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Samuel S.

Samuel S.

Joined on 06/23/04

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Most Favorable Review

Exactly what I wanted

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III V-NAND 3bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500E
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III V-NAND 3bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500E

Pros: Awesome drive, product arrived in brand new condition.

Cons: Expensive, but you get what you pay for.

Most Critical Review

Arrived damaged even though box was perfect, and heatsink is sub-par

Mllse 100% RTX2060Super 8GB Graphics Card GDDR6 256Bit PCI Express 3.0x16 1470MHz 2176units rtx 2060 super Gaming 8G Video Card 8GB
Mllse 100% RTX2060Super 8GB Graphics Card GDDR6 256Bit PCI Express 3.0x16 1470MHz 2176units rtx 2060 super Gaming 8G Video Card 8GB

Pros: It's a graphics card for cheap.

Cons: Sub-par aluminium heatsink, had terrible thermals when tested. It was throttling even when running FurMark at 1080p, no matter how many fans I pointed at this thing it would overheat. Damaged directly from the manufacture? How could their Q/C miss this? The bracket arrived bent, along with several heatsink fins. The fan shroud was even distorted causing one of the fans to collide with the housing. I was able to bend everthing back to test the card, but it kept overheating even with a moderate load so I returned it.

Overall Review: No I would not recommend this to anyone, get a card with triple fans and a larger heatsink.

Great motherboard, price is unbeatable

ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi AM5 AMD B650 Micro ATX Motherboard
ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi AM5 AMD B650 Micro ATX Motherboard

Pros: If you're looking for all the latest, PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, along with and x4 PCIe 4.0 and a 3rd M.2 for extra storage this motherboard has it all. Good built-in MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, both rock solid and good placement of the annenna's no need for an external antenna base. BIOS seems good, A-RGB is nice to have at this price point and DDR5-6000 OC with EXPO... although my memory couldn't handle this for whatever reason not the motherboard's fault. Running this with a Ryzen 7800X3D and except for the $25 price drop after I bought this board, no regrets.

Cons: M.2 PCIe 5.0 slot has only a one-sided heatsink included... note it does not support Double-sided for cooling! You'll need to get your own heatsink for that. Also, the M.2 slot placement can cause some interferance with large CPU coolers so beware if you're going air cooling with something like the FUMA 2 Rev.b like I did you will be limited to about 35mm for the M.2 heatsink in the 5.0 slot and 7mm for the M.2 PCIe 4.0 slot below the graphics card.

Overall Review: I would highly recommend this motherboard, especially at this price point. I used to be skeptical about ASRock as they seemed like a spin-off of ASUS. But with ASUS quality coming into question in recent times this is a welcomed offering. I have had no issues with the BIOS, VRM, or stability in general so long as I'm not overclocking the RAM which is to be expected.