Joined on 01/31/13
Great Case

Pros: This is a great case. It has lots of room on the right side for cable management, which is a huge plus. My huge CPU cooler just barely fits behind the left door, but it has enough room. I love the removable drive bays, and how many fan options there are in this case.
Cons: There is one thing that bugs the heck out of me with this case. The door to access the CD drive opens from the right, so when open blocks your view of the drive bays if you sit on the left of the computer. And you should sit on the left of the computer so you can take advantage of the panel window. I can't believe this was overlooked when they designed this case!
Overall Review: Great case besides that one bug.
Gets It's Job Done

Pros: Well I suppose it does it's job. It's a surface that a mouse works on, but it's really not worth 35 dollars. The smooth side scratches all over the place so quickly, and the hand rest isn't really too great. I suppose it's nice, but I do not recommend this product unless you've got money to waste.
Cons: N/A
Very Good Laptop With Caveats

Pros: Very powerful Very good I/O selection Expandability is great Screen is really good Price tag is fair given parts Battery life is pretty good given the power
Cons: Not dependable- always have OS freezes requiring manual restarts at least once a week The case is very well built but just given how thing and big it is, it flexes quite a bit Lots of bloatware Fan is pretty loud even at minimum spinning
Overall Review: Would I recommend this laptop? A hard maybe. It does its job and the GPU/CPU combo handles every game and excels in my music and video production software even with some pretty insane project files in Ableton. However, on the go it has its problems with dependability. I get a lot of input freezes where I cant tell if the OS has completely frozen or if the mouse and keyboard just stopped working so I have to manually restart. Pretty annoying and happens at least a couple times a week. For the price I would expect near perfection. But you are definitely getting the power you are paying for. So 4/5, a really great laptop with a few minor but experience-defining problems
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H

Pros: great motherboard lots of expand ability from a great company.
Cons: Would of loved on-board wifi and bluetooth (as compared to other z87 boards in this range).
Overall Review: got a really great deal by purchasing with my i7-4770k (100 off :D).
Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB Windforce

Pros: This card is great. It handles any game i've ever thrown at it maxed. I had a bit of issues with games which I thought were linked to drivers, but I clean install of windows fixed it.
Cons: So when you put it in your computer, as with all graphics cards, the circuitry faces up. Why wouldn't all these companies get the bright idea that maybe when you pay for a beautiful looking card, you want to be able to admire it...
Overall Review: I really like how this card works, and I'm glad I went with the 4gb edition in case I ever get another monitor or in case games require it in the future.
Great Memory!

Pros: Reliable memory that gets the job done. Haven't had a problem yet and I'm soon to order another set to complete a quad channel 16GB kit.
Cons: N/A