Joined on 04/06/05
Blootueth

Pros: * * I was listening to music playing on my computer from my Bluetooth headset in my car 5 houses down the street (as a test only). Works great! I can upload things to my Cell Phone and it connects to my Wii-mote and I can use my Bluetooth headset with Computer Aps like the Voice Recognition and WoW-Vent I feel like I've only scratched the surface of what this thing can really do.
Cons: It has a blinking light on it that continues to blink even when the computer is shutdown ... you have to either remove it or turn your PSU on your computer off.
Overall Review: I want to get more Bluetooth devices now. There's not as many as I thought there would be. I feel like I've only scratched the surface of what this thing can really do.
Physically broke easily when relocating.

Pros: Lasted 3 years, played and saved media just fine.
Cons: The first time I tried taking it out of my PC and putting it in a new PC the SATA port broke off, I know I pulled straight out but it still came off. Then, I use Newegg to look up the warranty and it's only a 1 year warranty. Lame!
Was easy once i figured things out

Pros: This was a major headache because I was trying to use the OnBoard graphics with a integrated AMD processor and I couldn't get video no matter what I tried so i took an old GPU from an old PC and didn't realize the old GPU's force the Bios into CSM mode vs UEFI but on top of that I think I had a HDMI cable that worked find on my BluRay player but not on the Onboard HDMI for this board. So I ended up spending $500 on a new GPU i was trying to avoid spending money on. That's what I get for trying to go cheap i guess.
Cons: iD10-T errors (me) learning by building took 4 days instead of what should've taken 2 days
Overall Review: Yes it's a great new board for my old self
MSI GeForce works but don't expect high performance.

Pros: It is reliable as long as you lower all your graphic settings down to LOW. Wasn't too difficult to install.
Cons: This MSI card crashes repeatedly, very unreliable. On PayDay 2 I had to disable half the graphics settings, on Warcraft I have to put it into low quality settings, on high graphic 2D side scrolling games I have to disable shadows and lower the texture mapping etc. For the amount of money I spent on this I expected more. Mid-level video card with low end performance. GPU crashes with no warning even though PC is still running forcing me to hard reset my PC. Sometimes it's hard to get the HDMI cable into it's slot due to it being so close to the edge.
Noctua

Pros: Runs quiet and cool. Even without the included noise dampening power links.
Cons: I'm not complaining but these monsters are HUGE. There's 2 fans, 1 blowing into the heat sink, and 1 sucking air out. When sitting the fans evenly on the heat sink the fan can get in the way of other components such as RAM chips. However the fan location is adjustable so if I expand RAM later on I can raise the fan up a bit so I can fit it in. It just won't look perfect and could possibly affect cooling slightly.
Overall Review: Seems like a high quality product.
Vertical Tower

Pros: Lots of space, made to be placed vertically. Heavy duty. Has carrying handles.
Cons: This beast is heavy duty. Taking that into consideration it's a mystery how this case could have been damaged so severely during shipping that the front door wouldn't swing open because it had been dropped on the corner. It has half inch thick metal handles that are very durable yet one was bent and had paint chipped from the poor shipping companies that handled it. (OnTrac) or whoever shipped it to NewEgg.
Overall Review: I built my computer but it won't turn on and I'm not sure if the power switch was damaged during shipping or because this is only my 2nd build I messed up hooking the power supply to the MB. MB has power when pressing the PSU power button but nothing happens when pressing the front case power button even after double checking the connections going to the case.
good fast HDD
I read reviews saying these EXPOS are just as fast as SSD or nVME .... it is pretty fast I haven't noticed any problems, it is a little bit noisy and distracting even in my good new PC case with rubber isolators.