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Nicholas L.

Nicholas L.

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Most Favorable Review

Cheap quick drive

Team Group L5 3D 2.5" 240GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TD240G3C101
Team Group L5 3D 2.5" 240GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253TD240G3C101

Pros: I got this drive because I needed a cheap replacement for a laptop. Installs fine and is quick enough. Obviously not as fast as a Samsung EVO or PRO drive, but will do the trick. Anyone coming from an HDD will obviously be blown away by this anyways.

Cons: Gold color, but can't see it in a laptop! No software provided for cloning

Most Critical Review

Wait for new version

Thermaltake Silent Pure Power W0049RUC 680 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power W0049RUC 680 W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: I returned my dead version 2.0 and got a new version 2.2 after the RMA process. Thermaltake has completely changed the psu by making the rails much stronger, especially a new 23A on a 12V rail.

Cons: Old versions are terrible. New version is untested, but seems a bit stronger. The 5V and 3.3V rails on the new 2.2 are much weaker than the 2.0 version.

Overall Review: It's still in the box because of my new OCZ GameXStream, but I will test it out soon.

Works well, but could be improved

Fractal Design Flex B-20 PCIe 3.0 x16 Vertical GPU Riser with Bracket, FD-A-FLX1-001
Fractal Design Flex B-20 PCIe 3.0 x16 Vertical GPU Riser with Bracket, FD-A-FLX1-001

Pros: Fits well in Define 7 Compact case, easy to build and install

Cons: Pricey, sags with very heavy cards with water locks, not pcie 4.0

Overall Review: Overall pretty good and will work perfect for most cards. I have a 3090fe in an EKWB quantum special edition block which is insanely dense and heavy. This causes the bracket to sag a bit from straight so I put a metal stand under it to help out. Most cards won't be this heavy and shouldn't be an issue. Would be nice if Fractal included some kind of optional stand for the end of the bracket for this purpose.

Solid Budget Card

ASRock Phantom Gaming X Radeon RX 570 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card RX570 8G OC
ASRock Phantom Gaming X Radeon RX 570 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Card RX570 8G OC

Pros: Good value for the price. Has excellent performance at 1080p with usually 60+ fps on most games with settings maxed. Brand new AAA titles obviously take a bit of a hit, but still smooth. The 0 rpm mode until it gets hot is excellent! Completely silent when you're not gaming. I got both free game codes with a few days of receiving the card and have them installed.

Cons: No backplate or RGB, but can't expect it at this price. 8 pin power port, like almost all other cards, is on the side so I need to have my power cable running that way messing up my super tidy wiring job. The fans are horrifically loud when at max (like a jet), but run acceptably almost all the time. Definitely play with wattman fan curves to optimize it for your liking. Make sure to have really good fresh airflow on it.

Overall Review: Great 8GB card for the price and the free games. Make sure to pay extra for shipping as smartpost took 10 days.

Simple, but expensive

Microsoft Windows 10 Home - Full Retail Version 32 & 64-Bit (Download)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home - Full Retail Version 32 & 64-Bit (Download)

Pros: Received my cd key immediately and it's valid. Used it on a fresh new install of windows on a blank hard drive. Make sure to already have the windows 10 setup on a flash drive or CD. Microsoft seems to be getting the hang of user accounts and settings with their online account feature. Kind of neat.

Cons: Still expensive after all these years. Hope this lasts for a long time

Good Deal for Ryzen

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GVRB
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model F4-3000C16D-16GVRB

Pros: Looks very cool and is working well with my Ryzen 2600X and AsRock B450M Pro4 motherboard. The motherboard autodetected the ram and created an XMP profile for it to activate DDR4-3000 instead of the default 2133.

Cons: None yet