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Michael M.

Michael M.

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent choice for the money

EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER SC ULTRA GAMING, 06G-P4-1068-KR, 6GB GDDR6, Dual Fan, Metal Backplate
EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER SC ULTRA GAMING, 06G-P4-1068-KR, 6GB GDDR6, Dual Fan, Metal Backplate

Pros: 1080P gaming to this runs everything at max! Replacing a 980 SC that was showing its age. The current 2000 series is just too pricey for me.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Tough times for upgrading video cards right now. I got the 1660super on sale to hold me over till next gen. As I stated above, the current 2000 series is too pricey for my pocket book. RT will get here but right now its a niche thing.

12/22/2019
Most Critical Review

Great when it works

ASRock B550 EXTREME4 AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock B550 EXTREME4 AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Great looking board, RGB is nice. -Plenty of connections for everything you could want to plug in -Nahimic sound is really outstanding. The 3D positional tracking is one of the best I have heard, and that is why its getting two eggs instead of one. Windows update messed with the Nahimic drivers and Tech support got new ones out to me that worked like a charm. Kudos to ASrock tech support.

Cons: -Bios does not read your ram correctly when using XMP -random reboots when system idle or at low usage. This drove me nuts trying to trouble shoot

Overall Review: Search reddit for "ASrock B550 extreme 4 problems" and you will have owners with the same reboot issue. I have tried all of the tricks, manual timing, manually lowering voltages to no avail. Still get the random reboot when system is idle or low usage. Two windows complete wipes, three cmos clearings, two different pairs of ram sticks and no joy. Prime95 and Memtest yielded no errors what so ever and I ran Prime95 for six hours. I tried my best but returned for refund. I had good luck before with ASrock but trying something different to replace it.

works perfectly

Rosewill RKV-2UC 2-Port USB KVM Switch
Rosewill RKV-2UC 2-Port USB KVM Switch

Pros: push the button, switch the keyboard

Cons: None, really. It does what its advertised to do.

Overall Review: Needed to unplug/plug keyboard between my work machine and gaming machine (they are right next to each other) and it was a PITA. Now? Just push a button.

The RGB looks nice... part Deux

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZRC
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZRC

Pros: - RGB is nice - XMP to 3600 with a mouse click.

Cons: - Causes my system to reboot at random intervals

Overall Review: This is the second review after I deleted the first one. I realized I had not spelled out my systems specs so the manufacture rebuttal focused on the wrong thing so here we go: I love GSkill memory, this is the first time I have ever had a problem in many years of building systems. This system is my gaming rig. My specs: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (bios 7C91vA5, latest) <- will run ram up to 5100 OC'd per specs Ryzen 7 3700X Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 ARGB Sync Edition AIO Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 (Gold) RTX 3070 FE Now the ram (F4-3600C16D-16GTZRC) is not on MSI's QVL. F4-3600C16D-16GTZ is. F4-3600C16D-16GTZRC is on G.Skill's QVL for my MB. This is actually the second MB I tried it on. I tested them on a ASRock B550 EXTREME4 AM4 AMD B550 with the same result. It would randomly restart the machine, usually when idle but I also had it happen mid game. It didn't matter if the XMP was set for 3600 or if it was at 2933. Asrock had some issues early on (check reddit) with the B550 chipset so I chalked it up to that and went with the MSI B550. Had the same issues. I decided to wait for bios updates to get the ram situation (so I thought) fixed but after 4 bios revisions, no joy, I still got the random restarts when I put the ram back in. Fortunately I have some G.Skill 3200 (F4-3200C16D-16GTZB) that is rock solid and I have no issues whatsoever with it, so I am good to go. I am waaay past the window to RMA these but I did decide to wait, thinking an update would fix the issue, so that is on me.

All the bells and whistles I needed

MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -tweak settings galore -great build and fine looking

Cons: -I initially tried some G.Skill 3600mhz CL16 ram that was NOT on the QVL list. It worked on the A0 bios but if you tried to upgrade to a new bios, I would get random restarts and odd behaviour. TLDR; GET RAM THAT IS ON THE QVL. -Dragon Center is rather slow and is the only way to access Mystic Lights, the MSI RGB control software.

Overall Review: This board has the options I wanted an non of the ones I didn't. I have an upgrade path to Ryzen 5000 series and PCI Gen 4 when for the new video card. If they ever get back in stock.

nice and quiet

Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM, High Performance Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 1700 RPM (120mm, Grey)
Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM, High Performance Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 1700 RPM (120mm, Grey)

Overall Review: Moves a lot of air quietly. Color matches my case

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Ordered a microphone, they sent me an Iphone charging cable

Title sez it all. I ordered a microphone, the sent me a cheap QVS USB power charger & sync cable for Iphone, Ipad and Ipod. Would give zero eggs if I could. I need the microphone.

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Great deal

Got these on sale, great sound. They shipped right off and the arrived without a problem.

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I ordered, they shipped

Got it on time with no problems.

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