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Samsung 970 EVO

March 23, 2021Hard Drive ReviewsEmily

This hard drive is for a gamer motherboard; it is very good for an M.2. When trying to find a hard drive this one can do the trick on what you’re trying to do with your motherboard. It has a lot of features and things that will add to your best experiences for your gaming.

Some of the specs are:

Size: 1TB

Connection Types: M.2 PCI

Read/write speeds: Max Read: Up to 3400 MBps and Max Write: up to 2500 MBps

Mean time Before Failure (MTBF): 1,500,000 hours

Warranty: 3 years for parts and labor

SDDs:

Read IOPS: QD32- Up to 500,000 and QD1- Up to 15,000

Write IOPS: QD32- Up to 450,000 and Qd1- Up to 50,000

64L V-NAND MLC

The price of this Hard Drive is $172.65 and for a 1TB, it is at a pretty good price for all the things you want this Hard Drive to do for you.

Source (s):

Newegg

Note: this review is part of a classroom project

HyperX Fury

February 25, 2021Memory ReviewsEmily

This stick of memory is good for a business motherboard. When trying to find one that is compatible with my motherboard I found that this one did the job very well. It does what I need it to do as well as having enough extra stuff that just makes it a perfect fit.

What it has is an Aluminum heat spreader so it can spread out the heat so it doesn’t heat up as fast as some other memory might. It is an Intel XMP 2.0 with automatic overclocking as well as it optimized for intel 200 series and X99. Supports AMD X370/ B350/ A320; it is 100% factory tested at speed and free technical support but has no fan included.

The specs for this memory is:

Capacity: 16GB

Type: 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM

Speed: DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300)

CAS Latency: 16

Voltage: 1.20V

ECC: No

Buffered/Registered: Unbuffered

With a price of $93.99, it is not a bad price for what you are getting for a business motherboard. Overall I think that this is a very good memory for what I need it to do.

Source (s):

Newegg

Note: this review is part of a classroom project

Intel CPU for a Business Motherboard

January 14, 2021CPU reviews, NT IT ReviewsEmily

I just got this 10th Gen Core i3 CPU to fit into my B460 Steel Legend motherboard CPU socket; with the type as an LGA 1200. I wanted a CPU that could go into my business motherboard to get my everyday work done, which I was very pleased with this pairing.

The cost of the CPU on Newegg that I got it at was $164.61 with a 3-year Warranty. It is a pretty good CPU for what I am trying to do with it. As a note for what motherboard you are trying to get the CPU has to match with the CPU socket type so Intel or AMD

The Core i3 was a very good CPU for my business motherboard. It makes my motherboard work more smoothly and everything is faster. As an Intel CPU socket type, you will need to have an Intel CPU for that socket type you are in need of.

This CPU has a clock speed of 3.7 GHz; with cache-L3 with 8MB. The number of core processors is a Quad- Core with 8 threads.

In Passmark you can find the rating of this CPU right now as 9322 but this can change over time.

References:

Newegg

PassMark

Note: This review is part of a class project.

ASRock B460 STEEL LEGEND

December 7, 2020Motherboard reviewsEmily

The B460 Steel Legend is a good working and business motherboard. If you are looking for a motherboard to get the job done and is not too expensive then you want this motherboard. This business motherboard can be more than for work it could be a good everyday use as well. This is a good quality motherboard that has a 3-year warranty with it; made by ASRock. It is also an Intel Core which will only support Intel CPUs.

This motherboard CPU Socket Type is an LGA 1200 and supports a 10th Gen Intel Core Processors. More information on this Motherboard

This motherboard holds 128GB of maximum memory. The motherboards memory slots hold DDR4 with 4 slots for it.

It has integrated graphics audio and LAN.

References:

Newegg

ASRock B460 Steel Legend

Note: This review is for a classroom project