Joined on 12/15/05
Good Quality, Budget Conscious.

Pros: -Quality manufacturing -Copper pipeline -Push / Pull config -Ultrasonic, I mean literally, I don't hear it under load at all -Budget friendly while delivering medium/high end performance. It's not a massive cooler so obviously you don't want to buy this for your Intel Core i7 4930K, that said I have this running on an AMD FX - 4350 build I did for someone and it's great!. At stock, Idle temps are 9C, that's right 9C and under load goes up to 63C. Not bad considering the whole thing is subject to the fan profile I set and that's after hours of Prime95 without being able to hear it make any audible noise whatsoever. That's exactly what I wanted, quality, silent and cheap and that's exactly what I got.
Cons: -None, honestly, it did what I needed it to do.
Overall Review: I would like to see a 120MM counterpart offered from this manu as I'd buy one in a heartbeat, this literally was one of the quietest coolers I've seen in a while. I'm saying this as an owner of a Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 140mm so believe me I have the best as a comparative and still feel this unit is a great for a silent build while maintaining effectiveness.
Be advised, False Advertising

Pros: -None, see cons below.
Cons: 1.) Monitor cannot support true 120Hz despite dealer claims. Panel/PCB's safeguards have been removed to allow OS to apply a 120 Hz overclock, however the Monitor isn't robust enough to handle the adjustment. Skips frames excessively at 120 Hz. Defeats the purpose of any OC entirely. A frame-skipping 120 Hz is worse than no frames skipping at 60 Hz. 2.) The housing is poorly built and doesn't securely fit the actual panel. (Bottom center portion is warped and bows away from the panel - poor design) 3.) Stand isn't weighted, it's too small for the weight of the screen it's attached to, and the mold that the neck of the monitor fits into does not fall flush into the stand, it wobbles. Every-time you type on the keyboard the monitor see-saws left to right. 4.) Excessive/Severe back-light leaking. Whatever the reason, poor application of the film inside etc or just purchasing of lower grade panels from another manu this Monitor has backlight bleed so excessive that it acts as an overlay when watching a movie or gaming in the dark. Regardless of brightness setting. 5.) Not flicker-free. Despite claims, at lowest brightness setting there is some flickering, suspect monitor may be PWM? Not sure but regardless had some flickering on lower brightness with mine. I have a few DC IPS panels and can confirm if a panel uses DC and isn't defective there is never any flickering at all. 6.) Horrible color accuracy / depth. Out of box the calibration leaves much to be desired. To the manufacturer's credit they allow that as they have an OSD you can access.
Overall Review: Normally I wouldn't give a product one egg but anytime a dealer lies or tries to sell a product using misleading or inaccurate information I consider that false advertising and have no respect for any company that does so. Atron Vision, you need to clean up how you advertise this monitor if you expect anyone to buy it and you need to lower the price it isn't worth this much baggage. Thanks for reading!
Best B650M motherboard available

Pros: - The Only B650M board I could find does not have coil whine; I suspect the following why: - The VRM MOSFETs consist of x15 Motorola MPS2221 transistors. They deliver up to 80 amps each, making 960 A for the VCORE (CPU). They are configured in a 12+2+1 VCORE+VCCGT using SPS assemblies MPS2210 PWM module (digital PWM). The MOSFETs here are excellent quality; their tj max is 150C, despite MSI defaulting the ceiling in BIOS to 100°C. - That is sufficient for an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. - WiFi 6E integrated is a nice touch - x4 DDR5 slots supporting OC'ing up to DDR5 6400+MHz, although the caveat being most boards handle just two at XMP if operating as high as 6400MHz. - Something I found unusual was the 7W/mK thermal pads & additional choke pads which are 7W/mk rated. That's better than Honeywell's PTM7000 series found in the automotive industry. Surprisingly good thermal impedance on the material used in a mid-tier consumer motherboard protecting the VRM interface & chipset. Not bad. It makes me feel like this board is more than mid-tier. - Heatsinks for pretty much everything you can imagine, including the M.2s - Pre-mounted I/O panel (I love this as I use an open-frame case) - Plenty of fan connectors (x3 sys fans, x1 CPU, x1 PUMP) - BIOS support is current (the last one was 2023-04-28) - I realize someone else in these review columns mentioned the VRM setup on this board was "mid-tier" I am not sure why else they would say that other than ignorance.
Cons: - No PCI-E 5.0 - Outdated MSI UEFI Ux/Ui - Two SATA cables included (throw in two more) - PCIE slots are tightly grouped, with little spacing. - Placement of CMOS battery
Overall Review: - Had to use riser cables to use all the slots on this board, else it'd be impossible to plug a current GPU into it directly without losing the PCI-E x1 and cramping that last x4 (x16) slot - I would recommend this board to someone if you need an mATX AM5 motherboard. Otherwise, buy a different AM5 form factor; it isn't worth all the things that are gimped and constricted that you end up working around, as well as the fact that besides the ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE, this is the only other board that won't give you coil whine during operation & supports the full processor lineup of Ryzen 7xxx.
PSA: No good airflow, not worth the look

