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William M.

William M.

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works fine right out of the package. No settings or changes needed. It detects the ram and adjust settings for you.

G.SKILL FORTIS (for AMD) 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C16D-16GFT
G.SKILL FORTIS (for AMD) 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C16D-16GFT

Pros: works just fine right out of the package. No tweaking settings, adjustments etc.. Just make sure to reset bios to defaults before attempting to install these. Single rank modules for those of you who care about that.

Cons: SK Hynix memory chips are used on these.

Overall Review: If you have been through the memory nightmares I have experience as an early Ryzen adopter, this memory is a Godsend. G.Skill sets them up with automatic profile so you can just install and they work. Bear in mind, these are not blazing fast, but they do work properly. 2400mhz is fine for most folks. Yes, 3200 or higher would be really snazzy, but it is more trouble than it is worth on these new motherboards. Once the firmware pushes come out in a few months you might get higher speeds working reliably, in the meantime, save a few bucks and throw a set of these in. Here are the automatic timings these loaded up with. They will run as DDR4-2400 (1200 mhz) @ 1.2 volts Mine were SK Hynix chips , DRAM stepping 00h @ 1200 MHz 16-16-16-39 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 55-421-313-193-6-4-7-26 (RC-RFC1-RFC2-RFC4-RRDL-RRDS-CCDL-FAW)

Great RAM kit for Ryzen 3700x

G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GTZR
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GTZR

Pros: overclocks extremely well

Overall Review: I originally got these for my Ryzen 1800x build in 2017. I had them running at 3000 stable, but with that board and CPU I was never able to get them faster. Since I upgraded to 3700x on a b450 board, these were able to achieve 3600 100% stable. 16-19-20-36 got them stable at 3600 and verified with HCI memtest to have zero errors.

11/14/2019

works on gigabyte b450 aorus pro wifi with 3700x - XMP profile perfect

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (For AMD Ryzen) Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin RGB PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (For AMD Ryzen) Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin RGB PC RAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC

Overall Review: worked right out of the box, just selected XMP profile 1 in BIOS and it worked. no errors found with memtest, passed 400% pass I haven't attempted tightening up timings, but it was easy to get it going.

11/13/2019

Excellent value and performance

Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D2 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW512G8XT
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D2 QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW512G8XT

Pros: good price for amount of storage you get speed is excellent considering the price point simple to install, easy to get up and running

Cons: none

Overall Review: Very satisfied with the purchase, as long as it lasts as well as previous Intel solid state devices I have had in the past.

lives up to the reputation

Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm UFB (Updraft Floating Balance) CPU Cooler
Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm UFB (Updraft Floating Balance) CPU Cooler

Pros: extremely good air cooling heatsink. I have this on an asus crosshair V formula-z with FX8350 cpu and kingston hyperx beast 2400 ram (8gb x 2) and it really flies. So far I have been up to a stable 4.7ghz rock stable in prime at around a max core temp of 53, Still more clocking room to go, will see where it maxes out!

Cons: extremely large, so you need to be careful this will fit in your case and clear the ram sticks (tall heatsink on ram not compatible with fan placement on heatsink) the hyperx beast ram barely fit under the cooler, and I had to mount the fans in a pull / pull config on the other side, because my mid tower case wouldn't let me adjust the fan up any without interfering with the case door.

Overall Review: some have criticized the noise the fans make, but I have mine controlled on the motherboard with PWM and its tons quieter than the stock AMD cpu cooler.

SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE500BW
SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE500BW

Pros: Excellent performance, easy to use, perfect system drive for a new build. Magician software makes it easy for you to get the most benefit of extra speed possible with SSD.

Cons: SSD is still expensive per GB, although they have come down a lot in the past few years.

Overall Review: You really owe it to yourself to use one of these as the boot drive on your next computer build. The new systems with UEFI combined with windows 8.1 make a very, very speedy running computer.