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Michael K.

Michael K.

Joined on 09/01/04

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Most Favorable Review

Great Motherboard

ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 PG VELOCITA AM4 AMD B550 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 PG VELOCITA AM4 AMD B550 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I was surprised to see the bios was 2.2, Windows 11 ready, which is all I needed to see to start my build. I used an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x along with 32 MB G.Skill memory. The system booted right up without any problems. I installed all the new drivers and was able to go back to work at a much faster speed, all was good.

Cons: For my use Gaming, internet, there was no cons it has everting I need.

Overall Review: I have used AsRock products for 15 years and never had a bad experience they have always been 100% right out of the box. I cannot make that claim for a lot of others I have used. I have always found them to be reliable at a great price.

Most Critical Review

Flashpoint

Operation Flashpoint: Red River PC Game
Operation Flashpoint: Red River PC Game

Pros: In single player the AI is better than the previous game DR the video and game play are very good not quite to COD standards but story line makes up for that and you are free to move around as you like. You can heal fellow teammates and yourself.

Cons: No fairness in combat one hit and your down, they are deadly accurate seam to shoot through walls at times you die a lot. When shooting them it takes a least 3 hits for a kill and you must expose yourself to fire. If you see one in the open you aim and fire but your shot don't count you are instantly dead. If you cross a field the mortar fire kills you and you never know where it is coming from if you hide behind a wall the mortar drops right on top of you. When you are wounded the health restore takes a long time and if a enemy comes along you cannot switch to a weapon in time to make a kill you are dead. Than all the way back and start over.

Overall Review: I have played Arma II all the way through played DR all the way along with all the COD, but this one I am just about to give up on it. You play for 30 minuets get hit by a mortar and have to play the whole thing over no personal saves. I have been playing games since Wolfinstine 3D and this may be the first game I will never finish.

G.Skill always a great product

G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS
G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model F4-3200C16D-16GIS

Pros: I have been using the brand in all my builds for over 10 years and have never had a problem. This pair of memory in the kit were no exception they were recognized and set to the speed they were designed for in the AsRock B550. Thats all I ask for in a ram kit.

Cons: I have no cons to report..

Overall Review: I highly recommend this product, from my experience it is reliable at a great price.

Black is better than blue

WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD1003FZEX
WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD1003FZEX

Pros: Insulation was fast and straight forward I used software from WD to format and set up drive. This replaced a WD blue which also was 7200 RPM with 64MB cache and I found load times and overall performance to be greatly improved in this WD Black. The blue has been flawless over the past 5 years and will now live in external adapter as back up.

Cons: Their were no cons with this drive.

Overall Review: I may be bias as I have used WD for the past 25 years without any loss of data.

The Best

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler, 4 CDC Heatpipes, 120mm PWM Fan, Aluminum Fins for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151

Pros: All I can do is confirm what is said here by others. I have used this on all my builds AMD and Intel and it has preformed beautifully and is not going to break the bank. All the construction is high quality and built to last.

Cons: I have installed many of these through the years so I do not have a problem, but for a first timer the instructions are not that helpful. I feel that separate more detailed instructions would be a welcome improvement.

Overall Review: Keeping all my processors running cool for 15 years thanks to a fine product. If this won't cool it you may need to check your install or move on to water.

12/18/2016

Excellent Motherboard

ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Installed with all my components and updated the bios. You will need to up date the bios as their have been many changes made. Installed win 10 and it has played games without any issue. The bios update was easy and so was the setup. This board has all the features I was looking for and a lot I may never use but are their if I want to in the future. The Lan and sound are really good.

Cons: I have no cons on the motherboard it is exactly what I wanted and everything connected without issue. The utilities are a little buggy but that has nothing to do with the motherboard that is a extra that you may want or not.

Overall Review: I use this for it's intended purpose gaming, I do very little other than games on this computer and if I can't run ultra and smooth I feel it has to go. I have this set up with the i7-4790k with the GTX 1080 27'' Asus HD Monitor it plays everything ultra nonstop, no stuttering, no crash and the Lan is really good they got that part right.

12/18/2016