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Marc-André B.

Marc-André B.

Joined on 12/07/10

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Most Favorable Review

Very happy.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card GV-N1060IXOC-6GD
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card GV-N1060IXOC-6GD

Pros: My old GTX 670 SC from EVGA died. So I wanted something strong enough to play current games at max settings for most @ 1080p. This little beast is great. I play everything at max and can handle most of my games on 3 screens with pretty good settings still. Hopefully it will last at least 3 years.

Cons: - A bit pricy for Canadians.

Overall Review: If you play in 1080p, this bad boy is way enough! For higher resolutions, you may need a 1070+.

10/27/2016
Most Critical Review

2 years and a half later, the card is diying.

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card DUAL-RTX2070-A8G
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card DUAL-RTX2070-A8G

Overall Review: Only 2 years and a half of mid-usage and the card is already passing out. I can't play a game without a crash and I need to significantly downclock it to simply watch Youtube. Very disappointed and there's no card in stock to replace it at a decent price.

Solid board and good looking.

MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 LGA 1700 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - The RGB Dragon is very cool, was impressed when I turned my PC on. - Clean BIOS with lots of options and easy to OC. You can enable XMP with a single click. - USB with all drivers and common utilities for quick setup. - Angled Sata ports, easier to hide cables. - Good I/O and I like fixed antennas for Wifi. - Good Audio, pretty clean sound for studio use.

Cons: - Minor: would like more USB2 headers, like 4. And a second USB3 header. - Minor: Would like a angled PSU ATX 24 pins port to hide it better but I understand people like to use RGB cables / cablemods. - Minor: I/O cooler is a bit too big (1 or 2mm) and I had a bit of trouble using my AIO X63 cooler at the top. - Minor: a bit costly for a DDR4 board.

Overall Review: Overall pretty happy, looks even better than I thought and performs as I wanted. A bit sad about the lack of more USB2 headers on such a high-end board, but that's about it, easy fix with NZXT hub. Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yRtTXb (waiting for RTX40XX now) Glad I went with MSI once again.

11/19/2021

Very happy!

MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: - Onboard heatsinks ain't too huge. - The BIOS menu is awesome! - Nice features for the price. - Worked first shot ;)!

Cons: - The plate for the input/output is really cheap. It's a very thin metal plate. More suited for 50-75$ boards.

Died after 4 years

AeroCool EN55468 Shark 140mm Black Edition 140mm Case cooler
AeroCool EN55468 Shark 140mm Black Edition 140mm Case cooler

Pros: Loved this fan, ran 4 years 24/7, died after a reboot lol Sad it's price is quite high nowadays else I would'have bought it again :)

Cons: Nothing, this fan rocks.

10/19/2015