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Andrew M.

Andrew M.

Joined on 11/23/03

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Most Critical Review

Very short lifespan

SAMSUNG 870 EVO Series 2.5" 500GB SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-77E500B/AM
SAMSUNG 870 EVO Series 2.5" 500GB SATA III V-NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-77E500B/AM

Pros: Was a great upgrade over a hard disk.

Cons: Only lasted a year before going dead. SMART errors came a couple days before it died, it went quick.

Overall Review: Might want to look elsewhere if you have important business

Misleading Details, End of Life Board

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Arrived on time.

Cons: Does not like 16GB of DDR3 1600 RAM. Would freeze up while I was in the BIOS setup. Dropped down to 8GB of RAM, and the freezing stopped, but it still would only POST randomly. Was initially reading 9-9-9-24 as CL 7, then after resetting CMOS due to not POSTing, read it as 11-11-11-28. Fans were changing speed erractically when it wouldn't POST, and then would be fine for 10 minutes, and crash. Reseating everything, swapping RAM, and resetting CMOS did not resolve. Newegg shows this board as not being under warranty when I RMA'd. States in details that it takes DDR3 1600, yet the manual specifically states it only accepts it when OC'd, and apparrantly only in the white slots. So you can either have 2 slots with 1600 if you overclock, or theoretically 4 slots with lower rated RAM. I didn't have lower rated DDR3 to test this. It showed mine as 1333 for the few times I got into the BIOS. Either way the details page is incorrect and misleading.

Overall Review: This board's memory supported should be listed correctly by now, the model is over a year old, there is no excuse. Now I get to pay for RMA shipping, and it cost more than it did to ship my entire original order originally. Buyers beware!

11/17/2011