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Matthew F.

Matthew F.

Joined on 11/02/01

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Most Favorable Review

Plenty of FUD from inexperienced users

GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Very simple and straightforward layout, works perfectly -Stable as a rock -An excellent BIOS with plenty of options, easy to overclock -Great deal at this price for a SFF build

Cons: -Not enough fan headers, but overcome easily with a fan controller hub

Overall Review: A lot of the bad reviews on here are from people who have no idea what they're doing. No video output? You probably didn't buy an APU. Please take the time to RTM and understand what you're buying before you blame a decent product due to your own ineptitude. Better yet, buy a Dell.

Most Critical Review

A Good Idea, but Poorly Executed

ione Scorpius-N2T Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 16 Function Keys 2.4 GHz Wireless Multimedia Keyboard with optical trackball
ione Scorpius-N2T Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 16 Function Keys 2.4 GHz Wireless Multimedia Keyboard with optical trackball

Pros: -The trackball works pretty well and helps a lot if you have an HTPC but don't always want to be using a remote or a mouse / air mouse.

Cons: -The reception on this unit is very poor. The keyboard was transmitting from only 10 feet away and was missing keys as I typed and sometimes mouse clicks as well. I eventually put the receiver on a USB extension with the receiver sitting right next to the keyboard and still had the same issues. Then I tried a powered USB extension and, you guessed it, same problems.

Overall Review: If only the receiver was of better quality this would be a winner in my eyes. Using a standard wireless logitech keyboard I have absolutely no problems on the same computer.

Exceptionally Easy to Install

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO AM5 LGA 1718, ATX, DDR5, 4x M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, Wi-Fi 7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO AM5 LGA 1718, ATX, DDR5, 4x M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, Wi-Fi 7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

Pros: *Great layout, thoughtful design *Tool-less design for m.2 slots *Excellent performance *Quick boot

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: I'm really enjoying this Gigabyte motherboard, the install with the latest 9800x3D CPU was smooth, no BIOS flashing necessary and it booted right up. Memory training was quick and has been fast to boot since. The tool-less design for the m.2 slots was a welcome surprise, it's great not having to fidget about with tiny m.2 screws trying to get an NVME drive in place. Highly recommended if you're looking to have the latest features and and performance on the AM5 platform.

Excellent board!

ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: For me this motherboard was plug and play coming from an X370 chipset. Simply swapped boards with all other parts being the same besides GPU (5700 XT) and no issues at all booting straight into Windows including no need to reactivate. Installed updated chipset drivers for X570 and was good to go, everything worked right off the bat. PCI-E 4.0 displayed in GPU-Z, GPU works perfectly, all right as rain. Certainly the easiest mobo swap I've ever done.

Cons: RGB application needs work, settings are odd and don't work as intended. Much easier to control within BIOS.

Overall Review: Overall excellent for the price, I would recommend this board if you're looking for something that just works and isn't as expensive as other X570 boards while still having some great features.

Pretty disappointed

GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD
GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card GV-RXVEGA56GAMING OC-8GD

Pros: -It hasn't set anything on fire yet.

Cons: -Had to RMA almost immediately, black screens right away as described in other reviews. -After receiving a card back it seemed to work okay for a few weeks, but now it's back to failing under any kind of load including MadVR at basic settings. -The price was massive at the time of purchase and I feel completely ripped off as I'm sure everyone else does with this card.

Follow-up to "Terrible Service"

PowerColor Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX5750 512MD5-H
PowerColor Radeon HD 5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card AX5750 512MD5-H

Pros: This is a follow-up and response to the review I posted in February. Please see the pros for that review, nothing has changed.

Cons: I finally received my replacement video card a little over a month ago. Unfortunately the replacement is faulty as well. Very well could be the same card I shipped in with a replacement heatsink. Off to RMA the card again. I hope I don't have to wait another 3-4 months to receive a replacement again. And this time I hope it actually works properly.

Overall Review: In response to Hugo, the CS representative who responded to my original review: Hugo, you were the representative I was in contact with during the original RMA process. Though you were polite, nothing seemed to really get done until I pressed the issue and here I am with a bad card yet again. I would appreciate it if you could make sure that this current RMA is swift and what is returned to me is a tested, working card.