Joined on 03/09/04
Worked great

Pros: It works. The instruction manual was easy to read and follow and it helped me through the install as the last computer was a while ago so this had some different things I was not skilled at recognizing. With some common sense (circle doesn't go in square hole) and a decent manual I was able to figure it all out. Since I read the manual I was able to know how to set the jumpers for my CPU. Everything worked properly with auto settings in BIOS. Very nice.
Cons: Jumpers are not my favorite thing in the world but only had to set it once for my set up to work at the advertised speeds. Doesn't have WiFi but that is my mistake for not even thinking about WiFi when buying a motherboard, there is a WiFi version of this motherboard though.
Overall Review: ASRock X38TurboTwins Mobo, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2
It worked

Pros: Installed successfully. Seems to be running crisp and fast. So far so good. No compatibility/driver issues since I have installed and I have installed a few 32bit and 64 bit programs already.
Cons: Stared at a blue windows screen when first booting from cd for a good 5-10 minutes before it did something. Not sure why, maybe a hardware thing not windows.
Overall Review: ASRock X38TurboTwins Mobo, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2, Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Working as intended.

Pros: It worked. CPU install was easy, all pins seemed intact. Worked at advertised speed without much hard work. Runs cool with stock thermal paste, as I had artic cooler to put on it but no tools or solution to remove stock paste. Initial performance opinion, I don't know yet, Wow seemed to run a little slower than I imagined it would on my new system and the video card is only running at 40-50 percent so I'm thinking the cpu was holding it up maybe? I am not sure though, got lots of testing to do still. Ran idle at 35-40C.
Cons: Heatsink/fan is kind of annoying to install. It has these plastic clips that you rotate to some degree and then push down with your thumb. Very easy to break plastic parts like that if you keep rotating. Hard to tell if it's pushed down all the way too. Just didn't like it, hardest thing to install in my whole computer, but it wasn't that hard.
Overall Review: I might get an aftermarket heatsink/fan because I think one of the four mounts on this one broke and isn't seated all the way, it's tight, but I don't think it's as snug and tight as the other 3. ASRock X38TurboTwins Mobo, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2, Vista Ultimate 64-bit
It's a beast, I love it

Pros: Awesome power supply. Modular cable design is awesome.. seriously. This thing had so many cables I think I unplugged half of the and put them back in the box. Fan is huge and on the bottom, seems quiet.. I can't tell because I have a front case fan that I can not adjust and runs full speed and sounds like a jet. I had no idea what some of these cables did really until I started reading the manual which helped me a bunch since I don't know what all the text on the back of the PSU means. I hate reading/learning about electricity. The cables were marked as well with what they were. It came with 5 wire ties and 4 or 5 black velcro straps for organization and screws. Tom's hardware recommended this, that's why I bought it.
Cons: No power button. It's just too sexy for it's own good.
Overall Review: ASRock X38TurboTwins Mobo, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2, Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Huge video card but works great

Pros: Forgot that I am supposed to install drivers before inserting video card but that didn't matter. Still worked great. Been a long time nvidia card holder and wanted to try Radeon, plus tomshardware rated this a good bang for it's buck, especially if you crossfire them. I just got 1 though. So far stays cool in an old aluminum case with front/side/2rear fans. Playing Wow max settings only uses 50 percent of GPU according to ATI Catalyst (which I like better than nvidia control panel so far) and temperature never went above 40-50C. And newest drivers for Vista 64 off ati website worked fine, as well as the cd drivers which i installed first before going to the website, played Wow on both and got a little improvement when updating drivers on website in performance.
Cons: Huge card, fan/heatsink is pretty large, was wondering how well two of them fit in crossfire mode but I'm assuming the developers thought of that and it would be ok.
Overall Review: It came with all cables you would need for newer or older psu, including crossfire connector thing. I also bent a capacitor a tiny bit while putting the power cord into it but I played games all night and no changes so I'm guessing it's ok. ASRock X38TurboTwins Mobo, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2, Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Runs correct speed without adjusting

Pros: Worked great, bought 2 sets of these for my new build. After reading the reviews I was prepared to have to adjust settings to get the correct speed... But that never happened, I put everything together, turned it on with no OS, perfect boot. Ram read at the correct speed and capacity, no adjusting required. Large heatsinks look manly.
Cons: The heatsinks are a little large and with all 4 of them side by side I think the heatsinks touch each other. Don't really know the ramifications of that but hopefully it means nothing. So far so good.
Overall Review: ASRock X38TurboTwins, Silverstone ST70F 700W, Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, (G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333) x2