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SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2 2280

Hard Drive Reviews

I recently bought the SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2 2280 SSD drive for my gaming motherboard. I purchased it from Newegg for $95.99. The SSD drive works very well for my motherboard and it has 4.8/5 eggs on Newegg. It is 1TB, has a PCIe connection type, is an MLC drive, and has a 5-year warranty from Samsung.

I definitely would recommend it for others to get. As long as it works for the motherboard of your choosing, I feel it would work great for what it was bought for.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

References:

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-1tb-980-pro/p/N82E16820147790

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-aorus-z690-ud-ddr4/p/N82E16813145349?recaptcha=pass

Kingston Fury Beast RGB Dual Memory Kit

Memory Reviews

I recently bought this memory and tested it for my gaming PC. It works well for my PC even though it is not very fast because I choose non-overclocked memory. This memory is 32 GB (2x 16BG), which is what I recommend if you are buying memory for a gaming PC and don’t want to overclock. It is $86.55 on Newegg and has a 4.9/5 egg review.

Specs and Reviews:

Overall, it is very good memory and I highly recommend it if you’re looking for 32GB of DDR4 memory.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

References:

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/0RN-001J-00ZW0

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-aorus-z690-ud-ddr4/p/N82E16813145349

Intel Core i5-12400F

CPU reviews

The Intel Core i5-12400F is a very good CPU. I think it is an amazing CPU to use for a gaming use motherboard. It is $164.97 on Amazon and has a 4.5/5 star review.

The specifications of this CPU are really good with the most important being:

  • 2.5 GHz for Clock Speed
  • 480 KB of L1 Cache, 7.5 MB of L2 Cache, and 18 MB of L3 Cache
  • FCLGA 1700 Socket Type
  • 6 Cores and 12 Threads

Its Passmark rating is based on value and it is the best value CPU for a motherboard such as the Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 LGA 1700 Intel Z690 ATX Motherboard has a combined rating of 19734 and a single thread rating of 3551.

I personally use this CPU for my PC motherboard and I can say that it works very well for what I use it for, it was worth every penny I spent on it.

Note:  This review is part of a classroom project.

References:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NPJRDGD?tag=cpubenchmark-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&pldnSite=1

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-aorus-z690-ud-ddr4/p/N82E16813145349