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Ken F.

Ken F.

Joined on 10/27/05

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Most Favorable Review

Very good so far

ASUS ROG RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Extended ATX Motherboards - Intel
ASUS ROG RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Extended ATX Motherboards - Intel

Pros: Easy setup. No issues. Running I7 6900k at 4.4 and 64gb Trident Z at 3200. Audio quality is very good.

Cons: Post times are a bit slow. The included headphone amp is useless to me. Leave it out and drop the price. Asus Sonic Studio user interface causes crashes in Sysinternals Autoruns.

Overall Review: The 6900k runs hot. 4.4 was the best I could get at 1.3v.

Most Critical Review

Messy

Rosewill RHRC-13001 - Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker - 5.5 Cups Uncooked / 11 Cups Cooked
Rosewill RHRC-13001 - Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker - 5.5 Cups Uncooked / 11 Cups Cooked

Pros: The rice comes out just fine

Cons: This cooker makes a mess. Water boils out the top and splatters everywhere. No amount of pre-rice cleaning prevents this. Poor design on the steam vent. My previous $19 cooker did not have this issue.

A good motherboard with DDR4 support

MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This MB has all the right specs. Intel ethernet, Intel wireless, and Realtek 4080 sound. The board looks good and has plenty of SATA and M2 connections. The big plus for me is the DDR4 support. DDR5 is not available and there are not many high quality DDR4 boards.

Cons: The price is high, but everything is high these days.

Overall Review: I have always bought Asus motherboards. This is my first MSI board, although I have bought many of their graphics cards. I hope I do as well with their MB as I have done with their GPU's. I will update as time progresses. This review is for the MSI rebate program.

11/28/2021

Good card, bad Newegg

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G

Pros: Like all 1080TI's it is a super fast card. This one is well built and runs below 70c.

Cons: Bad Newegg. The price dropped $10, within 6 days of me getting the card, and Newegg would not honor a price guarantee on the product. An easy way to lose a good customer for a lousy $10.

EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 01G-P3-1180-AR
EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 01G-P3-1180-AR

Pros: Great card. Easily overclocks to the specs of the 1182 card, so save yourself $40.

Cons: None, except I could have won this in a Newegg contest.

Watch out for the rebate

Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: I have the 300GB and its a great drive.

Cons: Took 3 months for the rebate to arrive. WD should be ashamed.