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Senpai

Joined on 12/04/25

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Nice budget SSD

Patriot P400 Lite M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 1TB SSD, Solid State Drive - P400LP1KGM28H Up to 3,500MB/s
Patriot P400 Lite M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 1TB SSD, Solid State Drive - P400LP1KGM28H Up to 3,500MB/s

Pros: -Got for cheap (came bundled with a ram + mobo combo) -Works great -Loading times are good -No real issues so far

Cons: -Possibly a seating issue? (Most likely my fault) -Usable storage on SSD isn't exactly 1000gb, i think it said 980 or 900-something.

Overall Review: So at first it wasn't getting read by bios but after re-seating it for the 3rd time it worked, and I haven't needed to fiddle with since. I'd probably chalk it up to user error. However, when I did take it out once I propped it up against a screw and low key droped my phone on ssd. When i looked at damage, the screw head made a dent in ssd logo/heatsink but survived! Loading speeds are good, especially compared to HDD this is a huge upgrade for me!

Just Works!

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVKB

Pros: -No issues so far -XMP profile works -Transparent front packaging (good for not getting scammed)

Cons: -Could be shorter in height -Hard to remove from packaging

Overall Review: Have not tried overclocking or anything but it seems to work great! I run most of my games at 4k on my 60hz TV and don't see any stuttering when loading chunks or new scenes. I do have a 16gb GPU card tho, but it's a rx 7600 xt so nothing crazy. So far so good!

Solid Budget Mobo

ASRock B450M/AC R2.0 AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock B450M/AC R2.0 AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -SUPER HAPPY that the board came pre-installed with bios that supported my ryzen 5 5500 -Really cheap (came with combo; stand alone price at time was $79) -Built in wifi + antennas -Easy to enable XMP profile and Resizeable BAR -Works great to this day

Cons: -No ssd heatsink -No BIOS flashback button -PCIE gen 3 gpu slot -Small VRMs

Overall Review: I'm running a ryzen 5 5500 with rx 7600 xt, but did have a 9060 xt installed at some point too. Motherboard worked right out of the box, but i did do some bios tweaking (basic stuff, xmp and resize bar) and also tweaked the fan curve. RGB and Fan curve settings were basic but work. For a small-budget build, I really can't complain and am all-in-all satisfied with this board.