Pros: This Z97 Killer Fatal1ty board from ASRock makes a great backbone to any single GPU based gaming build. It's low price point, rich feature set, and nice build quality make it a great choice for those looking to build a powerful gaming system, but don't want to blow the budget on the motherboard. Just becasue this is a low cost board, does not in any way mean it's "cheap". The board still features the Killer E2200 NIC, Purity Sound 2, an M.2 Socket, and a host of other high quality components that add greatly to the boards robustness and value. It's has a couple features I like to see on a motherboard. Such as plenty of fan connectors, including 2 for the CPU. This is great for push/pull or closed loop water cooling options. M.2 card support up to 110mm, this is nice to see even on a less expensive board. The board is also aesthetically pleasing with the red and black color scheme and nice large heatsinks. Having all the SATA connectors in the lower right/back of the board is also nice to see, keeping them out of the way of the primary PCIe expansion slots. The Killer E2200 NIC is nice to have, as it gives you a great deal of control over your network and traffic options. When it comes to actual gameplay, on modern high-end hardware, I really don't see any gameplay or latency differences between it and a quality NIC. Still, I enjoy the Killer NIC just for the level of control it offers.

Cons: None really, but a couple things to point out. The board only has a single PCIe 3.0 X16 lane and a secondary 2.0 X4 lane. This is why the board has no SLI support, only Crossfire. This would only be a hindrance if you plan on running a dual-GPU setup. However, a single dual-GPU card would still work. One of the 4-pin fan headers is (chassis) is wedged right in with the 6 SATA headers, which are split into two banks, one of 4 header, the other six, with the 4-pin fan and SATA Express headers in between. The board does have a few standard (not solid cap) capacitors. However I don't anticipate these being an issue. Just an FYI.

Overall Review: For the purposes of testing the board out, I paired it with an i5-4670K and my Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC. As well as 16GB of A-Data DDR3 1866 RAM. I then proceeded to get in some stress testing and gaming under Windows 7 Ultimate 64. There were no problems running the RAM at it's rated speed, or overclocking the CPU. I was easily able to hit 4.4GHz without any voltage adjustments, and my target of 4.5GHz with a slight voltage bump. I know this chip to be stable up to 4.6GHz at 1.26V based on overclocking it on other boards. I ran it at 4.5GHz for the entire time, the same clock I run it at in it's home system. This seems to be a common sweet spot for these chips. For the purposes of testing, I played several different games and ran some hardware benchmarks to see if I ran into any issues. All of the hardware I used on this board was pulled from a tested, working, stable system to try and eliminate it as a problem source, should there be any. I used this system, backed by this board, for the past 5 days. Always on. For the gaming, I played games like Diablo III, Battlefield 4, BF Hardline Beta, Crysis 3, and DayZ. In each and every case, the games played fantastically and as expected based on the hardware. No stability issues or performance problems what so ever. For the sake of stress testing via benchmarks, I ran several of them for quite a long time overall. Star Swarm, Furmark, 3DMark, PCMark 8, AIDA64 Stability Test, AIDA64 Cache and Memory Benchmark, and CrystalDiskMark. In every case, again, no problems what so ever. The system was perfectly stable. All in all this ASRock Z97 Killer board is a fantastic deal for anyone looking for an inexpensive board to build a powerful single GPU gaming system around. It's got a lot a high-end features at a nice low price point. I would, and will, easily recommend it. Now that I have returned all of the hardware I used to test this board back to it's system. I am going to use this board in a new mid-range gaming build based around the new Intel Haswell Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition Unlocked dual-core processor and see how far I can push it on this board. Since it would be a perfect companion to a board like this for someone looking for a low-cost mid-range gaming build on a budget. As well as giving them a great upgrade path should they choose. Once that day comes, I will do a full followup review.

Pros: The Good. Comfortable. The touch screen is easy to use and responsive. Easy to see in daylight. Decent battery life, more with Bluetooth disabled obviously. It's basic functions such as the watch, barometer, altimeter, pedometer, alarm, calculator calendar, and stopwatch seem to work as intended. Perhaps not the most accurate on some of the information, but they do seem to work. Bluetooth media, phone book, and calling features work as intended. For under $20, the overall quality of the watch is pretty good.

