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Konrad S.

Konrad S.

Joined on 09/15/11

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review
SanDisk Extreme 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ80-032G-A75
SanDisk Extreme 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model SDCZ80-032G-A75

Pros: + High speeds + Capacity + Price

Cons: - The case its placed looks like its not gonna stand for more than a year...

Overall Review: This is not enough to take away one egg though; i my perspective it should be more solid - would make me happier.

Most Critical Review

MSI "Support" for this board exists only in dreams.

MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON AM4 AMD X370 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: + Decent looks, considering all that hyped RGB garbage. (looks most normal of them all.) + 2x M.2 + Aluminum coated PCI-E, memory ports. + Premium feature list

Cons: - Lack of MSI support BIOS updates are late - all other vendors manage to release new AGESA bios'es, but for this mobo you'll need to wait additional month sometimes more. (then they shadow post new bios version on their page with earlier release date to when they made the change - feels as it they want to pretend they did release it in timely manner 3 weeks before they actually did it.) - MSI used to list memory on compatibility list as capable of running 3200MHz, yet they were not. Later they've changed it back to 2933MHz. (when you build your PC and look for memory specifically for your mobo; its kind off like a backstab from msi - as you throw away $400 on memory thats not going to reach specs listed on the site.) - Plenty of BIOS bugs: OC doesn't stay when i boot into OS unless I have amd cool 'n quiet feature enabled. After v1.2 they invited a bug into DigiALL Power on AUTO, and it hasn't been fixed since -> runs too much power into CPU overheating it on stock with AIO that on pre-update was running x1700 @3.9GHz on 42'C on full load, after update on stock under 5min of full load it reaches 70'C+, to point i had to use 6200RPM fan to cool down radiator to keep it within norms. - had to manually set Mode levels to make it normal again... Doesn't respect my voltage CPU core, and NB voltage settings, after reboots i can see that cpu core uses 1.3v instead 1.25v i set it too... same goes with NB voltage going up by .1 sometimes. and many others that i have no strength to list.

Overall Review: Overall its a decent mobo, offers premium features, and mobo does seem to have quality. It does seem a drop down in terms of quality that I've seen with MSI mobo's before from same/similar price range.

Decent - Can't get them up to 3200MHz on Ryzen

HyperX Predator 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 RAM (Desktop Memory) CL16 XMP Black DIMM (288-Pin) HX432C16PB3K2/16
HyperX Predator 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 RAM (Desktop Memory) CL16 XMP Black DIMM (288-Pin) HX432C16PB3K2/16

Pros: + Slick looks + Price

Cons: - Can't get them to 3200MHz on MSI x370 Gaming Pro Carbon on newest bios (AGESA Code 1.0.0.6)

Overall Review: It used to be listed as supported 3200MHz when i bought it, but MSI later updated their website stating it only pushes 2933MHz.

ASUS VG278HE 27" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz HDMI , D-Sub, Dual-link DVI-D (Support NVIDIA 3D Vision) Built-in Speakers LCD Monitor
ASUS VG278HE 27" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz HDMI , D-Sub, Dual-link DVI-D (Support NVIDIA 3D Vision) Built-in Speakers LCD Monitor

Pros: + price + 144Hz + 27'

Cons: - dead pixel on arrival after 40min of running at 144Hz i think i'm seeing another one near other dead red pixel...

Overall Review: I'm not happy...

MSI Z77A-GD55 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
MSI Z77A-GD55 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: + crossfire/sli support + fair quality of materials + 2x pci-e 8x + SATA ports are done the way it allows to plug in bigger gpu's without sacrifice of ports, as in some cases is. + Nice color pattern.

Cons: - a lot of strange issues - problems when used with i5 2500k & crossfire 6970 doesn't want to run in PEG - bios has to be tricked to let you into OS... on bios update 1.70 it won't work anyway so for now i have to stick with 1.30 quite dodge. - there are problems with case's as sometimes - issues with Ethernet port/usb 3.0 ports - Ethernet driver problems - bios/efi doesn't really give you much power, basic settings...

Overall Review: EFI looks nice but i fear it goes in a wrong direction -- not by it looks - but the future of it installments in next 5-10years it leads to cloud systems... where hardware will be taken away from consumer and that would lead that he will not own anything anymore and all of his data will belong to companies customer chooses to go to. Ultimately consumer will have to spend a lot of money and go through numerous of agreements that exploit consumer to get one thing or two he/she wants. It gives a feeling that the people who promoted and made the PC's where its fathers; now slowly bolts nails into its coffin... We currently are at dawn of the PC's, where people are more interested in tablets/phones because they look good (even if they don't need it), and are also no.1 in commercial propaganda; The consumers of that market are easiest to exploit and control after all. Thanks

BARSKA 20-60x60 WP Blackhawk AD10350 Spotting Scope
BARSKA 20-60x60 WP Blackhawk AD10350 Spotting Scope

Pros: Very good quality of lens. Affordable price. Thanks

Cons: none

11/23/2012