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Lance L.

Lance L.

Joined on 06/23/01

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent UltraHD Playback/Ripping

LG BU40N Blu-ray Writer - BD-R/RE Support - 24x CD Read/24x CD Write/16x CD Rewrite - 6x BD Read/6x
LG BU40N Blu-ray Writer - BD-R/RE Support - 24x CD Read/24x CD Write/16x CD Rewrite - 6x BD Read/6x

Pros: Installed into my Asus G752VL Laptop. Burns great, rips 4K movies great. All around wonderful bluray drive.

Cons: No cons to speak of. Other reviewer complained about loud drive. However you have to remember this is a very small drive in a compact location. In order to achieve the read speeds it has to be a little loud. Can't have one without the other.

Overall Review: Definitely recommend this drive to anyone needing full read/write of every single format that is out right now.

12/26/2017
Most Critical Review

Great block, factory put together wrong

EK-Quantum Velocity D-RGB - AMD Ryzen Edition
EK-Quantum Velocity D-RGB - AMD Ryzen Edition

Pros: Amazing cooling, looks good, easy to install

Cons: Ekwb's factory put this block together wrong. The white RGB color diffuser was upside down from the factory. Causing my block to leak out all over my cpu socket. Caught it quickly but super upset and worried I ruined my ryzen 5950x cpu and asrock x570 phantom gaming x mobo. Took the system apart and dried everything out. Then took the block apart and found the factory mistake. Re-assembled the block correctly and refilled loop. WAS STILL ABLE TO SALVAGE EVERYTHING AS IT STILL WORKS!!!

Overall Review: I would recommend this product again, however please inspect your cpu block before you install it. Make sure there is 0 rattling as you shake the block. And make sure to do a leak test away from your system.

Fantastic motherboard - This review for ASRock review rebate program.

ASRock X870E TAICHI AM5 AMD X870E Extended ATX Motherboard
ASRock X870E TAICHI AM5 AMD X870E Extended ATX Motherboard

Pros: Had every single feature I was looking for, upgrading from MSI x670e meg ace. Mainly was looking for USB4 and a x870e that didn't nerf the primary PCI-E slot when all m.2 slots populated.

Cons: Only thing missing was 10gb LAN. But 5gb LAN is fine. Might add later via Thunderbolt.

Overall Review: This would be the one and only x870e board I would recommend to anyone.

Amazing Video Card

MSI Suprim GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID X 24G
MSI Suprim GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID X 24G

Pros: If you can swing it, immediately replace the stock fans with push/pull EK Vardar fans. Mine idles at 31C with afterburner fan set to auto. I also plugged my rad fans into mobo instead of direct into card. Make sure you also flash the GPU bios with the 600watt bios. Allows you to drag the power limit to 125%. Instead of the stock 110%. Fully loaded into furmark @ 1440p, fans and card cranked it sits at 61C. Again that is using the 600watt bios.

Overall Review: Highly recommend this card to anyone shopping for a beastly upgrade. But never ever pay over MSRP.

Amazing Motherboard

ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X AM4 AMD Premium X570 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X AM4 AMD Premium X570 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Used this motherboard for an upgrade away from my Threadripper 1950x. I used a Ryzen 5950x cpu in this. Upgraded the bios to 4.15 as it came out the day before this Motherboard arrived. Works flawlessly with 0 issues. Also paired this with a Samsung 1TB 980 Pro NVME drive. Reads at over 6,300MB/s, Writes at over 5,200MB/s. Just waiting to upgrade my 1080Ti MSI Lightning card to a Evga 3090 FTW3. Running my 5950x cpu at 4.5GHz all core @ 1.3v. Using a custom loop water cooler.

Cons: Absolutely nothing bad I can say about this motherboard, this is my 2nd Asrock board I've ever owned.

Overall Review: Highly recommend to any Ryzen 5000 upgraders. Rock solid bios. Amazing layout.

An Amazing Case!

Thermaltake Core X5 Tempered Glass Snow Edition E-ATX Stackable Cube Chassis CA-1E8-00M6WN-00
Thermaltake Core X5 Tempered Glass Snow Edition E-ATX Stackable Cube Chassis CA-1E8-00M6WN-00

Pros: - Super easy to build in, no sharp edges - Love the 2.5" Rails - Very big case, fits anything you throw at it - Tempered Glass is extremely see through, not tinted like picture shows

Cons: - The PCI Slot slide down cover is a little annoying when swapping parts - Not the cases fault but AIOs are going to be an issue with the hose lengths. Mounted mine in the front of the case That't it, only con against the case is that

Overall Review: - Upgraded from a cooler master haf xb evo case, no regrets Here is what I have in mine right now - Corsair RM1000 Power Supply w/ custom white sleeved cable replacement set - MSI X99A Xpower AC Motherboard - EATX - 4x 8GB (32GB) Mushkin Enchanded Blackline DDR4 2400 - Intel Xeon 1650 v4 CPU - 6 Core/12 Thread - Corsair H100i GTX (Mounted in front, side mounting made the hoses to small, didn't want to do top as I have 2x200mm Bitfenix white LED fans) - MSI 1080ti Lightning X Video Card - Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z Sound Card - Fan configuration - 2x 200mm Bitfenix Spectre Pro White LED (TOP EXHAUST), 2x 120mm NZXT RGB (FRONT PUSH RAD FANS), 2x 120mm EK Varder White fans (PULLING AIR THROUGH FRONT RAD), 1x 140mm NZXT RGB (ABOVE MOBO I/O SHIELD EXHAUST) - 16x LG WH16NS40 BluRay Burner (TOP 5.25" MOUNT, BOTTOM 2 ARE TAKEN UP BY FRONT RAD) - White NZXT HUE+ RGB Kit - STORAGE - Boot drive (Samsung 950 Pro nvme m.2), Game Storage (Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB), Game ISOs (3TB WD Red), Misc Storage (4TB WD Red)