Cons: The Bad. Other functions don't work so well. BT Notices and BT Camera both require a "BT Notifier" to function. After trying several it was clear none of them worked. We tried several times with a few different Android devices and several different apps, with no luck. The sleep monitor is questionable. While it does keep the time you sleep, since you have to manually start and stop it like a standard stopwatch, the "deep sleep" information was never accurate. In some cases, just while testing in 15 minute intervals before using for long periods. It said we have restful deep sleep, while still wide awake. Overnight it would list only minutes of "deep sleep" or none at all. We tried it on a couple different people. The documentation is virtually nonexistent and setup can be challenging for the novice user. There is no clear direction as to what "BT Notifier" app to use or how to setup the watch. Basically, you're on your own. If the battery dies, it looses all it's data, including the date and time. So keep it charged.

Overall Review: Overall, it not a bad watch for the price. As one other reviewer said, it can do what your 2007 flip phone did, but not much else. This is one of those cases where you get what you pay for. A "smart watch" for under $20. A good idea for the kids, not so much for anyone looking for a "real" smart watch or "Fitbit" style alternative.

Pros: - Ample cable routing options. - Lots of room inside the case. - Excellent airflow and dust filters. - Easy fan mounting. - Comes with anti-sag GPU brace. - Sturdy construction. - Removable drive trays. - Comes with a lot of accessories for customizing.

Cons: Honestly, I don't have much in the form of complaints with this case. I had no problems with the build and everything went together smoothly. I've got room to upgrade the system in the future and everything just fit together well.

Overall Review: When we got this Corsair Frame 4000D, we were in the market for a new case for our daughter. Her system is a bit dated, but it handles all of her current gaming needs. Ryzen 5600, 16GB RAM, RX 570, nothing special. She pretty much just plays games like Minecraft, Roblox, and indie titles, so not all that demanding on the system. However, the problem came in the form of her storage. Over the past few years, we ended up cramming 3 SSDs and 3 HDDs in an old Fractal Design Focus G that wasn't designed to hold nearly that much. Needless to say, it was a mess. We also wanted to install an NVMe drive in her system, but doing so will kill SATA ports 5 and 6, so we also needed to remove those 2 drives from the system. Getting this Frame 4000D was the catalyst that brought about the rebuild. We bought a PNY 2TB SSD to replace 2 of her old HDDs (750GB+1TB WB Black) and a 2TB Crucial P3 NVMe drive (still waiting on that to arrive) to replace her 2TB WD Black HDD, giving her all SSD storage. The base 4000D model doesn't come with fans, so I picked up a pack of 3 white Thermalright TL-C12CW-S 120MM ARGB fans for the front, just to push air through the case. They seem to get relativity decent reviews, are cheap, and I wanted to give them a try. So far, they're working wonderfully. Since the hardware currently in the case doesn't put out a lot of heat, I currently don't need any more fans in there. I also had to buy an RGB to ARGB converter/controller since the ASUS B450 board in her system only has a single 4-pin 12V RGB header. After a bit of searching, I decided to try one from some brand I've never heard of called upHere. I wasn't sure of it's quality, or even if it would work, but to my surprise it seems to be working just fine, at least for now. There doesn't really seem to be many options out there for such a thing, but I made it work until she decides she wants to upgrade and get something a bit more modern with proper ARGB support. Finally, I picked up black extensions for almost everything to give it an overall black and white style, though I forgot the main power connector, so a bit a ketchup and mustard is still visible for now. You will also notice in the photos the CPU cooler isn't lit up, it uses the 4-pin RGB, and I also neglected to pick up a 4-pin RPG splitter, so that's on the same order as the 24-pin extension. Overall, our daughter is very happy with how it turned out, and there's plenty of room in the case for new hardware whenever she decides she wants to do that. For now, all it good in computer land!

Pros: + 1TB of fast portable NVMe storage. + Hits advertised speeds on SB 3.2 Gen 2x2 + Comes with USB Type A and C cables. + Seems well built. Reviews for storage devices arent very exciting to read, or to do, and you often get mixed results depending on how, and on what system, they are tested and used on. This Corsair EX100U 1TB USB drive is no different. Simply put, the EX100U delivered an objectively fast experience and worked without any issues on both of the systems it was tested on. The speed of drives like this means they can be used for much more than just removable storage, such as a games drive in my case.

