Pros: Easy install. Reasonable performance.

Cons: Sub-SATA 3 speeds. I ordered this because I could not enable AHCI on my MOBO. Thus, I was running IDE. Immediately before I received this, I figured out how to enable AHCI on my MOBO (it wasn't as simple as selecting it in the bios). Thus, I was running at SATA3 speeds by the time I received this unit. My SSD would benchmark up to about 200 mb/s on the SATA 3 port. The VelSolo only bencharked at about 150 mb/s. My windows experience index (WEI) dropped from 7.8 to 7.4 (slightly better than IDE) when I switched from SATA3 to this card.

Pros: At the time, the price was fine.

Cons: See above

Overall Review: The RAM worked fine for a short time installed in the following system: Seasonic 650W PSU ASRock z390 SLI single RX580 I7 9700K Samsung 970 Evo NVME The system is now crashing almost daily. No BSOD - just a frozen screen and audio feed. The system was never overclocked (in fact, I UNDERclocked the video card). The PSU and MOBO has rock solid voltage stability. I ran memtest and errors appeared immediately.

Pros: Inexpensive Robust power delivery Easy to setup

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: This is the z790 motherboard to buy. I am upgrading from a z390 Asrock. Everything from the physical weight of the motherboard to the BIOS is better than the Asrock. I was up and running a clean install of Windows 11 within a few minutes. As an added bonus, the additional PCI lanes made it so that benchmarks of my 970evo were off the charts compared to the Asrock. XMP worked without issue. Placement of fan connectors made cable management easy. Wifi, bluetooth, and video output from rx580 worked out of the box. I paired with 32gb of Corsair DDR5 5200 and my old rx580 (I don't game) for a sub $1K transition to the 13th gen i9 and DDR5. This machine screams compared to my already capable 9900K setup.

Pros: Read detailed measurements of the PSU before purchase. The specs are not exaggerated. Japanese parts.

Overall Review: I would buy this again.

Pros: Nice placement of headers. BIOS was clean and functional. Pretty inexpensive.

Cons: None, given the cost and known features before purchase.

Overall Review: So far, so good. I have bought lower-tier motherboards for 1st gen, 4th gen, and 9th gen systems previously. The BIOS of this board was better than the ones I had previously used. Headers were placed in nice positions.

Pros: Easy cable management Plenty of room behind mobo for wires

Cons: No RGB whatsoever. Somewhat flimsy construction (to be expected at this price point).

Overall Review: It took me about 90 minutes to assemble the computer and about 3 hours to unsuccessfully troubleshoot the RGB. I bought this for my kid and the RGB was the primary draw. I tried connecting it to the motherboard, following the instructions for ARGB with the 3-pin header. I tried connecting this in manual mode. I tried connecting only the fan, only the light strip, both. Nothing worked. I am convinced that controller/hub is defective. I can't justify disassembling the computer to return the part. Very disappointed. 1 egg might be harsh because the case was otherwise not bad. But my kid was so disappointed. His brother actually said "can I get a computer for my birthday but get one that's already put together."