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Shane B.

Shane B.

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This Review is for the MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon WIFI Socket LGA 1200

MSI MPG Z590 GAMING CARBON WIFI LGA 1200 Intel Z590 ATX Intel Motherboard
MSI MPG Z590 GAMING CARBON WIFI LGA 1200 Intel Z590 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: 1. The ease of installation (PLUG AND PLAY) Drivers are bug free as of 3/24-2021 I have had 0 issues almost 24 hours in.2. Feature rich, Decent IO, 3 M.2 with 1 lightning Gen 4 support for 11th gen when it releases (Just sucks intel dropped the core count)3. This Board just looks good in a full ATX Tower (Phanteks Enthoo Pro Series PH-ES614P_TG Titanium Green Case)4. XMP Enabled off rip took my (CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB - model numberCMT64GX4M4C3466C16) to 3467 MHz.

Cons: Really at first, I was not a fan of the BIOS 5 coming from an Asus Z270-E Gaming board. It's just laid out different. I had to take a good hour to read up on MSI's website and a few forms to navigate a few features but doing so was painless.

Overall Review: I did research on pretty much every board I could find in this price range; I am 100000000000% glad I chose this board for my new build. It looks good, runs smooth and heat is under control. Also, I have included a few Photos and a video of my setup along with some screenshots of task manager and HWMONITOR.Also, I paired this board with the (MSI MAG CORELIQUID 360R AIO Liquid CPU Cooler) it is keeping my 10900KF under control, hottest core was 170 F full 100% load at a screaming 5.3 GHz full boost Prime 95 all 20 threads.

Exact Board Reviewing Item Number : N82E16813132928 ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA1151

ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 ATX Motherboard with Onboard AC Wi-Fi and USB 3.1
ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 ATX Motherboard with Onboard AC Wi-Fi and USB 3.1

Pros: Excellent overclockability had a Core i5 6600K installed first with 32 GB of Trident Z 3200 GHz Ram (Full 3200 MHz OC Achieved). 6600K was able to achieve 4.8 GHz total stable overclock with 1.40v Vcore staying at around 22c (about 71.6F) Idle. Prime 95 24 hour stability test concluded at 100% load yielded 55c (131F) Max temperature in a 24 hour period. Currently I am running the i7 7700K at 5.0 GHz with a 1.408 Vcore Stable with the same 32 GB 3200 MHz Trident Z Ram (Clocked down to 2400 MHz for stability). At about a 15% load on my 7700K writing this review I am at around 28c (82F). Prime 95 concluded after 24 hour stress test max temp recorded by HWMonitor was 66c (150.8F). Both CPU’s where cooled with a 280mm CRYORIG A80 Hybrid Liquid Cooler with 2 140mm Vardar High Static pressure fans in a push pull configuration. Both CPU’s were also Delided and Liquid Thermal Ultra (Liquid Metal) was applied to replace the terrible Intel cheap Tim that was used (IM STILL REALLY UPET THIS WAS EVEN AN ISSUE) Mother board temp at idle with 7700K 5.0GHz Overclock 24c (75F) Prime 95 24th hour results 61c (141F)

Cons: None this board has booted and worked better than expected right out of the box. Call me lucky whatever I have had, zero issues and the Overclockabuility this board has allowed me to achieve is phenomenal.

Overall Review: If you can grab this board and your building in the Kaby lake series this board is a great choice in my book!

For this cheap I could not of expected more from this board!

ASRock B250M Pro4 LGA 1151 Intel B250 HDMI USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboards - Intel
ASRock B250M Pro4 LGA 1151 Intel B250 HDMI USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboards - Intel

Pros: Yes this is a small board but it packs a great punch Matched up with an I5 6600K, Strix R390 GPU and an NH-L9i Noctua low profile cooler and you get a rock stable 4.5 GHz 6th Gen Core system ready to tackle all AAA Titles in max settings.

Cons: Wish is it had better CMOS reset feature but it's nothing I can't live with this is really the only (Gripe) I have about this board!

Overall Review: If you’re building someone a system that just puts around full 1080 possibly a AAA title from time to time then grab this board up great bang for the buck on a budget build hell I've built at least 10 with this MB no DOA"S!!!!!!!

In regards to the ASUS Radeon R9 390 DirectX 12 STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Video Card. I love this card no complaints what so ever!

ASUS Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING
ASUS Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING

Pros: I see a lot of people in the reviews talking about how hot this card is but I don’t have that problem, my card as it sits is stock everything (I did not change thermal past or tweak anything in GPU tweak other than to set Silent mode) When Silent Mode is selected all three fan’s stop spinning and my card sit’s Idle or as I’m writing this review in office Between 41C (105F) and 47C (120F) all in all I have had 0 issues with the card itself or any type of heat issue’s!

Cons: The only Complaint I have is with GPU Tweak 2 software, when my PC has been up for more than 12 hours or is woke up from C-State the software glitches. When I bring the software up on screen its user interface is glitched. Not going to deduct an egg for this as closing the program down and bringing it back up solves this issue.

Overall Review: Waiting to do a Crossfire Config with another one of these in the next year or sooner, would highly recommend this GPU to Friends, Family & coustomers. My System Enermax Liqtech 120X Aluminum All-in-One Liquid Cooler TP-LINK Archer T6E PCI Express AC1300 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter Rosewill Quark-850, Quark Series 850W Full Modular Power Supply G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING Intel Core i5-6600K Phanteks Enthoo Pro Series Titanium Green Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case DEEPCOOL RGB 350 Computer Lighting Kit ASUS Radeon R9 390 DirectX 12 STRIX 2 x Delta AFB1212GHE-CF00 120mm Case cooler 1ST PC CORP Lamptron Fan Controller 50w Per Channel