Cons: It's not the fastest drive available, but it's not the slowest either. In all reality, it delivered it's advertised speeds so there's not much to complain about.

Overall Review: On my personal, and admittedly somewhat dated, Asus B450 TUF Pro Gaming, Ryzen 5600, Windows 10 based build, the drive topped out at about 973 MB/s reads and 974 MB/s writes over the boards fastest USB 3.1 Gen 2 connection using Crystal Disk Mark 8.0.4. While the drive is capable of going much faster when hooked up to USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 capable system, this still makes it faster than SATA based drives and thus well suited for a wide variety of uses where you may want a bit more speed than a SATA drive can offer. One good example is game load times, youre going to see better load times using this drive over anything youre going to get on SATA, assuming there isn't some other limiting factor. It also makes it the fastest external storage drive I have since all of my other external drives are flash, SSD, or HDD based. For proper testing on a system with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, I dropped it off at a friend of mine whos running a Gigabyte Aorus Elite B650, Ryzen 7600, 32GB DDR5 6000, Windows 11 based system to see what he could get out of it. His results were obviously much better, a hair over advertised speeds, reporting he was hitting about 1654 MB/s reads and 1521 MB/s writes. Overall, this is a nice external NVMe drive, while its not the fastest on the market, its not the worst. It can max out USB 3.1 Gen 2 on older builds, and hit it's advertised speeds on USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. It all boils down to How fast do you need your portable storage to be?. For me personally, I have a free USB 3.1 Gen 2 port on this system Im not using, and the EX100U is acting as another games and emulation drive since all of my available internal SATA and NVMe are in use. Thanks for reading!

Pros: + Excellent 1080P Gaming Power + 1440P Capable + Ray Tracing Capability + Affordable Especially on sale! + Much more efficient than my old RX 580 + No RGB TLDR: The RX 6600 is arguably one of the best affordable 1080P gaming cards on the market right now. It can handle most modern games at or near max settings at 1080P and produce a sold 60+ FPS smooth gaming experience. Lovin it! Worth every penny! Even if youre still on B450/PCIe Gen 3, the 6600 is a great choice! A huge step up from the RX 580.

Cons: For me personally, I cant find a single thing to complain about on this card. See the overall review below.

