TheShaz
Description
I wish I could give a better picture, my phone got dropped and it killed the camera, had to borrow my kids phone to get a pic.
Just upgraded to the 1002 BIOS, got the Ram up to 3200 by just setting the speed to 3200
Haven't worked on the CPO OC yet, letting the BIOS get caught up. And since I am going from a 1st gen i7 to this beast.....it is fast enough :)
Took a while to get the Mobo in, allot of us were in the same boat. All items were purchased from Amazon expect the motherboard, Newegg had some in stock.
The build went pretty easy. Ended up placing the rad fans ABOVE the top of the case and the rad below with the fans set to suck air thru the rad. I plan on getting a RGB fan for the side panel and 2x rgb led strips.
I had the 0902(which was the new BIOS at the time of the build) ready on a thumb drive, I flashed it once it was built and it posted with zero issues, OS install also went well.
This thing is QUIET, compared to my last rig, so quiet I tend to look over to see if the fans are still spinning :)
Part Reviews
CPU
AMD is back! - So far no issues with this CPU - Blazing fast and more cores than you can shake a stick at
CPU Cooler
Was a tad tricky with this case, I had to put the fans in the top area above the case proper and the rad underneath with the fans sucking air thru the rad.
It works.
CPU running nice and cool.
Motherboard
I will not dock any stars over the delay to receive this.
Easy to install, the locations of the port & connections are good. BIOS updates are coming out and as of today was able to get my ram to run @ 3200. Planning on getting 2x RGB LED strips :)
Looks nice in the case.
Memory
Look great as of today was able to get them to run @ 3200 with a BIOS update.
Wish I could sync the LEDS to the motherboard. But they still look nice.
Storage
Going from a 1st gen i7 and a 7200 rpm Boot HD to this.....NIGHT & DAY ! ! !
This drive is fast. It is so nice to boot in under 10 seconds! So nice for apps to just POP up and run.
Storage
Big fat storage drive for media. It works.
Video Card
Takes all the games I have with full settings on high.
Case
I wanted a white case, don't ask why. It looks nice. The fans that came with are very quiet. I like the LED on the back panel so you can see when you connect things.
I'm happy with it :)
Power Supply
MODULAR BABY!
The install was made easier by this PSU. Once you go full modular, you don't go back.
Operating System
Bill Gates got his $ from me.
Win 10 is a huge step above Win 8.1 my last rig was running Win 7
It installed, its legit. And it hasn't crashed yet. That's a plus....right?
Monitor
Looks great. The control button at the bottom works very well for switching from input to input.
Keyboard
I am having fun with this. Programming my own LED settings.
Typing is real nice on this, a full mechanical keyboard. Gaming is nice too. You KNOW if you clicked the key or not.
Mouse
I might get a different mouse, at times it feels too small for my hand. My had size is not larger than a standard adult male and there is no way my thumb is going to be dexterous enough to hit those buttons closer to the back of the mouse.
Speakers
Sounds goods, looks good and it wasn't too expensive either.
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