Pros: - Excellent price for a quad core - Supports and runs DDR3 at 1600mhz and higher - Good for PC gaming - Unlocked and auto tuning processing cores for easy and safer overclocking.

Cons: None in my case.

Overall Review: So far it has exceeded all my expectation for its class and price. I thought it might be a dud like other reviews had mentioned, but it wasn't anything like that. I think the bad reviews for this processor are dramatically over stated. Probably because the people that wrote the bad reviews for this processor were comparing it to something it's not. It's not an Intel processor, so you can't expect it to perform like one. For day to day computing and even high end gaming you can't go wrong with this processor. It blows my Phenom II X2 550 BE out of the water in comparison. Those who compare it to an i5 or i7 should really think before they speak, because many people read the reviews and it throws them off on making a balanced and well informed decision.

Pros: Purchased this supply due to good price and advertised watts. Using it to power my older 2012 custom build and so far have not had any issue from it.

Cons: I did not find any problems or have any complaints for this power supply. It's out of sight and out of mind for the most part.

Overall Review: Seems to be of decent quality but no one can ever be sure how long a power supply unit will last. I'll keep it clean and use it till it breaks.

Pros: So far the memory is working great and I love the lighting effect on them. The speed was pretty accurate and the XMP profile worked without any problems for my AMD build. I paired it with the X570 chip set and the Ryzen 3700X. it's wonderful to see my now dated 800mhz RAM replaced by ram twice it's speed, and the ability to go even faster when prices for 2000mhz ram become more affordable. I didn't understand that the 3200MT/s limit was for Gen2 Ryzen processors and that the 3rd Gen supported up to 4000MT/s at the time when I decided on this ram model. This ram is also listed in the QVL list for my Gigabyte Aorus motherboard.

Cons: Who ever built these modules when all out on them and I can not find anything to complain about.

Overall Review: If I had known that the chip and board could reach 4000MT/s I would have gotten that speed in a smaller quantity. However I see now that speed isn't always the only factor to consider. Using 32GB of installed ram added one very useful benefit that I wouldn't have if I had used say a 16 or 8 GB kit of the max speed ram. Some but not all of the extra ram is used as high speed cache space by games and the operating system to make everything run very efficiently and smooth, even allowing me to play high end games on max settings without having all the required dedicated video memory. This could only be due to this memory and the speed at which it operates being fast enough for cache use. For me coming from an older AMD DDR3 pci2.0 system to almost cutting edge AMD DDR4 on pci4.0 system is a huge upgrade.

Pros: Comes with it's cooler, and it's a fancy one. Runs stable and over-clocks itself. Improved performance in all my old and new programs and games. Paired with the X570 chipset and Windows on the SSD M.2 drive it boots in mere seconds. Gaming on it is unlike any of my previous computer builds and removed so many of the bottlenecks.

Cons: None that I can think of, it works as advertised and the performance improvements made it worth the investment.

Overall Review: These seem like a zippy processor design, it is my hope that the higher tier chips will come down in price by next year and I can upgrade it to the 3900X.

Pros: I just redid my 2012 AMD FX build to this series and I can feel the difference on just about every task. The total cost was a bit more than I expected for the three parts but was worth it. Comparing this board to my older 6300FX 6 core processor and Gigabyte's GA-970A-DS3 board (still working, stored in the Aorus box with the proc and mem still in it) is no comparison really. Basically all the specs were doubled for the most part and my gpu was able to reach its best performance by using the pci-e 3.0 standard over the older 2.0 that the original board was limited to. I regret not paying close enough attention to the supported memory speeds of the Aorus board and got 3200mhz ram from G.Skill to pair with it, works great slightly overclocked on the ram. I didn't want to push it and break something, but the default xmp profile runs the ram at 1598mhz and not a solid 1600 in cpu-id. So I set the timing for the frequency to equal 1633 which produces 3266mhz. Which is double the speed of the Corsair DDR3 800/1600mhz. The board shows that it supports up to 4000mhz DDR4 and if I had used that speed it would have been to expensive and I wouldn't have been able to get 32GB of ram, which was again double the ram in the old build. I've tried some games on it of course, was one of the reasons I wanted to update my hardware in the first place. My old setup using the Nvidia GTX 970 with 4GB of memory locked in pci-e 2.0 mode and the older 6 core just couldn't run the games on high or ultra at all unless you turned the resolution down to something worthless like 800x600. I had just updated to this card to see if it would help make AC Odyssey run smoother and on higher settings, but even that wasn't enough for ultra. It was my processor and ram/board all along. With these parts I am able to run all my games on max and even beyond the memory limits of the games in the video settings. Settings for Resident Evil 2 Remastered for example at ultra require 12.33 or so GB of v-ram. I figured this should slow it down a bit as I only have 3.9ish visible in game to use but I was surprised that it plays so smooth, so fast. I feel like I'm using a console to play it. To me that is the real world test of the hardware, the benchmarks are meaningless for the most part and AMD got it right this time! I'm very pleased so far by the build and hope that it lasts a long time. All I can do is clean it when it gets dusty and try not to get it to hot. Keep it on a surge protector and turn it off when not in use. Which based on the various temperature senors on this model it runs cool being an open sided case and all.

