Pros: This thing is a beast, I've never spent this much on a video card before but am very happy with the money spent on this. It has performed very well on everything I've tried on it so far. Haven't measure the FPS but can say the frame rates are like butter in Skyrim (Heavily Modded), Bioshock Infinite, Crysis 2, Borderlands 2, Battlefield 3, and Batman. All on highest settings at 1080p. This card may be a bit of overkill for current games at 1080, but having the extra headroom is key for longevity. The free backplate is a nice touch, should be getting mine in the mail soon, and if you get this card, make sure you register on the EVGA site to get the free stuff including the backplate, 3Dmark advanced, and a game called Primal Carnage which I must admit I haven't heard of lol, or tried yet, but getting stuff for free with a purchase is always nice. Haven't overclocked it at all yet, gonna wait till it lags in something I play or do until I mess with it, but I hear it OCs well. Temps are solid, 27C idle and haven't gone over 58C playing games.

Cons: Only one niggling con for this card, and it might just be mine, but when the temp ramps up along with the fan speed, there is a point where it sounds like one of the fan bearings or mounts is loose. It only happens at like 60% and only for a few seconds (which is why I won't dock an egg for it). It just sounds like one of the fans vibrates in its mount briefly and then when it either speeds the rest of the way up or slows down it stops. I've got a pretty quiet case so any extra noise is noticeable, but this is far from distracting. I've adjusted my fan curve to compensate and haven't heard it since. Otherwise the card isn't heard at all for me.

Overall Review: The rest of my system specs are as follows for reference: i5 2500K @ 4.5 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 16GB Gskill 2133mhz RAM Corsair CX600M PSU Thermaltake Soprano Case

Pros: Sound great (with the right software), comfortable, amazing price

Cons: The Logitech surround software is really bad. Tried it plug and play first (with the USB connector that comes with it), they worked but the sound levels were really low no matter how high I pumped the volume up. I found Logitech's Gaming Software on their website to see if I could mess around with the EQ, gain, preamp, etc. The software has some options for the EQ, and even has a slider for "preamp" but doesn't let you adjust it. So I worked with what I had and tried a few games out. The sound was ok (which I was willing to settle for with a headset as well priced as these were), the surround effects came through nicely, but there was no fullness to the sound, and anything bass heavy in the game came out hugely distorted. Tried the crossover function in Windows to no effect, the only thing that solved it was turning the bass down as far as it would go, but then what is the point of having over-ear headphones if you can't get full range out of them...

Overall Review: So I finally decided to ditch the USB adapter and the Logitech software all together, and use the headphone and mic jacks on the front of my case. I have a discrete sound card, so why not. Set it up for 8 speakers, high impedance, adjusted the EQ to full bass and treble just to see if it was the headphones themselves. They sounded GREAT. Tried several different games, and a couple BluRays to test them out, A+ man. Nice deep, clean lows, relatively clean highs, and the surround effects sound great. So.... great headphones, but Logitech really needs to do something about that software, it is REALLY bad. I'm not sure how a motherboard's on-board audio would work, I guess it depends on the quality, but it honestly can't be worse than the Logitech Gaming Software. My ASUS Xonar DGX did the trick though (I will refrain from singing its praises too much seeing as this isn't a review for my soundcard lol, but it is worth the $40) If you have some means other than the Logitech supplied software to reproduce your audio, get these headphones, you really can't beat the price on them. If you are relying on Logitech, skip it, you will not like the results. I docked an egg because of the software, though I'm probably being a bit lenient... but the headphones really do sound great

Pros: This is the 5th Corsair PSU I've bought for various builds over the past few years and they are all still going strong. Quiet fan, semi-modular, and reliable. The motherboard connector is wrapped, and there are plenty of peripheral SATA and Molex adapters for what you will need in an average home PC.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I continue to get good PSUs from Corsair, they are my go to company for decently priced and reliable power supplies.

Pros: Solid construction, great ventilation, plenty of extra fan mounts, plenty of space behind motherboard for cable management, tool-less design for drive bays is easy to use, and any case with built in dust filters is good in my book.

Cons: The front panel USB is 3.0 only, so if your motherboard doesn't support 3.0 (was installing an older MicroATX) you need to get an adapter to convert the front panel USB connection to fit your motherboard, or the USB ports wont' work (obviously lol). Won't dock an egg though :-) Not Corsair's fault I'm using dated equipment lol. At the $100 price point it would have been cool to get some rubber grommets for the cable routing cutouts.

Overall Review: Corsair seems to be making some of the best cases out there right now IMO. Good design and implementation, easy to put together, and plenty of space. The materials used are solid, the case is not flimsy at all, definitely one of the better cases I've worked with in the past year. If this is in your price range, get it, it is a fantastic all-rounder.

Pros: I play an Android smartphone game called Ingress, and this comes in handy for long sessions and trips. Gets my phone and my tablet through most of the day just fine. There are larger ones out there, but 7800mAh is plenty for me, and the price at the time was unbeatable.

Cons: None yet

Pros: Comes with a nice assortment of backup and security software. It is USB 3.0 so the transfer speeds are nice, though it doesn't max out a 3.0 connection, it is limited by the speeds of a mechanical hard drive, but still faster than 2.0. Great capacity, I bought this to use as media storage. I have a huge collection of TV shows and movies and my internal drive was getting full :-) Great price on this for the capacity as well.

Cons: Only thing is that it is not USB powered, not gonna dock an egg for it because it is advertised as such, but that limits the portability a little bit and might be a deciding factor for some people. Perfect for my usage though since it really won't be leaving my desk.