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Michael A.

Michael A.

Joined on 10/09/11

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Most Favorable Review

Good small 1U

AsRock Rack 1U2LW-X470 1U Rackmount Server Barebone AMD AM4 Ryzen & Ryzen 7nm PGA1331 X470 2 x 3.5" HDD 315W PSU
AsRock Rack 1U2LW-X470 1U Rackmount Server Barebone AMD AM4 Ryzen & Ryzen 7nm PGA1331 X470 2 x 3.5" HDD 315W PSU

Pros: Comes with 1U case, installed motherboard, installed power supply, rail kit, CPU heatsink, power cable, and two installed sata cables.

Overall Review: It's what you would expect. 1U with PSU (80 Gold), X470D4U motherboard. Pop in a CPU, RAM, drives, update BIOS, and good to go. If you use 2.5 SSDs and want it to be simpler to remove, it may be better to just use velcro w/ adhesive sides. Heatsink works well obviously since it has the plastic airflow shroud, 29*C idle with a mid range Ryzen.

Most Critical Review

Runs good

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Runs games like Battlefield 3 at 60+ FPS, Minecraft 200+ FPS. Good for the price.

Cons: I had this for about 2-3 months now. Using EVGA's Precision software, it says the temperature while playing BF3 on LOW SETTINGS is 50-70 Celsius. The card starts to smell, I assume I am smelling the "heat" from it, but I am not sure. When I set the fan speed higher, the temperature gets higher. When I set the fan speed LOWER, the temperature lowers. I don't understand this? When I raise the fan speed it shouldn't get hotter and smell like it's burning. I would RMA it but I manage multiple servers, I can't go 1-3 weeks without being able to use my PC, and my CPU doesn't have built in graphics core. Does anyone else have this issue? It greatly reduces my chance of buying these again.. The EVGA support didn't reply to my e-mail and nvidia isn't worth the hassle.

Great quality, low temps

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card 11348-03-20G
SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card 11348-03-20G

Overall Review: Bought this Sapphire Pulse 9070 XT as a replacement as my other-brand one was RMA'd. This Sapphire one runs memory much cooler under the same gaming load. Overall temps are lower as well slightly. The included weight bracket is nice, but I probably won't use it. This card has a thicker metal backplate than some other brands as well, just overall a great quality GPU.

AMD!

GIGABYTE Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card GV-R9070XTGAMING OC-16GD
GIGABYTE Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card GV-R9070XTGAMING OC-16GD

Overall Review: Beat graphics card Ive owned for the price. Running this in a SFF case with a mini itx ryzen. It can handle everything I run on it at 1440p ultra perfect. Temps are low despite my small case setup, and fans are low noise considering the power. AMD really did make a great card.

Excellent quality

Supermicro H13SAE-MF Motherboard Micro-ATX AMD EPYC™ 4005/4004 series, Ryzen™ 9000 & 8700G* & 7000 Series single socket LGA-1718.
Supermicro H13SAE-MF Motherboard Micro-ATX AMD EPYC™ 4005/4004 series, Ryzen™ 9000 & 8700G* & 7000 Series single socket LGA-1718.

Overall Review: Great board, used many. 100% reliable, unlike some other options.

11/14/2024

It's a NAS.

Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ (Diskless)
Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ (Diskless)

Pros: Synology has that of course works well. Has ability to use expansion units unlike the cheaper model. Easy access to expandable RAM slot which I put a 4GB Crucial DDR4 SODIMM in for 6GB total memory

Overall Review: This model supports NVMe caching. I originally bought the new model that's a bit cheaper (DS220+ I think?) but returned when I realized you couldn't utilize SATA SSD caching in one of the SATA bay slots. Pretty sure the only limitation is a software limitation by Synology to make you purchase the more expensive model. In the past I used SATA SSD caching in a QNAP device, so didn't realize Synology software limits features like this. Unfortunate, but of course a business is meant to make money.

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Purchased Terascale HDD, great price for capacity. Was worried it was refurb or used considering past reviews and the low priced but it seems to be brand new. Can't get better capacity for the price they offer. Shipping was fast.

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