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Ryan R.

Ryan R.

Joined on 09/08/05

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great premium motherboard

MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 AMD X570 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 AMD X570 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Worked great out of the box. 1) The built in power switch is a really nice touch. Not having to mess with case wiring when initially building the computer is really thoughtful. 2) Onboard AX Wifi is very fast 3) Design of the back connector panel is excellent, feels like a premium product 4) Bios design is pretty good 5) USB C is nice to have

Cons: -A bit on the spendy side -All current gen 570s have fans rather than heatsinks that will eventually fail. -It has onboard LEDs that are a bit bright, but I believe can be disabled via BIOS

Overall Review: Compatible with: Ryzen 3900x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 fan G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200Mhz DIMM CAS 16 F4-3200C16D-32GTZR

Most Critical Review

DOA.

BIOSTAR NF61S Micro 754 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
BIOSTAR NF61S Micro 754 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Price, 2xSATA 3Gb/s, onboard GeForce 6100

Cons: Purchased to build a cheap file server. DOA w/DRAM error. After shipping, return shipping + transportation expenses, would have been cheaper to buy better quality board($80+).

Overall Review: I didn't do my homework well enough. Other reviews mentioned the DRAM problem. I tried 3 sets, all working well-seated 400mhz pairs and had no luck.

More Power

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5, 80 Plus Gold 850W, Fully Modular, ECO Mode with Fdb Fan, 100% Japanese Capacitors, 10 Year Warranty, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G5-0850-X1
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G5, 80 Plus Gold 850W, Fully Modular, ECO Mode with Fdb Fan, 100% Japanese Capacitors, 10 Year Warranty, Compact 150mm Size, Power Supply 220-G5-0850-X1

Pros: -Cool little green light on the back to indicate power status -Cables are high quality, and plentiful

Overall Review: Upgraded to this PSU because my greedy new motherboard required two CPU power connectors. This did the trick. I'm also running two video cards for VR, and this can handle both. It looks great, works great, and I feel like I bough a very high end PSU. I'm really glad I didn't compromise and buy a cheaper one that might have gotten the job done. It feels like it's built to last a long time.

Biggest waste of time

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 HDTV USB 2.0 Adapter
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-850 HDTV USB 2.0 Adapter

Pros: Will be fun to break into tiny pieces.

Cons: Barely works. Terrible software. No 3rd party apps work with it (due to horrible drivers). It's also a resource hog...forget about multitasking with it. I've spent 3 hours messing with this device and am extremely frustrated that I wasted so much time. Spend a few extra dollars and get a decent card instead. I also recommend looking into PVR software first, and finding out what is best supported hardware wise.

Overall Review: I had a Hauppauge winTV card in 2000 that worked much better. The software has seemingly devolved, and the performance is worse.