Joined on 05/07/04
Wow!!! 7950X literally trounced my 5950X

Pros: Extremely granular BIOS on the X670E chipset, EXPO setting was seamless, 6006mz, PCIe5 and extreme performance
Cons: The only con is the heat, however I have open loop cooling, so I'm idling at 35C, and with curve optimization at a negative 27, CPU doesn't get above 83C, not really a con if you use high end cooling, definitely not an air cooled CPU imho
Overall Review: From the minute I first booted, until the last windows update, the process was hiccup free and running Cinibench R23, this build is #1 in both multi core and single core, in fact beating out the Threadripper 3990WX which is a beast of a processor by over 10,000 points. Job well done AMD, and if you think about it, this architecture is still in it's infancy, Intel's been beating the CORE architecture to death for 16 years. I clocked with PBO, negative curve of 27 and 100mz taken off the top, each core is capable of hitting 5.85gz which is amazing to me, the 5950X it replaced was capable of 4.6 ish on 4 of the cores. In my estimate, AMD has done the work and created a fine balance of performance with efficiency.
Great Camera

Pros: Quality low light pictures, good contrast.
Cons: Touchscreen is problematic, os is problematic, phone loses connection frequently, also the OS moves very slowly. I think I may have received a lemon. Not real pleased with the performance, specifically the all around functionality of the device. Texting is a chore with an over invasive word suggestion program. I previously owned an LG Optimus G Pro which was considerably better than this device.
Overall Review: The price wasn't bad, but you get what you pay for.
Stunning visual experience

Pros: bright, perfect in a well lit room, even more spectacular in a darker room
Cons: Only con was the price
Overall Review: I would highly recommend this Television, I went from a Samsung 75" LED 4K tv to this, night and day difference. Very satisfied, even 1 year later, it still amazes me with the clarity, and gaming is awesome on it.
Blazing fast

Pros: Runs exceptionally fast and stays pretty cool even under load. The heat sink is extremely efficient
Overall Review: Yes, I would recommend it
Pleasantly surprised

Pros: This card is extremely cool running, and it's also HUGE. I had to brace the end as it weighs 4.3 pounds and takes 4 slots. I like the RGB solution, it looks decent and not too blingy. Very powerful performance out of the box. I wanted the Sapphire RX7900XTX, however I refuse to pay 1600 bucks.
Cons: The only con is the pricing structure of these new cards, both from Nvidia as well as AMD. Speculators buy them, and the only place you can find them is on a certain site, you know the site I'm talking about lol, for an exaggerated price. Best thing is to let them sit there and mold until these greedy people get what they have coming to them, an extreme loss.
Overall Review: I removed my 6800XT and installed the 7900XT, removed the old drivers/software with a clean wipe and pulled down the latest Adrenalin software. I didn't get a chance to tinker with it for a week, but finally did, and found that undervolting it by a 10% margin, and increasing my max GPU clock speed and memory, it was a beast. This card beats almost all of the 4080's out in the wild currently. It is also beating the reference 7900XT's and coming close to the performance of the reference 7900XTX. Sapphire has outdone itself, I'm pretty sure these are binned GPU's to start with, and have a lot of headroom for OC. I'm pretty sure I could get even more performance out of it, but I'm satisfied at present. Machine info: 7950X cpu Asrock X670E Taichi Carrara board Trident Z5 Neo 6000 32 gb EVGA Nova Platinum 1200 PSU Thermaltake View72 tempered glass case Sabrent Rocket4+ x 2 1tb drives Open look cooling, Thermaltake W9 waterblock Sapphire RX7900XT Nitro+
Great bang for the buck

Pros: I essentially bought this mainboard because of the power/phase delivery, 105A Japanese Capacitors, 20/2/1, none of the other mainboards at a considerably higher price point had this. I am impressed with the BIOS, it's extremely granular and I was able to get a great OC on this board. I also like the minimal aesthetics and the white faux marble really stands out from a distance. Also a tremendous amount of PCIe 4 and Gen 5 (when available!). I also like polysync as it allows me to control my Asrock 6800XT Taichi. So far I'm pleasantly surprised, the last Taichi board I bought was sold with a Threadripper 1950X and it's still in service!
Cons: The only negative is the bios flash, and also the hassle of reloading WIn10, the mainboard saw all 4 of my NVME drives but wouldn't allow a boot selection. I also wasn't too impressed with the bios flash process, and the bios I did update to was buggy, so I had to flash back to the second iteration, it wasn't very intuitive, MSI and Gigabyte have spoiled me.
Overall Review: For the price, it's performance is up there with boards that cost 200 to 300 more, and in my opinion it makes this board a fantastic bargain. I would highly recommend it. I would also say that the first boot process is the board actually probing the memory for the EXPO OC parameters, it's not a bad thing, I saw reviewers were bemoaning it, but it's because it is a new process, with new technology, get over yourselves!!!!! Especially Steve at Gamers Nexus......
Delivery Issues
Other than having the freight company disregard their "delivery" window, Walts was good to work with
Nutrend
I was not real impressed with the lack of communication from Nutrend, however I didn't give them a loss of an egg, as I ordered a Generator from them after the nasty storm that laid waste to Texas. I can imagine they were overwhelmed with orders for said generators. I did get my item delivered within 2 weeks, and the driver that did deliver it was very friendly and helpful.
Very poor customer awareness or concern
I ordered an item, Newegg did not correct the address to shop to, so I contacted the seller asking them to amend the order before shipping and they refused to. Their "help" was to tell me to deal with UPS regards delivery. I canceled this order and will not use them again. No consideration to the customer, not willing to bend to accommodate their customer, thus no respect to clientele. I wouldn't recommend them. Fortunately Newegg stepped in and helped me cancel the order and returned the money to my Card.