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Jason M.

Jason M.

Joined on 05/19/08

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Most Favorable Review

Quite/reliable/Fast. What a great card.

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card RTX 2080 Super Gaming X TRIO
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card RTX 2080 Super Gaming X TRIO

Pros: 1. Large and Heavy heat sink and 3 large Fans (No sag even without the support bar ) 2. Easy software installation with no glitches (Afterburner is the best) 3. Ran Quite and cool at a Max 67c at 98 Plus % load for hours 4. Beautiful looking card with brushed metal back plate and RGB accents 5. Thermal pads under back plate (GPU/Memory) 6. Runs at 2 GHz right out of the box (I guess that's normal with GPU boost 4.0?) 7. 10 Stage VRM cooled by the main HSF 8. Stable and Fast.

Cons: - Cost too much (No egg deduction for that)

Overall Review: So far So good. This is an early review but I'm impressed. Played Metro Exodus and Wolfenstein for a few hours with no issues. Ran 1440P with Ray tracing on at a constant 60 FPS. Looked really good at 4K as well but frames did dip below 60 at times. Hardly noticeable and with Ray-tracing on high. Impressive. Haven't tried overclocking it since it already is running faster then the 1845 boost clock. Afterburner does show the correct boost clock but I suppose GPU boost takes it too the MOON. i9 9900kf at stock / Dark Rock pro 4 Gigabyte Aorus Pro Gskill Trident / 32 Gigs at 3200 XPG 1 TB 8200 NVME SSD Seasonic Focus platinum 850 Thermaltake View 71 with 6 140mm fans

Most Critical Review

Everything seemed fine until the fan Kicked in

CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750 W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: 1. Nice thick cables and lots of connectors. 2. Worked right out of the Box 3 Powered a new i5 4670k build with no shutdowns or blue screens. 4 Sometimes the Fan spun up and Quit making that whining noise. 5. Read a review that this PS can handle a 900W load at 50c.

Cons: 1. Fan Whined and twitched under load - When I loaded up a 3D intensive application the power supply fan would start the twitch and whine. 2 Almost could not fit all the cables into my Antec 900.(medusa)

Overall Review: Current build only had one video card and I planned to upgrade later with another GTX660. Could not stand this high pitched whine. I am sure if I put more load on it is would not whine as much. This is not the point. I am getting a full refund and do not know if I will choose Corsair PW again. On another note I have a Corsair VX550 that has been going 5 years strong and is now powering my new build while buy another PS.

Great work Monitor.

MSI 27" Full HD 144Hz IPS with AMD Adaptive Sync 1ms HDR Ready 102% sRGB LCD Gaming Computer Monitor for both Work and Gaming PRO MP273L E14
MSI 27" Full HD 144Hz IPS with AMD Adaptive Sync 1ms HDR Ready 102% sRGB LCD Gaming Computer Monitor for both Work and Gaming PRO MP273L E14

Pros: Cheap work monitor Arrived in perfect condition / No scratches or marks No dead pixels Colors look good / Not washed out Brightness looks good / easy to see 144hz response time Simple and works Super easy setup No issues so far

Cons: No swivel Super light Plastic fantastic Bare bones package Tiny little wall wart / I kinda think of this as a plus.

Overall Review: Good work monitor that has a few tricks up it's sleave with the adaptative sync I'm very happy with MSI. I've got Dual core duo MSI laptop from 2008 still running. The MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC graphics card from 2008 still running.

Good Stable PSU with lots of options

be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200W ATX 3.0 Power Supply | 80+ Platinum Efficiency | PCIe 5.0 | Japanese 105°C Capacitors | Fully Modular PSU | 12v Rail System | 10 Year Warranty | BN517
be quiet! Straight Power 12 1200W ATX 3.0 Power Supply | 80+ Platinum Efficiency | PCIe 5.0 | Japanese 105°C Capacitors | Fully Modular PSU | 12v Rail System | 10 Year Warranty | BN517

Pros: 1200 watt Platium Efficiency ATX 3.0 / Better standard then 3.1 Should be able to handle 2400w of trasint power spikes comes with two 12HVP cables and they use the C pin recepters with the tabs High quality cables / Thick and sleved Mine was made in Taiwan by FSP Dead quiet and super stable Works great with my 3080TI , Can't wait to try it out with a 50 series GPU

Cons: They have different manfactures making the same models Some are made in china and some in Taiwan Packaging was kinda bad. Just cardboard and superthin bubblerap I'm unable to find a review on this Taiwan model with ripple testing, All the tests online seem to be done with the China models. I assume the max is 40 and is your using 50% maybe in the teens or 20s

Overall Review: This seems like a Top grade PSU , Platiumum with high quality Japanese capacitors. 10 year warranty and at a good price.

This was an uncontrollable and unstable nightmare.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Super GAMING OC 8G Graphics Card, 3 x WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-N208SGAMING OC-8GC Video Card
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Super GAMING OC 8G Graphics Card, 3 x WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-N208SGAMING OC-8GC Video Card

Pros: None.............

Cons: 1. The Card Overclocked itself to the highest possible Level right out on the Box???? 2. Card ran at 2Ghz and a 17700+ memory by default? Even when trying to change GPU settings. 3. The Fans didn't spin up at all when at 65C 4. The AORUS ENGINE GPU tool would not allow me to modify Core Frequency or fan levels. The software also caused system instability and black screens? really this was hard on my Screen. 5. Tried other applications to change Frequencies and didn't work. Did allow me to control the Fans 6. After getting the Fans on I tired to game and the experience started out good but performance degraded fast with Low frame rates and system lock ups. 7. At load the fans starting making an annoying howling noise. I made sure to uninstall all previous GPU software before installing the card. Ran DDU and reinstalled drivers a few times. Tried 3 different tools and the card would not comply. Put in 5 hours on my Saturday night trying to fix or troubleshoot this. Should have drank instead.

Great performance with effective cooling for overclocking and good power delivery

ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING
ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING

Pros: Pros: Turbo boost up to: 1900Mhz out of the box with no modifications (2Ghz easy overclock) Never breaks 65c with default fan profile (Fan noise is never an issue) Provides big clean power with no coil whine GPU aura LED’s are nice. I enjoy the feature that matches the color to the GPU temperature Excellent gaming performance / Overclocked allows me to max everything out in 4K Over a 6228 Score in Time Spy (2Ghz) - http://www.3dmark.com/spy/105630

Cons: Cons: Paid over retail for Hype prices Almost was to big to fit into my Antec 900 case

Overall Review: i5 4670k at 4.2Ghz 16 GB DDR3 Gskill Sniper series Asrock Z87 Extreme3 Motherboard Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Strix (2ghz) Corsair AX750 Gold PS Antec 900 case (2007)