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Bret K.

Bret K.

Joined on 05/31/14

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Most Favorable Review

case okay...but psu!

RAIDMAX Blade ATX-298WBP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply
RAIDMAX Blade ATX-298WBP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: big case, good design, still trying to figure out how to take my faceplate off and install a front fan though...

Cons: horrible power supply!!!!!!!! seriously! it sparked and started my couch on fire! thankfully i was around to smack it out!!! smelt so horrible in that psu after that that I had to throw it away. cables were not long enough either.

Overall Review: four stars since i like the case...but horrible psu NEVER AGAIN will i trust a psu bought with a case from Raidmax.

Most Critical Review

you get what you pay for

ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ FM2+ 95W / FM2 100W AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ FM2+ 95W / FM2 100W AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: -great for budget building -works well in general

Cons: -no usb 3.0 -sata II -only vga output from board

Overall Review: you get what you pay for a 40$ board only has so much on it

okay,

AMD A8-6600K - A-Series APU Richland Quad-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 100W AMD Radeon HD 8570D Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD660KWOHLBOX
AMD A8-6600K - A-Series APU Richland Quad-Core 3.9 GHz Socket FM2 100W AMD Radeon HD 8570D Desktop Processor - Black Edition - AD660KWOHLBOX

Pros: -good speed -quad core -overclocks well (use bios though software doesn't know much about apus) - 30 fps on 720p benchmark -cheap system builds and htpc's would make good use of this

Cons: - thought graphics might be a little more powerful - fm2 doesn't support pci-e 3.0 on most mobo's - no winning lotto numbers -with the limited graphics you have to ask yourself if going into the fx line 6300 or even getting a x4 750k and graphics card would be a wiser move if you spent a few extra dollars more total in the combo of cpu+gpu individual - price for dual core a6-6400 is 60-ish is the step up worth it?

Bottle neck possible?

Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Seagate BarraCuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Does exactly what it says, very high quality drive. Very happy with it overall.

Cons: -Still no winning lottery numbers - only 16mb cache

Overall Review: you get what you order, i believe that firmly this is a high quality drive, and if you need it at this price point it is great. But, keep in mind the cache size and that it is 500gb for me thats more than enough space for programs only as i don't video or store games on my hdd.