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Maxuel C.

Maxuel C.

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Good features and only mATX x570 board at the moment

ASRock X570M PRO4 AM4 AMD X570 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock X570M PRO4 AM4 AMD X570 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: - Good set of I/O for it's price range. Two USB gen 3.2 gen 2 (one type A, one type C). - Two m.2 PCIE capacity. - 6 SATA ports. - Two x16 length PCIe slots. - No issues running my 3700X at AMDs advertised boost frequencies using PBO. Have not overclocked yet. - Worked great with four sticks of G.Skill Trident Z RGB at XMP profile. Two identical dual channel kits, single rank, 3600 and C18. (F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX) - Provisions for M.2 wifi card + two holes in I/O shield. - Four RGB headers, one for Ryzen, two 12VGBR and one addressable.

Cons: - Have issues fast booting (really a quick post) using NVME drive. By disabling CSM the UEFI won't recognize the M.2 drive. No biggie. - Fan control only allows to monitor motherboard (wherever that is, prob SB) and CPU. Would have like to also be able to control fans near the GPU by its temp. - No power, reset or CMOS buttons on the board. Must jump pins. - No post code readout, only LED lights. - Not SLI compatible (who does that these days?). - Have read that it has a mediocre power delivery design, but I have not pushed the system to find out. - No flash BIOS (UEFI) without CPU capability.

Overall Review: The mATX format is almost dead, but not quite. Good call from ASRock, now they have the only option available. Would have liked better features for it's price, but I do understand that it is a niche form factor and they won't make as many compared to ATX. System: - AMD Ryzen 3700X - Corsair H100i V1 (AM3+ mount plate) - EVGA 1080ti SC Black - Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB - Fractal Define Mini S TG - EVGA 850W G3 - and some more irrelevant stuff

Nice Far Cry 3 DLC... not really, it's a great game

Far Cry 4 [Online Game Code]
Far Cry 4 [Online Game Code]

Pros: Jokes aside, it is a fantastic game. Shares a LOT with Far Cry 3 and that's a very good thing. Think about Far Cry 3 with slightly better graphics, different story and location. You can interact more with animals, as in ride an elephant. You are looking at maybe more than 30 hrs of game play if you just play the campaign and get all collectibles. The story is just OK, but could be a lot worse. I liked it.

Cons: Some stutter and no Dolby Live (5.1) support. The stutter thing most probably will be fixed with a patch, but I doubt they will add Dolby Live support (license and stuff savings). You can still play it in Dolby 2.1 or in 5.1/7.1 with DTS, analog board I/O or via HDMI. Story wise... I would have liked a more rewarding ending like Far Cry 3. Don't get me wrong, it is a good ending.

Overall Review: Runs above 80 FPS on average in my system in ultra settings @1080p. EVGA GTX 970 FTW X97 ASUS Maximus Gene VII 32gb DDR3 2400mhz memory Intel i7 4790K

Fast, but noisy

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling Graphics Card

Pros: Great FPS value. The card is very fast and run games beautifully. Haven't had a game running lower than 30 FPS @1080p no matter the settings. Most games do well over 60 FPS in average at ultra. It offers a great value compare the the 980. This one specifically is fairly overclocked from the get go, so you don't have to tinker much with it to get full potential. Will get a second one when I get a higher resolution monitor or if new games demand it.

Cons: The only con is noise. Thankfully I have no coil noise like others have reported, but the fans are pretty noisy. I have it running the fans 55% at approximately 65C. It gets pretty noisy with my fairly open and well ventilated case. This is why I take an egg off. I won't even mention getting upwards to 80% fan speed...

Overall Review: My system (relevant parts): i7-4790K processot H100i liquid cooler 32gb DDR2 2400mhz memory Asus Z97 Maximus Gene VII motherboard Obsidian 350D case with stock fans

11/30/2014

1.5 using it and no issues

PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 1250 Watt 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-ZX1250W)
PC Power & Cooling ZX Series 1250 Watt 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Active PFC Performance Grade ATX PC Power Supply (OCZ-ZX1250W)

Pros: Excellent value. I have overclocked my CPU and GPU's with no issues. Does what is suppose to, very well.

Cons: Very long... doesn't fit in my Mini-ITX project :(. Well is a 1200W PSU after all

Overall Review: The is running: two HDDs one SSD two power hungry GTX280's in SLI until recently (using a GTX660 now) four 2gb DDR2 OC @ 1066mhz sticks Core 2 Quad Q9550 OC @ 3.4 mhz one DVD/RW drive seven 120mm fans

Extended the life of my aging PC

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Excellent car for the price! Got it got for $169.99 after rebate with Splinter Cell Blacklist and uplay gave me Splinter Cell Conviction for free also! I replaced two Evga GTX280 in SLI configuration mainly to be able to play DirectX 11 games. Although my Quad Core Q9550 (3.2ghz OC) is bottle necking the system now, this card gave new life to my rig! Most games run at max above 50 fps in my 1080p monitor even with my old mobo and CPU holding back. Excellent card for the price and just a bit more expensive than the 650 TI Boost. At the end subtracting the value of the games as uplay sell them, the card end up costing $80! Now I can wait for the next gen of processors and video cards to build my new rig.

Cons: None so far!

Overall Review: Intel Quad Core Q9550 OC @ 3.2 ghz 4x2gb PC8500 Ram @ 1066mhz Evga 780i FTW mobo Win 7 Profesional

Work as expected

Rexus PST-3 Digital Power Supply Tester with LCD
Rexus PST-3 Digital Power Supply Tester with LCD

Pros: Work as expected. Found the my PSU is working fine. Probably my mobo died. Shows volate if is within correct parameters. Will show LL for low voltage and HH for high voltage. Great value.

Cons: Bad packaging and lack of good instruction. Come on, the manufacturer can't include at least some more words? Some things I had to figure them out by myself... That's why it gave it 4 eggs.

Overall Review: Very good for the price.