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rafal s.

Joined on 10/22/03

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Most Favorable Review

FLIES!

SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P512BW
SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P512BW

Pros: - ludicrously fast - works fine with ASUS SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 for win10 64bit

Cons: - it won't do my taxes

Overall Review: - be cool if it included some extra sw like my old sammy ssd did (norton ghost)

Most Critical Review

Overall good board but issues with high end memory

ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: -Well built with a good feature set for the money -FLIES with Samsung 950 pro

Cons: -Largest problem is that has issues with high end ram. I can't get it to boot with 16GBx2 G.SKILL F4-3200C14D-32GTZ using XMP. It's not just this board. After some research I found a bunch of Asus z170 boards not working well with anything over ddr4 3000. Asus support seems to use the VQL list as an excuse but my expectation is that DDR4 3200 should have no issues with xmp settings. Some folks had some luck with fine tuning it but it's very sketchy at this point. Corsair is having similar issues. I hope this will be resolved with a bios update eventually but who knows. It's a real bummer. Main reason for the 3 stars. - Your graphics card will probably cover the some of the "info" LEDs. Be nice if they included a post code display - the extra fans work fine but the instructions are bad on the proper direction of installing the one by the IO bay. The directions contradict the air flow direction on the diagram image. Also they don't really tell you that you should be shutting the vents if you use the fans. - the other extra fan seems rather poorly executed. It seems like tacked on afterthought. Just looks jerry rigged when installed - as others said, be sure to install the fans before mounting the board in the case -- same with the cpu heatsink if yours is large.

Overall Review: - still teething issues I hope - haven't had a chance yet to push the processor due to the memory segway - large heat cpu coolers will basically block access to stuff. My NH-D15 cannot use the second fan do the where the RAM is

Potentially good but time will tell

G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C14D-32GTZ
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C14D-32GTZ

Pros: Good on paper, probably works if your board plays nice with it

Cons: - Lots of z170 boards (asus at least) are having issues with higher end memory. I don't blame gskill but I am hoping they are working the the board vendors to fix stability issues. Corsair is in the same boat - xmp will not boot on ASUS SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1, had to downclock it to below ddr4 3000 for now

Overall Review: - hopefully this gets fixed and I'll update my review. At least it would be nice to get some tuning guidance to get it close to the xmp speed

Fits my unit but carbon filter has issues

SHARP FZN60HFU HEPA Filter For Air Purifier FPN60CX
SHARP FZN60HFU HEPA Filter For Air Purifier FPN60CX

Pros: -Fits my FP-P60CX. -decent price

Cons: carbon filter had a bad smell the moment I bought it. At first I thought it was just "new" smell and it would pass. By the time a did the research and realized the carbon filter was a doa it was way past being able to return it. My previous filter lasted a while but this one gave off a noxious VOC odor and washing it did nothing. I put in a lot of energy trying to clean it from just soaking it over and over to more involved methods with no luck. I currently am not using the carbon filter in the unit. I may end up buying another air purifier next time I need to change filters.