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Miguel S.

Miguel S.

Joined on 08/04/07

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Most Favorable Review

RTX 2080 TI -- Pixie Dust Technology

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card 11G-P4-2281-KR
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Graphics Card 11G-P4-2281-KR

Pros: Plays everything on super settings at high refresh rates that I play. (StarCitzen & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) Overall best of the best if you are not really into overclocking and need to run a high resolution monitor.

Cons: Price, nvidia knows it has no competition on the higher end of things. Thanks 2019

Overall Review: I paired mine with an LG 34GK950F-B 34" and "basic" freesync on a display port @ 144 without issue. Some games don't like the higher freesync setting and it causes stuttering issues. The included "NVIDIA Gift - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" ran flawlessly and let me tell you, the HDR RTS is just pure gorgeousness at super settings. Just make sure you also put in a good SSD like a "Samsung 970 EVO m.2" or better to help on load times. Just make sure you have the proper generation slot to get the 3,500MB/s read speeds. Overall, I wish the price was better but you get what you pay for. Just remember, the other parts of your build have to play well with this thing or your going to waste your cash.

10/30/2019
Most Critical Review

Great Airflow \ Front Cover & legs attached by plastic

Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow CC-9011078-WW Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow CC-9011078-WW Black Brushed Aluminum and Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: -Great Airflow -Great room without getting too nuts like the cube style aka "Corsair Carbide Series CC-9011030-WW Black Steel ATX Cube" -Awesome Look and Finish

Cons: -Cheap mechanical hard drive bays that are begging to be removed (They can be.) -Front legs are attached to the metal case by means of the front plastic bezel. My case arrived damaged during shipping and the front legs and bezel were falling off. Now I have to wait for my RMA.

Overall Review: I took an egg off for quality. They should have put more metal in the product for $150.00. Oh, and you might need help moving this thing once fully loaded if you are 90 pounds soaking wet. Its the size of a server.... a cool server.

11/13/2017

Works at 3200 on MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON with RYZEN 1700X (One year later)

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2B3200C16
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model CMK16GX4M2B3200C16

Pros: Took a year but the RAM does work at 3200 with latest firmware. I just ordered another 16GB to bring me up to the overkill level of 32GB for a little future proofing. My first time buying Corsair and so far so good.

Cons: The RYZEN ram role out was a little on the finicky side but that was the deal you knew you were getting with RYZEN gen 1 for all ram.

Overall Review: Update: 2 x8GB worked at 3200 \ 4 X8GB run above 3100 without too much work

11/12/2018

Stable & power to spare!

AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700X Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W YD170XBCAEWOF Desktop Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 1st Gen - RYZEN 7 1700X Summit Ridge (Zen) 8-Core 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W YD170XBCAEWOF Desktop Processor

Pros: Purchased for $299.00 and its only lost $30.00 of value in 6 months or so. I can't complain about 16 threads of pure goodness for years to come. Just don't forget to grab the latest bios version and drivers. --- The faster the ram the more important that is.

Cons: Nothing really --- The great video card financial crises of 2018 perhaps. Woe to us brothers and sisters!!! Woeeee!!!

Overall Review: Grab it if you don't see the 1800x on sale for $30.00 more. Might not be a bad idea to get this once the price drop from Ryzen 2 hits. AMD really rushed Ryzen 1 out the door and it took 6 or more months for my bios to run my DDR4 3200 at max speed without stability issues. >>> Keep that in mind

Ludicrous speed!!!

SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E500BW
SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E500BW

Pros: -Boots windows in seconds -Loads games in seconds

Cons: -Cost

Overall Review: If your motherboard natively supports it..... a must have.

11/13/2017

Just Awesome!!! When it works...

Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Fantastic speed for games and economical!

Cons: I am currently having it replaced do to the click of death. (About 7 months in...) Use it for cheap gaming.

Overall Review: I wonder if Western Digital's RE4 drives keep up with this drive's performance? Though, at those prices you might just want to go solid state.