Pros: This ram is already super quick, but I was able to change the ram from 3600 to 3733 and fabric to 1866 without increasing voltage. It netted me an extra 300 points in Cinebench R20 on my 3950x (from 9100 to 9400). Computer runs stable, not issues, memory temps remain below 50c.

Cons: I was hoping it would come with that really neat box that I see reviewers get, it doesn't. Not really a con but I admit, I felt like that packaging was a nice touch if included. Maybe that's just in the 4 module version?

Overall Review: If you don't plan on OC your chip, this RAM literally does quite a bit of performance increase. I previously had a 3800x with 3200CL16. I used new timings on my old ram and was able to get tighter timings to 3600CL16. The Royal 3600CL14 was an improvement over that RAM right out of the gate. On the 3800x, I saw 100 R20 core increase going from my old overclocked ram to this. I did not compare the two ram on the 3950x, but I did go from 3600/1800 to 3733/1866 and that was a huge increase of 300 in R20. For comparison, going from 9400 to 9800 from there required over clocking the chip from stock 4.1Ghz speeds due to PBO, to manual 4.3Ghz. Basically, RAM at this speed helps processing power almost equivalent to adding 200Mhz to your chip on all cores. Your results may vary, but I was pretty impressed since I come from the Intel world over the last 20 years.

Pros: I have not had a chance to test this card out on games yet because I'm waiting on SWTOR to be released. I had a HD 4870x2 crossfired with a 4870 and it shows a higher Windows Experience Index (7.9) and it increased my 3dmark06 rating from 18000 to 28000. Pretty excited to test out DX11. To flash to a 6970, export your video cards Bios and make a back up, export another copy for editing. (You can export with GPU-z). Use RBE to edit your bios file and only change the shaders (which is on the last tab). Note - RBE will error when you load your bios saying overclock doesn't load. Save your bios file with the new shaders. Use ATI's WinFlash to upload the new BIOS file to your video card. Reboot, use GPU-z to check out your new shaders. Then overclock your card back to 870 and memory to 1250 - 1300. Set your fan speed back to automatic. My card runs great. (Youtube has videos on this, they do work on Gigabytes card.)

Cons: Wish you could increase voltage to make it run stable at 900MHz.

Overall Review: The other people who reviewed this and said it cannot be flash are only stating that because it has one BIOS not two. It does work, I've done it. Card runs under 50c while testing even while overclocked and with the additional shaders. amazing.