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Tyler B.

Tyler B.

Joined on 11/09/06

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8 years without failure

Western Digital Blue WD6400AAKS 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Western Digital Blue WD6400AAKS 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Ordered this drive in 2008, still working in 2016 but i'm finally getting an SSD

Cons: none

No Voltage control

MSI Z77A-G43 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
MSI Z77A-G43 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: Great board everything works.

Cons: I assumed that as a z77 board it would have the basic overclocking tools, however the voltage controls are lacking big time. The only options are Auto, +0, +.02, +.04, +.06. There is no way to drop the voltages down for underclocking or limit the voltages while raising the multipler. It isn't as big of a problem with Sandy bridge, but I've read bad things about upping voltages in 3570k's due to the 22nm fabrication and heat issues. Would have definitely gone with a more feature rich MB had I known the bios was limited in this fassion. Despite this, still running stable @ 4ghz under 50C, but voltage already up to 1.2 from stock 1.0.

Overall Review: I looked at the price differences between motherboards for around an hour and couldn't tell that the bios on the lower end msi boards would have such a crippling feature set. MSI needs to do more to inform us of the differences!