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Thomas C.

Thomas C.

Joined on 11/12/02

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Most Favorable Review

Very Fast, but make sure you update the Firmware quick

SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 7,450 MB/s for High End Computing, Gaming, and Heavy Duty Workstations, MZ-V9P1T0B/AM
SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 7,450 MB/s for High End Computing, Gaming, and Heavy Duty Workstations, MZ-V9P1T0B/AM

Pros: -- Very fast and haven't had any issues with using the drives. -- Management software works well and make sure you install it.

Cons: -- These come with a known issue (at this time, Feb 2023) that the firmware needs to be immediately updated. If you do that, you don't seem to have any of the health degradation that has been reported.

Overall Review: I would definitely recommend and I would also recommend immediately downloading the Samsung Magician management software to get the firmware updated and kept up to date.

Most Critical Review

Might be OK for some

HDMI Female to Female F/F Coupler Extender Adapter Connector for HDTV HDCP 1080P
HDMI Female to Female F/F Coupler Extender Adapter Connector for HDTV HDCP 1080P

Pros: It kinda works.

Cons: Used it to join two 6 foot HDMI cords to make a 12 foot cord. I used electrical tape to lock the joins in place, but when I plugged it in, the sounds was spotty and the video had little spots. I tried putting a little pressure on the joints in different ways and every once in awhile I would get a clear picture, but more often that not I had a bad or non-existent picture. I took the cables apart and tried each individually and it was perfect. I tried joining them again and same bad results.

Overall Review: Consequently, if you can find the perfect spot and *never* move it, you might be able to make this connector work for you.

Works as expected and has the 12VHPWR connector.

Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W, ATX 3.0 Standard, PCIe Gen.5 600W 12VHPWR Connector Included, 80+ Gold Full Modular SLI/Crossfire Ready Power Supply, 10 Year Warranty, PS-TPD-1200FNFAGU-4
Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W, ATX 3.0 Standard, PCIe Gen.5 600W 12VHPWR Connector Included, 80+ Gold Full Modular SLI/Crossfire Ready Power Supply, 10 Year Warranty, PS-TPD-1200FNFAGU-4

Pros: - 1200 W - Has 12VHPWR connector - Stable

Cons: - It's black and the cables are all black, which isn't an issue if you're not doing an all white build. - Not RGB, but it's hidden behind the MB, so not a huge issue either.

Overall Review: It's been solid with no complaints so far. Relatively easy to install (with LIan-Li Dynamic XL ROG, I had to temporarily remove a metal piece that's mean to be removable). Connectors all connected up well. I used a white extension cable kit to hide most of the black cables behind the MB, so all is good. I definitely would recommend.

White fans look great in my white setup

Cooler Master MasterFan MF120 Halo (White Edition, 3 in 1 with ARGB LED Controller) - Duo-Ring Addressable RGB Lighting 120mm PWM Fan with 24 Independently-Controlled LEDS
Cooler Master MasterFan MF120 Halo (White Edition, 3 in 1 with ARGB LED Controller) - Duo-Ring Addressable RGB Lighting 120mm PWM Fan with 24 Independently-Controlled LEDS

Pros: - White - Has Halo rings that are visible on both sides and from the side (see picture) - Works with Aura RGB (see video. Note: I think my camera was acting weird with the blue/white scheme...It does look really good in real life) - Comes with a hub that I didn't use - Three can be chained together

Cons: - Only con I found is the rubber grommets where you screw the fan onto the case can start to peel up from the body of the fan. You can see from the picture what that looks like. I probably tightened (Heaven forbid you use the past tense of screw) it down too hard and that's at the top of my case, so gravity is probably helping. Of course, that's also why I tightened it down harder. In my opinion, that's really minor.

Overall Review: I would definitely recommend these to anyone building with an ASUS board using Aura. They seem to work well with Aura and I have had no issues with their operation. They only time I can hear them is when I change the setting to its highest RPM.

Good Board and easy to work with.

ASUS Prime Z790-A WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel®14th &13th&12th Gen) ATX motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4x M.2 slots,Intel® 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 front panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4(USB4),DP,Aura Sync RGB lighting)
ASUS Prime Z790-A WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel®14th &13th&12th Gen) ATX motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4x M.2 slots,Intel® 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 front panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4(USB4),DP,Aura Sync RGB lighting)

Pros: - I like the Silver/white setup of the board. - Armory crate software makes it relatively easy to setup. - Has enough fan headers for a normal build and well placed (I still needed more for 13 fans) - I think there were 3 RGB headers and one or two of the AURA RGB. I only used a couple of the RGB headers because I put in a RGB/Fan hub to manage all the fans and connections I need to make. - Aura software works well with almost everything in my case (not the Gigabyte RTX 4080 :-( but that's Gigabyte's fault)

Cons: - The main issues I ran into was getting the last screw into the board and initial install with Windows 11. - The screw was an issue because the port cowling stretches over the middle screw on the back side of the board. There is a hole in the cowling for it, but if you don't have a magnetic phillips head screw driver, it can be tricky. - On the Windows install, you need to install the Intel WiFi driver at the very beginning in order to use the boards Wifi to do the rest of the Windows install. There's a dialogue window at the beginning that has like 6 links under it and one of them is for Drivers. - I am also having trouble with the board recognizing the full speed of my memory. I think that will be resolved when I am able to update the BIOS, but when I tried to update to 0812, I ended up having to revert to 0809 because my Windows installation didn't like the change.

Overall Review: Overall, I would recommend the board. I wanted a certain aesthetic that would work with my i9-13900k processor with the Z790 chipset. It definitely fit the bill and it turned out well. I have had only minor hiccups that were easily fixed with a little research and/or updating the BIOS/Drivers. There are sooooo many options in the BIOS for tweaks you can do, but honestly, I'm afraid to mess with the OC tweaks for fear of Windows crapping out on me.

Both Rads seem to be working fine

CORSAIR Hydro X Series XR5 360mm Water Cooling Radiator - White
CORSAIR Hydro X Series XR5 360mm Water Cooling Radiator - White

Pros: - White - 360 mm - Have protective plating to prevent screwing into radiator fins

Overall Review: I have two of these and so far have had no issues with them. Seem to come with all the necessary screws to put into the case and no issues installing them. Didn't seem like there was much that came out of the loop in general, so I'm assuming they were pretty clean. I did run a loop cleaner and super flush from EKWB and the cleaner came out a very blue color. Not sure if that's indicative of anything, but I ran the super flush after that and it was completely clear. It did take about a week of running off and on to get all the bubbles out, but that might just be a result of having radiators at the top and bottom of the case. I would recommend them to anyone doing a white build.

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Need Shipping Warning

I expected this to take awhile, but there definitely needs to be a shipping warning when it takes 22 days to get to me. Fortunately, I didn't need it quickly. Packaging looked identical to the parts I bought on Newegg from Electronic Depot, so probably coming from the same place, but since I don't read Chinese, I can't really say. Those parts took 17 days. Part came exactly as expected, so no issue with the product or packaging.

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Read the Shipping Warning

The warning on my item plainly stated it would take 5-15 business days and I got it in 17 calendar days, so that was exactly as they stated. They are shipping from China, so it will take awhile and I doubt you would get anything in 5 days. Parts came as shown and no complaints with the product, but can't really rate any higher than average considering the part came at the tail end of a rather long range.

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