Joined on 01/24/05
Excellent! The new king is here! And it's quiet and powerful!!!
Pros: - ACX 3.0 fans are better than ACX2.0. They're quieter and just better overall. - RGB LEDs for that wow factor. - Looks great with the new silver theme. - Very fast card! - Comes with a sexy backplate!
Cons: None
Overall Review: The fastest single GPU on the planet...Before Titan XP comes out (Titan X Pascal). Doom 100 fps in 1440p with all settings highest. Crazy fast card! I run 2 of them for my 1440p 144Hz monitor.
Horrible
Pros: It makes application loading fast. I admit it. But I can't get any SSD speed in ANY benchmarks applications (HD Tune, HD Tune Pro, CrystalDiskMark, ATTO Benchmark) Windows 7 loading time is fast.
Cons: My 1st HDDBOOST failed. My PC couldn't detect it whatsoever. And sometimes upon turning on the system, system checkdisk will run automatically and detect some problems and correct them. I think whenever system can't detect HDDBOOST, it'll break some parts of your regular HDD. I requested a replacement, and now my 2nd HDDBOOST is also acting the same thing. System cannot detect it. Updating the firmware is also a headache. I can't update the firmware AT ALL. It always fails. It'll say something like "writing error" or "SPI erase fails." and always like that. I'm returning this back and never use it again. Not good for your HDD!!!
Overall Review: NONE
it just works!
Pros: everything you could imagine
Cons: NONE!
Overall Review: Thank you MSI!!! You just saved me! This motherboard got all the bells and whistles. Had a hugeeee headache before with previous mobo from ASUS. But this MSI mobo just works from the get go with my current RAM Crucial DDR4 4400 CL19. I just couldn't get ASUS mobo to work stable running XMP profile with 4 - 5 different RAMs and 3 - 4 of them are on their QVL list. But with this MSI mobo, it just runs stable immediately running XMP. No more BSOD. Plain and simple.
AWESOME!
Pros: FAST!!! High IOPS...higher than Crucial M4. Faster write speed than Crucial M4. 5-year warranty. True Speed technology + TRIM = MUCH longer speed degradation. 512 mb DDR3 Buffer cache! Has Marvel 9174 controller, which is better than SandForce.
Cons: Expensive! Other than that, None!
Overall Review: Plextor M3S, Crucial M4, and intel 510 are pretty much the best right now.
BEST GPU I'VE EVER BOUGHT
Pros: It's FAST. Faster than 5870 and so close to 5970 or sometimes even faster than 5970 if u OC this beast to around 850 core. I can run Crysis DX10 VERY HIGH settings and get more fps than GTX 285 SLI.
Cons: It's expensive and hot.
Overall Review: Corsair Obsidian 800d Core i7 930 Asus P6X58D Premium GTX 480 (main) GTX 260 SP216 (Physx) OCZ 6 GB DDR3 1600 Xonar DX
POWER!!! YOU WANT POWER???
Pros: This PSU is what I call POWER. I'm using it to power 2x 8800 GT's in SLI mode. In fact, I can even use 2x 8800 GTX's in SLI if I want. This baby is so powerful.
Cons: Nothing.
Overall Review: The only regret I have right now is ... Why didn't I buy the 850 Watt model? Well..you know..MORE POWER!!!