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Dennis W.

Dennis W.

Joined on 02/19/10

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Most Favorable Review

Great RAM for the $$$

GeIL EVO X II 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory Model GAEXSY416GB3200C16ADC
GeIL EVO X II 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel XMP 2.0 Desktop Memory Model GAEXSY416GB3200C16ADC

Pros: - 3200Mhz as long as you are smart enough to enable XMP/D.O.C.P. -Tight timings which are great for Ryzen -RGB because you can't game without rainbow lights -Work immediately with Aura Sync

Cons: -The housing on the RGB feels cheap and plastic-y. You can jiggle it around a bit (to be clear the heatsink is great)

Overall Review: I bought this to replace some GSkill RiIpjaws V series (3200Mhz 16-19-19-39). Not because there was anything wrong with it but because everyone knows that RGB is for gamers. I ran a bunch of bench marks on both and had improvements in most workloads. Most notably almost 300+ point increase in Timespy. I could probably probably tweak the timings on the on the G Skill to match, but if you don't know how to do that and are just looking for RAM that works great with your Ryzen CPU right out of the box, I would definitely suggest Geil.

Most Critical Review

Good CLC Awful Software

EVGA CLC 280mm All-In-One RGB LED CPU Liquid Cooler, 2x FX13 140mm PWM Fans, Intel, AMD, 400-HY-CL28-V1 LGA 1700 Compatible
EVGA CLC 280mm All-In-One RGB LED CPU Liquid Cooler, 2x FX13 140mm PWM Fans, Intel, AMD, 400-HY-CL28-V1 LGA 1700 Compatible

Pros: -The price to performance is really good. -Keeps my 2700x under 70c with an all core OC 4.25ghz under full load. Keeps it under 60c while gaming. -braided hoses

Cons: -Flow Control, the software you have to control it with is absolute garbage. Half the time it doesn't save settings. The pump speed adjustment has never worked for me. I finally got a fan curve to save and just left it. -As far as I can tell you cannot put the fans in pull configuration. They have cutouts on the side that faces out initially so they don't seal on the rad when you flip them.

Overall Review: Really disappointed in the software. I cannot stress that enough. I don't like the fans either but if the software was better I would recommend this. As is it's just another Asetech AIO that is difficult to use. They all work the same so only buy this if you can't afford anything else.

It's a 3070 ti

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Trinity OC 8GB GDDR6X 256-bit 19 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card, IceStorm 2.0 Advanced Cooling, SPECTRA 2.0 RGB Lighting, ZT-A30710J-10P
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Trinity OC 8GB GDDR6X 256-bit 19 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card, IceStorm 2.0 Advanced Cooling, SPECTRA 2.0 RGB Lighting, ZT-A30710J-10P

Pros: -looks nice -plays games at 4k 60 with minimal setting tweaks -Quality VRM and really stable clocks

Cons: -Worst fans I have ever had on a GPU. Under gaming conditions it sounded like a vacuum cleaner. Not just loud but the high pitch was grating. -Memory temps are basically at the top of the operating range. -Light bar is basically invisible if you vertically mount.

Overall Review: If you are like me and didn't get to choose the model you bought it's fine, but if you have a cheaper option buy that. As the title says, it's a 3070 ti. Nothing exceptional about it.

12/16/2021

This B-die stuff is no joke

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GVK
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GVK

Pros: -Does what it says on the tin, 3600Mhz 16-16-16-36 XMP profile worked as soon as I enabled it. (MSI B450m Gaming Plus/Ryzen 2700x) -Samsung B-die, great for overclocking -I am currently daily driving this at 3600Mhz 14-14-14-28 at 1.45v -I like the low profile black heat spreaders.

Cons: -Haven't found any yet

Overall Review: What else is there to say? If you are interested in RAM overclocking and timing tuning, this is the ram for you. Performance is great out of the box, but overclocking is where this shines. I am looking forward to getting a second kit just to play around with.

Great Mobo

MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING B450M GAMING PLUS AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING B450M GAMING PLUS AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: -Good VRMs Runs my 2700x OC to 4.35Ghz all core without overheating -2 USB 3.0 headers -has Debug LEDs

Cons: -Cut down BIOS. Similar to what you used to get. There are no visual fan curves, or bells and whistles. I don't mind this but some may

Overall Review: I bought this board when I upgraded to a 2700x because my old board was garbage. Very happy so far. Great board for someone just dipping their toes into overclocking.

Fan move air

Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM, Heavy Duty Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 3000 RPM (120mm, Black)
Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM, Heavy Duty Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 3000 RPM (120mm, Black)

Pros: -It moves a lot of air

Cons: -it's loud when it's at 100%

Overall Review: It does exactly what it is supposed to. Typical Noctua quality. It get's a little loud between 2000 and 3000RPM. If you are running this at over 2000RPMs on a regular basis I doubt you care about noise.