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Yvan L.

Yvan L.

Joined on 12/07/10

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Most Favorable Review

This case is a unicorn

ASUS AP201 Type-C Airflow-focused Micro-ATX,Mini-ITX Computer Case, Support 360/280 Liquid Cooling - Black
ASUS AP201 Type-C Airflow-focused Micro-ATX,Mini-ITX Computer Case, Support 360/280 Liquid Cooling - Black

Pros: This thing is the magical unicorn I have been waiting for 20 years! Granted there is nothing special about it, but that is exactly the point. It's gorgeous without bling, well conceived, extremely well vented, it can fit a Matx or ITX with a 4090, a 13900k, a 360mm cooler, my 1600W psu, 1x 2.5 + 3x 3.5 (or 4x 2.5) drive, plus a few fans. All panel pop off. no glass, no rgb... just everything you need for a pretty decent rig while taking half the height of a ATX case. This case pickup where the NR200 dropped the ball.

Cons: Well there has to be a con, so i'll say the venting. It is so well vented that dust is going to get everywhere... But I fixed that with a few magnetic screen from elsewhere installed on the inside. and it is perfect now!

Overall Review: If you don't buy one for your small build, you are missing out on one of the best case to come out in recent years.

Most Critical Review

Worked for exactly 6 months before needing RMA

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 EVO OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 3.0, 12GB GDDR6, HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-D, Axial-tech Fan, 0dB Technology, Auto-Extreme) DUAL-RTX2060-O12G-EVO
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2060 EVO OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 3.0, 12GB GDDR6, HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-D, Axial-tech Fan, 0dB Technology, Auto-Extreme) DUAL-RTX2060-O12G-EVO

Pros: Well it did the job for a 1080p screen on my kid computer playing most game at reasonable setting.

Cons: Fan died after 6 months month of use, it's making a grinding noise, kid is crying because he does not have a pc anymore... Big fail Asus, not only did I have to overpay this card, now it's not even working!

Overall Review: Had other Asus in the past but it seems that newer products tend to fail a lot. Success is a thing you can't sit on Asus, get your thing in order if you don't want to loose business to the competition... My kid says he won't buy your "stuff" ever when he is older. That's bad for future business you know...

great board with a small caveat

ASUS TUF GAMING B850M-PLUS WIFI AMD AM5 B850 mATX motherboard, 14+2+1 80A DrMOS stages, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 3x M.2, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5Gb LAN, DP, HDMI, USB 10Gbps & 20Gbps Type-C, BIOS FlashBack, Aura Sync
ASUS TUF GAMING B850M-PLUS WIFI AMD AM5 B850 mATX motherboard, 14+2+1 80A DrMOS stages, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 3x M.2, Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5Gb LAN, DP, HDMI, USB 10Gbps & 20Gbps Type-C, BIOS FlashBack, Aura Sync

Pros: nice product, look like quality, 3x m.2 with one at Gen5 is great. easy to use. does what I expected

Cons: Never was able to set raid from bios, nothing I would do would let windows recognized the disk array.... In the end I did it in windows... The worst thing about this board i the quick latch m.2, they are completely useless for drive with included heatsink, and the thing barely keep drive in place. No joke, I used silicone on the clip to get it to hold my T705 with heatsink. worst thing is you can't even remove it and replace it.... the inventor of that need to loose it's job... seriously...

Overall Review: great board if you can use m.2 without proprietary heatsink, otherwise buy something else or be prepare to fiddle with it...

Works as intented

CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 96GB (2 x 48GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6600 (PC5 52800) Desktop Memory Model CMH96GX5M2B6600C32
CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 96GB (2 x 48GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6600 (PC5 52800) Desktop Memory Model CMH96GX5M2B6600C32

Pros: Work, and work fast. was able to get it to 6600mhz on Asus B850-Plus Wifi, using a AMD r9 7950X cpu. leds are nice looking, even when using low light. Automatically detected in my board

Cons: Led can only be controled with Icue....

Overall Review: yes it does what it advertise!

AIO cooler for 2012 pc...

Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Elite Liquid CPU Cooler (16 Dynamic RGB LEDs, 120mm AF Elite Series FDB Fans, 240mm Radiator, iCUE Software Compatible, LGA 1851,1700, 1200, 115X, 2066, and AM4 Sockets) Black
Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Elite Liquid CPU Cooler (16 Dynamic RGB LEDs, 120mm AF Elite Series FDB Fans, 240mm Radiator, iCUE Software Compatible, LGA 1851,1700, 1200, 115X, 2066, and AM4 Sockets) Black

Pros: quality build does a good cooling job not too loud

Cons: need a sata connector and internal usb port to function... so it does create a mess in cleanly arranged computer. Who tough it was a good idea to use ONLY a sata power option... this is not 2012 anymore, board have pump and fan connector now, might want to start using them...

Overall Review: Not a bad product mechanically, but electric connection are years behind and a plain bad concept. Would not buy again for that reason.

Does what's it's supposed to.

WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS400T2X0E
WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 7,300 MB/s - WDS400T2X0E

Pros: 4TB Fast good IOP

Cons: none

Overall Review: Good enough to buy a second one for a raid array... still running win 10 so I did not experience issue with it