Joined on 03/20/14
Works as advertised.
Pros: Low profile bracket included. Works fine in my low profile Dell OptiPlex 580 to give it 4 USB 3.0 connections with Windows 10 and 2 LINUXES. The only spot I had available was in a full length PCI slot and it still fit and works.
Cons: Case width opening is a bit tight. Took some adjustment so the USB 3.0 connectors for various cables would fit through case metal separation slots. Needs a separate PS connector. Be aware you may need another MOLEX power y-adaptor.
For $52 not a bad AM4 motherboard.
Pros: I had an old banged up mid tower case. I had an old 400 watt PS. I had an RTX 3050 6GB sitting around. I had an old 2TB HD. For about $172 delivered I have a viable Ryzen 5 5500 system with 32 GB DDR4 memory and an off brand dirt cheap HUANANZHI A520M motherboard. It works fine, runs very cool with the provided stock cooler and a few of those little copper stick on heat sinks I had lying around I stuck on the components surrounding the cpu, it replaces an ancient FX-8350 and it benchmarks twice as fast! So far running tests all night with zero problems.
Cons: If you would like a trip down 'Bios Memory Lane' check out this HUANANZHI A520M motherboard! It reeks of 1989! Reminds me of my first 32bit '386! All blue and white text screens not mouseable and very dense packed menus! You'll be looking up everything in a bios glossary to figure it out! But it put my fx-8350 cpu and motherboard in the attic where it belongs...
Overall Review: Would recommend for a dirt cheap budget decent build and it's upgradeable to faster Ryzens when you get the money.
Close to RX360 specs and exceeds it in a few catagories
Pros: $150 refurbished price for near RTX3060 specs. Brought my old i7-4790K 32GB DDR3 system off the shelf and it's running respectable stable diffusion/CUDA numbers for not huge bucks. i.e. - Unigine Heaven basic settings RTX3060 12 GB = 620.6 MAX FPS, Unigine heaven basic settings RTX2060 6GB=611.5 all settings equal.
Cons: It's a power hog and it blows serious heat. I made the mistake of not heeding the warnings about having a minimum 500 watt power supply and tried to use it with a 400 watt PSU. Everythings' fine until you run any SW kicking in the GPU - instant black screen and total system lockup, hard reset necessary. I swapped in a spare 500 watt I forgot I had and now it's hammering fine all night running stress tests. It hits 170 watt power consumption under serious stable diffusion/CUDA load. Get a minimum 650 PSU just to be safe.
Overall Review: Would recommend. Download the NVIDIA RTX2060 product manual. Read it.
A Bugatti engine of a CPU
Pros: A quantum leap in performance upgrading from my i7-4790k DDR3 system. Programs load virtually instantaneously. FL Studio with hundreds of audio plugins loads in seconds. All video work, AI, stable diffusion and now OpenSora whenever it's fully available - I'm all ready for it. Currently coupled with an RTX 3060 12GB card.
Cons: Be prepared to deal with your Bugatti engine''s heat. This thing generates the most intense heat I have ever seen in a CPU. Even with a Be Quiet! Deepcool cooler it constantly red lines/throttles back during intense prolonged Topaz video AI and Handbrake work. Once you stop these programs all temps return to low/moderate CPU levels. For your peace of mind consider a liquid cooler/larger case/more fans/set bios to all fans top speed. Intel engineers have said this CPU is designed to handle 100C. We'll see...
Overall Review: Purchased as part of a combo package consisting of CPU, MSI Tomahawk Z790 MB, 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory and Be Quiet! Deepcool cooler, Very satisfied overall. The build went flawlessly. I am 71 and haven't done a build of this expense or magnitude in many years but i am proud to say when I put it all together on my test bench and shorted out the power pin everything lit up and I was flying with zero mistakes, MSI MBs seem very solidly built these days and VERY heavy. But I'm still watching the sensor heat readings in hwinfo. It hasn't crashed or seized up yet, though. I
good upgrade for the price($80)
Pros: original 250gb backed up fine to new 2TB drive transparently with Acronis backup, Plugged new 2TB drive into same sata port. A real no-brainer. Now have 5 2TB SSDS in my aging LGA1150 MG/i7-4790K rig, Gives it a few more years of updated/speeded up life. 10TB total storage.
Cons: It refuses to make me sausage, eggs, toast and coffee for breakfast...
Overall Review: Would recommend at this price break point.
Reasonable price break point...
Pros: For my aging FX-8350 AMD 32GB DDR3 system. 6 GB is enough GPU memory to do stable-diffusion, some entry level AI and face swapping fun, etc. But watch the resource utilization in NVIDIA_SETTINGS as you're using SW that hits the GPU and GDDR6 memory and make usage balance adjustments CPU/GPU accordingly. Don't try to run multiple processes that all hit the GPU and memory it will quickly brick wall. But for $192 delivered it buys a few more years of usage for my old AMD system.
Overall Review: Would recommend.
Board worked well after Windows 10 booted into it and make adjustments to new board components. USB ports oxidized but cleaned up well and all function. Not a bad price for a used 8 year old LGA1150 ATX board. Getting hard to find these boards at a reasonable price.
quality refurbished HDs.
FAST shipping. tight bubble wrapped. zero bad blocks as usual.. Been dealing with this company for several years now for my disk drives.