Joined on 08/22/03
Great Bang for the buck

Pros: Just built a friend a gaming rig and got him the same processor as mine. Benchmarked the CPU and to get some comparable from Intel or even AMD, it is anywhere from $100 to $300 more.
Cons: Stock fan is loud when at 100% CPU. Extra cooling is needed to keep it happy.
OK Case

Pros: Good quality construction.
Cons: Cable management could have been a little better. Some way to tie cables along the top edge and a little room between the top edge of the mother board and the case would have been nice and a way to run the CPU power and fan cables behind the mounting plate.
looks good - Kid loves the RGB front

Pros: looks good - Kid loves the RGB front. Plenty of passthru for the cabling and enough room to hide the extra. Also like the trays for the 2.5 hidden on back.
Cons: did have to remove the 3.5 trays to get the power supply in. It is was a modular so the cables plug into the power supply making it a little too wide.
Overall Review: Great case for the price.
Great performance

Pros: Building a friend a new gaming RIG boot times are crazy. 20 seconds total. 10 for BIOS and 10 for Windows 10-64bit. Ranked really well on benchmarks.
Cons: none
Great memory

Pros: Motherboard recognized it right away at 1866. Didn't have to do a thing. For 8 GB of memory, it is cheap too and great quality.
Cons: none
Good board - and USB3 plug

Pros: I have built 3 system with this board. Good for a single GPU gaming rig. Can have 2 but you go down to PCIe-X8 when you do. For the price, it is a great board
Cons: Good for a single GPU gaming rig. Can have 2 but you go down to PCIe-X8 when you do