Joined on 06/09/09
Works fine
Pros: Works fine, as advertised. About the warranty, one review was over dramatic about a FALSITY that it stated, that supposedly it will apply a warranty from the date of sale to the reseller, which is plain wrong. As per the link PHILLIP V provided (the one who made that false statement), here's what it actually says (http://www.hgst.com/support/hard-drive-support/warranty-returns/warranty) : "A valid proof of purchase may be required to prove eligibility. If you do not have a valid proof of purchase, the limited warranty period will be measured from the date of sale from Western Digital to the authorized distributor." IN SHORT : if you don't have a proof of purchase, the warranty is measured from the sale date to the reseller. Which is still good, since many manufacturers who don't get a proof of purchase will simply deny their warranty.
Cons: None yet
GREAT, until BIOS update...
Pros: 1- Looks nice. 2- Works flawlessly out of the box. 3- H97 Intel chipset with enhanced features (it has M.2 unlike most other branded H97 motherboards).
Cons: 1-BIOS update to 1.0 from 1.4 breaks the motherboard (using the BIOS M-Flash function, and making sure the system was on during the process showing a red stripe which stated to not remove the flash memory or power off the computer)!! I can't see anything on-screen anymore, although the motherboard seems to work (fans are turning, no blinking error led, I can see the LED of the Audio EMI isolation on the mobo). Everything was working smoothly until I decided to make that BIOS update, now the PC is blind and unusable. I called MSI, they only told me to try again (while directing me to the BIOS download page which I've alredy done), but it doesn't work . Tracking number TS091014022419. 2- Impossible to read DVD/BD movies, either from PowerDVD Ultra 11 (bought and legit) or from Shark007's codecs, while using the i5-4690 CPU with its integrated Intel HD4600 GPU (no discrete graphics card). It says that there's some kind of incompatibility between the graphics drivers and the DVD reader, however the Intel drivers are up to date. After reading many forums this doesn't seem to be related to the Intel i5-4690 CPU/GPU-HD4600, as all those reports don't mention any problem with playing DVD movies.
Overall Review: I made a friend buy this motherboard (from his Newegg account of which I don't have the credentials of course) for building his new PC.
Very good at first glance, can't be customized (read "Cons") thus 2 eggs
Pros: It will take a slight learning curve to get used to the keys as they are smaller than my previous keyboard, but they "feel" good. The travel for actuation is about 2 mm, before full travel to the board. At first glance, I'm happy and the RGB colors aren't too bright, though the light-through on the keys display the characters very clearly.
Cons: The software doesn't exist on Rosewill's web site, thus it's not possible to customize anything! Hence, if you press any of the M1-M5 settings, you will lose backlights on all characters for good (only those that are used for gaming, and not all at the same time)! Searching for "BLITZ K50", or "BLITZ K50 Engine Suite.exe" as mentioned in the little manual, leads to nowhere ("No results found")!
Overall Review: Good keyboard, but useless as the software has been removed from Rosewill 's Web site (Why, Rosewill, why ?!?!?!)! If I can't find it somewhere else, I'll return this keyboard. Come on Rosewill, put the software back!
Lots of noise!
Pros: - It moves lots of air at a very high static pressure and is very efficient at it - It's not ugly-beige (finally, Noctua understood that the paradigm systematically associating beauty with poor performance, is a very weird - if not deviant - dogma more than anything else)
Cons: These are overpowered... And NOISY! A very obnoxious high pitch starting at around 1200-1500 RPM. Having known this, I would've have bought these "industrial over-powered" fans (usually, a good static pressure fan at around 2000RPM max should be more than sufficient for most builds involving radiators).
Overall Review: I bought three in prevision of having a 80mm thick 280mm radiator in my PC, if not for shooting air with lots of static pressure, or running at half-speed max for thinner rads ( 44mm or less). Don't go the same route I took if noisy fans bothers you (which it will).
Excellence
Pros: Ce n'est pas un outil, c'est une oeuvre d'Art / It's not a tool, it's a Work of Art
Cons: Ne décapsule pas les bouteilles de bière / Doesn't work with beer bottles
Overall Review: Ma première utilisation fut sur un Intel i9-7940X, avec succès. Maintenant je peux aisément atteindre les performances du récent i9-9940X, et plus encore / My 1st usage was on an i9-7940X, and it worked flawlessly, now I can easily reach the newest i9-9980X's performance levels and beyond. Looking up to offer this on more client builds...
Top notch
Pros: - I bought these for the ASUS WS X299 SAGE 10G (in the QVL) - CL18 for 4000MHz means timings of 4.5 ns, which is very good for that frequency and capacity vs its pricing (good value)
Cons: Have to search as this model seems to be manufactured in very limited quantities (although there was a restocking lately, but for not so many, which makes its pricing to vary a lot between resellers - Currently, Newegg has the best deal). As for many High-End parts on the Canadian market...
An anguished "Ok"...
One week after I've received all the parts from the same Newegg sale transaction, I was still waiting for BidDeal's order involving one of the parts. So I e-mailed them, twice, simply asking if the shipment was on the way since there was no tracking number whatsoever. I haven'ty received any answer, and was axiously and anguishingly looking up the order every day for some tracking number or at least a reply, but nothing... Until a week later I finaly received the part in question. This reseller is NOT ready for decent e-commerce activities.