Joined on 04/16/04
Works great, very happy with ports, memory, and slots.
Pros: Zero driver / stability troubles at default speeds (I have never bothered overclocking yet) with an Intel I5-4560 and 4x4GB RAM (Newegg part F4-3333C16Q-16GRRD). A goodly amount of USB-3.0 ports but overall on USB I'm running low due to having an Oculus rift plus wired XBox controller plus LeapMotion plus charging phone and watch, etc.. CPU and memory orientation for cooling fans are pretty good; same with electrical connectors.
Cons: I had to flip one fan from my giant DeepFrost FrostWin cooler to the other side for clearance from above the RAM, which came with its own little clip-on fans. And there's a compatibility list for RAM you should be sure to check in the manual before buying the motherboard; I don't know if it's critical to follow, but it could be.
Overall Review: Based on my experience with this I can't think of any motherboard, at any price, I would have preferred to put into this PC build. It's been running about 3 months, and as long as it has good longevity (like we expect from any piece of electronics hardware with no moving parts) I'll be 100% happy with it.
Cable end goes opposite direction from picture
Pros: Cable probably works fine if it fits for you.
Cons: I have a pico-ITX machine (Via Artigo A1000) with only enough space to fit this connector going one direction - the direction shown in the picture (slot in connector goes away from cable when facing connector side). Unfortunately, they reversed the connector between when the picture was taken and when I bought the cable.
Windows 10 likes it, seems to work fine.
Pros: Very small, didn't block airflow to my video card in a way worth worrying about.
Overall Review: This was the most affordable option that looked like it might be trustworthy. So far (1 week), so good. Only time will tell!
Works great, is quiet, nice (and long) cables, with what seems to be some tough nylon braid-overs.
Pros: No complaints. Finish is gorgeous, went right in. I never hear it - my not-that-loud CPU cooler is all I hear. I have it feeding an ASUS ROG Maximus VIII and a GTX-970, and an SSD, and a small nation's-worth of USB and USB-3.0 devices.
Cons: Can't think of a one.
Overall Review: Getting good parts pushes a whole-PC build price up higher than I had hoped, but in the end it's nice to have peace of mind and nice components. I feel I got my money's worth here on performance, peace-of-mind, and "niceness".
Love love love this monitor
Pros: G-SYNC works great! Combined with the nVidia GTX 970, some games I play are now preternaturally smooth (e.g. Borderlands 2, where 144 fps is normal outside of battles, and when it slows down it still looks good - no tearing), and others are smoother than they were before, and don't suffer tearing (e.g. GTA-V). Things look great on the desktop. I have been content with the viewing angles - color shifts are not noticeable for my usage (and I went with the 24" size to help ensure that).
Cons: None, really. They gave me everything listed in the description, and that's all I wanted.
Overall Review: I would 1) buy this monitor again, 2) recommend it to others if they want to go G-SYNC, and 3) would buy it for someone for a present if the occasion arose.
Lovely keyboard
Pros: Tenkeyless is tenkeyless. Cherry MX key switches (brown) are lovely.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Bought a second one of these after a couple of weeks. Love it.