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David B.

David B.

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Most Favorable Review

A surprisingly well made board that performs extremely well

BIOSTAR B350GT3 AM4 AMD B350 Micro ATX Motherboards - AMD
BIOSTAR B350GT3 AM4 AMD B350 Micro ATX Motherboards - AMD

Pros: - A well made board with options others do not have for a great price - If you are into using RGB, you get two headers on this small board vice one - Linux users are not left out with using RGB via Windows based software since the Bios has full access/control of the RGB and headers. Not like ASUS relying upon very buggy software Aura (have an ASUS CrossHair VI Hero board as well) -Dual bios and with a switch! I like the idea that I can control what bios I can use vice the motherboard deciding when to switch - The second pcie socket is fully soldered in (I do not think it is fully connected electrically but is 4x pcie) this gives strength to the socket so if you put stuff in it, it will not break on you. Other manufactures just solder the 4x pcie pins only. - Placement of the M.2 drive is rather good, for one it is not under a 2 slotted graphics card, second I can actually put in a M.2 drive without having to take out the graphics card. This also keeps it away from heat, I have a Radeon 290 reference design which how the air flows actually cools this location - Bios supports PState overclocking or underclocking and it works very good - Running Corsair DDR4 3200 at DDR4 3200 - Manual is very clear and is actually useful on assembly - Separate Bios manual which is also very clear - recommend downloading if you might think this board maybe fit the bill - So far the board is working well with my RyZen 1700x - Bios appears to be rapidly updated and published

Cons: - Somewhat weak with OCing options but at this price point that is not too much of an issue - Software is weak or is not very useful, limited H/W monitor parameters and Overclocking/Overvolting options - RyZen Master would be much better for this if you do this by software, (the design and RyZen color scheme is very good, just not a lot of tools included) - The bios reset jumper is very hard to get to once the motherboard is in the case, switch also but can be flipped relatively easily with a screwdriver or something less potentially harmful

Overall Review: - I recommend this board, to me for the price point it is feature rich and is of high quality - Boots up faster (about 10sec faster) then my ASUS CrossHair VI

Most Critical Review

Started out good but

ViewSonic VX2270Smh-LED 22" Full HD 1080P SuperClear IPS 178/178 Viewing Angles Monitor, 1000:1, 250cd/m2, HDMI&VGA&DVI-D, Built-in Speaker
ViewSonic VX2270Smh-LED 22" Full HD 1080P SuperClear IPS 178/178 Viewing Angles Monitor, 1000:1, 250cd/m2, HDMI&VGA&DVI-D, Built-in Speaker

Pros: IPS, good pixel density, low cost, very thin bezel, looks good

Cons: After about 2 months the OSD randomly comes up on the screen and the buttons are not responsive or work to close and then they reopen. This makes this monitor unusable. 30 day Newegg Warranty expired so now I need to contact the manufacturer

Overall Review: Will re-rate after attempts/fix

Works great for 65" Samsung QLED TV

Inland ProHT Full Motion TV Wall Mount for most 32" - 80" Flat-Panel TVs 05422
Inland ProHT Full Motion TV Wall Mount for most 32" - 80" Flat-Panel TVs 05422

Pros: Strong, great range of motion and swivel

Cons: Mount distance if one is lazy

Overall Review: Buying a second one, with frequent movement including way far away from the wall where you have very easy access to everything behind your set. This is built like a tank, strong and will last long. For those complaining about the 13 inches, this is made for very heavy options and will hold up. I put a 6 inch by 44" by 3/4" piece of wood, going to three studs in the wall and bolted the bracket in with many screws. I could hang on this mount, all 210lbs and it basically laughed at me so to speak. The lower scores here ignoring all the rest is just sad for this Studley bracket.

High performing quality cable

Nippon Labs 8K HDMI Cable 6ft. HDMI 2.1 Cable Real 8K, High Speed 48Gbps 8K(7680 x 4320)@60Hz, 4K@120Hz Dolby Vision, HDCP 2.2, 4:4:4 HDR, eARC Compatible with Apple TV, Samsung QLED TV - HDMI-8K-6
Nippon Labs 8K HDMI Cable 6ft. HDMI 2.1 Cable Real 8K, High Speed 48Gbps 8K(7680 x 4320)@60Hz, 4K@120Hz Dolby Vision, HDCP 2.2, 4:4:4 HDR, eARC Compatible with Apple TV, Samsung QLED TV - HDMI-8K-6

Pros: - Solved issue with Nvidia RTX 3090 HDMI 2.1 and Samsung 120hz QLED TV - Flawlessly allowed 120hz + HDR + Full RGB + Gsync - Totally transformed the gaming experience allowing both the HDTV and video card to operate at max capacity - amazing experience

