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Dan M.

Dan M.

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Hated at first till i magically fixed it.

AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1 GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D
AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1 GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Pros: Very fast chip. Is very snappy for windows 8.1 and runs all the games and applications i have thrown at it.

Cons: I have been building computers for ever and i love using amd chips and intel. Thing about intel is that you cant bend the pins really. When first going to install this chip into the mobo it didnt go in. I looked at the pins and 2 of them were bent. This was the first time this has ever happened. And they were bent right out of the box. Good thing i was able to carefully bend them back and the computer booted up and passed all the tests for 72 hours straight.

12/12/2013

Great Card for 4k and max 1080p

PowerColor RED DEVIL Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXRX 480 8GBD5-3DH/OC
PowerColor RED DEVIL Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXRX 480 8GBD5-3DH/OC

Pros: So far this card has been able to play the games at 4k 60fps with no issues. I dont play too many tripple A titles so i have yet to test this card on witcher, or doom or those type, Overwatch 4k with vsync on using my asus 4k monitor never drops below 60fps. League of Legends(not a demanding game), not really worth mentioning its fps since its in the hundreds. Diablo 3 at 4k same things as overwatch doesnt drop below 60fps in large battles. Fallout runs it pretty well, sometimes drops into the 40's but usually comes right back to the 60 mark. So far have been very impressed with this card, outperforms my evga 970 in every game and has more consistent numbers while doing 4k gaming. Have ony seen it use a max of about 4 gigs of the memory while running multiple games. Overclocked it about 100 mhz on memory and the core and still idles at the normal temps of about 26c.

Cons: While watching regular 1080p videos on youtube or a movie card gets up to 80c which is pretty ridiculous. I know they have a target temp that the card tries to reach. I use msi afterburner to set the fans to run a bit more than the 866rpm they pretty much always run at until i run a more intensive program. Highest ive seen this card go was about 82c and thats 30c+ higher than my previous 290x toxic edition card. Still performs very well for being so hot. Makes my liquid cooler quite a bit hotter as well and im using an h100i in a full tower in push pull. The fans on the radiator kick on quite a bit more often now with the new card giving off so much more heat, will probably liquid cool this card in the upcoming months.

Overall Review: Monitor- PB287Q 16 gigs of gskill 2400 6700k

So far so good

MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: So far I have almost had this board 2 and a half years without any issues at all. I'm running an 8320 at 4.5 ghz with a 290x an ssd. Processor is liquid cooled and isles around 19c with the voltage bumped up a bit. I'm using a full tower case by nzxt and have 8 fans. Literally have had zero issues since owning it. Bios updates are fine and runs everything I've done with and I clean everything once a month.

Cons: The heat sinks or lack of on the capacitors for the processor is kind of bad but have yet to see the board itself get hot at all

Overall Review: Don't blame your motherboard if you fry it trying to oc your processor or for when it quits. I still have a 2011 socket motherboard with an oc 3820 in it that had been over clocked to 4.4 water cooked, works like a charm.

Amazing Keyboard

Tt eSPORTS KB-POI-BRBLUS-01 POSEIDON Illuminated Mechanical Keyboard - Brown Switch Edition
Tt eSPORTS KB-POI-BRBLUS-01 POSEIDON Illuminated Mechanical Keyboard - Brown Switch Edition

Pros: I have used a lot of mechanical keyboards including razers, and das keyboards. The razer keyboard i had the blue switches and the das i had brown. This keyboard is my favorite from the bunch that ive used and tested. The keys are quiet but still have that great feel that you get from a mech keyboard. The brightness settings are really nice, its goes really bright. The keyboard weighs quite a bit more than the razer blackwidow and some more than the das. This is also smaller than both of those keyboards. The rubber feet are very grippy, this thing wont go anywhere.

Cons: None so far. The cable could be braided but thats really nit picky.

Overall Review: Fantastic keyboard. Out of blue, brown, black, and green switches, this is the most comfortable for me to type on and to game on. It also doesnt keep my roommates awake at night when im gaming through the night.

Great Processor

AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX
AMD FX-8320 - FX-8000 Series Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - FD8320FRHKBOX

Pros: I have been building computers for a long time and for the price, this chip is very impressive. I have it paired with a 7970 and 8 gigs or corsair vengeance ram. gaming on ultra 1920x1080 in bf3 on larger 64 player maps im getting highs in the 90's and a low of 55. Ive never seen it dip below the 55 mark. Steaming League of Legends full hd and max graphics settings i never drop below 70fps. This chip is very good for streaming, better than my 4670k.

Cons: Im not sure why amd includes heat sinks anymore, just wasting material. Seriously sounded like a jet, even upon startup the very first time. Liquid cool it or you're in for an ear ache.

Overall Review: Easily sticks with any i5 or i7 in gaming and i have had computers with both.

Pretty fast

WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Ive have built the majority of my computers using wd hdd and this one might be my new favorite. It is very fast for being mechanical and i got it for 59.99 dollars. Installed windows 8.1 on it and i boot up in under 12 seconds. Everything is very snappy.

Cons: So far i have not encountered any

12/12/2013