Pros: Passive heatsinks on board --High quality caps --Check points for a voltmeter --MSI software (Auto update, control center) works very well in windows 8 --UEFI bios works great --3 sys fan headers, 2 CPU fan headers - 2x USB 2.0 and 3.0 headers -Quality

Cons: --On board audio header was a bit of a reach in my Fractal R4, but it did work.

Overall Review: I have been building computers since 1994, and this is the best quality motherboard I have ever built with. It is well designed and a well executed build with lots of quality components. I had no surprises and have had no issues with this system I have not tried to overclock yet, because I don't need to. X99 and Haswell-e is so fast, there's just no need to go faster :). This is a top quality board, and MSI software support is great. There have been 3 bios updates already and more to come. MSIs updating and install software work great in Windows. The control center utility allows me to monitor voltages and change system and cpu fan RPMS.

Pros: --Fast as any 9070 XT --Boosts to 3250 without any settings changes --3x 8 pin power taps. No melting connectors --2x HDMI 2.1 and 2x Displayport (the newer than 1.4 standard) - Temps are around 90c on the thermal junction at load, 60-something on the GPU --No thermal paste leakage --Better Linux support

Cons: -No support bracket - 2 display ports instead of 3 might upset some - Heats up the room

Overall Review: I would recommend this GPU. I have no problems with thermal paste on my Gigabyte GPU, maybe I got lucky? Moving from Nvidia to AMD was a good move for Linux gaming.

Pros: It has held up to standard gaming use Hardware switches to turn on/off USB devices and always leave them plugged in

Overall Review: I would recommend this product.

Pros: - It has been very stable - Performance is great, OpenBenchmarking says it measures closely with other RTX 3080 - 12GB means you get a few more cores (it's practically a Ti) - 2x 8 pin connectors (not 3) - Includes a mounting bracket. It needs it, this GPU is heavy, it must weight 5 lbs. - No LEDs or extra gagets to consume more power and make more heat - Good price point compared to other 3080 12Gb - Seems like a high quality, well-built product

Cons: - With the mounting bracket, it needs 5 slots in your case. I have something mounted in the 5th slot, and it works with the bracket on top. It will make 4 slots unusable (same con with other GTX 3080s) - Heavy - Power hungry, gets very hot when gaming (same as other 3080s)

Overall Review: Good no-frills Rtx 3080 12gb. If lights are your thing, you might want to keep looking. If you want something bare-bones, this is a great choice. It's worth spending more $$ to get the 12gb, not only for the memory but for the extra cores and compute resources. Your basically getting a 3080 Ti The included mounting bracket is nice. I'd suggest you use it because this thing is HEAVY. It has been stable, it performs well, right in line with other Rtx 3080s.

Pros: --Solid reliable card - Dual fans make it quiet under max cooling - Boost clock higher than advertized

Cons: - No extra frills in packaging (power taps, badges, posters, etc). Barebones card

Overall Review: - Boosts well over the advertized rate stock. I have not installed Afterburner yet. I don't need to, this card has the BIOS updates and boosts itself to around 1800 mhz.

Pros: - Comes with everything you need to run on any computer with USB - Cheap - Installed Windows 8.1 pro fine - doesn't need a power adapter - UEFI bios boots off it no problems - LG quality

Cons: - Slower than an internal drive - No blue ray

Overall Review: In these modern times, a fast internet connection is more important than having an always-mounted internal optical drive. I have tried some of my old CD-rs and DVDs in this drive and it reads them just fine. No more 5.25" drives for me.