Pros: installed fine. make a funny fan noise the first time i started it, but it went away. using it for my ASRock 970 EXTREME3 with AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz. I went with this PSU because it was used with the same chip family for Tom's System Builder Marathon.

Cons: shoulda bought modular. cables are stiff as hell.

Pros: easy board for a first-timer. all the required I/O and expandability for a DAW builder.

Cons: none that i can think of.

Overall Review: This was my first effort at a home build. I use this as a DAW workstation. It has two PCIe 1x slots for multiple UAD cards. build ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 Noctua NH-D14 Cooler G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner ASUS EN210 Video Card Antec 300 Illusion

Pros: It works well. is colder than nobody's business. No LEDs. fit in my Antec 900 case

Cons: hard to install the cables into MoBo and MoBo into case once this thing is on it. beige is beige. at least make it black.

Overall Review: used in my first build with a AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz and ASRock 970 EXTREME3. i turned the speed down to 5 in the bios since i chose this for a DAW. i preferred an "overkill" strategy and went with what was considered a quiet and effective cooler. and it appears to fit the bill nicely. is it silent? no, but it's quieter than the case fans. i havent really put the chip under load just with audio so for now, everybody is being like Fonzy. and Fonzy is cool.

Pros: used in my first-time build.

Cons: it's loud. but they're all loud, so it's par for the course.

Pros: this is my first build and it went OK. this will hold a Noctua NH-D14 with a tiny bit of space left over.

Cons: not a big fan of LEDs in the fans. it's a computer, not a pachinko machine.

Pros: perfect for my home-build DAW workstation. selected these because they fit under the Noctua NH-D14. scores a 7.6 on windows experience for what it's worth.

Cons: none.