Joined on 04/06/07
Don't listen to the haters, great little card.
Pros: * Packaged very well * Card is very nice looking, decent brushed aluminum cooler, not flimsy AND an aluminum backplate. * One of the higher overclocked cards. *Actually INSTOCK at somewhere close to MSRP.
Cons: *No leds I guess?
Overall Review: Ok, so after reading reviews and seeing a ton of negitive content on these cards by people who don't even own one or have seen one in action. I started digging through different specs and looked at the raw specs of the card and I saw a completely different picture. I bought 1 on release date for my younger brothers pc and tested it on my old 8300 8core system and its a lot faster than what people give it credit for even though its only a 4gb card, I tested it vs a rx460 4gb oc card and a rx570 4gb and this card beats both by a long shot. Forza 5 horizon runs great mostly high preset and pulls almost a consistent 100fps on a 24" 1920x1080 monitor. Dropped it into my brothers 3700x ryzen build on a pcie 4 board and it gained even more frames. Pretty much tackles any game we have thrown at it 1080p with mid/high settings on either system. The thing people are missing with this card is infinity cache, gpu frequency and the dd6 ram speed those are the main points to this card that makes it shine, sure it only has 4pcie lanes and 64bit bus but the raw speed of the ram and infinity cache definitely make up for it. I have had so much fun with this card I ordered another one for myself and will probably order another one for my friends build. The biggest thing I noticed with reviews regarding this card is people keep comparing it to cards way out of its league, sure some older cards are faster, but also have double the ram and a wider bus, so its not even in the same ballpark. This card isn't ment to compete with a 3060 but does hold its own, its ment to be a lower end budget card which until recently there hasn't been much market in, this card is geared for the 90%ish of gamers who don't need a top teir card to play indie games or csgo at 1080p. I am overly impressed with the card and would recommend if you need to upgrade from a low end card from 2-4years back(1030,1050 or rx 400s or rx 500s 4gb cards). I run a 6900xt and am still impressed by the size, powerdraw, and overall performance in games from this little guy. Don't believe the negativity buy one and try it yourself.
Average at best
Pros: *The monitor itself looks good at first glance *The stand is sturdy * Construction overall is nice *shipped sturdy box and packaged with all accessories. *Reasonably priced for a 27" 1920x1080 100hz screen.
Cons: *Blurry *Dull color * Viewing angles are horrible
Overall Review: I bought this for my kids' pc mainlu so she could play Fortnite and Rocket League. At first, boot up of the pc, which was brand new it seemed ok it was a bit fuzzy at first, but I figured I could adjust settings, and it would get better. I adjusted every setting, and even on desktop, the screen was blurry, blocky and colors were terrible, and I could not adjust them to look good. While playing Fortnite it was even worse, colors were horrible and washed out, the screen refresh was set on 100hz and graphics were adjusted accordingly but there was a lot of "ghosting" and alot of black/grey fog when moving around. Hooked up an LG 27" 100hz monitor from another pc to the pc I was testing to eliminate cable issue or pc issue, and it looked 100% better immediatelyat just the desktop, so sadly, it was the monitor itself. This monitor would probably be best suited for office or data entry, but personally, I wouldn't use it for that either my eyes got tired of looking at all the blurryness. I gave it 3 eggs due to the fact that while it does look nice, feels sturdy, and worked out of the box, it's not a good pick for the price point. I used it for 2 days and decided to buy a 27" Asrock Phantom Gaming 165hz monitor, which was about the same price as this one, 100x better quality and color and even better build quality. I would not buy this product again.
Not bad for the price
Pros: *5700g 8 core *3600mhz rgb Patriot ram 2x8gb kit * 550 msi power supply *Patriot 500gb M2ssd *Decent overall MSI case and build quality *Came with keyboard and mouse. *Usb wifi adapter included *all case and peripheral accessories included.
Cons: *Rgb button option on case but not hooked up. *Rgb fans are non addressable (rainbow all the time) * Motherboard is only a basic lowend MSI B450 chipset with only 2 ram slots, limited fan hookups and no rgb headers on motherboard. *Cheap plastic door on case not glass.
