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Zachary K.

Zachary K.

Joined on 08/22/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great Bang for the buck

AMD FX-6350 - FX-6000 Series Vishera 6-Core 3.9 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD6350FRHKBOX
AMD FX-6350 - FX-6000 Series Vishera 6-Core 3.9 GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD6350FRHKBOX

Pros: Just built a friend a gaming rig and got him the same processor as mine. Benchmarked the CPU and to get some comparable from Intel or even AMD, it is anywhere from $100 to $300 more.

Cons: Stock fan is loud when at 100% CPU. Extra cooling is needed to keep it happy.

12/16/2015
Most Critical Review

OK Case

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case with White LED Fans ATX Power Supply (Not Included)
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case with White LED Fans ATX Power Supply (Not Included)

Pros: Good quality construction.

Cons: Cable management could have been a little better. Some way to tie cables along the top edge and a little room between the top edge of the mother board and the case would have been nice and a way to run the CPU power and fan cables behind the mounting plate.

12/16/2015

looks good - Kid loves the RGB front

Antec Dapper Dark Phantom DP301M Black Steel / ARGB Lighting / Tempered Glass Side Panel Compact Micro-ATX Gaming Case
Antec Dapper Dark Phantom DP301M Black Steel / ARGB Lighting / Tempered Glass Side Panel Compact Micro-ATX Gaming Case

Pros: looks good - Kid loves the RGB front. Plenty of passthru for the cabling and enough room to hide the extra. Also like the trays for the 2.5 hidden on back.

Cons: did have to remove the 3.5 trays to get the power supply in. It is was a modular so the cables plug into the power supply making it a little too wide.

Overall Review: Great case for the price.

Great performance

SanDisk X300 2.5" 128GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD7SB6S-128G-1122
SanDisk X300 2.5" 128GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SD7SB6S-128G-1122

Pros: Building a friend a new gaming RIG boot times are crazy. 20 seconds total. 10 for BIOS and 10 for Windows 10-64bit. Ranked really well on benchmarks.

Cons: none

12/16/2015

Great memory

HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FBK2/8
HyperX FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FBK2/8

Pros: Motherboard recognized it right away at 1866. Didn't have to do a thing. For 8 GB of memory, it is cheap too and great quality.

Cons: none

12/16/2015

Good board - and USB3 plug

GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 2.0) AM3+ AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 2.0) AM3+ AMD 970 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I have built 3 system with this board. Good for a single GPU gaming rig. Can have 2 but you go down to PCIe-X8 when you do. For the price, it is a great board

Cons: Good for a single GPU gaming rig. Can have 2 but you go down to PCIe-X8 when you do

12/16/2015