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Clyde W.

Clyde W.

Joined on 11/08/10

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Most Favorable Review

Great Mid Range Card

MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 5500 XT MECH 8G OC
MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RX 5500 XT MECH 8G OC

Pros: Looks great in the system and performs like it should.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I purchased this card for my daughters system. She mainly plays Minecraft and other similar performing games which were being handled by her Ryzen3 3200G apu. She recently wanted to step up to more demanding games so I knew it was time to put a dedicated graphics card in her system. I decided on the 5500xt because I knew it would perform well with the 3200G and not create bottlenecks. Running Time Spy the system performs well and bumped her FPS up considerably in Minecraft. I'm very happy with this card and would recommend it for anyone looking for a solid mid range card.

Most Critical Review

Works but not great

ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC AM4 AMD Promontory B450 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Everything was labeled clearly on the board. Bios is simple and easy to use.

Cons: For what this board cost wish the I/O shield would have been built on. Some ram will not work on this board.

Overall Review: I came back and dropped two stars because I tried to install a new stick of the same ram I have been running in this system with no problems and it stopped booting. I tried moving the sticks around, Clearing CMOS, checking for updated BIOS, and removing the older stick and it just would not boot with the new stick. Ram was G.Skill Aegis 8G sticks, 3000 speed. Thought I had gotten a dead stick of ram until I installed it in a different system. I would not recommend this to anyone who is new to system building as this took a some time to diagnose.

Great Card

XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC III PRO - RX-56XT6TF48 Video Card - 14GBPS 6GB BOOST UP TO 1750M D6 3xDP HDMI
XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC III PRO - RX-56XT6TF48 Video Card - 14GBPS 6GB BOOST UP TO 1750M D6 3xDP HDMI

Pros: Clean look, nice performance.

Cons: Card is loud when it ramps up. Not a deal killer for me as I wear headphones most of the time.

Overall Review: This card Performs great paired with my Ryzen7 3700X. Most games I play I can run at all ultra settings in 1080P, the only one I have to turn down is Farming sim 2019. I do not have a 1440 monitor so I cannot speak for its performanmce there but it will run movies in 4k on my 58" tv with no problems. Running Time Spy it scores 7545 with out of the box settings and with a basic OC I got up to 7865. I am very happy with this card and would reccomennd it to anyone.

Amazing Small Form Factor Case

NZXT H210 - Mini-ITX PC Gaming Case - Front I/O USB Type-C Port - Tempered Glass Side Panel - Cable Management System - Water-Cooling Ready - Radiator Bracket - Steel Construction - White/Black
NZXT H210 - Mini-ITX PC Gaming Case - Front I/O USB Type-C Port - Tempered Glass Side Panel - Cable Management System - Water-Cooling Ready - Radiator Bracket - Steel Construction - White/Black

Pros: Phenomenal cable management, very easy to build in.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Used this case in my daughters mini ITX build and it was great. Plenty of cable management options, very clean case. Really nothing else to say, NZXT cases are just really nice to build in.

Great Budget Power Supply

EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W, 3 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-W1-0500- KR
EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W, 3 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-W1-0500- KR

Pros: Clean look, performs perfect.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: Used this in a mini ITX build for my daughter and it works great. Very stable power and not a huge mess of cables. It runs her Ryzen3 3200G with MSI RX 5500XT Mech 8G OC card fine and the sleeved cables look decent in the build. I will be adding some sleeved cable extensions to hide the multi colored wires in the future. I would recommend this to anyone building a budget computer.

Great Drive

Team Group GX2 2.5" 1TB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X2001T0C101
Team Group GX2 2.5" 1TB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X2001T0C101

Pros: Works perfect.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Installed this in a 3 year old laptop to speed it up and squeeze a little more use out of it. It was up to the job and works fine.