Cons: Like others pointed out there isn't any control of the LED options outside of that kind of odd software that you can download for it. If you don't use the software then it does the random rainbow effect of colors which is nice if you like that. I leave it in that mode since installing the software from Gigabyte seems to have a mind of its own and won't remember settings unless you leave the app running and allow it to boot up with the PC. I don't allow autorun tray icon loaders on startup if I can help it so I chose not to use that software. I don't know if there is enough room in bios but if possible it would be cool if Gigabyte provided a firmware update that includes settings for the RGB pin outs on the board. I had two led strips, one now (opps), lost one due to installing it backwards apparently. This is the first board I have had that has pins specifically for the LED strips, which I seen as a pro for it. This allowed me to remove the RF controller and the Y-connector segment cable saving space and removing clutter, though the small remote no longer has a purpose. I now understand the RGB pinout scheme and ordered two new strips to go with it to add some additional light on the inside. This board has two different kinds of RGB connection pins (4 in total, 2 of each) one has a missing pin and the other has all 4, don't make the mistake I did and incorrectly install the LED strip or whatever you are putting there.

Overall Review: I would share some pictures of it if I could.

Pros: Easy to install, used it to unlock the 4 cores on an AMD Phenom II X2 processor. Was able to just insert it in the case and attach the boot drive and other hardware to the board and turned the machine on. Windows 7 picked up the new hardware and installed pretty much all the drivers in a few minutes. Was no need to reinstall the OS from scratch, its been running fine since February.

Cons: The overclocking and unlocking of the cores seems to have a strange reaction to my DVD drive which can sometimes cause the system to hang or lag for several minutes at the POST screen when looking for SATA 4. Either turning off the overclocking or unhooking the DVD drive resolves the problem and it doesn't happen every time. I found that I can keep all the cores on but if I overclock the hang on boot happens. I have gotten past the POST and achieved an OC of 3.5Ghz but it BSOD's if I try to burn a DVD using DVD flick. It's currently at 3.1GHZ X4 mode, stable, no lock up on boot.

Overall Review: I love it!

I needed to replaced an aging Hitachi hard drive and this seems to be working just fine. Only time will tell since i just finished installing it about 30 minutes ago. Writing the data off of the one reporting imminent failure and errors with the SMART table data right now. Go new with hard drives, the one it is replacing is a used unit and it arrived with error's on disk after being initialized so I don't trust it and got this new one instead. I'll keep the old one around and use it for unimportant things on another computer until it breaks to see how long it can last with reallocated sectors. The internally damaged drive is also a Hitachi and the other two mechanical drives I have are also Hitachi. The one for this review is labeled HGST, but still reads as Hitachi in the various details sections of diagnostic software's, which is fine. In my years using these drives I've had no problems from them and even the one showing as imminent failure in the diagnostics software seems to work normally with no detectable slowdowns or poor read/write speeds. It could fall apart tomorrow but most of the time a drive that is failing will make sounds right before it does. They are all silent for the most part, a testament to the build quality of these units. Thank You go hard drive for getting me the new hardware quickly and for an affordable price.

No drivers or setup required, the mouse and keyboard simply worked. There does not seem to be an on/off switch so I assume it just turns on and off based on the power state of the USB Bluetooth adapter. I ordered this as a simple replacement to get my previous computer rebuilt so it could be used elsewhere. The layout is a bit different and the keyboard is very compact but overall this is a quality keyboard and mouse combo without all the bells and whistles. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Happy with the fans for the most part. Sadly the hub has yet more custom ends that do not seem to be compatible with any of my other RGB stuff. This is my first RGB build so I'm learning as I go. For others going down this road be sure to get all the fan parts and hub(s) from the same manufacturer and vendor if possible to avoid non matching connectors. The cable that comes with the fan set to attach them to the motherboard for software control is unlabeled so I have not tried using it even though it looks like it might fit loosely on the RGB pin outs. No booklets that I could find came with it either to explain the connector type. I wonder if there will ever be some kind of IEEE standard for the connector ends for RGB wiring. Each vendor does it differently so nothing works together at all. It takes 3 different software programs and now an extra remote control to set the color scheme. I gave up on getting any kind of sync from it and just let it ride on default and put the remote controlled LED's in the random rainbow pattern. While it's not what I expected the 140MM fan set from IRIS do look very nice and provide excellent air flow as based on my readings of case and device temperatures while the system was under gaming and regular loads. The price is very reasonable as you get two fans and the controller hub for RGB power only as well as an RF remote to control the lighting and the flaky motherboard connector wire. You'll still need enough fan power ports on your board or add an additional fan power hub to your case.