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Wayne P.

Wayne P.

Joined on 03/10/02

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Most Favorable Review

Great CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D - Ryzen 9 9000 Series 16-Core 4.3 GHz Socket AM5 170W AMD Radeon Graphics Desktop CPU Processor - 100-100000719WOF
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D - Ryzen 9 9000 Series 16-Core 4.3 GHz Socket AM5 170W AMD Radeon Graphics Desktop CPU Processor - 100-100000719WOF

Pros: Works perfectly as expected. Games great, does everything else great. Perfect processor.

Cons: Rus hot, you will need to have a good AIO cooler. Even with one, when gaming expect cpu temps to hit the mid 70's C. But all the newer processors are this way with heat.

Overall Review: One of, if not the best CPU on the market. I was lucky to get one on day one (Thanks NEWEGG) and it is rock solid. If you want the best, the 9950X3D is it, in my opinion.

Most Critical Review

Good Board Needs Improving

ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND WIFI AX AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND WIFI AX AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Works ok so far had it for a few days. Seems faster than the X470 I had.

Cons: The CPU socket is too close to the first slot, and the 1080TI rests right up against the CPU heat sink The M.2 Slot is too close to the first slot. The new Gen 4 m.2 drives now have heat sinks on them and the video card cannot be plugged in with a M.2 gen 4 Drive. It hits on the M.2 heatsink. I do not know How I am going to remove the 1080TI video card from the slot and there is no way to get to the pin to push down to release the card. I may have to remove the CPU heatsink. I also had to remove the South Bridge heatsink leaving the little fan exposed

Overall Review: This boards layout is poor. With a few design changes it would be a great motherboard. I works but I do not like the CPU heatsink resting up against the Video card. Granted this is a large Heatsink. The x470 did not have this issue. As stated you cannot use a M.2 gen 4 drive in the socket closest to the CPU socket. Good thing the second one is as fast on the X570. It is working and nothing has burned up so I will stick with the 3 eggs.

Nice case and won't break bank account

PCCOOLER CPS C3 T500 ARGB PC Case, Dual-Chamber Mid-Tower ATX Case, Desktop Computer Case w/ 6 ARGB Fans Pre-installed w/ Fan Hub, Column-Free Design, Tempered Glass, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, White
PCCOOLER CPS C3 T500 ARGB PC Case, Dual-Chamber Mid-Tower ATX Case, Desktop Computer Case w/ 6 ARGB Fans Pre-installed w/ Fan Hub, Column-Free Design, Tempered Glass, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, White

Pros: Like the LED button on top of case to change the LED on all the fans. Great job Looks nice. Not an expensive case, but is very nice and easy to work with.

Cons: Tried to get another one and out of stock. SAD

Overall Review: If you can get one, it's a solid choice and is very reasonably priced. Nice lighting and seems to allow good airflow. Big enough for 50 series video cards. If in doubt get it, nice case.

Runs at 8000 Expo Settings

G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 8000 (PC5 64000) Desktop Memory Model F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZ5NR
G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 8000 (PC5 64000) Desktop Memory Model F5-8000J3848H16GX2-TZ5NR

Pros: Worked perfectly with the EXPO setting on my AMD 9950X3D. Perfect set of ram.

Cons: None so far, Wished there were cheaper!!!

Overall Review: These appear to be top notch memory modules. They worked perfectly, without much fiddling around. Ran memtest no errors at 8000 speed. PERFECT set of ram. Thank you Newegg and G.skill.

Fasted M.2 yet

Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME M.2  SSD w/ Heatsink 2280 1TB PCI-Express 5.0 x4 TLC NAND² Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT1000T700SSD5
Crucial T700 GEN5 NVME M.2 SSD w/ Heatsink 2280 1TB PCI-Express 5.0 x4 TLC NAND² Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT1000T700SSD5

Pros: -Easy install, nice heatsink -Worked exactly as expected. - Fastest drive I have had.

Cons: None

Overall Review: This is one of the fasted drives on the market. Has been perfect so far Will buy again.

Well done PNY

PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB Overclocked Triple Fan Graphics Card DLSS 3
PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB Overclocked Triple Fan Graphics Card DLSS 3

Pros: Runs much cooler than my 3090TI. Everything works perfectly great FPS in games, nothing could be improved in functionality. Nicely done in my opinion. I'm a big PUBG player and its fast and cool. No coil whine either. Glad I got it.

Cons: The physical size is even larger than the 3090TI that's The only knock on it I have. Make sure you have a large case. I had to remove drive bays in order to allow it to fit.

Overall Review: This is an excellent card, runs cool, but very large. If you have a Power supply that is large enough for a 3090 series, this card uses less power. I have owned it for several weeks and have not had any issues. Very Pleased with the purchase.