Joined on 01/30/12
SUPER impressed!!
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing... Ok, well... maaayyyybe a touchscreen.
Overall Review: No, seriously- 100% impressed. I'm a digital artist and gamer in my 40s. Gen-X super geek. I had never heard of this brand before, and was very wary. Did some research online and found they are very popular in asia. Really didn't find anything suspiscious, or "sus", as it were. Anyway... I ran some game benchmarks. On Devil May Cry 4 it scored an "S" and was averaging about 120fps That game is 20 years old, so then I tried Black Myth Wukong. Very cool that BMW supports FSR. I was able to get 70+ fps on low settings. But even on low, still a gorgeous game. Next, Dead or Alive 6- on all settings maxed out, I was getting 55 - 60 fps. And finally, Need for Speed Hot Persuit Remastered... same... Maxed out settings, 55 - 60 fps On the digital art side, I love that this came with 2 seperate NVMe drives, to use 1 as a scratch disk for Photoshop. And the quality of the build is quite nice. A sturdy aluminum chassis- It is a thin laptop, but it definitely doesn't feel fragile. I would still whince if I dropped it, but I wouldn't freak out about it. And very CLEAN- No pre-installed bloatware, and not even any stickers. Like... None. And love the backlit keyboard. Very unassuming, yet powerful. Highly recommend.
Absolutely AWFUL
Pros: NONE
Cons: RIP OFF
Overall Review: I installed the thing, downloaded the proper drivers, rebooted, did everything right... And Bluetooth will NOT connect for the life of me. I mean it is TOTALLY BLIND. I tried connecting 2 different headphones, a soundbar, AND my main Harmon Kardon speaker in my living room. ALL of which are definitely less than 30ft away in my 1br apartment. The closest I got was connecting my 2 headsets a couple times, and then IMMEDIATE disconnect. After that, just NOTHING. Completely defective.
NO SCREWS?!?!?!
Pros: .
Cons: .
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Well, would you look at that!!
Pros: Fast, solid design, with a slick professional look.
Cons: A teensy tinsy bit longer than I had anticipated, but definitely not a deal breaker.
Overall Review: This was an upgrade from an original classic RTX 4070 base card. I was so impressed with the original I kept it for a new build, and decided to upgrade my main system. And... "Well, would you look at that"... As of the time of this writing, it's the #1 AND sold out card on Newegg! Being a snobby digital artist and gamer, it was a toss up between this card, and the ASUS ProArt card. As far as aesthetics, BOTH cards are very similar. If I'm being honest, I would say MSI "took notes" from the ASUS ProArt card. As far as looks, I give them both a tie. But MSI won me over with efficiency. Both cards are OCed, but... The ASUS ProArt card wants 300 watts to satisfy it's OC thirst, whereas the MSI Shadow gives overclocked performance at the original stock 285 watt power requirement. And that 15 watt difference was enough to get my money. Great job, MSI. Next time, ASUS.
Ryzen 9 7900 65W
Pros: Fast, powerful, runs cool
Cons: None
Overall Review: LOVE this processor. The perfect balance of performance and efficiency. I don't really see the point in getting the X variant, or even the 16 core 79503DX for that matter. I've run the latest games on this with settings maxed out, and it fluctuates between 0% and 3% in-game. I have yet to see 4%, lol Paired with my RTX 4070, I get decent 4k gaming at 80+ Fps with DLSS turned on. 1080 @ max settings is a walk in the park.
EXCELLENT...
Pros: FAST
Cons: NONE
Overall Review: I bought 2 of these at 2TB each. Initially I wrote a negative review. I thought I got 2 defective drives as they wouldn't show in my build, no matter what... Bios update, power management adjustments, trust me I did everything. And this build is an AMD build. Well, one day I tried them both in my Intel laptop. The laptop didn't recognize them at all, either. BUT- When I put th back in the AMD build... They suddenly woke up and worked just fine. Came to find out later that there is an issue specifically with AMD's NVMe Raid controller. I found a fix to switch it to the stable Microsoft NVMe controller. So I went to switch it, but... It was already done. I can't explain it, but somehow plugging these into the Intel machine must have done that for me. Very very odd. But now that all is well, yes- These drives are KILLER. Get them, but be wary AMD owners!
DOA
This speaker was blown, right out of the box. I tried to ignore it, but it has just gotten worse. How does a brand new speaker get blown, right out of the box?
WHERE IS IT?!?!?!
I ordered your 1080p HD webcam, order# 473603594 tracking# 4208912192748927005414010006945575 The tracking says "label created 5/14/20", but it has not moved from there. It is 5/29/20 as of this writing... What's going on???