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Bryan G.

Bryan G.

Joined on 04/20/12

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Most Favorable Review

Great motherboard

ASUS AMD AM4 ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gbps LAN, Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2
ASUS AMD AM4 ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, 2.5Gbps LAN, Dual M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2

Pros: -All the ports and headers you could need, including dedicated water cooling spots. -Excellent VRM. -Thick heatsinks everywhere, including for the m.2 slots. -Audio is good. -Easy BIOS flash, decent UEFI. -Classy RGB, the bit on the shield could actually be a touch brighter. -Absolutely beautiful, and very well made. -POST codes are very useful.

Cons: -Multiple RGB apps lead to watered down product, Aura Creator doesn't support this mobo. They could really stand to condense these and expand access to more devices and user content. -Chipset fan blocked by GPU, though the temps aren't bad and switching to vertical orientation will solve this issue(once I get to the GPU cooling, anyway). This seems pretty common on x570 boards.

Overall Review: I love this mobo. I was waiting on a good price from newegg for a few weeks, got it, and couldn't be more pleased. Flashing the bios before assembly was a breeze, put everything together and it worked like a charm. The UEFI didn't make it easy to push my ram, but it wasn't difficult either. I'd enthusiastically recommend this board, the rich feature set is tough to beat at the realistic price point. Also, 20% off cablemod is a nice coupon. Now to start saving for Thor.

Most Critical Review

Stay away

XSPC 8-Way 12V 4-pin RGB Fan Splitter, Black
XSPC 8-Way 12V 4-pin RGB Fan Splitter, Black

Pros: Pretty

Cons: Fried all the rgb headers on my crosshair viii the first time I tried to use it.

Overall Review: Idk if it was wired wrong or what, but I would look for a better rgb controller if I were you.

Great case.

Phanteks Eclipse P500A High Airflow Full-metal Mesh Design, ATX Mid-tower, Digital-RGB Lighting, 140mm D-RGB Case Fans, Tempered Glass, Dual System Capable, Black
Phanteks Eclipse P500A High Airflow Full-metal Mesh Design, ATX Mid-tower, Digital-RGB Lighting, 140mm D-RGB Case Fans, Tempered Glass, Dual System Capable, Black

Pros: Big build area without being a massive case. Slick onboard rgb. Comes with three 140mm rgb fans. Great airflow. Great build quality. Ample room for cable management and some very nice and well machined grommet covers and such. Tons of room for a rad+fans on the top mount with running into eps power or heatsinks. The full glass side panel swings open on well made hinges, and the other side panel is metal( far better than glass on the ugly side, imo)

Cons: No notes.

Overall Review: This case was absolute joy to build in, for the first time ever I didn't think "I wish..." a single time. Highly recommend.

Strong cooler, good value(I'll explain).

EK 360mm AIO Elite, D-RGB All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler with EK-Vardar High-Performance PMW Fans, 120mm Fan, Intel 115X/1200/2066, AMD AM4 (360mm AIO) LGA 1700 Compatible(Requires purchase of LGA 1700)
EK 360mm AIO Elite, D-RGB All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler with EK-Vardar High-Performance PMW Fans, 120mm Fan, Intel 115X/1200/2066, AMD AM4 (360mm AIO) LGA 1700 Compatible(Requires purchase of LGA 1700)

Pros: Great design, both aesthetically and mechanically. Pump is silent. Fill port. Comes with 6 rgb fans. This is an excessive number for a 30mm radiator, but they can be used elsewhere in your system or sold to seriously defray the cost.

Cons: The vertically stacked outlet ports cause awkward tube runs. They're also very wide, in the orientation with the EK logo in the right place they interfere with my first dimm(crosshair viii hero).

Overall Review: I bought this to replace my custom loop because my old block wasn't performing, my gpu cooler is good enough that it doesn't need to be in my loop, and I was tired of fighting with my system to make minor changes. Overall I'm very happy with it and would recommend it to others, but the inability to install it properly without making one of my dimms unusable is going to cost it an egg.

Works great, nice display.

MSI Optix MAG322CQR 32" (Actual size 31.5") WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 1ms (MPRT) 165Hz 2 x HDMI, DisplayPort, USB FreeSync (AMD Adaptive Sync) Curved Gaming Monitor
MSI Optix MAG322CQR 32" (Actual size 31.5") WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 1ms (MPRT) 165Hz 2 x HDMI, DisplayPort, USB FreeSync (AMD Adaptive Sync) Curved Gaming Monitor

Overall Review: I was coming up from a mag27 1080 so I knew what to expect, including solid CS should I ever need it. Display is great, blacks are black and there are no dead pixels. The preset lighting modes are notably different from one another and are fairly useful. Included DP and hdmi cables are 6".

Perfect

SABRENT 256GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-256)
SABRENT 256GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-256)

Pros: Recognized right away. Fast. Nice packaging. Great deal from the Egg.

Cons: It didn't spontaneously quadruple in size in transit?

Overall Review: Definitely recommend. Enough space for Windows, all my drivers and core programs with plenty to spare.

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Zero complaints

It was here before the expected date, great packaging, and the m.2 is excellent.

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Zero complaints

It was here before the expected date, great packaging, and the m.2 is excellent.

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Exactly what i wanted.

No complaints at all.

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