Overall Review: I built this budget system back in 2019, I gave it a Ryzen 2600, RX 580, and 16GB of RAM. All of it plugged into an ASUS TUF B450 motherboard, and Ive been perfectly happy with its performance. Im a dual screen user, single 1080P screen gamer, whos only target is a solid 60FPS smooth gaming experience. I also have no problems adjusting a games settings to favor performance over visuals. That all being said, I was still happy with my Ryzen 2600/RX 580 system and its performance, so why did I upgrade? The short answer is, why not? It seemed like a good time to do it. The long answer Ive already gotten over 3 years of good use out of this build, right through the height of all the craziness, so if I can drop in a few upgrades that not only extend the life of the build for a few more years, but give me a significant boost in performance as well, that seems like a win-win to me. I don't play a lot of demanding games, at most it's titles like Ark Survival Evolved, Borderlands 3, Fallout 76, No Mans Sky, and Battlefield 1 & 4. However, I do far more retro gaming, emulation, virtual machines, PCB and 3D design for manufacture and printing, and finally, programming. The first thing I upgraded was my RAM to 32GB, followed by replacing my Ryzen 2600 with a 5600. For under $180, those two upgrades alone gave me a generous boost in performance in the apps that matter the most to me. When I seen the ASRock RX 6600 on sale here on Newegg for just $225 with a promo code, there was really no reason to not replace my old RX 580 and boost my gaming experience as well. Altogether, I was able to give myself a system wide significant jump in performance at a reasonable price. Yes, the Asus TUF B450 Pro Gaming board in this build is PCIe Gen 3 and the RX 6600 is Gen 4 @ 8X, but thats not a concern since the FPS difference is going to be measured in the low single digits on a vast majority of games, if at all, on this card. To compare... Time Spy on this build with zero overclocks gave a GPU score of 8163, and the average is 8164. The average RX 580 score is 4343, and the best 580 score I could find was 6384. So a huge step up no matter how you slice it. If you're worried about running the RX 6600 at 8X over PCIe 3.0 on a B450 board, don't be. Coming from an RX 580, you still get a nice bump in performance and newer tech, here are a couple examples in the games I play... * Borderlands 3 Benchmark on RX 580 (Ultra Preset): ~ 47FPS * Borderlands 3 Benchmark on RX 6600 (Ultra Preset): ~ 72FPS * Doom Eternal RX 580 (Ultra Nightmare): ~ 100+ FPS (Dips into 70's) * Doom Eternal RX 6600 (Ultra Nightmare - RT OFF): ~ 150+ (Dips into 120's) * Doom Eternal RX 6600 (Ultra Nightmare - RT ON): ~ 85+ (Dips into high 60's) Overall I seen a generous boost in performance in all the games I mentioned above, as expected. One huge plus for me was in Fallout 76. On my RX 580, there were areas where I would get a noticeable drop in frame rates that made the game feel choppy, into the low to mid 40s. On this RX 6600, its a solid unwavering 60-80FPS or higher and a smooth as butter experience, and I love it. The same goes for Ark Survival Evolved, I can max it out and stay over 60FPS all day long, and if I tweak it a little on settings I don't care about, I can stay over 80FPS, something my old 580 could not do. I havent had the time to really play with Ray Tracing enough to give a solid opinion on it, as you can see above it works great in Doom Eternal, and I played around with the Quake II RTX port and that was awesome to see such an old favorite look so good! Beyond that, I don't play or own many games that use RT. Still, it's nice to know I have it available, all be it at an entry level. For temps, pegged at 100% for benchmarks saw a max of around 52C at 1400RPM and completely inaudible over ambient sounds. Much better than my old RX 580. This is also my first ASRock card, most of mine have always come from XFX and Sapphire, but this Challenger card got such good reviews and was the most affordably priced, so it was too hard to pass up. Since I was already running the latest AMD drivers, it was literally a drop in and go upgrade. Overall, I could not be happier with this card. In concert with my other upgrades, the B450 platform has given my system a long lease on life. Not only did I get a huge boost in performance system wide, the RX 6600 is a huge step up from my RX 580, allowing me to better enjoy my current games, and whatever new games I may decide to try over the next few years. Easily recommended! Thanks for reading!

Pros: Pros: * 16GB, still enough for a vast majority of games and uses. * I normally try and keep RGB to a minimum in my builds, but this kit looks really nice! * iCUE recognized the kit out of the box, running the latest version. (4.28.177) * Was able to OC to the rated speed without any problems. I installed this kit into an AMD Ryzen 3600+, Asus TUF B550 Plus system and had no problems getting it up and running. The kit defaulted to 3200 in the BIOS, but I was able to OC to 3600 with no stability issues. I ran Prime95 for about an hour, as well as played a couple memory heavy games, and everything worked as it should. The system has remained perfectly stable the entire time.

Cons: None really. It worked as expected.

Overall Review: The AMD Optimized, as others have stated, is more marketing than anything else. Most RAM kits will work just fine as long as they fit within the specs of the system youre putting it in, but if you want to play it safe, its always good practice to check the QVL (Qualified Vendors List) for the motherboard you want to install the RAM into. If youre reading this, then you probably already know that anyway. I know this is completely subjective, but I do like the look of this kit. Like I said above, Im not really into the whole RGB thing, but the overall aesthetic of its design and the RGB really do compliment each other and look great. I normally run Team T-Force TUF Vulcan RAM in the system I tested this kit in, the whole build is TUF themed, I like the simple camo look. After I dropped this kit in the system, I can honestly say I liked how it looked. Overall, this is a nice kit of RAM. Theres not much to say other than it works as it was intended and can run at the speeds its advertised to run at. There are cheaper 16GB kits out there, but this kit really does look and perform nicely, and if youre a fan of Corsair products then this kit should definitely be on your consideration list!