Joined on 12/05/09
3930K
Pros: absolute beast even @ stock clocks this processor crushes my old I7 920 set to a 4 GHz 24/7 OC. I have the revised stepping version of this chip .Using a H100 in push pull config idle temps are around 27 deg C. lots of complaints on requiring a bundle to buy this processor. I bought mine from here bundled with an handheld temp checker for less that some other retailers are asking for just the processor.
Cons: none, other that Intel taking a while to get the chips to market
H100
Pros: super easy install into my Cooler master X full tower case. I added two fans for a push pull configuration being controlled by a strike fan controller. I removed the factory thermal compound in favor of arctic silver. So far on a 3930K Cpu at idle I am seeing 26 to 27 deg C
Cons: None
Extreme IV
Pros: I bought this board when the first came to the market and just now got the processor to finish the build. I am very Impressed with the quality of this board, components and attention to detail of this board are the best I have seen. system booted on the first try with no issues at all. I am using all of the extra ATX power connectors on this board for memory and cpu stabilization. The Bios is really good, took me a little while to get used to its lay out coming from Gigabyte/traditional bios, this board also has many features all of which are great tools for OC'ing. the windows interface software is also the best I have used to date. so far I am very happy with this product. I7 3930K, 32G 8 sticks of Corsair Vengeance memory, Corsair 1200W PSU, Intel 120Gb SSD, WD 160GB 10K RPM Raptor for slave to SSD, WD 750GB black for storage, 2 GTX 580's in SLI, Corsair H100 CPU cooler in push pull config, blue ray and DVD burner drives, Strike fan controller all in a cooler master X full towe
Cons: none
FAST
Pros: 5 of these drives in raid 0, 32k stripe size, bench marks @ 540mb/s 539mb/s. 6 drives adds another 100mb/s!!!
Cons: @ $68 a piece on egg there is none
SLI
Pros: Great Cooling , Awesome performance in SLI. I did not have the Extra Memory chip to bios mod these up to 470 specs.
Cons: none
4 mo of use
Pros: Quality is outstanding, all the latest features, 0 issues with memory, RAID-0 or any mentioned in other reviews. Awesome stability OC 920 OC to 3.8GHZ from day one 2 WD 150 G raptors in raid 0 win pro 1 WD 750 G Black Corsair 850W PSU 2 MSI GTX 465's/SLI 12 G of Corsair 1600MHZ 2 Blue ray drives Sound Blaster Gold Series Cooler master Full tower
Cons: PCI X1 is useless
Overall Review: a full tower case is really needed for this board to take full advantage of all PCI X16 slots.