Joined on 02/17/10
Decent card

Pros: Really good high refresh rate 1440P gaming. Decently cool and quite. Relatively good price to performance.
Cons: RT performance isn't there.
Overall Review: Honestly one of the best price to performance options out there if you are a max settings 1440P gamer, if you can swallow todays prices of GPU's. Paired with a 5800X3D, pretty decent rasterization. Its a 390W TBP GPU out of the box. No coil whine and the fans even at 100% aren't too bad. Definitely can hear em, but definitely not jet engine loud either. Was pleasantly surprised how well of a job the cooling solution does. Generally speaking if you lock 60-80fps for most modern games it uses under 200W. Yes Nvidia is by far the best performance per watt, but honestly if you down clock to never go over 2400mhz, its a 300w card. I honestly prefer a 4080 for CUDA, RT, DLSS and power efficiency, but for the little bit of savings its definitely worth a look. One big selling point was the 24GB buffer and better re-bar(SAM) support with my 5800X3D. But as a 1440P gamer I have yet to see more than 12GB used, so anyone considering a 12GB card and 1440P, you are good to go! FYI, anyone wondering it ramps up to 2700mhz game clock, which is pretty high. I have a Quest 2 VR headset, nice to see it works flawlessly. I was honestly a little concerned after I already ordered the card and seen the reviews of the graphical glitches some were having. I'd also like to note I use the USB3 cable, not wifi, just to clarify. Maybe that helps? With AI being the latest rage, I just can't see prices coming down much in the future, and since the world is in a recession, high end gaming is definitely becoming a luxury. But at time of buying, it was a 75% price increase over a 6800 XT for a 50-60% performance gain. I'd say its a good card, just not a great card. Exact same PCB as the tiachi if you are thinking about water blocking it. Driver level for the 2 display power problem has been fixed for me, using Pixio PQ329(2560x1440@165hz) and MSI 401QR(3440x1440@155hz). Radeon chill is actually pretty cool, I usually do a global setting of 60 and 90. The way it works is its 60 fps if I don't have any input from kb/mouse, but the more you use your kb/mouse/gamepad etc, the fps ramp up to 90 fps, I'm actually pretty impressed how well it works, WTG AMD!
TheOuterWorlds......Download in one sitting or start over from 0 ... :(

Pros: I really love The Outer Worlds, its Fallout meets Bioshock.
Cons: Careful now, Epic Games Launcher will force you yo download the whole thing over again if you for some reason turn you PC off or reinstall windows for some odd reason, you can trick EGL to verify other games etc, but for some reason not TOW.
Overall Review: Its not so much that the game is terrible, its the fact you can't even pause do a restart etc without having to install from 0. Other games there are work around, BL3 you can partially install the game then quit EGL, copy and paste the whole BL3 folder, start it up, varifies, works like a charm. I love Steam for this reason, can just copy and paste whole folders or do backup and restore functions, there are a few clients out there now, but they are the only client that even tries. Plus they have amazing community services like a profile page, user game reviews etc. Not to mention the jumping through hoops to get your game code. The whole experience leaves a foul taste in my mouth honestly.
Best for gaming on the AM5 platform

Pros: Best for gaming paired with an Ryzen 7800X3D
Cons: Its like everyones milking that AM5 platform cost.
Overall Review: A few bucks more than similar Intel ram. But I get that this RAM should take the guess work out of RAM for AM5. AMD recommends DDR5 6000C30, so I assume they meant this RAM. Works great with my Asrock X670E PRO RS, probably one of the most stable systems I have ever owned, which totally surprises me in all honesty going all AMD this time around. I think what sours me the most about this RAM is the initial cost, sure its half the price now, but it should have been this price in the first place. I realize there is always a early adopters fee, but c'mon... Asrock PRO RS 7800X3D this ram Asrock PG RX 7900XTX
Always been good to me

Pros: lots of storage 285MBs Read/281MBs Write
Cons: none so far
Overall Review: This is the 4th Exos drive I have bought over the a period of around 6 years now. So far so good. Bought mainly because they are the cheapest /TB drives out there. This one will be only storage, so should be fine. I have dealt with Seagate in the past for warranty, yes it takes forever, but just be patient and wait for things to work out. I had a WD 6TB drive that took 3x to get right and its still running to this day, 7 years later. But honestly this drive is quiet, runs cool and spins up quickly, couldn't be happier with my purchase!
Perfect streaming box!

Pros: Full Win11 home, no bloatware.
Overall Review: Don't let the 8GB ram/256GB SSD fool you, for a media steaming box its awesome! Its nice to see WIFI 6(802.11ax), although its only 600Mbs, still more than enough. Super quick boot, although I only stream from a web browser, don't really install streaming apps. I usually use Android media boxes, but then for whatever reason, most streaming services require you use the app, and many apps somehow stop working etc, which is so annoying. Hoping this isn't the same over time.
Better than expected!

Pros: hits advertised speeds with ease!
Cons: only 2 LAN ports
Overall Review: At first glance, this thing is light as a feather and only has a 12V1A(12W) power supply. Hard to believe something could be so fragile but work so well in all honesty. In the same room hits the 2400receive/2400transmit, downstairs and about 25ft away it gets 850receive/650transmit, which I feel is a very solid speed all considering. One thing I love, is when you connect to device through your web browser, it has one of the most easy to use and understand setup/settings pages. With the Wavlink MESH system, probably one of the simple straight forward and economical systems out there for extending your WIFI signal.