Cons: - Zero

Overall Review: - What a relief knowing you don't have an issue with your high cost video card or 4K HDTV

Great solution for the cost

Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L Micro ATX Tower w/ Magnetic Design Dust Filter, Transparent Acrylic Side Panel, Adjustable I/O & Fully Ventilated for Airflow, MCB-Q300L-KANN-S00
Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L Micro ATX Tower w/ Magnetic Design Dust Filter, Transparent Acrylic Side Panel, Adjustable I/O & Fully Ventilated for Airflow, MCB-Q300L-KANN-S00

Pros: - 140mm fans and/or 280mm AIO in a small package - Love the options on placement of the i/o front panel/side panel, this solved a big issue in configuration for play room setup, about the only case that would work - Excellent cooling, have 6 case fans, 4x 140mm + 2x 120mm. For a small case it has zero issues cooling a 3080 Ti and an Air Cooled 5800x, see image - The easiest filters (magnetic) I've ever seen to clean on top and front - Motherboard tray has outstanding back access, my motherboard backside M.1 drive is totally exposed and easily installed/upgraded etc. Plus CPU backplate is fully exposed for any sort of cooler change out without ever having to take out the motherboard - Sufficient room for a 3 slot video card to have sufficient free space below it for proper air flow, see image (3080 Ti) - Easily fit an Artic 280mm AIO and a 3090, had to remove for the longer 3080 Ti

Cons: - It does use some rather thin metal but also with all the cooling holes, it is sorta flimsy - So much is good about the design but also I wished there was 1/4" or 1/2" more on the top of the case, the 140mm fan wedges right up against the motherboard - Bottom filter got snagged and basically became unusable, Attachment with rubber grommets did not work too good

Overall Review: - Great case for the money, I don't think it is a durable case but does very good in allowing high powered components to get the proper airflow. I had an Artic 280mm AIO cooler in the front which worked great. The Gigabyte 3080 Ti was just too long to keep it so went back to air cooling. - Case is easy to work in, for the small size it has to be by far the easiest to put stuff in, even big stuff -

Wow! Very Nice! Great performer from Gigabyte

GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD
GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD

Pros: - Seeing Metro Exodus Enhanced with Max settings plus Ray Tracing at 4K using DLSS was breath taking, card did not even sweat! - Cooler is fantastic, temperature never goes above 73c at stock, slight fan curve and it is in the mid 60's while being totally quiet. My case fans are louder than this card - Zero coil whine, maybe I am deaf but there is zero at any FPS, do have a high quality 850w EVGA power supply, maybe that helps -So far totally stable, plug her in, loaded drivers and every game so far has worked without any issues - Has 3 DP ports + 2 HDMI 2.1 ports - those extra ports will come in handy - Not too much RGB - Nvidia very rich feature set, best encoding, best raytracing, DLSS, Nvidia Broadcast - Performance of a 3090 in games while costing way less

Cons: - Comes with the territory but that cooler is huge, need plenty of length as well as height space to fit the card in. In the end well worth the performance this cooler gives - The Junction temperature for the VRam looping 3dMark Game Bench 2 at 4K settings would go up to 100c, adjusting the fan curve to cool the GPU better, brought that temperature down to 94c. While DDR6x max spec is 105c, card is in spec, I just like it cooler is all - Appears card is hard lock to max of 350w, even if up the power target above 100%, it will not go above 350w either with Geforce Experience Performance Tuning, Gigabyte Aorus Engine nor MSI Afterburner. Going down in power target works and the GPU will take less power. I will run this at stock with a more aggressive fan curve. -Steep cost but for me well worth it once I started using it

Overall Review: - Newegg package the card well, it arrived one day early and for the price and more importantly how this card performs compared to the going rate of GPUs on the market I am very happy with this purchase, not much out there that has better performance. - Connected to a 4K 120 Samsung QLED TV, GSync works perfect, HDMI 2.1 allows full RGB + HDR + 120hz, the TV and Card automatically configured for this when the TV was placed in game mode - So far very happy, build is a simple Ryzen 5800x, iTX motherboard in family room, fun room - Gigabyte came through on this card

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Well packaged, delivered and all contents were as described/new

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Fast delivery well packed

Evaluating new keyboard, it is nice overall types well, keys to me are kinda sloppy or wiggly but I am getting use to them. Compared to Corsair Red Mechanical they have about the same pressure but as I indicated wiggly while the Corsair feels solid. The number font are funky or incomplete, uses something like the data font, not a big issue. Other than that pretty happy with keyboard.

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11/26/2019

Straight forward

Very high quality fan cable extensions, the jacket covering the wire looks really good. I was surprised in the quality. It did take very long to get here but it was not in China that it waited, it seemed to took forever once it got to the states.

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12/24/2017