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Steven B.

Steven B.

Joined on 06/23/16

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A great modern power supply.

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5, 80 Plus Gold 850W, Fully Modular, ECO Mode with Fdb Fan, 100% Japanese Capacitors, 10 Year Warranty, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G5-0850-X1
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5, 80 Plus Gold 850W, Fully Modular, ECO Mode with Fdb Fan, 100% Japanese Capacitors, 10 Year Warranty, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G5-0850-X1

Pros: I just finished building my PC after a long search for the best possible parts; The EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5 fits my needs perfectly. - The fan has been completely silent in my system, providing a ton of power with silence. - The sleeved cables are awesome quality. - The greed LED indicator lights up differently depending on it's state (pulsing for in use, solid for idle). This is a handy little feature for physically seeing the current state of the supply. - The ECO mode switch is another nice feature to have. That being said, I cannot hear the fans even with this feature off!

Cons: None so far! Assembly, installation and use have been a breeze. This part has been by far the least maintenance part in my system.

Overall Review: I would absolutely recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a modern power supply (In both looks and features).

An excellent enthusiast motherboard!

MSI MEG X570 ACE Gaming Motherboard AMD AM4 SATA 6Gb/s M.2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Wi-Fi 6 ATX
MSI MEG X570 ACE Gaming Motherboard AMD AM4 SATA 6Gb/s M.2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Wi-Fi 6 ATX

Pros: I have just finished building my PC after a long journey of researching parts, and ended up going with the MEG X570 ACE, Ryzen 9 3900x, 64 Gb of DDR4 ram at cas 16, and a kraken x72 AIO. I have had the following experiences with the board during the unpacking, building, and using process: - Locations of the on board headers are great, with the motherboard manual being very useful. Most USB and front panel headers are on the bottom or right side of the board, and were very easy to cable manage with. The pump and CPU fan headers are on the top right, easily accessible from the cooler (Also a plus in that I could hide these cables under the AIO tube). - Location of the southbridge fan; some motherboards have decided to put the fan higher, meaning that many long GPU's would cover it. MSI's design prevents that, which I definitely appreciate. It is placed well bellow my 2080 Super. - It is quiet; I do not notice the on board fan spinning up at all. - It looks amazing. The mirror on the top left of the board provides an awesome infinity mirror-like effect, which complements the Kraken very nicely. - Setting the RAM to XMP, even with 4 x 16 Gb, worked flawlessly and effortlessly. There is a simple XMP button right on the front of the BIOS that configures everything (Note: I would update the BIOS before doing this if you can, as it displays this change as many instead of one. Most likely purely visual though). - There is a backplate pre-mounted to the board, making AIO installation a step easier! - The on board troubleshooting LED is nice if you run into problems with installation / overclocking, but I have not needed to use it so far (Same can be said for the clear CMOS and BIOS flash buttons). - Three M.2 Slots! I have two populated right now, and am looking forward to populating the third one later.

Cons: - My second M.2 slot screw was stuck together on either side of the heat spreader at first, which took some troubleshooting (and eventually force) to get un-stuck. After that however, the second slot worked flawlessly. - Only four SATA ports; but for me, the three M.2 slots make up for this.

Overall Review: I would highly recommend this board for anyone looking for an all around great enthusiast board. This review is for the MSI Review Rebate Program.