Overall Review: Bought on sale for a kids gaming pc for $415, overall was a steal. Could not build anything in this performance range for the cost. The items in the pictures are not exactly what you get and its listed on their website that they can change items due to availability which is fine. The system runs great as is, limited setup, downloaded Fortnite and it plays it just fine on medium high settings in dx12 on 1920x1080 27" monitor which I was impressed. The wifi adapter works great, keyboard and mouse were not at all what was pictured but a cheap chinese set but work fine for my purposes. My main issue overall is the rgb lights not working and to find out they used non addressable rgb fans and a motherboard without rgb controls and they did not hook up the case button to anything nor was it advertised as non functional. A B550 board would have been better for power phases and additional functionality and argb fans could have been added for a more complete build and better overall consumer experience if they are not very tech savy. I bought this primarily for my kids to game on, and they don't play much, but Fortnite and Rocket League, so the 5700G runs them just fine. I did, however, put a liquid cooler on mine. After running for an hour, the temps jumped 20*c and stayed there underload, pulled heatsink to find paste smeared everywhere, probably from stock heatsink. I cleaned it off and applied an appropriate amount of Noctua NT-H1 paste and installed liquid cooler temps never hit 50*C under load now. Will be upgrading board to an Asrock B550 for better cpu power phase and overall functionality and argb option. Will also swap out fans and add addressable ones and add a 32gb 4400mhz kit for max cpu/gpu efficiency and performance as the 5700g runs best on higher frequency ram and you can force up to 16gb to graphics for best performance. Other than that, the build is solid and has lots of upgrade potential with core components even adding a dedicated gpu. Overall quite pleased but gave it 3 eggs due to feeling like the build was incomplete and cheapness of some components.
Great stuff, stop looking and buy it!
Pros: *Easy application *Cost effective *There is a ton of paste in 1 tube to do multiple cpus/gpus. *Non-conductive
Cons: None
Overall Review: This stuff is awesome I was a loyal user of arctic silver 5 for years. Went looking for a non conductive alternative for gpus and laptops used some grizzly and just could not get it to work and the price for the amount was just insane. I came across Noctua NT-H1 and I just emptied my 3rd tube and ordered a 4th. I have used it on a lot of different applications, cpus, gpus, different chipset heatsinks, laptops and consoles. I have tried many other paste's and always come back to this one I use a pea size dot on cpus, little less on smaller chips and gpus the spread is awesome no air bubbles and spreads a nice even coat every time. I currently am running a 5950x 16 core that never breaks 50*c on a 240mm aio, a 5600x on a 120mm aio that doesn't break 50*c , a 3700x o/c on a 120mm aio that doesn't break 55*c, a 5700xt gpu that i removed the junk thermal pad and replaced it with nt-h1 and added some heatsinks to the vrms and it never gets over 65*c on gpu and never breaks 85*c on the junction vs before 80*c gpu and 100*c on the junction. I have an 8300 8 core overclocked to 4.5 and never breaks 60*c under load. Multiple other applications as well too many to list but they all drop in temps vs anything else. This stuff just works! I will continue to buy and recommend, its #1 in my book.
Great ram, great price
Pros: *Great looking kit and packaging. * Leds are a nice touch *plug and play with mobo on a ryzen 3700x B550 motherboard at advertised speeds.
Cons: *None so far, maybe the RGB not working right I guess.
Overall Review: Its good ram this is the 3rd kit I have bought and it runs good on 3 different systems with different setups on each system. The only issue is the rgb lights on the ram acts weird some times, haven't really messed with it as I am not all that into the rgb thing all that much but its cool i guess. It runs at 3600mhz out of the box on all my Amd setups with different cpus and motherboards, sure the timings could be a little better, but I managed to clock one kit to 16-18-18-38 stable and its still running fine, I didn't bother playing with the other kits but there is some room on the timings. Great overall.
Truly a great card
Pros: *Great performance in 4k or 2k. *Will run any game ultra settings with speed to spare. * RGB, quality fans, eye catching design. *includes card brace to reduce card flex *card is very sturdy and well built. *3-8pin power connectors to spread the power out over 3 connectors vs 2 reducing power connection failure, and keeping the board cooler in that area under heavy loads, and long term use. * Performance/Quiet mode switch (mine is on Performance because thats what the card is built for) *LED on/off switch
Cons: *The card is very heavy, although not a con for me personally in my mind to be expected at this performance level. *card takes up 3 slots and is longer than the average card(again not an issue for myself) but maybe some. *The card tends to run on the hot side in a few games just running the lobby. Ex; Cod:warzone, Pubg, other COD games and Halo also. I fixed it by limiting lobby fps to 60 fps and it runs at 40*c vs 100*c on junction temp. and 38*c vs 70*c. some poorly optimized games tend to run a bit hot, but it may be a driver or issue with game itself. *Warranty...N.E states warranty period is 3 years, Asrock website states 1 year. Not sure which is correct.
Overall Review: I really like the card and design over all. The performance is great and it benchmarks in the top 3 of all the other 6900xt cards. It runs cool enough, even on performance mode. The drivers are great. I play on a 3440x1440 34" wide screen 144hz and I get max frames on all games that i play max settings, raytracing and all that on and still can't max the card out. Coming from a 5700xt watercooled overclocked card it was a huge difference in performance. The only thing I am a little irritated about is the warranty, this being a top teir enthusiast performance product for not so little money should come with a 3 year warranty atleast. I have used nothing but asrock products and mobos for years and never had an issue, but would still like a decent warranty period in case something happens down the road as I intend on keeping this card for a while and am waiting to hear back from Asrock as to what exactly the warranty is... Overall great card for price and performance in current market obviously cheaper than other alternatives.