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Christina R.

Christina R.

Joined on 11/29/06

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Most Favorable Review

Amazing bored but read the "CONS" section of my review for important info!

ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi LGA 1700(Intel 12th,13th & 14th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0, DDR5,4xM.2/NVMe SSD,14+1 power stages,WiFi 6,front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C®,Thunderbolt 4
ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi LGA 1700(Intel 12th,13th & 14th Gen) ATX gaming motherboard(PCIe 5.0, DDR5,4xM.2/NVMe SSD,14+1 power stages,WiFi 6,front USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C®,Thunderbolt 4

Pros: Its a TUF board! It looks....TUF! Has an external wifi antenna if you need wifi Supports 13th gen which is why I bought it Has a tiny bit of RBG which is a nice touch Its just a simple motherboard. Nothing fancy or anything.

Cons: This board doesn't have a CMOS reset button on the back of the board for easy access. You have jump the pins. No big deal but most boards nowadays have that. It also doesn't have the button that allows for an easy BIOS update which is critical as you will read below. If you are going to be using an Intel 13th gen Raptor Lake CPU on this bored then you **MUST** use an older 12th gen Alder Lake CPU first to get into the BIOS and update it so it will accept your 13 gen CPU. There is no getting around this! You must have access to a 12 gen Alder Lake CPU to update the BIOS! I went to Micro Center and bought a 12 gen CPU just to update the BIOS so my 13th gen would work and then I returned the 12 gen CPU when I was done with it. Micro Center allows you to do that so if you live near one then do that. Otherwise you will need to find another way to acquire a 12th gen CPU and find a way to return it when your done with it.

Overall Review: Its a great board! Looks awesome. Has all the connections I needed. The biggest issue is what I said in the "CON" section. Some people will buy this board not knowing/understanding they need to use a 12 gen CPU to update the BIOS before they can use their new 13 gen CPU. These motherboard companies are NOT at all communicating this very well to their customers so they know.

Most Critical Review

Meh....

NVIDIA Gift PC Game Assassin's Creed 3
NVIDIA Gift PC Game Assassin's Creed 3

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: I gave it to a friend as I already owned it. She got it to activate after about 2 hours of talking on the phone and getting a new serial number as the one we had didn't seem to work. She never gave up!! lol. As far as I know she still is enjoying the game. There is no reason why so many people in this product review section of this product are having so many issues with this. This shouldn't be happening and the game company or Nvidia (whoever is responsible) should be making this easier to do and not as complicated not to mention the errors that can occur. The Borderlands 2 code activated in less than 30 seconds on steam and I was downloading in about 2 minutes. Playing an hour later if that. That code was easy to activate but STEAM is an awesome program also :D :D

This Sucker is insanly fast

Seagate FireCuda 530 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe 1.4 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ZP1000GM3A013
Seagate FireCuda 530 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe 1.4 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ZP1000GM3A013

Pros: Its a Seagate FireCuda NVMe! This sucker is...fast. Like, super fast. I got it for a boot drive and a game drive and I am not disappointed. Load times have just gone away with this sucker. Its amazing. From the review sites this drive is apparently incredibly reliable which is good also.

Cons: None? The drive is simply amazing.

Overall Review: This is my first NVMe drive. I did my research and bought this. Glad I did cause its faster then most as long as you hardware can support the max speeds the drive advertises. You wanna bot Windows, games, and programs stupid fast? Buy this.

Its DDR5!

CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model CMK32GX5M2D6000C36
CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model CMK32GX5M2D6000C36

Pros: 1. Prices on DDR5 are finally dropping! 2. Its faster then DDR4 and has lower power consumption. 3. There is no RGB which is very nice for someone like me. 4. Paired this with my new i7-13700k and its awesome 5. These are low profile which I prefer. I also use a NH-D15 cooler so I wanted low profile ram. 6. The price! I got $15 bucks saved on these suckers when they were on sale the other week. 7. XMP profile worked flawless. Running at 5600 and happy as could be

Cons: None at all for me

Overall Review: Very reliable brand. DDR5 is the latest and greatest currently. Speed are insane when you overclock it and its stable. If your motherboard supports DDR5 then get it....now.

Solid Drive

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5"/7mm Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0A
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5"/7mm Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0A

Pros: It does what it does. I am currently using it for my PS4 Pro as my stock HDD died. Super fast for the PS4 and I am happy. Its a WD which means its gonna be reliable and has a decent warranty. I got this drive when it was on sale so I saved few bucks which was nice.

Cons: Its a WD solid State Drive. There are not any cons IMO.

Overall Review: Its a cheap drive price wise. Its reliable. SSDs last a long freaking time. Just buy it if you need a little bit of storage and not a terabyte or more.

Late Review-Currently 2019!

ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Not gonna list anything as it really doesn't matter now.

Cons: Not gonna list anything as it really doesn't matter now.

Overall Review: Its currently April 2019 and this board is currently being used as a YouTube machine mostly for my twin 3yr old boys to watch while in their room. Board used to be used for gaming. Did its main job amazingly well and is still kicking to this day. Cannot complain about how reliable this board is! I eventually upgraded this board in my main gaming rig to a Sabertooth x58. SO I suppose if you have a reason to get an old x58 board and you need one then get this one. Mine is still in amazing condition and is still doing its job to this day with no issues. Super late review but better then never I suppose!