Joined on 02/10/12
Very nice mobo for AM4
Pros: * In-built AC wifi. * 2 PCIE 3.0 slots * 2 M2 slots. * Support for 3200 MHz OC ++ Running GSkill F4-3200C16S-16GVK at a speed of 2933 in XMP without any additional tweak
Cons: - Less no of I/O ports as well as USB-C in the back. It would have been really nice if AsRock had placed more USB-C/3.1 ports - Even though having in-built wifi is a plus AsRock went for Intel's Wireless-AC 3168 which has max bandwidth of 433 MBps. They should have given at least Intel 82xx or some better wifi card.
Overall Review: This is one of the best AM4 motherboard currently in the market. I am doing a PC build for first time.Reading quite a few reviews and knowing AsRock motherboards have one of best speced mobos I chose Taichi. Will have to upgrade or add a different wi-fi card. Taichi is good if you want to avoid purchasinga wi-fi card immediately. But if you are planning to purchase wifi card separately go for MSI GAMING PRO CARBON AM4 or Gigabyte GA-AX370-GAMING 5 are pretty solid motherboards. I am yet to build the PC, I will be updating the review based on my build experience. This review for ASRock review rebate program.
nice NAS
Pros: - this is a decent NAS with clean interface - has option to mirror HDD (RAID) - a low powered option to have a network drive.
Cons: - Also a caution, this one expects blank HDDs. it will automatically purge all of your data without giving warning on the step it is actually going to flash the drives. I lost data on the HDD which I was expecting to add as primary drive and wanted to mirror. - the going retail price is a bit high
Overall Review: - I purchased this mostly because it was being sold at 90$ with promo code when I purchased. - On the current retail price I consider it a bit expensive. For the same price you can simply buy an old PC to setup NAS as well
Very nice Samsung OEM headsets
Pros: - Samsung headsets are quite underrated, hence easy to find them in lower price. - These in-ear are very comfortable with very good audio quality - works with all smartphones including iPhones as well
Cons: - No cons
Overall Review: - I own Samsung Bluetooth headsets which I purchased in quite less price. These are twice or thrice worth of what you get them in. You can easily get them in ($5-11) in retail or bulk packaging. - I had experience with getting one of Samsung headset which I had purchased in bulk package RMAed. Samsung gives 1 year warranty even on those.
A nice case with in built liquid cooling
Pros: - a decent case with in built liquid cooling - the case fan and liquid cooling fans are quite silent. - decent cable management - the cooler has a 4 port fan controller allowing me to add a front case fan. - the AIO fans have white LED which creates a very nice light effect to the complete build.
Cons: - no front case fan. I had to purchase a separate 200 mm case fan. If they really want to sell this as a premium case they should have put an additional case fan. - This one is more of aesthetics than the case quality. The attached fans have a black exterior and the fan blades are white. It would have been nice it they would have been completely white. - The power button is a bit hard to press, you may quite get confuse when trying to switch the machine on for first time.
Overall Review: - Newegg did not have correct information on warranty for this. I had to work to get that corrected before I ordered the case. This carries 3 years of warranty. - This is my 2nd deep cool product I already own Captain 360EX which was installed in the previous case and I kinda already knew the AIO is good. - I replaced Enthoo Pro with this, if anything goes wrong as pointed out by others I will update my review. - I ordered this on a promotion price of $169 and $100 gift card. Overall I am quite happy with this purchase because of the deal I got and quality of case - To install a front case fan you need to remove front cover. To do that you will need a plier to pull the cover out. I have installed CoolerMaster Megaflow 200 Red in this. which gives a nice background to the front glowing LEDs.