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Sophak L.

Sophak L.

Joined on 04/29/07

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Most Favorable Review

Worked out the box for a 7600x

GIGABYTE A620I AX AM5 LGA 1718 AMD A620 Mini-ITX Motherboard, DDR5, Single M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C, Realtek Wi-Fi 6E, Realtek 2.5GbE, Q-Flash Plus, PCIe EZ-Latch
GIGABYTE A620I AX AM5 LGA 1718 AMD A620 Mini-ITX Motherboard, DDR5, Single M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C, Realtek Wi-Fi 6E, Realtek 2.5GbE, Q-Flash Plus, PCIe EZ-Latch

Pros: -Wifi6E / Bluetooth -Decent price -lots of BIOS options / Settings -very good fan control feature -BIOS upgradable without a CPU -VRMs worked well for 125w with no throttle

Cons: -CPU mount bracket is warped, my cpu is mounted at a tilt. -motherboard bends easy with heatsink installed -1x M.2 SSD -no M.2 heatsink -Boot options is dynamic instead of static, so if you got multiple USB boot devices good luck. -no book manual -hard to find 65w ECO mode option in BIOS -backplate ugly and not built in (plain chrome)

Overall Review: For the price, yes its a decent deal. If other ITX motherboards starts dropping in price I would look elsewhere.

Most Critical Review

I wanted to like it

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 5600 XT MECH OCBV
MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 5600 XT MECH OCBV

Pros: Felt heavy and substantial, faster than a RTX 2060 when it works.

Cons: Fans run extremely loud constant black screen made it unusable, I dont think its driver related as it happens during reboot and safemode also. Runs fairly cool Right side fan came defective with clicking noise

Overall Review: I wanted to like this card, I got it for a good deal. First I thought the black screen was caused by my HDMI cable, swap that out same issue. So I used DisplayPort cable instead and same issue. Now I used my secondary monitor same issue. Just for kicks, I used my 4k TV and still same blackscreen. These black screens happen when the graphics card loses display signal when its switching back to desktop like from a game, updating windows after a reboot, switching to safe mode, after a benchmark etc... AMD needs to get this fixed. I think its a hardware issue. I never had these problems with my nvidia cards.

Compact

PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 16GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 RDNA 4 Graphics Card RX9070 16G-A
PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 16GB 256-Bit GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 RDNA 4 Graphics Card RX9070 16G-A

Pros: Runs great, no RGB, quiet, looks good. GPU die stays cool. GPU mount plate is black.

Cons: Memory runs toasty, memory temp 89-96c. Not MSRP pricing.

Overall Review: Glad I didnt get the XT model, it would have ran even hotter. Only way to purchase was through a newegg bundle deal. Works with Bazzite.

Runs nice and cool

Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) 262-Pin DDR5 SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 Laptop Memory Model CT2K16G56C46S5
Crucial 32GB (2 x 16GB) 262-Pin DDR5 SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 Laptop Memory Model CT2K16G56C46S5

Pros: Works great with my mini PC. No throttling or overheating issues. Fast delivery.

Cons: No cons I can think of. A bit pricey?

Overall Review: Yup Im finally on the DDR5 bandwagon. Feels good to but up to date in tech

Latest BIOS version 2.20 preinstalled

ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax AM4 AMD B550 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/ax AM4 AMD B550 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I was very surprised the mobo came with the latest BIOS, thank you ASROCK! I popped in my 5600g and it all just worked. No complaints and no BIOS firmware updates needed. Works with Windows 11 no issues. Super awesome!

Cons: Wish it had a VRM temp sensor, not that it is needed the VRM is more than enough for even a 5950x but its just nice to know the temps. Also wish the Wifi/blueooth antenna had a magnet instead of the double sided tape

Overall Review: Great mobo, worked out the box

MSRP Pricing thanks Gigabyte and Newegg!!

GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD
GIGABYTE Eagle GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card GV-N308TEAGLE-12GD

Pros: Nice thick heatsink, card runs quiet. Factory performance is excellent but I undervolted the card and now it runs faster and cooler. Will hold its value 2+ years later

Cons: Have do download RGB software to disable the lights. But there is a trick to it where you just need to install the RGB fusion and put it to whatever color you want, hit apply then uninstall the software. Your setting stays on next boot up without the software. =)

Overall Review: For the price in these times this card is worth it especially at MSRP.