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Steven I.

Steven I.

Joined on 11/23/08

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Most Favorable Review

Awesome MB for this price range.

ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory B350 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Tons of features and had nearly everything wanted. Posted out of the box first try. Easy to use UEFI (mine came with version 3.0 including all of the latest xmp profiles). Lots of USB 3.0 ports, 4x memory slots. Great board for a first time building like. Board feels very well built and all ports and connectors were solid and firm. Everything plugged in, posted, and ran at the appropriate speeds the first try.

Cons: Only 1x PWM fan connector. Be aware of this if you are putting this into a microAtx case and want to control the speed of your chassis fans. Also I looked everywhere but could not find the maximum output of either the 3 or 4 pin connectors for chassis fan. I opted to run all of my fans off of the PSU directly instead since I barely notice them anyway. The location of the SATA3 connectors is very inconvenient for me in my case (VIVO Smart Micro Atx case). It gets in the way of the middle SSD mounting location. I'll have to get creative as space is already limited for me and I still have another 2.5" WD 7200rpm drive to add.

Overall Review: Paired this with a Ryzen 5 1600 (OC to 3.6 in UEFI on stock voltages), 2x4gb HyperX fury DDR4-2400 (ran at 2400 upon posting, so no changes to the xmp profile were required) and a WD 250gb SSD connected via one of the SATA3 ports. Very fast computer for my needs (Cities:Skylines, 3d modeling in Apex, .raw photo editing, and video editing in Vegas). This thing posted first try and has been a joy to play with. I'm a total noob at computer building, so half of the stuff in the UEFI I am still learning. Overclocking was very simple. I actually got my 1600 over 3.8ghz on air with room to spare, but decided to just peg everything at 3.6 ghz since my utilization never gets above 50%. Running the stock Wraith cooler and 5 case fans. Under load i'm at 65c and 33c idle. I plan on using this set-up for a long time and eventually upgrading the gpu (currently a gtx 1050ti) and adding more memory so that I can run VR. No plans to change out this motherboard as it will be the backbone of my computer for years to come. Just be aware of the case fan issues. It overclocks enough for my needs and has enough features to keep me happy. Great budget board with high end capabilities.

Work with GoPro HD

Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10
Patriot LX Series 16GB Class 10 Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model PSF16GSDHC10

Pros: Only owned for about a week, but it works flawlessly with the GoPro HD camera. Used it all weekend up at the mountain filming at 960P. Saved the video files quickly. Transfer Speed from card to laptop was quick.

Cons: Actual storage capacity is about 14.8 GB.

Overall Review: Great for those of you looking for a memory card that can record HD video from you cameras.