60 seconds. Seems trivial but it genuinely annoyed me. And the longer boot times only began after getting this monitor so I suspected it was related. I started digging, turns out this monitor runs display port 1.4, 10 series nvidia cards and older require a firmware update to enable compatibility with the display port 1.4 feature. The website I found claimed a display port 1.4 monitor plugged into a graphics card that isn't display port 1.4 enabled can cause slower boot times, hang on boot, and even failed boot. Updated my 1080ti's firmware and boot speeds are back to 5-10 seconds. Again, I hope someone that's experiencing the same issues reads this and solves their problems because this monitor is definitely worth keeping.
Overall Review: Overall? This is an amazing monitor, it performs as advertised. The toggle menu is easy to navigate. HDR was bashed by a lot of the reviews I read but I personally found it enjoyable and pleasant on the eyes. The 1000R curve was another complaint from some others but I genuinely enjoy it. First time looking at it I thought I made a mistake buying a 1000R but after dropping in my first match of warzone I completely forgot I even bought a new monitor, it wasn't until I got sent back to the lobby that I remembered life existed around me. Very immersive experience. Would definitely recommend, especially if there's a sale going on. Was on sale with an addition promo discount when I grabbed mine. You're going to need those savings to invest in a vesa mount as the stand, and I can't stress this enough, is garbage.
very quiet
Pros: VERY QUIET
Cons: low rpm, better used for exhaust fans EDIT! spoke too soon, piece of sshhhit. one already crapped out after 2 weeks. pc sounded like a small diesel engine outta NOWHERE, put my ear to it and found one of these tuurds chugging along making all kinds of racket. still a good value but wtfff
Overall Review: totally worth the BUY, GET THEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
dear good golly
Pros: when i opened the box, big titttty biitches came pouring outta the box wanting the D. best case i ever owned, looks amazing, feels/ smells amazing worth every penny
Cons: wire management. bitccches went home after watching me struggle with this shhhit
Overall Review: you want a nice case for $100. this one ALL THE WAY
TOP notch bro
Pros: exceeds expectation clears ram looks SICK, *put stickers on it
Cons: if you masturbatee into the fan, goo gets everywhere
Overall Review: buy it if you are skeptical of liquid cooling. my cpu runs at 30c under heavy load. amd fx 8350 non-oc
TOP notch bro
Pros: retardeedd high fps, paired it with an fx 8350 and i'm blown away at how amazing this thing performs.
Cons: bulky af, honesty, the plug wires that go in this card stick out so the side panel of my case (with side panel fans) push against them. annoying but operational. the card will sag. i used a small chain made up of zipties to tighten up the aass end. much better will run fuccckkking hot if you leave everything stock. get msi afterburner and kick up those fan speeds. i run fanspeed at 64% and the card stays under 40c with heavy load
Overall Review: if you are building a new gaming pc with an amd processor and cant decide on a graphics card, THIS one all the way. if you're going intel for cpu, get the gtx 970