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Michael G.

Michael G.

Joined on 02/26/11

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Most Favorable Review

The motherboard that's built like a tank.

ASUS AMD AM4 PRO WS X570-ACE ATX Workstation Motherboard with 3 PCIe 4.0 x16, Realtek and Intel Gigabit LAN, DDR4 ECC Memory Support, Dual M.2, U.2, and ASUS Control Center Express
ASUS AMD AM4 PRO WS X570-ACE ATX Workstation Motherboard with 3 PCIe 4.0 x16, Realtek and Intel Gigabit LAN, DDR4 ECC Memory Support, Dual M.2, U.2, and ASUS Control Center Express

Pros: 8 ply motherboard All slots are "safe slots". Great heatsinks all around. Dual LAN ports. Lots of workstation goodies.

Cons: 4 LED lights instead of a 2 digit LCD for errors.

Overall Review: This is not for overclocking, but it will. This is a workstation board. I bought it for it's mechanical strength. It's like an ASUS TUF board, but even stronger. No RGB, but looks good anyway. Had zero issues with the build.

Fast and easy to setup and use

WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4005FZBX
WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4005FZBX

Pros: Fast and large.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Got what I expected. A WD Black 4TB. I've been using WD Blacks for years. They are excellent hard drives. Larger cache in this generation, makes them even faster.

2nd verse, asme as the 1st

WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD2003FZEX
WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD2003FZEX

Pros: This is my 2nd one of these WD 2TB Blacks, got the other 1 month ago. Fast, spacious.

Cons: Not free :)

Overall Review: Benches at 171 Mb/s

There's a new sheriff in town

EVGA 03G-P4-2883-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 03G-P4-2883-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Cool, quite and beats the SC'd TITAN by 391 in 3DMark Firestrike Extreme, on a stock AMD FX-8350, with ONLY a PCI-E 2.0 slot, motherboard. This card is just plain awesome. All the reviews say it OC's with ease...and I believe it!

Cons: I'd say, should've bought two, but there isn't a need for two.

Overall Review: Fastest single GPU vid card on the planet. This is going to make SLI or Xfire...pointless.

11/25/2013

Great Ram

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M2A1866C9
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M2A1866C9

Pros: Running flawlessly at 1866Mhz on an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX rev 2.0 Motherboard. 9-10-9-24 timings on 1302 BIOS. AMD FX 8350 CPU. Note: Ram Frequency, timings and voltage must be manually set in the BIOS.

Cons: Price, but IMO, well worth it.

Overall Review: I have always run ASUS motherboards with Corsair Dominators. Was happy to see Dominators that were good looking and factory clocked at 1866Mhz. Would recommend to anyone.

10/11/2013

Can't beat a WD Caviar Black

WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Good warranty, good product, good company.

Cons: You're kidding right

Overall Review: I also have a WD 1TB - FALS model, and have been using that for over 3 years now, I expect this FAEX model to last just as long. In fact I expect BOTH to last well past their warranty.