Pros: Very fast! WEI is 7.6 for this processor. Windows 7 boots so quick now. Haswell is great and I notice a huge difference upgrading from my E8400. Everything worked fine on 1st boot and the CPU runs cool in a 75 degree environment. I'm very happy with it.

Cons: No regrets being an early adopter. Everything works perfectly! I debated between this and the i7, but hyperthreading is only good for very specific multi-thread applications, none of which I would be using. So getting the i5 saves money and it is a good logical choice without much compromise.

Overall Review: 32gb Gskill Ripjaw 1600 560se Samsung 840 pro SSD ASRock H87 Pro4

Pros: The main pro is in its value. It's not expensive. It's "trimless" on three sides, so even though it's a large monitor, it fits nicely in most spaces. Also fairly light weight for the size.

Cons: Uneven light levels, lack of contrast, blacks not very deep, turning the brightness up really washes out the picture, so expect to have a dim experience if you want a quality picture. You have to find something you can live with. Gaming mode looks terrible.

Overall Review: You may consider something else. This IPS panel is not as fast as the 12 year old TN panel it replaced, however the colors are a bit better. The 165hz refresh rate is cannibalized by smear/ghosting, so it's going to "feel" slower than an older and slower TN. If you buy this, also consider a third party stand, as the one that it comes with is quite limited and bulky. Add that to the cost before you buy, and see if it's still worth it.

Pros: I gave my trusty 1080ti to my kid and replaced it with this 6700 xt. Was looking forward to a bump in performance for 1440p gaming as claimed on the front of the box.

Cons: I'm not so sure about the performance. It definitely performs better than the 1080ti in certain games like RDR2 and Cyberpunk, but in other titles such as CSGO which is a very high FPS game, it gets about half. I don't think AMD's overlay software is as good as Nvidias. The card does not have any lighting, doesn't have to be animated RGB but a backlit card looks nice and this lacks it. In addition the side of the card that you actually see is very ugly... they could have done a better job with the shroud.

Overall Review: It's okay for my needs but I wouldn't say that this is a desirable card. I question the value.

Pros: Performs the same as any other GTX 970 in this class. The card does not overheat and I have been using it for 2+ hours a day.

Cons: Coil whine is bad! I never knew what coil whine was until I bought this card. You will hear the fans. This is a very noisy card. It reminds me of cards 10 years ago where super-hot cards were cooled by an oversized fan system. If you don't want noise, don't buy this card. I'm forced to game with headphones on because without headphones at lower volumes, this card usurps my audio with the drone of the fan and that crackle sound of the coil whine.

Overall Review: I am a verified owner but I purchased it as part of the black Friday sale and Newegg listed it under a different item number for that day.

Pros: Small, and the design is nontraditional. The aluminum is fairly thick and looks nice.

Cons: Worst hard drive holder. The hard drive bracket where you can mount two SSDs is a total bust. They are mounted so far back on the metal plate that the lip of plate extends beyond the edge of the drive, which eliminates all but the most basic of SATA cables from plugging in. And as others have mentioned, forget trying to plug in cables with a 90 degree bend. But my straight ones with clips don't fit either. So my SSDs are dangling around in the case until I feel like taking an angle grinder to the bracket. I'm beyond the return period so I guess I could do that now. My other complaint is that the screw holes to the side of the case do not align with the holes on the fascia. One of them was put in at an angle and pre-cross-threaded. Nice job RAIJINTEK! Instead of quality control rejecting it, they just make it fit as-is and ship it out.

Overall Review: This case is only average, and for the price and considering the poor machining, I do not recommend it to others.

Pros: No reviews yet on whether or not this works on the Haswell platform, but the answer is YES. I bought 2 of these kits for 32gb and it picked it up fine. I had to tell it to use the 1600 profile because it was auto detected as 1333, but there were no problems doing that.

Cons: No regrets! 32gb RAM is awesome

Overall Review: Haswell i5 ASRock H87M Pro 4 Samsung 840 pro SSD WEI = 7.7 on Windows 7