Pros: This is solid, fast RAM. I bought this for use in an ASUS P9X79-WS machine that I built for doing orchestral film scoring. When using sample-based virtual instruments, RAM capacities have always been a bottleneck for systems, since each loaded instrument can use up hundreds of MB apiece. My template has about 55GB of samples loaded into RAM at any given time, and I have yet to have any problems with it. I did some stress tests and I didn't have any crashes until I had filled 63 GB.

Cons: None yet.

Overall Review: This is my second purchase of the Vengeance series RAM and I have been very impressed so far. My last purchase was of 48GB that worked flawlessly in a LGA 1366 system designed to handle only 24. I think this says a lot about the quality of the RAM (as well as the board).

Pros: Very fast. I use this in a PC I built for orchestral film scoring, where having the extra threads really helps since you are using many different virtual instruments alongside each other in hosts tailored to take advantage of multiple cores. I can now run all the instruments I need in realtime with lots of CPU-heavy FX processing, and still only occasionally see the CPU usage go above 70%. It can play back projects that made my well-worn i7 930 choke without breaking a sweat, at much lower latencies and with lower CPU temperatures.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: In the past it always felt like the performance/dollar increase dropped off pretty significantly once you got above the "workhorse" processors like the i7 920 or the q6600. It's great to be able to buy a processor that on paper is close to the extreme editions but that costs much less since it is a "standard" CPU. I hope Intel continues this approach with future platforms.