Pros: I give um a big number 5eggs. I bought two of these when they first came out and I have not had more carefree fun in all of my computing experiences. So I guess that makes them 3 years old or so.

Cons: Not really a con. More my own doing over the years they have some what merged together. As I was running together using a bridge much like a raid setup for hard drive with exact power supplies but with latest tech inside of these things and the tech in the bridge that merged them together. They are slightly warped and don't produce as strong a signal in the 24pin connections. Again my fault. But they work flawless for any power demand I might need.

Overall Review: I really did not think about all that three years ago with the duel setup. but it advantages out weighed everything. Being able to put power to the mainboard without regaurd or in a manner that was more tailored. They were worth it to this day they work I owe alot of that to the idea that I SAW the sata cables and they were much different and I thought I should never mess with them....like changing them out for sleeved cables and whatnot. Was disappointed about the cables at first because of that. Soon I left the power supplies alone to do there job. And they did flawless over the years ran them through maybe 10 thunderstorms and they have always come out on top. Just a good power supply that will tandem with another one but does not favor going back to single after. And most of all A power supply that will never ever support the idea of changing cables. Even if the aftermarkets they sell in other places are for the 1200watt counterpart the cables need to say that famous 1050HX for me to trust so why mess with a good thing.

Pros: uses less energy to allow more cool stuff inside the land of my computer.

Cons: There were not a whole lot available when I got here. saw this gigabyte and dicided to get. before there gone in a blink.

Overall Review: Have not recieved it yet still waiting. These things are becoming more and more reliable which is good. Gigabyte has good support. The product no matter which on chooses will be good seeing how these are references...huh huh mum...I should just say when I getting another whatever there Im getting at this point....sli rules.

Pros: It has three fans and the acoustics are proper for them making it less audible then my gtx660 with two fans. So the fans look nice solid and glossy and operate good.

Cons: None yet maybe power demand in time as I will be adding more powered features to my case.

Overall Review: Frankly I got the PNY this time not because it fits into my color scheme or anything else. In fact I was happy to read about the money they spent on the development of this series of cards with a full warranty ready to be cashed in on if needed. But enough money in the developement itself for a old die hard like me that has took to many chances that I can afford. We'll see what the future holds. For now the card is good and solid does not have back plate so be careful to always keep the door shut or removing 100percent of the time from the computer first(as to not have anything drop on it. It long like a shelf but did not exceed neweggs measurement in the specs section. About 1 1/2 inch past standard atx screws in the front.

Pros: Has the M.2 skys the limit for case constraints. though I havent used it. It has the z97 chipset! and a few different ways to install harddrives aside of the M.2. It's compatibility is increased with memory and processors as I don't favor updating bios it has all the features to update easy and alot more. full control ability of all the different features in bios. Is memory compatible with ADATA (Just as I thought). good managability of the pci express lanes for those that want to strip it down to the bare bones in the bios and just run off of that instead of available ports,headers,sata, and just all around shut the lower chipset down and go. A good reliable board to go into next year with. runs good and cool in my situation.

Cons: Not very many cons on this one. One would be the standard problem it seems with the blue 3.0 header on the mainboard. One either uses that or the usb at the bottom closest to the front of the mainboard, not both at the same time. Starting and stopping issues will occur and have one wondering what the problem is(so closest to the front of mainboard usb is not usable when 3.0 header is being used. Also the chipsets for the different sata ports need to be set correctly in the bois for a cd drive or what have you. If not starting and stopping issues will occur. And have one wondering what the problem is. Most of all the 1150 processors use a exact amount of electricity and produce and monitor a exact amount of heat...So it is very important that one fastens down the aircooler good and tight. These boards are built for that from Gigabyte. If not...it will be starting and stopping. My situation I had a fan on the air cooler with a worn bearing not really a bad one. Between not fastening down tight enough and the vibration from the back fan..It caused a starting and stopping issue. Also remember this is a intel board so it will work with Radeon graphics, but will not favor other hardware that might be on the mainboard in a dispute with other software. EXAMPLE: I have a 10monitor with it's own graphics on board though usb and it would not work on this mainboard with a radeon r270x. Switched it for a nvidia gtx770 and it works fine now. I like the Radeon for the colors and brightness,but could not use it. I don't know what one makes of that....

Overall Review: I like it.... feels solid in the install. Runs solid when operating. 1150 processors are fast and affordable, but not x79. They have full control ability of all the features through the bios unlike older mainboards. Features that will take me a month or two to become fluent with,BUT unlike the x79 do not really favor having all the usb,com,etc..ports all being used at the same time. IS that good or bad I don't know. for my situation I can make it work and with full control ability of all those features I have made mine quite the trick-star.

Pros: Has W-fi which makes more desirable for lan and other things where a mobile computer is needed. Has the support for creative sound blaster. Bois update was not really needed for the 4770k. Has compatibility with Adata memory(just like I thought). setup was simple I like to set the memory voltage. has a few different versions of raid and support.

Cons: going from the x58 to this was a bit cumbersome as far as bios is concerned I'm assuming most of this is a build up from p-55 and 1157 processor control ability in the bios. It has creative sound blaster support hint hint. It's good but off the bat it failed to provide 7.1 surround sound or at least in a easy manner. Another con is that it has usb 3.0 all over the place on the board which is good, but if your using the 3.0 header for the front panel usb 3.0 then it deletes the first usb header closest to the front of the board on the bottom. so its a either or situation 3.0 header in blue or standard size usb closest to the front. One will encounter problems with system starting and stoping if one attempts to use 3.0 header and first usb closest to the front of the mainboard. Air cooler on the 1150 mainboards or at least the two gigabytes that I own it's important that one tightens the aircooler down good starting and stopping issues occured for me because of that and it was difficult to get to the bottom of that problem. Thought I had a bad board but stuck it out and kept problem solving. There are features for full controlability of this unit something to keep in mind like when setting up the cd drive on the marvell gsata chipset I.E. making sure it is set to ACHI not raid starting and stopping issues occured.

Overall Review: Full controllability of the mainboard I love it, could not ask for a better new mainboard unit though the 87 is slight on the new side this one packs the features. And was a good install for me. One of the main things to keep in mind with the 1150 series processors and mainboards for me is that it has full controllability of everything. But unlike more powerful x79 type and i don't know maybe servers or something.....IS THAT it controls everything but does not favor having every port and header used at the same time. all in all with that in mind it's not the most powerful but if used right is quite the trick star.

Pros: I have had the gtx super overclocked cards sense gtx470 from gigabyte. This will be going with my gigabyte mainboard. I guess that's just a cheap excuse to get this fast little computer unto it self. The phases look good on this card like with most of gigabyte's products. The overclocking utility is not the most well known but is very effective and device should respond well as with the other super overclocked. The cooling solution Is something I feel good about makes have something to fall back on and not keep such a keen eye on temps and touchy on a adapter that runs high settings. I won't be taking it from here(the oc'ed settings out of the box) to the floor mat.

Cons: none if the graphic adapter has problems Newegg will be there to help.

Overall Review: New egg will be there to help. but I'm not stopping their I got more stuff to get from here. and I be look'in out for the new thing wild thing going. And keepin my mouse cocked.