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richard g.

richard g.

Joined on 09/26/04

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Most Favorable Review

Works like a charm.

Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)
Thermaltake Toughpower TPD-0750M - SLI / CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi Modular Cables Black Active PFC Power Supply Intel Haswell Ready (PS-TPD-0750MPCGUS-1)

Pros: Running a R9-290x 8GB video card, 32 BG of board memory, 7- 120mm fans, 5 on the case, 2 on the CPU cooler in push pull config, 4 LED lit. 5 HD's and 2 Blu Ray burners. Nothing overclocked, and it works like a charm. Always loved the modular cable supplies, because you only have to connect what cables you need. It's quiet too.

Cons: None really, except the mother board and the CPU power cables are not detachable, and should not be. They are a standard connection in all computers.

Overall Review: If I ever need another PS for my other computers, I will buy this one for them. Hope it's no time soon though.

Most Critical Review

Did I get a bad card?

Kingston 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model SD10V/16GB
Kingston 16GB Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash Card Model SD10V/16GB

Pros: Just the price.

Cons: This card only wrote barely above Class 2. Yes it read at over class 10 speed. Used dual cards on Cam in backup mode. The Kingston played back poorly and hesitated also. My other brand class 10, 16 GB card wrote @ class 10, and had no problem playing the video back.

Overall Review: Always check the flash cards with a read/write program, before you buy 1 or more of that brand. SDCH cards are known for exaggerating the write speeds.

Motherboard works great with Ryzen 9 390X.

ASRock X570 PRO4 AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASRock X570 PRO4 AM4 AMD X570 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Motherboard works fine with Ryzen 9 390X. On seller websites it says the board has a max of 128GB RAM, and that is why I bought it. The manual when I bought it, and on ASRocks website manual says there is a max of 64GB. I wrote ASRock and they showed me a list of compatible memory, and it showed one 32GB module, but no one was selling it. Last week Corsair Vengeance came out with a new 32GB module and said it was compatible with the new 570 motherboards. I bought two pieces and they work great. I'm going to buy two more. Has to go into A2, B2 slots on the MB. It didn't work with them in the A1, B1 slots and 2 sticks of my old 16GB of memory in A2, B2. Once I switched I now have 96GB of total RAM. My DAW sounds much cleaner with this MB and CPU. The thread activity when playing back, looks like my old MB when my music was stopped and the sound engine idling.

Cons: The only con I found, was that there is only one USB2, connector on the top of the motherboard. So you either have to use the USB2 connectors on the front of the case, or with a extra USB back plate that goes into the slot. There were plenty of USB connectors in the back of the motherboard for my need, so I removed the extra USB2 backplate from the card slots and used the USB2 connector for the front of the case along with the USB3 connectors.

Favorite monitor

Perfect pixel LG CINEMA 3D DM2752D-PN 27" Full HD TV Monitor LED IPS Glossy Panel HDMI + 3D Glasses
Perfect pixel LG CINEMA 3D DM2752D-PN 27" Full HD TV Monitor LED IPS Glossy Panel HDMI + 3D Glasses

Pros: IPS screen, 3D glasses included. Very bright screen, and colors. I bought it to replace a 3D LG 2343P monitor that I found out had a faulty HDMI input that I didn't use until I moved it to another computer 2 years after I bought it.

Cons: Shipped from Korea, but time here to the East coast was fast. Would have gotten here earlier if plane didn't break down in Alaska. Great tracking though. Too bad New Egg doesn't keep these in a US factory, they would probably sell more. One step changing the menu from Korean to English is a slight pain.

Overall Review: When I have the money in my pocket I will by another.

Card I always wanted

PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 290X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXR9 290X 8GBD5-PPDHE
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 290X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Graphics Card AXR9 290X 8GBD5-PPDHE

Pros: The price and 8 GB of memory. Fast GPU.

Cons: Had to upgrade motherboard. The R9-290 series does not work well with AMD 700 and 800 series motherboard north chipsets. No problems with the 900 series. The card is also real long almost 12" long (305mm), you have to make sure it doesn't hit your hard drive or optical disc frame. I had to swap computer cases. The depth of you computer case is not the only factor, it is the arrangement and placement of what's behind the PCIe sockets you are using. The card also takes up 3 slots sizes with the fans. So keep that in mind too.

Overall Review: I don't play games, and I'm using dual monitors. So far I haven't seen much difference with the 270X with 2 GB, that I could notice for the extra money. Maybe you can see it playing games. My main use is graphic animation. This card made the 290X and 8GB affordable for me.

Works just fine

Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Orange Heat Spreader) Model TLAD316G1600HC10ADC01
Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Orange Heat Spreader) Model TLAD316G1600HC10ADC01

Pros: Price, and it matched my DDR3 1600 of the 16GB memory I had installed.

Cons: None, except I believe desktop memory prices are higher than what they could be.

Overall Review: Would by without a blink for another computer.