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Douglas W.

Douglas W.

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Great thus far.

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 (RX6800XT PGD 16GO)
ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 (RX6800XT PGD 16GO)

Pros: -Couple percent behind 3080 at 4K and couple percent better at 1440 or below for 30% less money. -Best FPS per dollar out right now in a decent gaming card. After 2 years, finally GPUs below MSRP. -3 display port outputs. I need that for my 2 monitors and VR headset.

Cons: -It's big and heavy. Considerably bigger than at 5700XT - see pics. Make sure you have room. -Comes with nothing in the box. Not an adapter, cable, or even a sticker.

Overall Review: I think this is a good card for the money. New cards are coming out right now, but even with the 4090 that just came out, this is still the best performance per dollar out there. It doesn't outperform it, but it costs way less. This is a 300 watt card, so make sure your 750 watt power supply has at least 2 rails with dual eight-pin connectors or 3 rails with single eight-pins. PCIE rails are only good for about 200ish watts, so you can't run this off one wire without being a fire or damage hazard.

10/11/2022

No problems. Good value.

MSI B450M BAZOOKA MAX WI-FI w/ DDR4-2666, 7.1 Audio, M.2, Gigabit LAN, 802.11ac
MSI B450M BAZOOKA MAX WI-FI w/ DDR4-2666, 7.1 Audio, M.2, Gigabit LAN, 802.11ac

Pros: Price. Good compatibility for all current Zen processors. (3000-1000 series) Wifi at this pricepoint.

Cons: Few fan headers. Not a fan of the bios.

Overall Review: I bought this and a Silverstone GD09 case to make a small home theater PC with extra parts after my last upgrade. I wanted to run the older parts, but be able to run my 3700x in the future once my main gaming PC gets upgraded. Plopped in a R5 1600, 16GB of DDR4 3000, RX-480, Blu-ray drive, SSD boot drive and 10 yr old power supply. Fired up first try with no issues. Runs great. The bios isn't as intuitive or streamlined as ASUS or Gigabyte boards I've had, but it does the trick. This isn't an enthusiast overclocking board, so you won't be fiddling in the bios much. Set it and forget it unless you add new hardware. The board is a nice black color, but fairly plain. The board only has a CPU fan header and 2 case fan headers, so if you want more than 2 case fans you'll need a fan controller. Wifi has good signal to the router upstairs and doesn't seem to slow down the internet any compared to my main hardwired computer upstairs. I have no large negatives about this board. It was the cheapest available motherboard with some basic VRM cooling when I bought it... and it had onboard Wifi. If you're an enthusiast wanting all the bells and whistles, get a more expensive full-sized ATX board. If you are looking to make a smaller form factor gaming PC or work computer, this does everything you need. I would buy again.

Good value at this time.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8G Graphics Card, PCIe 4.0, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-R57XTGAMING OC-8GD Video Card
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8G Graphics Card, PCIe 4.0, 8GB 256-Bit GDDR6, GV-R57XTGAMING OC-8GD Video Card

Pros: Good build quality. Good performance. Neutral color scheme. Not overly large.

Cons: Drivers are much better than at launch, but there can still be a small bug every now and again.

Overall Review: I got this to replace a Strix Vega 64 due to how hot and loud it was. This card has a small, but noticeable increase in performance at 3440x1440. It is much quieter and cooler than my Vega. It's hard to hear it over my case fans, which are also running slower due to less heat being dumped inside my case (Crystal 570). CPU is running cooler now too (3700x). I'm very happy with the purchase. It's a large quality-of-life improvement over the old Vega, that I payed significantly more for during the mining boom.

Good solid motherboard.

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS PRO WIFI AMD Ryzen 3000 PCIe 4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.2 AMD X570 ATX Motherboard
GIGABYTE X570 AORUS PRO WIFI AMD Ryzen 3000 PCIe 4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.2 AMD X570 ATX Motherboard

Pros: Good VRM with finned heatsink. 7 Fan or pump headers. Large compatible memory list. Sturdy board with plenty of copper. High quality LAN, sound and wifi.

Cons: No dual bios switch, clear cmos button or post code. RGB software is lackluster (not a big con).

Overall Review: Edit: to people having post issues, are you using the correct DDR slots labeled on the board? I know my computer posts in seconds. The only time I've ever had a long post was when I pushed the memory too far and boot failed (it takes a long time for the default bios to auto-load). I chose this over the comparable Asrocks due to the much larger memory compatibility list, and over the comparable Asus and MSI boards due to it having enough fan headers for how many fans I have (5 case + CPU). Running a 3700X with 16GB of TridentZ 3600 CL16 memory with zero issues during setup. It is almost identical to the Ultra, except for having 1 less M.2 slot, so no need to get the more expensive board unless you need 3 M.2 slots. Stepping down to the cheaper Elite you will lose wifi, the high quality vrm heatsink, a M.2 heat spreader, a very small sound quality bump, and 3 fan/pump headers. I'm very happy with this purchase thus far.

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Mushkin Enhanced Pilot M.2 2280 500GB PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDPL500GB-D8
Mushkin Enhanced Pilot M.2 2280 500GB PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDPL500GB-D8

Pros: Quicker than SATA drives.

Cons: Looks bad.

Overall Review: Got this for my OS / main programs on a Ryzen 3000 upgrade. The M.2 drive on my last computer is going in to work with the rest of the core components. In Crystal Diskmark, it is 50%-500% faster than my Samsung SATA drive depending on the transfer size being tested. It isn't pretty, but my motherboard has heat spreaders that hide the drive. I'm quite happy with the purchase. It is working great thus far. PCIe or SATA standards are both much faster than traditional hard drives, but it somewhat noticeable that PCIe is faster than SATA. Be sure you put it in the M.2 slot closest to the CPU as a rule of thumb. Those are usually the better slot.

Works great on Ryzen 3000

G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZSW
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-16GTZSW

Pros: Infinity Fabric runs nearly full speed on Ryzen 3000 Samsung B-die Looks nice in my build

Cons: None

Overall Review: Ran at 3600 16-16-16-36 1T Command no issues on my Gigabyte X570 Pro Wifi with only setting the XMP profile in the bios. I did set the Command rate at 1T in the bios after setup, just to be sure since the SPD states 2T, but it did it on its own. Paired this with a 3700x and it's very snappy. Always check your motherboard's QVL list on the manufacturer's website before buying memory, but this is probably on it for AM4 400 / 500 series or Intel (some exceptions, *cough* Asrock *cough*). Very happy with the purchase.

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Ordered 1080p camera. Got a cheap 640p knock-off. Avoid.

What arrived was not what was shown and described. Ordered a 1080p webcam to match one I already own. What arrived was a junky 640p webcam that looked similar to what is pictured, but was not labeled as 1080p and was of inferior build quality.

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