Joined on 05/15/12
Great value DDR4
Pros: Great value. Works fine with Ryzen 1700 + MSI B450 Mortar Mobo. Chunky headspreaders look great. Overclocks well given the limitations of my budget Ryzen setup.
Cons: Timings not as tights as Samsung B-die.
Overall Review: My TridentZ DDR4 3000 came with single-rank Micron MFR IC's. Both XMP profiles work fine although the performance setting (XMP2) defaults to 2933MHz 15-15-15-35 CL15 rather than advertised 3000MHz. Manual over overclocking gives 3000MHz @ 14-14-15-35 1T CL14 or 3200MHz @ 15-15-15 1T CL15. 3200MHz really is the limit of my Ryzen 1700 so this ram may go a little further on Intel or Zen+ setups. It's not B-die but timings are good and dare I say great for the price. I ordered from the UK and delivery took 7-days. I guess this is expected given the distance and customs clearance at either side.
Bes Overclocking card ever!
Pros: Out of the box my card overclocked to 1200MHz / 5800Mhz stable. The only problem was that temperatures get too hot for the reference cooler. Moster Overclocks are Availabe with some minor mods. I replaced my stock coller with an Accelero Twin Turbo II, and then flashed the BIOS to an ASUS DCU TOP Edition which unlocks voltages up to 1.3v. The increased voltages and GREATLY increase cooling performance now enable me to clock the GPU to to 1350MHz stable (yes 1350MHz) @ 1.3v and bench upto 1385MHz. These speeds murder a stock 7950 and equal a 7970 within most benchmarks. That's a 60% overclock on air, and within a Micro-ATX case with. Just Google "7850 1376MHz" and you will find my benchmarks.
Cons: *To obtain trully monsterous overclocks you need to void your warranty. *Stock cooler is poor, so replace it.
Overall Review: I live within the UK so have never purchased anything from newegg (they do not ship here). However, I do read many of the hardware reviews here, and thought that I would share my PC 7850 findings/experiments. This is not the fastest card I own (my 680 is faster), but it is the most fun to overclock and trully great value.