Pros: Aesthetics Durable, at least in appearance Plenty of fan headers

Cons: Not much really!

Overall Review: I've been debating for a while now whether to get a Sabertooth to go with my Vengeance C70 case or not. It's a difficult scenario for me because I don't believe in spending twice the money for the same performance, but I am a huge ASUS fan and a sucker for beautiful things. Much like the Haswell refresh processors, these new Z97 boards don't bring much to the table. I wasn't disappointed when I got this board - it's got the looks I wanted, but I was also sad to find my suspicions correct regarding performance. There isn't much new stuff to a Z97. This board actually overclocks worse than my Z87-PLUS using the same exact processor. To be fair, the Sabertooth boots up slightly faster (0.5-1s) and offers a superior (and very beautiful) BIOS. There are also a lot of fan headers for more customization options. The back plate is also a very nice addition. These little things add up to a pleasant experience overall. There is one little thing I'd recommend to ASUS: Please include two LAN dust plugs if you're going to sell a motherboard with 2 ports!!! I use wireless PCI-E and having one LAN port open just doesn't seem right! Perhaps ASUS updated the LAN port from 1 to 2 and forgot the update the plug count with it. If any ASUS employee reads this and would like to send me a plug please let me know.

Pros: Sturdy, Looks nice

Cons: sound quality is bleh

Overall Review: This speaker system is more or less designed for heavyweight budget laptops you don't move around much. You're going to be disappointed if you're buying this as a desktop system. On another note, you could probably get an altec lansing or polk audio that sound better for the same price.

Pros: Easy, stable overclock

Cons: Inflation sucks

Overall Review: I bought this kit back in 2016, paying around $70. It's money well spent. I recently splurged and bought 2 kits of Corsair Dominator Platinum Special Edition and tried overclocking those without much success. My curiosity led to me overclocking these supposedly inferior Hynix Trident Zs. I set the voltage to 1.35, frequency to 3200, and timing to 15-15-15-35 and it's been running stable. So much for the B Die hype huh, I bet I can push these further but I'm pretty happy with current settings. :)

Pros: Nothing.

Cons: Too tight, bad bottom clearance, bad design

Overall Review: Like the other reviewer, I had issues with this item. None of my SM951 drives would be detected in BIOS with the heatsink attached. I troubleshooted for hours and finally was able to resolve the issue after removing the heatsink. This is no isolated incident, I have over 15 M.2 drives at my disposal. Unfortunately, the one I experimented with this heatsink most kicked the bucket. If you're not transferring data all day long, don't buy this item. You really don't need it. I bought it for visual flare and it turned into an expensive lesson. The bracket is too tight, you risk damaging your drive. Good luck if you try to remove it, you'll likely scratch your PCB. Silverstone seems to have one that offers better protection for your PCB, the plates are held down by sleeves rather than metallic clips.

Pros: Great quality control, tempered glass panel very well made.

Cons: Cheap and noisy fans, controlling with your motherboard doesn't help it. I'm going to order Noctua industrial fans. A suggestion to NZXT - get rid of those fans altogether; most people are going to replace them anyway. Give us magnetic LED strips or a modular fan controller instead, or perhaps thicken the metal just a tad bit.

Overall Review: This is a fantastic case and probably the best I've built in so far. I've used a lot of cases - entire Corsair Carbide, Vengeance & Obsidian line, Phanteks Enthoo Pro M, Evolv Windowed & Tempered cases, NZXT Phantom & H440, etc. etc. I really like how modular and simple this case is - gone are the rubber grommets and instead you get a metal arch covering all your unsightly cables. I don't know if you're like me - but I am obsessed with how the cables protrude from the grommets, and this rids me of that headache (no grommets to think about, no unsightly flaps covering your cables). You can also easily slide your cables up and down and buckle them up when you're done, no more trying to squeeze cables through various holes - PITA! You can easily pull your power supply out from the back to clean any dust instead of having to wriggle it out laterally. The S340 is by far the cleanest and most aesthetically pleasing case of all that I've used. The only case that came close was the Phanteks Enthoo series, but those are plagued with quality control problems - you'd more than likely get scratched aluminum panels (happened to me multiple times). The glass panels are also inferior by a wide margin compared to the S340 Elite - I'm very impressed with NZXT in this regard. The glass is beautifully chamfered and looks uniform. The edges are smooth to touch and not rough/uneven like the ones found on Phanteks. The holes (for mounting) are also much better quality and smoother. You'd feel as though you'll break the panel by removal/installing too many times with Phanteks; I'm much more inclined to remove the panel on my S340 whenever I want to make modifications or clean the interior. I like this case so much I'm probably going to order another one to replace my Phanteks at home. If anyone want a cheap Phanteks Enthoo Evolv, hit me up lol!

Pros: Immersive, slightly more saturated colors compared to other monitors in the same price range

Cons: Resolution is too low for the price. Shadows around bezels, slight back light bleed near bottom of screen.

Overall Review: This is a fantastic monitor when on sale. I saw the item for $549.99 and it was a no brainer. Initially, I had a hard time deciding between this and the 27'' inch version. I don't think the resolution is high enough for 34''. However, the screen size is absolutely necessary for a more immersive gaming experience. 27'' is too small imo and defeats the whole point of having a curved monitor. The reduced price made my decision a lot easier.. I think Samsung should've bumped up the pixel count on the 34''. Things don't look quite as sharp as on my MG279Q due to the lower pixel density, but the experience is still better overall due to the curved design and larger screen size. Curved design does make things more immersive, especially in FPS. When it comes to colors, the difference between this monitor compared to your typical 27'' IPS panels isn't as drastic as comparing a traditional LCD TV to a Quantum Dot TV. I first became interested in a QD monitors due to the vast difference in the vibrancy and the brightness I saw when comparing two televisions side by side ($1,000 QD Samsung vs $3,000 Sony). The cheap Samsung QD obliterated the Sony X930D in color and saturation and I thought the story would be the same for monitors. I was sadly mistaken; there's definitely a difference, it just isn't as much as I would've liked. You get a slight bump in vibrancy, but not enough to wow you (unless you're coming from a very low end monitor). One thing I have to complain about is the hyped up HDR. It's completely useless at this time.... There are barely any games that support it and the feature is very poorly implemented on Windows 10. Everything is washed out (looks like gray filter). I had to disable HDR in windows settings to get the monitor to display colors properly. At any rate, jump on the wagon if you see this item on sale. At $699.99, I'd wait and see what sort of price ASUS / Acer will offer their QD monitors at.