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Charles F.

Charles F.

Joined on 05/06/03

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Most Favorable Review

Loads appropriate specs on Zen 2 Platform

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C19D-32GTRS
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C19D-32GTRS

Pros: -works in my Zen 2 x570 setup. -price was good -running coupled at 1800Mhz, tightened timings to 18-19-19-39

Cons: As someone else stated in their Zen 2 review, it actually loads at 20-20-20 instead of 19-20-20...but this is likely Ryzen related as the XMP profile loads fine and Zen 2 likes even timings. Regardless, I tightened mine to 18-19-19-39.

Overall Review: I finally decided to upgrade my old rig, and this was the memory I chose. I bought a 3700X processor and AsRock TaiChi x570 motherboard. Naturally, the memory only comes up at 2400 or something, but when going in the BIOS, all I had to do was select the XMP Profile, and it was all good from there. I also want to point out the Taichi is one of the few x570 boards that uses T-Topology vs Daisy Chain for memory slot configuration. If you're populating all 4 slots, T-Topology is supposed to produce better results. But I noticed some people are having a hard time when using 4 sticks in their reviews here. I'm only using 2. They say that 3733 memory is the fastest you want to go on the new Zen 2, because after that the Infinity Fabric Decouples and you actually lose performance. I now have my memory fabric and infinity fabric coupled at 1800, as my memory is running at 1800 and the fabric was running at 1600 by default....so I think 3600 is a really good sweet spot.

12/13/2019
Most Critical Review

Don't buy unless you know PC hardware basics

ABS Legend Gaming PC - Intel i7 11700K - GeForce RTX 3090 - G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB DDR4 3200MHz - 1TB Intel M.2 NVMe SSD - EVGA CLC 240MM RGB AIO
ABS Legend Gaming PC - Intel i7 11700K - GeForce RTX 3090 - G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB DDR4 3200MHz - 1TB Intel M.2 NVMe SSD - EVGA CLC 240MM RGB AIO

Pros: FTW3 3090 RTX is great

Cons: -one of the AIO watercool fans was not plugged in, and took a while to trace it down. I gave up a few times and then randomly found it one time when I was looking for the LED power cable -RGB LED, i installed the proper software, and it would not take, and failed to recognize the system's RGB. I just ended up unplugging it from power (theres a single connector that powers all fans RGB) -Every time windows 10 started, there was a splash screen about the motherboard's software. The only way to make it go away was to kill the service. I found out it's actually in the BIOS, you can disable it there from the actual Motherboard's BIOS trying to install the motherboard software from an internet download (this was new and kind of weird to me) -Memory timing was not set to proper profile. Very easy fix in BIOS, but go ahead and update the BIOS first anyway, because it was months out of date. -I hate this keyboard. It's very sensitive and over types letters. It's also way to easy to hit the other keys. I spent more time correcting than typing with it.

Overall Review: The rig has been running stable for a month now, both mining and gaming I'd recommend (in this current purchase bubble) buying this pre-built as long as you know how to work BIOS settings and are comfortable with touching the power cables. But otherwise, I feel ABS Failed on selling me such a premium priced system, that I had to turn around and spend so much time working on.

Works better than my TP-LINK Archer T9E AC1900

fenvi PCE-AX200 Wireless AX3000 PCIe Desktop WiFi 6 Adapter Intel AX200, 802.11AX,Up to 2400Mbps(5Ghz), 574M(2.4Ghz), Bluetooth 5.2, MU-MIMO, Windows 10/11*64bit, AX200NGW Wifi6 Card, PCI Express Wlan
fenvi PCE-AX200 Wireless AX3000 PCIe Desktop WiFi 6 Adapter Intel AX200, 802.11AX,Up to 2400Mbps(5Ghz), 574M(2.4Ghz), Bluetooth 5.2, MU-MIMO, Windows 10/11*64bit, AX200NGW Wifi6 Card, PCI Express Wlan

Pros: I saw the price, and thought I'd just grab one because it was a quality Intel 9260 inside. Just for testing purposes, I replaced my TP-LINK Archer T9E AC1900 card. I used to have it paired with the matching TP-Link router, but have since switched to Ubiquiti Unifi AC Pro. I had to get the official Intel drivers, but they worked perfectly. (the Fenvi website driver RAR wouldn't open with 7zip) I immediately went from 170 to 225 despite being a 2x2 card vs the 3x3 TP Link high end card.