Cons: The airflow is terrible. There is not enough ventilation for intake fans (whatever config you choose) to provide cool air and enough ventilation for where you would install exhaust to expel the buildup. Room for 120 - 240 rad (realistically). It could fit something as large as an AMD RX 6900 XT, but it's a marketing ploy. The issue is poor ventilation. Even when you remove layers of the case for more ventilation exposing more open air, it's constricted enough that x2 140mm fans as intake + 120 mm radiator & two 140 mm exhausts aren't enough for overheating the GPU CPU and VRMs on my motherboard. (Core I9 7900X + MSI X299M Carbon Pro AC) Tried a 240 MM radiator, too to no avail.
Overall Review: I took the side panel off as a comparative ( no issues ) and tested with bios defaults ( experienced all the cons above ). I Switched to another case in the end to eliminate the overheating. Little to null ventilation cutouts for intake/exhaust
Best affordable powerhouse out there

Pros: HP's Omen has one of the best I/O solutions for a laptop. Far as I'm aware, you won't find a mini-display port on anything sold in 2022 anymore. If you're creative or looking for a workstation solution, everything you need comes in a friendly and neat setup. The laptop runs relatively quiet even under load; the fans don't cycle up too high, and the palm rest doesn't get too warm to the touch. The internal audio speakers have good quality, not any viable bass but not a "metallic sound" like other laptops. Aside from that, the price is competitive with these machines, probably the best outside of maybe Lenovo.
Cons: Size. I think HP could downsize and make the Omens smaller but instead has made them 16 inches which is the less popular decision if you look at the research. Fourteen inches is widespread. The new Blade series, Acer Predator 300 SE, ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14. The chassis of the 15-inch Omen is a bit bulky and, in certain places, feels cheap. It could be reinforced too with a denser metal. If HP invested in a smaller motherboard, chassis redesign, and kept the 15-inch frame, they'd be competing with Razer, ASUS, and MSI. The biggest technical con is probably going to be the lack of MUX. Lenovo accomplished this first generation so it's not a technical limitation with the chipsets.
Overall Review: I'd definitely recommend this to other people. It is a great product.
Great hardware & aesthetics, poor thermals'

Pros: - Great body' with a maximum "supported" RAM of 64GB. Dual SATA/NVM-E M.2 2280 slots, compatible with dual-layered PCBs. GPU houses 16GB of dedicated VRAM. 150W configurable TGP, with 15W NVIDIA dynamic boost technology. - AMD 5900HX Eight-Core Processor, Sixteen thread 10-45Watt processor capable of incredibly demanding workstation & gaming tasks while being very power efficient. Incorporates an integrated APU that offers Freesync tech and more. - Latest and greatest laptop GPU on the market; the RTX 3080. Supports USB-C & HDMI. The screen runs at 165 HZ (pre-calibrated) RGB profile (looks really good) Integrated sound system is THX-certified and offers a control panel to fine-tune everything into something user-specific - Windows Hello camera works and looks decent, not perfect but not bad either. Good enough for Zoom and work so I'd consider this a Pro on a gaming laptop. I really like the keyboard on this laptop, it's basically full-size but just shrunk down. It has a Numpad & good travel
Cons: Bottom plate stoppers are too thin/small. Very large charger & cable(s). Having had liquid metal applied to the CPU (thermal paste applied to the GPU -which is standard) the laptop still, unfortunately, overheats. Bearing the above in mind, the chassis gets "scolding" hot to the touch under load. CPU temperatures reach 95C according to CPUID's HWmonitor. (This is while on a flat table) Aida64 Engineer for the stress test. The GPU would hit 94. Using CPU-Z & GPU-Z as aids I could tell that both CPU & GPU throttle in the 90s on this laptop. For the CPU, the self-throttle is at 93/94 unless you enable Overclocking via the OEM's UWP software control panel in Windows and mess with the TJMax setting (you can effectuate it to as high as 99C) You can do something similar to the GPU which has lower power targets built-in that affect the temperature (the slider ranges from 77 to like 89C) - Which makes sense considering that the RTX series from the original to the current generation begins to throttle itself starting from the low 90s. Still, one thing I would caution and a possible con about this portion of the software is the accuracy of these sliders - They are woefully bad at maintaining the power and temperature targets as if to say they don't coincide with the fan profiles at all or very poorly. I would stress caution (as the manufacturer does) when or if using this part of the control panel, heck I wouldn't use it at all as it doesn't really seem to work well with the current generation.
Overall Review: A would-be contender for the Blade 15 Advanced would it not be for unnecessary heat and challenging internal design. This isn't a bad laptop, I think it was meant for the Intel 10th gen complimented with the RTX 20-series of Graphics which were significantly less power-hungry and in turn generated much less heat, given those facts & the same physical chassis - you are left with a lot of work on your hands. An overhaul of sorts on the internal thermal profile.