Joined on 05/16/16
AMD RYZEN 5 1400 4-Core 3.2 GHz
Pros: -$/performance -no buyers remorse -all my games run great -Low temps be quiet! PURE ROCK CPU Cooler - 150W TDP EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING ASRock AB350 Pro4 AM4 AMD Promontory Acer KG series KG221Q 21.5" 1ms G.SKILL NT Series 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 SanDisk SSD PLUS 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC
Cons: -None so far
Overall Review: -Game changer, I'm glad I waited a few months for this CPU to come out, I almost went for a G4560 due to $$$ but the cores per performance was too good to pass on.
Acer KG series KG221Q 21.5" 1ms
Pros: -Price -Price -75 Hz
Cons: -colors out the box are not great - 1 egg deduction -speakers - 0 egg deduction for this. -short base- 0 egg deduction
Overall Review: 75Hz for a large 21.5" for the price, I could live with the Cons for this price.
SanDisk SSD PLUS 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC
Pros: -Fast -Price (when on sale) -it works
Cons: -None so far
Overall Review: Have it just for Win 10 OS, the boot time is about 5 secs, can't complain.
ASRock AB350 Pro4 AM4 AMD
Pros: -Price -gets the job done -looks nice Ryzen 5 1400 be quiet! PURE ROCK CPU Cooler - 150W TDP EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC SanDisk SSD PLUS 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC G.SKILL NT Series 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4
Cons: -None so far, it worked out of the box.
Overall Review: -It works, nothing fancy, looks good and the price was good.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING
Pros: -Great price/performance -easy install -nice size -powered by motherboard
Cons: -none
Overall Review: This paired with a Ryzen 5 1400 is a great budget friendly gaming rig. So far it runs great, little heat, and it runs Overwatch on ultra no problem.
be quiet! PURE ROCK CPU Cooler - 150W TDP for Ryzen
Pros: -great Price/performance -Ryzen ready! no need to order extra parts -great customer service -Yep, very quiet
Cons: -installation; Only a cross bar that holds everything down, no X pattern to evenly screw down. The rubber o-ring that keeps the brackets straight was a pain to install. The stock cooler has torque limited screws, wish this cooler had something similar.
Overall Review: This baby works, my temps drooped 10+ C degrees, I removed the included thermal compound and used Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound instead. It is top heavy, so if you plan to move you case around be very careful or remove. I thought I needed a AM4 kit, nope! it comes with these two L shape brackets that mount on the motherboard's original black cpu mount, hope you saved them when you installed the stock cooler. I wish it had a X pattern screw down but for the price you can't ask for more, overall I recommend this product and I'm very happy to deal with their customer service, they answer my emails very quickly.