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Justin L.

Justin L.

Joined on 12/03/14

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amazing cpu

Intel Core i7-4790 - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790
Intel Core i7-4790 - Core i7 4th Gen Haswell Quad-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1150 84W Intel HD Graphics 4600 Desktop Processor - BX80646I74790

Pros: started up fast and with no issues. it has so far not gone over 53c and this is playing a game and YouTube with a few random apps. so far with out a graphics card so that's with the onboard graphics.

Cons: only cons I can see..<br>can't over clock but that's fine.<br><br>CPU fan is a bit loud when it raises in rpm but the motherboard fixes that with fan controller.

Overall Review: nothing really. will edit review later if anything changes.

great board and bios.

MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: worked out of box but it scared me when I started because it detected I had a new cpu but it didn't break anything.<br><br> software is helpful and fast. boot is amazing 6 seconds. 3 without waiting for programs to load.

Cons: sadly I need to knock an egg off due to the IP shield. the protectors on it were not in correct positions so I had to play a bit to fit them all in while moving my board.<br><br>also the shield's should be more rounded out on the cut outs. I accidently cut myself trying to fix the tabs and started to bleed a bit. also there is no SLI support only crossfire which i didnt notice before just a let down for if i wanted to get another gpu

Overall Review: other than the shield. nothing bad. I just now got to edit my ram to run at 1600 and not 1333 that it's running in the bios

amazing for my first time build

ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive

Pros: have been running my CPU for about 12 hours and this paste has helped keep it only about 15c above what the full system base heat is. even when running a game and some apps all on just the cpu due to my graphics card still in mail.

Cons: I see none so far.

Overall Review: edit review later if anything changes

fast easy install

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 128GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE128BW
SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 128GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE128BW

Pros: this is my first ssd and all i acn tell is it works great. 6 second boot from it with programs.

Cons: space. but i paid for a 128 and thats what i got.

Overall Review: im using this as my main drive for my os and didn't install the samsung disk and it works fine so far.

easy install

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin PC RAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9

Pros: it works. so far i havnt been able to test it due to gpu still in the mail.

Cons: the only real con i can think of is its being recognized as 1333 but that's an easy fix with the motherboard.

Overall Review: i like the heat sinks, they made installing a lot easier because then i dont have a edge poking into my fingers when pushing down on them.

works great.

5.25" Touch Screen Fan Controller
5.25" Touch Screen Fan Controller

Pros: i got this for the looks mostly but it works just fine like it should. i connected 3 of the 5 fans to it. the two i didnt were the bck fan and cpu fan.

Cons: annoying beeping every time you push on it

Overall Review: i would have liked the sensor cables to be a bit longer so that i could have scattered them in my case a bit better. I think it would be better to make it modular in the future so that you can add or remove fans to reduce cable clutter.