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David M.

David M.

Joined on 10/25/01

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Most Favorable Review

Better than expected

MSI GF65 Thin 10UE-071 - 15.6" 144 Hz IPS - Intel Core i7-10750H - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU 6 GB GDDR6 - 16 GB Memory - 512 GB NVMe SSD - Windows 10 Home - Gaming Laptop
MSI GF65 Thin 10UE-071 - 15.6" 144 Hz IPS - Intel Core i7-10750H - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU 6 GB GDDR6 - 16 GB Memory - 512 GB NVMe SSD - Windows 10 Home - Gaming Laptop

Pros: From what I've read about this laptop, I was expecting something less refined. This laptop is sleek and fast! If you plan on using this on your lap, I recommend getting a cooler pad such as the Coolermaster Notepal X-Slim because it does get quite warm when gaming. With the pad, temps are much improved and I can even overclock the GPU without issues.

Cons: The screen is okay but does lack some shadow detail.

Overall Review: Glad I picked this up.

12/14/2021

Works for Intel, too

G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series 48GB (2 x 24GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model F5-6400J3239F24GX2-TZ5NR
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo Series 48GB (2 x 24GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) Desktop Memory Model F5-6400J3239F24GX2-TZ5NR

Pros: Runs at the full advertised speed in my Intel z690 + 14700K

Cons: No cons, so far

Overall Review: I didn't pay attention to this being advertised as EXPO ram and bought this memory anyway. I popped this set into my MSI Z690 + 14700K and it worked perfectly at 6400 MT/s with the advertised cas latencies.

So far, so good

Intel Core i7-14700K - Core i7 14th Gen 20-Core (8P+12E) LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Processor - Boxed - BX8071514700K
Intel Core i7-14700K - Core i7 14th Gen 20-Core (8P+12E) LGA 1700 125W Intel UHD Graphics 770 Processor - Boxed - BX8071514700K

Pros: - Fast - Stable (so far) - Massive performance for all-core workloads

Cons: - Requires tuning in motherboard settings - Pricey

Overall Review: Drop in upgrade from 12700K went off without a hitch. Temps are decent once I tuned it in mobo settings- PL1 and PL2 at 253 and 307 ICCMAX and adaptive offset vcore at -0.080. Perfectly stable so far and relatively cool, although my settings will reduce all-core boost around 200MHZ which makes hardly any difference since now it doesn't thermal throttle ever. Default motherboard settings draw ridiculous power and my 240 AIO cannot cool it.

A Beast

ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) TUF-RTX4070TIS-16G-GAMING
ASUS TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a) TUF-RTX4070TIS-16G-GAMING

Pros: -decent upgrade from 3070ti -allows 10% power limit increase -16GB VRAM -silent

Cons: -pricey

Overall Review: This is a monster of a GPU. The bios allows a 10% increase in power limit and i have no issues overclocking this thing to get a nice 10% bump in benchmarks. It is really quiet compared to the MSI 3070ti I am upgrading from.

Very good

Noctua NT-H1 3.5g, Pro-Grade Thermal Compound Paste (3.5g)
Noctua NT-H1 3.5g, Pro-Grade Thermal Compound Paste (3.5g)

Pros: works great, low temps

Cons: took awhile to ship and receive

Overall Review: great thermal compound... temps are very low with my AIO + Ryzen 7600X

12/15/2023

Fast, no issues

WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS200T2X0E
WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS200T2X0E

Pros: Very fast and works without a hitch

Cons: none

Overall Review: great gen 4 NVME

12/11/2023