Joined on 07/26/06
Evolution
Pros: - The cable management has been improved over the first version of the case - The airflow is so much better - Running a Cooler Master G200P CPU cooler and it works great with the mesh panels - Lots of small improvements like a little more room for the I/O area of the motheroboard. - The new cable cover is larger and stays in place a lot better than before - The mounting for 3.5" and 2.5" drives has been improved as well especially for allowing cable management around them compared to the first case - The case looks awesome and with three 140mm fans everything is quiet and cool
Cons: - none really but I guess limited AIO and CPU cooler options if i had to gripe about something - PCI-E riser is still gen 3 I believe so for anyone with a mythical 3000's or 6000's this could be an issue.
Overall Review: - I think this is one of the best looking ITX cases and its easy to build in - I would definitely purchase this again and build in it all over again - updating to a PCI-E gen 4 riser would be nice for a future cases Specs -Intel i5 8400 - CoolerMaster G200P CPU Cooler -Asus Z370-I Motherboard - 1TB ADATA SSD SATA - 500GB NVME PCI-E - GTX 1070 - Corsair SF600 PSU
Too Much hassle
Pros: -price point -quality if it arrives working -looks awesome -I love the BIOS but they are a bit lacking in some areas
Cons: -UEFI BIOS a bit lacking on some details - My board was DOA but it was extremely difficult to diagnose which could be a lack of experience on my part -NEVER had so many issues trying to diagnose a board -BSOD's that occurred every 5-10 minutes pointing towards faulty hard drive or corrupt OS -Tech support from Gigabyte was quick to respond but far from helpful at all -Just a bad experience for me...this will be my last Gigabyte board -Wish i would of gone with refund instead of exchange
Excellent Quality
Pros: - very high build quality - extremely high standards with a 12 year warranty - the price is really reasonable - accessories
Cons: - the new 12vhpw cable is insanely hard to find in Northa America and there are two versions which is confusing
Overall Review: Quality Product
Good but expensive
Pros: - Ray tracing performance is insane compared to my 7900 XT - includes a support bracket - low power consumption compared to my 7900 XT, usually about 100 watts lower power consumption - incredibly quiet fans and stock fan curve ( I usually have to tweak it in MSI afterburner) - the card looks really nice with the grey and black with no RBG - free copy of Star Wars Outlaws to test out the new ray tracing - DLSS quality looks so much better than FRS 3 - Frame generation & DLSS is a little smoother, higher fps, and handles particle effects better than FSR 2-3. - GeForce Experience/Nvidia control panel is a pro and con....it's getting better.
Cons: - PRICE is insane. A GTX 1070 ti adjusted for inflation would sell for $560 today. This card should be $599 - the 12vhpw adapter doesn't feel confidence inspiring and was really difficult to get fully seated into the port - rasturization performance is meh compared to my old 7900 XT. This card was $30 more and is usually 10-15% slower in games without Ray tracing.
Overall Review: Overall an excellent card for performance in 1440p 144hz gaming.
Stopped working after 1 year & 4 months
Pros: None
Cons: - price $759 for a card that dies in less than 2 years - lots of driver issues - yet to hear back from the warranty department - the card was originally nice for non ray tracing games but it no longer outputs a video signal from any display or HDMI port on the back
Overall Review: Not the best quality
Excellent Upgrade
Pros: - PRICE, insanely cheap for a quick upgrade ($165) - Upgraded from a Ryzen 3700X and saw a massive increase in 1% and 0.1% lows for FPS which was my main goal - Low TDP and even with an overclock to 4.75Ghz the CPU only uses 75-80W of power most of the time
Cons: - This is more a con for me personally but still not fast enough for my 7900 XT on a 1440p monitor @ 144hz. Adding this note for someone with a similar build or performing GPU. I am still CPU bound in many games but that doesn't mean FPS average and lows haven't improved massively.
Overall Review: - This CPU at $165 vs a 5800X3D for $290-$320 just isn't worth the 1-30% improvement only in select games. The games I play only gain 1-10% performance which wasn't worth another $135+ - Ryzen 5700X - Gigabyte X470 -32GB 3600 MT/s RAM - AMD 7900 XT - Monitor 1440p @ 144hz
Terrible Servicve
Over priced and wrong items sent intentionally
no complaints
just what i wanted great price fast shipping