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WD Black 6TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive Review

Hard Drive Reviews

<![CDATA[ Western Digital is a diverse, global company with strong values and a passion to innovate and lead the charge in the transformation of data. Quality products, exceptional customer service and industry-leading solutions all come from a culture that’s inclusive, forward-thinking and bold enough to imagine the possibilities of data.
The WD Black 6TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive was a good choice for my computer. This hard drive has those great qualities that makes it a good hard drive for a computer. All for the low price of $229.99 or get it on sale now for  $228.50.
Specifications:

  • Size:
    • 6TB
  • Rotational Speed:
    • 7200 RPM
  • Cache:
    • 128 MB
  • Read/Write:
    • Operating ( 2ms Write)
    • Operating ( 2ms Read)
    • Non-Operating ( 2ms)
  • Transfer Rate:
    • 227 MB/s
  • Buffer:
    • 128 mb/s
  • MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure):
    • 1.5 Million Hours
  • Warranty:
    • 5 year

Looking back at these specifications, this is a pretty good hard drive. The size is big and it can last a long time. That 1.5 million hours transfers to a lot of years. This is a very good choice for someone looking for a big hard drive that will last them years in the long run.

Note: This review is part of a classroom project. 
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CORSAIR Vengeance LPX Review

Memory Reviews

<![CDATA[Corsair has more than 20 years of PC performance and innovation. Corsair provides many different computer hardware options. Things like gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, mouse mats, and memory. That is what this review is about.
The Corsair Vengeance LPX is some great memory for a computer. Corsair produces great sticks of RAM for a very decent price. Actually, that is the one thing bad about Corsair memory. They have some high prices for their sticks RAM. Even though they have some high prices, it is worth it for how good their memory is.
This memory that I have is the Corsair Vengeance LXP 32GB. This type of memory from Corsair is is two sticks of RAM. Each stick is 16GB which makes a total of 32GB. More specifications are bellow.
Specifications:

  • 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM
  • Speed:
    • DDR4 2400
    • 32 GB (2 x 16GB)
  • CAS Latency:
    • 14
  • Bandwidth:
    • 19200
  • ECC vs non-ECC:
    • Non-ECC
  • Access Time:
    • 2.4 Ns

After going through these specifications on this memory, I highly recomend getting some sort of Corsair memory if you plan on building Y=your own PC. If you are not willing to spend a whole lot of money on your memory, then the Corsair memory is not for you.
Note: This review is part of a classroom project. 
References:
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/company/about-corsair
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233854&cm_re=CORSAIR_Vengeance_LPX-_-20-233-854-_-Product
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Intel Core i7-7700 Kaby Lake Review

CPU reviews, NT IT Reviews

<![CDATA[Intel has a wide variety of many hardware options for a computer. Out of all of the things that they produce and manufacture, Intel is most commonly known for their CPU’s (Central Processing Unit). Out of the two brands of CPU’s (Intel and AMD) Intel has better and more efficient CPU’s than the opposing CPU brand, AMD. The Intel CPU’s have a better performance rating than the AMD CPU’s.

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Intel was founded by Gordon E. Moore and Robert Noyce on July 18, 1968. Their headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California.
The Intel Core i7-7700 Kaby Lake is a 7th generation CPU that Intel produces. I believe that this CPU is a good option for many different motherboards. This Central Processing Unit has a lot of capabilities for many different motherboards. Having a pretty average clock speed and a high amount of cache, makes this CPU have a very good performance.
 
Specifications: 

  • Clock Speed:
    • Base: 3.60 GHz
    • Max Turbo: 4.20 GHz
  • Cache:
    • L1: 4 x 32KB Instruction and 4 x 32KB Data
    • L2: 4 x 256KB
    • L3: 1 x 8MB  
  • Socket Type:
    • LGA 1151
  • Number of Processors and Threads:
    • 4 cores (Quad Core)
    • 8 threads
  • Passmark Rating:
    • 10818 (Higher is better)

After going through all these specifications of this central processing unit, makes this a very high end CPU. This would be good for many different purposes for a computer. Weather you are just using it as a home computer, a business computer, or even a gaming computer. Even though this processor is quite pricey, it is worth it. It has a high performance rating and it shows.

Note: This review is part of a classroom project. 
References:
https://ark.intel.com/products/97128/Intel-Core-i7-7700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html
https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-cpu-2618150
 
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Gigabyte Motherboard Review

Motherboard reviews

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Gigabyte is an international manufacturer and distributed of computer hardware parts.  What Gigabyte is most famous for is their wide varieties of motherboards. This manufacture is one of the largest motherboard manufacturers in the world producing about 400,000 motherboards per month. If I had to choose, the type of motherboard that I would choose is a Gigabyte motherboard.

I would not choose any ordinary motherboard though. The gigabyte motherboard that I would choose is the Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 motherboard.

  • ATX Form Factor
  • Highest speed O.C: 4133(O.C.)
  • Highest Speed: 2400 MHz
  • Onboard Audio: Channels: 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Onboard Video: Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel HD Graphics support
  •  Onboard LAN: Max LAN Speed is Dual 10/100/1000Mbps
  • 3 x PCI Express x16 slot
  • 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s
  • 3 x SATA Express connectors

I would choose this motherboard because it is a good high end gaming motherboard and it is also a decently cheap one as well. This motherboard speed ranges from 2666 O.C to 4133 O.C which is a very good range of speeds for a gaming PC.
Another reason why I would choose this motherboard is because of all of the expansion slots. There are a total of six different PCIe expansion slots. These slots will allow the user to add additional hardware parts to make your PC run even faster or other things.
The Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 motherboard is the one motherboard that I would choose for my PC if I was building my own PC. All because of how well it will perform with such a low price.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.
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