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Ashton S.

Ashton S.

Joined on 10/17/04

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All but the sound

MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: First off...aesthetics...it's a beautiful board. The pictures do not do it justice. Now, moving along to functionality, durability, cooling, etc...The bios is fairly easy to understand. Not as many options as I would have liked, but the overclocking options are decent which is where it counts for a gaming mobo. The board is pretty durable. Doesn't feel flimsy and incomplete. MSI used good quality components. Now...cooling...this board stays pretty cool. Although, my case does have a exhaust fan behind the CPU socket (nice, right?), so...that could be the cause of the low temps at full load. OC Genie works...but I don't use it. Only used to test it out. But it works as expected. I prefer manual overclocking. Never trusted the computer to do my overclocking for me.

Cons: SOUND. I wasn't expecting the greatest sound in the world...I mean it's integrated audio. Thing is, the audio is incredibly low. I have to crank my speakers up to 50% just to hear general things like, music, youtube, etc. As far as quality, that also is lacking. Again, I don't expect any sound card to sound great right out of the box, but I had to tinker with Windows audio enhancements a lot more than I would have liked to. In fact...I've never really had to tinker with them until now. So I ended up popping my very old Audigy 2 Platinum card in and I now have satisfactory sound. I've had cheap motherboards in the past that had better sound quality.

Overall Review: At the price point...this motherboard is a excellent choice. If you can afford it, go with a 990fx chipset board. But if you're on a budget...this board will get the job done. System Specs: AMD FX 6300 Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Kingston Hyper X Red 1600 MSI AMD R9 270 2G (OC'd edition) Sentey GS-7000 full tower case 1TB WD Blue 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6G EVGA 750 SuperNova

Most Critical Review

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RAIDMAX ARTIO T13-TB Black Steel / Plastic / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
RAIDMAX ARTIO T13-TB Black Steel / Plastic / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: It's has decent airflow

Cons: NO HARD DRIVE BAYS. I'm not kidding. They are shown in the manual but none in the box. I have tried contacting raidmax support. No response.

Overall Review: This is the 3rd review I have posted about this and none of them ever actually go live. I wonder why. Let's see about this one.

Stopped working in a little less than 3 months

BELKIN F9L1001 N150 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rates
BELKIN F9L1001 N150 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Up to 150Mbps Wireless Data Rates

Pros: When it worked, it worked great.

Cons: Stopped working in less than 3 months. I started using it Feb, 23rd of this year. Woke up this morning, turned on my computer...no connection at all. Not even the adapter shows up in the connection settings. Tried different USB ports...nothing. Plugged in flaky Rosewill adapter (that doesn't support windows 8.1) and it fired right up.

Overall Review: I originally bought a Rosewill wireless adapter, only to find it doesn't work with windows 8.1. So, I figured Id pick this one up. It worked fantastic until it didnt anymore. Not worth the shipping to RMA it.

Windows 8 drivers are broken

Rosewill RNX-N150HG - Wireless N150 Wi-Fi Adapter - IEEE 802.11b / 11g / 11n, (1T1R), Up to 150 Mbps Data Rates, USB 2.0 Interface, 4 dBi High Power Detachable Antenna
Rosewill RNX-N150HG - Wireless N150 Wi-Fi Adapter - IEEE 802.11b / 11g / 11n, (1T1R), Up to 150 Mbps Data Rates, USB 2.0 Interface, 4 dBi High Power Detachable Antenna

Pros: Works great on Windows 7. Excellent range and speed.

Cons: Installed windows 8 driver, but it constantly drops. Worked fine under 7. Windows 8, not so much. Pretty frustrating. Espcially since its described as supporting Win8.

I was skeptical

Rosewill - 400-Watt ATX V2.2 Power Supply - RD400-2-DB
Rosewill - 400-Watt ATX V2.2 Power Supply - RD400-2-DB

Pros: So far it works great. I was a bit skeptical at first, but again, it works fine so far. Enough cables for my needs, great cable length (see cons), and it's quiet. The grips on the plugs are a nice touch. Makes for easy removal of plugs (especially 4pin molex).

Cons: The 8Pin CPU power cable is short. I know others have stated this also. I bought it thinking, maybe it will be long enough for my mobo...that was not the case. I had to stretch it and run it under the back end of my graphics card to get it to reach and even then, it wasn't safe. So, I ended up buying a extension. Which that, wasn't a huge deal. It was a couple bucks on another well known site. Be sure to take the cable length into consideration when buying this psu. Do yourself a favor and order the extension with it.

Overall Review: This power supply is powering: Phenom II X4 965, ATI 4850 GPU, 1x750GB 7200RPM HD, 1x2TB 5400 RPM HD, Creative Audigy 2, 3x120mm Case Fans, DVD Burner, 2x4GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance Mem, and a Foxconn A880A-S Motherboard

It's a DVD Burner

SAMSUNG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE
SAMSUNG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE

Pros: What more can I say? It works well. It's what you would expect from a decent DVD Burner. It's fairly quiet, quick spin up...works great.

Cons: None

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Exactly as described

Phone was shipped promptly, said it was b grade in the description and it is what i would consider b grade. Battery capacity is 81% which is more than acceptable for a used iphone 7. Would buy from again.

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