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Edward S.
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Nice Video Card
Visiontek Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 (DVI-I, HDMI, VGA), 900358
Pros: Bought this to upgrade an old AMD setup that had an integrated video card on the motherboard (pre-APU design). My kids were playing Minecraft on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 Desktop and had a lot of glitching problems. Installing this card along with the proprietary AMD Linux graphics drivers made all of those glitches go away so now the gameplay is smooth as butter.
Cons: Doesn't cook me breakfast in the morning.
Overall Review: Works with the proprietary AMD Linux drivers on Ubuntu so you can get the most out of this video card without running Windoze.
8/13/2015See more detail
Worthless
Corsair Hydro Series, H60 2018 (CW-9060036-WW), 120mm Radiator, Single 120mm PWM Fan, Liquid CPU Cooler LGA 1700 Compatible
Pros: None
Cons: I have tried this product twice on an AMD Ryzen 1700X and both times the water pump has failed within a couple months. Why is my PC no longer responding? Open up the case. Hmm, the water lines are ice cold. Reset the water pump. Turn back on. Hmm, the LED light is on but the pump is obviously doing nothing.
Overall Review: Give your money to anybody else but Corsair for Liquid CPU cooling
4/26/2019See more detail
Nice Upgrade
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C18D-64GVK
Pros: - Plug and play - Runs stable at 3600MHz on an X570 chipset motherboard
Cons: - None
Overall Review: I recommend this product and would purchase again
6/16/2023See more detail
Worthless
AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700X Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W YD170XBCAEWOF Desktop Processor
Pros: None
Cons: Burned up several liquid CPU coolers and motherboards
Overall Review: Runs way too freaking hot
5/5/2019See more detail
Worthless
ASRock Fatal1ty X370 GAMING X AM4 AMD Promontory X370 ATX AMD Motherboard
Pros: None
Cons: Failed in less than six months
Overall Review: Don't purchase ASRock motherboards
5/1/2019See more detail
Running Two in AMD Crossfire
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 570 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card GV-RX570GAMING-4GD
Pros: - Plug and Play with compatible motherboard using latest AMD drivers on Windows 10 - Works great with AMD Freesync monitor
Cons: - Draw a lot of power (need 650W power supply for one, 850W power supply for two) - Stock thermal paste on the GPU is garbage - Need to adjust Wattman settings for proper fan control - Fans sound like a leaf blower when properly tuned
Overall Review: Lessons from running SETI@Home on AMD Crossfire setup: - Both cards were crashing from overheating - Had to remove heatsink, clean the stock thermal paste off, and reapply good quality thermal paste - Default Wattman settings for fan control just don't work as the cards will still overheat. Set to manual and ramp up the fan speed accordingly
12/19/2018See more detail