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Ben S.

Ben S.

Joined on 05/28/02

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Most Favorable Review

Nice Balanced board.

GIGABYTE Z370XP SLI (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z370XP SLI (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great price and nice configuration options.

Cons: Mine Came with F6 bios, so you need an older CPU if you are going to use a Gen 9 cpu. Lucky for me I had one.

Overall Review: Not a true ATX. Good if you need some extra space, but doesn't have the front mounting screws. My front USB3 ports caused the board not to POST.

Most Critical Review

no night vision

Ubiquiti Networks Aircam 1 Megapixel HD 720P Day / Night 4.0mm Lens PoE IP Camera (3 Pack)
Ubiquiti Networks Aircam 1 Megapixel HD 720P Day / Night 4.0mm Lens PoE IP Camera (3 Pack)

Pros: Software is simple to use and camera is simple to setup

Cons: Uses broadcast to find cameras. No night vision on this model.

10/16/2015

Easy to install

MSI MAG Coreliquid A15 240 Black- AIO ARGB Liquid Cooling - 240mm Radiator - Dual 120mm ARGB PWM Fans - EZ Connect - Uni Bracket - LGA 1700/1851/AM5/AM4 Compatible
MSI MAG Coreliquid A15 240 Black- AIO ARGB Liquid Cooling - 240mm Radiator - Dual 120mm ARGB PWM Fans - EZ Connect - Uni Bracket - LGA 1700/1851/AM5/AM4 Compatible

Pros: I got this free as part of a combo deal. It is easy to install once you figure out the documentation. 5 year warranty

Cons: Instructions are just pictures with little writing. It was missing some details about the 1851 socket, but not the end of the world. I have never bought one of these before and didn't know I didn't need to put water in it. I had to use AI to find the answer because there was nothing about it anywhere on the documentation or webpage. They just assume everyone knows it is ready to go. There is a little air in the system when I turned it on. Not a problem in my install, but could be problematic if the radiator is below the cpu.

Overall Review: I would recommend this for someone wanting a simple solution for water cooling.

12/15/2025

Great Value

MSI Z890 GAMING PLUS WIFI LGA 1851 Intel Z890 ATX Motherboard
MSI Z890 GAMING PLUS WIFI LGA 1851 Intel Z890 ATX Motherboard

Pros: Lots of options. Got a free MSI AIO with it. Looks greats and works great do far. Would by again.

Overall Review: I would recommend this as a great value at this time.

12/15/2025

Better than expected

PNY GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 VCGGTX10808PB 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 Blower Edition Video Card
PNY GeForce GTX 1080 DirectX 12 VCGGTX10808PB 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 x16 Blower Edition Video Card

Pros: When I purchased this I was concerned about the single fan. However this will run 62C, 90% Fan, at 190W TDP, open case. It has a great cooling design moving the heat out the card slots and not putting much in the case. Has one 8 pin power connector.

Cons: Can't think of any.

Overall Review: Would have been nice to have molex or SATA to 8 pin rather than two six pin to one 8 pin connector.

Great Barebones on Special

Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 Tower Server System Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz 4GB 70A4000HUX
Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 Tower Server System Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz 4GB 70A4000HUX

Pros: I purchased this on sale with a rebate. I could not buy the parts for what I paid for it.

Cons: Proprietary power supply adapter. I only removed one star because of the power supply not being standard connector.

Overall Review: I install a hybrid drive and power color 7870 which it runs with stock settings and stock power supply, used burn in program to test to see if power supply would handle the load which it did with out any issues.