Cons: Drivers on Fenvi site were irrelevant, but I'd rather install pure Intel software anyways. Bluetooth requires a USB header on the Motherboard.

Overall Review: I didn't install the official Intel bluetooth drivers, but Windows 10 detected that portion and installed for me. Overal, I'll keep this 2x2 card in my system over my 3x3 TP Link (I have another machine to move it to) , I guess the newer tech is just better.

10/12/2018

Nice case, but sunglasses are cheap

Robert Graham Skyline Men's Polarized Aviator Sunglasses Gold
Robert Graham Skyline Men's Polarized Aviator Sunglasses Gold

Pros: Comes with a nice sunglass case Glasses have some nice snazzy ear pieces

Cons: Glasses are of the quality that I'd expect from a $10 pair of gas station glasses

Overall Review: I would not pay $40 again for these. I feel like they won't last with their poor quality.

performance in a thin package

MSI GS Series GS70 Stealth Pro-006 Gaming Laptop 6th Generation Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) 16 GB Memory 1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 3 GB GDDR5 17.3" Windows 10 Home
MSI GS Series GS70 Stealth Pro-006 Gaming Laptop 6th Generation Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) 16 GB Memory 1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 3 GB GDDR5 17.3" Windows 10 Home

Pros: 128 GB "SSD" is m.2 PCIe3 NvME, can write 650, read 2000 1TB HDD reads/writes about about 150 (typical 7200RPM 2.5" HDD) Runs Fallout 4 equivalent to my 4770K/Titan GTX/16GB 1866 RAM desktop Cutting edge "skylake" tech, DDR4, USB 3.1

Cons: Not an IPS screen and no g-sync Feel that for the price, should have been included If you move the screen to fast, you can see text ghosting (does a slight red shift before catching up) But mine came with a free 43" LG TV, so I'll overlook it Battery life is horrendous, this thing is not meant to not be plugged in I'm talking 1-2 hours battery on light usage Price to pay for having a ultrabook form factor that sacrifices battery cells for cooling solution...but this is not my every day carry, it's a GAMING laptop, i use my $200 Chromebook for day to day throw around Heavy! Huge...wait, these aren't cons...it's a 17" laptop! In fact, this is a light weight 17" laptop (keep in mind, you gotta carry a 150W charger with it to power the high end graphics card) You can complain it gets hot, but the TDP of the internals warrant it. Get yourself a much thicker gaming laptop and not the Stealth version Sheesh negative reviewer, did you not even know what you were buying?

Overall Review: Use this cmd to free up space "pwrcfg /h off" Turns hibernate off, but frees your C: SSD space that is created for a RAM dump I never hibernate anyways, sleep is just fine (stores in RAM instead of drives, as long as battery power keeps RAM powered) And to the guy that complained about touchpad lag...did you even edit the settings? Simply uncheck the "precision" button...geez...that's the whole point of the precision setting Once I setup double finger tap as "context menu," removed "precision" setting, and upped sensitivity, it's where I'm at Bottom Line: Wish screen was IPS/G-Sync, docked 1 star for that given the price Battery life buys you enough time to check your emails, but don't game without being plugged into the wall, but this is the sacrifice for this super thin form factor

11/23/2015

My new go to for desktop replacements

Lenovo All-in-One PC C560 (57330350) Intel Core i3-4160T 6GB DDR3 1TB HDD 23" Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Lenovo All-in-One PC C560 (57330350) Intel Core i3-4160T 6GB DDR3 1TB HDD 23" Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Pros: Plenty fast for office environment non glossy screen (which is why I chose this over the touch screen) windows 7 drivers readily available easy access to disk drive and memory

Cons: wired keyboard and mouse

Overall Review: I've bought several of these to replace desktops in my offices, I like all-in-ones to remove floor clutter. I spend just a little more getting a 120GB SSD, pop out the HDD, and install Windows 7 on it for my office enivronment