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Kaylee S.

Kaylee S.

Joined on 02/11/13

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Most Favorable Review

Small Compact Laptop with Great Performance

MSI 14.0" GS43VR Phantom Pro-006 Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 16 GB Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop VR Ready
MSI 14.0" GS43VR Phantom Pro-006 Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 16 GB Memory 128 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Gaming Laptop VR Ready

Pros: - Fast. Fast bootup times and file transfer with ssd. The GTX 1060 6gb DDR5 is more than enough to handle games my games 1080p. - Trackpad works very well and feels nice. Very responsive. - The overall design is very nice. Red back lit keyboard with smooth feeling across the chassis, keys, and trackpad. - Display. The screen is very bright, which makes my games look nice with vibrant colors. It is very beautiful. - Very light and not too thick. This gives the laptop a very portable feel. - Upgrades. There are screws on the back if you want to upgrade RAM or your drives. - Many, Many Ports. You would think a laptop this small, would have fewer ports. But, this is not the case.

Cons: - Bloatware. It is very annoying with popups and it unnecessarily taxes the cpu. - Battery Life. I get about 3-3.5 hours with very light internet browsing. - Buggy trackpad drivers or trackpad hardware. It would randomly makes loud beeps when scrolling down with two fingers. This does not affect the performance of the trackpad. It is just annoying. - Fingerprints. When I first received this product, it would get fingerprints very easily. I noticed after the first round of fingerprints, it became much more difficult to get finger marks on the laptop. - Heat. The laptop gets very, very warm while gaming. However, there is not heating issues to the point where it shuts down under stress. I use an Opolar laptop cooler. It lowers the temperatures under stress by 5-9 degress Celsius on both cpu and gpu.

Overall Review: I would recommend this product. Coming from someone who has used a Macbook Pro for 5 years and a budget $600 AMD gaming computer build for 3 years, this is a really big upgrade for me. I was a little skeptical going in because I had read many MSI reviews on their products, and there was a lot of mixed feelings on their products. When I received the laptop, however, I was very impressed with the product that MSI put forth. If one favors small, portable laptops with great gaming performance, this is a fantastic machine.

Most Critical Review

Looks Nice In the Case. But, Doesn't work

CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 DRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model CMW16GX4M2A2666C16
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 DRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model CMW16GX4M2A2666C16

Pros: - Looks nice in the case with the colors

Cons: - The sticks only work when 1 is installed at a time. When I put both sticks in at the same time, the system freezes on the bios screen or nothing will show on the display.

Overall Review: I purchased this ram to upgrade my ram for my b350 motherboard. I purchased Corsair RGB products in the past and have had no issues, so I knew this would be my next RAM upgrade. I even installed the latest bios before doing the upgrade. I was disappointed to find that only half the product was working after installation. There appears to be a sync problem between the two RAM sticks and they do not work well together (only when 1 stick is put in at a time). I put the two older ram sticks back in and everything was working again. Disappointing experience.

Good CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 - Ryzen 5 7000 Series Zen 4 6-Core 3.8 GHz - Socket AM5 65W - AMD Radeon Graphics Processor - 100-100001015BOX
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 - Ryzen 5 7000 Series Zen 4 6-Core 3.8 GHz - Socket AM5 65W - AMD Radeon Graphics Processor - 100-100001015BOX

Pros: - Boost clock to over 5Ghz if you have good cooling - Bought when it was on sale - Stock cooler included

Cons: - Stock cooler has a very thin layer thermal paste that comes with it. I removed it and applied my own to improve temperatures.

Overall Review: This is a big improvement from my last build with Ryzen 5 1500x. It is nice seeing the big generational jump in games.

Nice PSU

GIGABYTE AORUS ELITE ICE PSU - 850W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified - PCIe5.1 Ready - ATX3.1 - Fully Modular Power Supply (GP-AE850PM PG5 ICE)
GIGABYTE AORUS ELITE ICE PSU - 850W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified - PCIe5.1 Ready - ATX3.1 - Fully Modular Power Supply (GP-AE850PM PG5 ICE)

Pros: -Platinum Certified (for good efficiency and longevity) -Matches my white gigabyte motherboard -Modular for good cable management of small cases -Fan only spins when under load -High power output for high end GPU's and compatibility with the latest CPU/motherboards

Cons: Some of the PSU boxes come with zip ties or velcro straps to help with cable management. I think it would of been helpful to have some, but I manged to reuse some existing ones I had.

Overall Review: -Very good PSU. Great for new builds.

Great Laptop Bag

Inateck 15 Inch Laptop Sleeve 360° Protective Splash-Resistant Two-Way Carrying Handheld Shoulder Laptop Bag Compatible with Most 15.6 - 16 Inch Laptops
Inateck 15 Inch Laptop Sleeve 360° Protective Splash-Resistant Two-Way Carrying Handheld Shoulder Laptop Bag Compatible with Most 15.6 - 16 Inch Laptops

Pros: - Band for carrying the bag around your shoulder - Light with good materials; Professional look - Protective padding in the bag for laptop - Zippers for more storage - Fits my 15 inch screen gaming laptop

Cons: - Zipper space for the two pouches is kind of on the low side. If your charging adapter brick and cable is large, you might have to separate it into two pieces and put each piece in its own zipper

Overall Review: I love using this to hold my gaming laptop when I am on the go and traveling.

Great RAM

Team T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model TF3D416G3200HC16CDC01
Team T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model TF3D416G3200HC16CDC01

Pros: - Easy to install - Looks nice - Runs at the advertised speed - Fast and Stable - Good Price

Cons: - None

Overall Review: Got this for my sister for her birthday and she really likes the way it looks in her case. She is using a ASUS Strix B350 motherboard with a R5 1500x ryzen cpu. We updated the bios to the latest and the ram worked right away after installing.