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Patrick O.

Patrick O.

Joined on 12/06/10

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Most Favorable Review

Fantastic card

EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC ULTRA GAMING, 08G-P4-2173-KR, 8GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans & RGB LED
EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC ULTRA GAMING, 08G-P4-2173-KR, 8GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans & RGB LED

Pros: -I'm coming from a MSI 670 GTX, and this card is beast! Makes my old card look like a poor quality small toy. This card runs cool on most of my games I usually get 50 to 55 Celsius (My pc case is a coolermaster H500 with mesh panel installed, and my room temp is about 70 to 80 Fahrenheit year round). Compared to my old card which got 68-72 C. - Card is extra thick, two 100 mm fans with big fins, runs quiet even at full load, no gpu sag, and has a nice build quality! -I haven't overclocked my card yet but the boost clock on my card gets up to 1950 or 1980 mhz on average. -Definitely spending my money with EVGA for future purchases. - I recommend downloading the EVGA X1 precision software to control, and monitor/control the cards temps, fans, and RGB functions. I set the fan curve to quiet mode for my card which runs the fans at a constant 30% speed I got annoyed with my fans constantly switching on at 55 c and off at 54 c.

Cons: none so far................... ray tracing exists in BF5 , and the setting is called DXR. Still waiting for DLSS to come out, and it's the feature I care about the most!

Overall Review: I will be further testing this card out, and will update my review with more information. I got this card on Thanksgiving for $550,free shipping, and came with BF5. Normally I would only spend at max $500 for a video card, but this year i decided to treat myself nice to a higher model trim card. It was also time to replace my 7 year old MSI 670 GTX so I can finally play most games at ultra settings. Now I'm looking into buying a 144 or 165 hz 1080p gaming monitor to take full advantage of this card. I'm currently using a i7 4790k, and it works well with this card.

12/10/2018

It works as advertised!

G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C11D-16GAR
G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C11D-16GAR

Pros: - I checked the g.skill website for this specific model of ram before ordering, and clicked the QVL tab which lists the known compatible XMP option motherboards. Then installed the ram into my MSI Z97 Mpower motherboard, got a new hardware detected screen on boot, then continued to my UEFI bios screen to see the ram running at 1600 mhz. All I had to do is click/enable the XMP button, save settings, and reboot the pc to see the ram running at 2133 mhz in the bios. Yup it was that easy!! - I recommend running a ram intensive application to see if the ram is stable at the set speed, and no blue screens happen while gaming. If you do get a blue screen turn off XMP setting, and try manually adjusting the ram timings.

Cons: -none

Overall Review: - I bought this kit to upgrade from my old 8GB 1600 mhz (2GB x 4) ram kit from corsair that only ran at 1333 mhz. Anything higher and it would constantly crash. I also bought this kit to continue using my intel i7 4790k on a MSI Z97 Mpower motherboard with DDR4 comparable speeds, and to be able to have 16GB of ram for Battlefield 5 as well as other work related purposes. - I didn't feel like upgrading my cpu, and motherboard for switching over to the DDR4 standard. I will wait another 2 or 3 years for the next generation of cpu's from Intel or AMD. I will keep g.skill ram in mind for future purposes.

Superior Airflow, and great HAF Revision !

Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ARGB Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Mesh and Transparent Front Panel Option, Dual 200mm ARGB Lighting Fans, and Tempered Glass
Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ARGB Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Mesh and Transparent Front Panel Option, Dual 200mm ARGB Lighting Fans, and Tempered Glass

Pros: -200 mm fans, great airflow, good looks, case layout is good too! The fans on my build run at 400 rpm idle (ok airflow and quiet), and during gaming they spin up a little further (great airflow, and still quiet). Lol the noisy-est fan in my whole build is actually my air cooled cpu heatsink, and the rest is quiet.

Cons: -Cable management in the back panel could have had more room, then again I'm coming from the corsair 540 air (plenty of space). Not a huge deal breaker. -Exhaust fan looks really cheap, but I don't mind that its not RGB.

Overall Review: I always wanted to own a cooler master HAF back in 2010, and I finally got a chance once again to own one. As for the people in the reviews that say they wished the RGB controller had a dedicated button on the front panel. This can be solved with taking your motherboards reset pins, and plugging them into the switch port for the little remote. The only down side is that now your cases reset button will change the case fan colors, instead of having reset functionality. This is the reveiw for the $100 H500 model with the mesh panel installed. Inside the box you also get the plastic front panel if you choose to install that instead of the mesh panel.

12/10/2018

Recommended keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 LUX Mechanical Keyboard Backlit Red LED Cherry MX Red (CH-9101020-NA)
Corsair Gaming K70 LUX Mechanical Keyboard Backlit Red LED Cherry MX Red (CH-9101020-NA)

Pros: Best mechanical keyboard I have ever used. I love the simplistic design, and brushed aluminum build. I use it for gaming, school, and work.

Cons: none

Overall Review: I wish more gaming companies made more keyboard like this, and some adding all the un-necessary side keys with silly designs. I have noticed Logitech now makes a keyboard similar to this one.

12/10/2018

great usb 3.0 drive

ADATA 32GB UV128 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive (AUV128-32G-RBY)
ADATA 32GB UV128 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Flash Drive (AUV128-32G-RBY)

Pros: It works

Cons: none

12/10/2018

Great for me!

Logitech G35 USB Connector Circumaural Surround Sound Headset
Logitech G35 USB Connector Circumaural Surround Sound Headset

Pros: Not sure why people are down voting this headset, but for me it works awesome and I still am using it till this day! Bought it in 2013.

Cons: Replaced the ear pads because the leather started cracking off the headset this year. I ordered a pair of replacement cloth pads they work better, and make the headset look better than when I bought it new!

Overall Review: I'm going to assume people treat their headsets like s***, and toss them around because with normal use this headset won't break.

12/10/2018