Joined on 07/01/05
Great!! Amazing for some games
Overall Review: I swapped my 5600x for this and I have another system with a 12600K ... All I can say is this processor is great. And for about a third of games it's absolutely insane... Back 4 Blood, a game that typically has frame stutter due to all of the many AI characters runs flawlessly now. 3080ti with this rarely drops below 200fps. Love it
Silent Assasin?
Pros: Works.. I think
Cons: A video card that I have had no problem for 3 years suddenly fried 5 minutes into the first intense graphic video game I played when connected to this new PSU. And the light that comes on the video card now? It stands for insufficient power. Will sometimes boot half way up and just crash with that light.
Overall Review: It's likely this psu had something to do with this video card dying. How much? Inconclusive.
Can't Believe How Quiet This Is
Overall Review: I've owned every flagship card under the sun.. this is by far the quietest I've owned.
Excellent Board
Pros: A+ Entry Level Board Performance on par with much more expensive variants Enough features Will support 13th Gen Great Bios
Cons: My set of Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-3200 had to be run in XMP-II mode for system to be stable; flawless after Bios setting change with 12600K
Overall Review: Overall excellent entry level board on Z690
Amazing Gaming Monitor - Teenagers Dream
Pros: Big beautiful Awesome refresh rate Great stand Smooth
Cons: Not a great reading monitor, but good enough Response time not as fast as some of the competition, but for me I don't notice
Overall Review: Update: In hindsight I wouldn't buy this again. 2 reasons. Noticable backlight bleed in the corners. Slow response times. Very solid, worth the coin. If you need better readability maybe consider the FI27Q for a bit extra
EVGA did well in this generation (I own two)- Solid NVIDIA Card
Pros: Great performance Runs cooler than AMD Solid Drivers and Support
Cons: Expensive considering new generation is 5-6 months away
Overall Review: I originally bought a 5700 xt wanting bang for buck performance, that's normally my strategy.. However, the software/drivers were an absolutely nightmare. Tons of crashes, sensors stopped reading, they were awful. So I bought what I should have to begin with. Wish I had gotten this to begin with . Unfortunately can't get all of those hours of my life back.