Joined on 12/29/11
Crossfire
Pros: Price, Overclocked, Good FPS
Cons: not a 7970
Overall Review: Biostar TA990FXE Phenom 960t @ 3.7 8GB Corsair Vengeance MSI HD 7770's @ 1100 core, 1250 memory Running my whole system off a 600w psu, runs skyrim at a constant 60 fps with 8 AA and 16 AF @ 1920x1080
LG 21:9
Pros: Very wide display, nice picture, sleek design, vesa mount
Cons: low brightness-couldn't get it as bright as my Acer LED, game compatibility issues
Overall Review: No I am not a verified owner because I bought this at a local store. Plugged it in and fell in love with it instantly. But.... as I started to play different games to see how everything looked I ran into problems. Kerbal Space looked great and has a setting for this resolution. With DayZ and Skyrim I had to go into the config files and change some things to get it to work. Assassin's Creed Black Flag had a horrible letterbox effect and was unplayable. After trying many other games and spending a lot of time trying to get resolutions to work I decided this was not the monitor for me. I will say that if you are going to use this in an office environment that it would be an excellent choice. Anything but gaming and this monitor is much better than your 16:9 ratio. Also be aware that even though it is a 25", when placed next to a 16:9 1080p 23", the height of the 25" is less than the 23". I would recommend going to the larger 29" or 34".
GTX 770
Pros: Cost, free games, cooling
Cons: none so far
Overall Review: Switched from hd7770 in crossfire and I'm very glad I made the switch from AMD in general. Games like Skyrim, Hitman: Absolution, War Thunder, Bioshock 2, Call of Duty (any) all look much better running on this card. Everything is much more fluid like, card is quiet, the price is right, EVGA and nVidia software is great to use and easy too! Compared to the (now more expensive) R9 280x, visually this card looks better even if it is pulling a lower FPS. Have this paired with a 960T and have experienced 0 bottlenecking. Runs very cool even under full load for hours. In summary, do not buy an AMD card....ever. Unless you are playing DayZ then you'll get poor FPS either way ;)
Great SSD
Pros: Got this when it was about half the current price, I have windows on along with a few other programs (no games) Works great for me
Cons: not free
Biostar TA990FXE
Pros: Great price, 990fx, cool color combo, nice BIOS
Cons: PCI x16 slots are very close. I have two MSI OC HD7770's in this board and the top card runs about 7 degrees hotter than the bottom
Overall Review: NZXT Gamma Biostar TA990FXE Phenom 960T OCZ Agility 60GB SSD
Samsung cd/dvd
Pros: cheap, works
Cons: none
Overall Review: I have a Samsung phone, TV, blu-ray player, etc..... Never had bad luck with any of their products.