Pros: UEFI bios is great and easy to use. Audio is pretty good. Plenty of connections on the inside for hard drives and disk drives. USB flash back works great.

Cons: Issues with RAM and temperature

Overall Review: I've had issues with the RAM I bought for it (G-Skill Sniper 2x8gb1866), both sticks work great on their own but together the system is very unstable. RAM is not on the QVL so I'm not sure if its the RAM or the Mobo itself, I haven't been able to get a new RAM set to test though. My other issue is that VCORE1 has been getting pretty hot (from my experience) even with minor use such as browsing the internet but a decent side fan in my case has helped a bit.

Pros: -Great price -Runs most anything on high or ultra settings -Consistent 60fps on all but the newest, most graphically intensive games and even then the FPS has never dipped below 30 -Quiet even at full load and maxed fans -Has never overheated

Cons: -Firestorm software could be a bit better

Overall Review: Overall it has been a great card. I was a bit wary of getting a 970 because of all the coil whine complaints but so far I only had it happen a couple of times for a few seconds during a loading screen in SRIV. MSI Afterburner is a must, after setting up a custom fan profile there has been absolutely no overheating and coil whine never came back. It runs as fast as it claims both core and boost. I have encountered some annoying issues such as frame skip with CPU intensive games like Skyrim but I'm running a FX-8120 so that's most likely the culprit. Would recommend a processor on the higher end of things to get the most out of the card. All that being said I want a second one for SLI.

Pros: Great price, Gold efficiency and modular. I got this to replace an older Rosewill Xtreme that had a lot of issues. This one worked flawlessly out of the box and is virtually silent. More power than what I need but leaves a good amount of room for expansion.

Cons: I would have liked the cables to be a bit longer but that's about it. Had no trouble reaching what I needed it to but would have been able to make things look neater.

Pros: It has a good amount of storage. Its quiet as well.

Cons: It took 3 tries to install Windows 7 home edition

Overall Review: First time install of Windows 7 it took 3 tries for it to do it properly, not 100% sure it was the hard drive but after some research it seems to be the most likely suspect. Once everything installed properly it's been working great and haven't really had any issues since

Pros: Picture looks great, has HDMI port

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: It's been a good monitor so far. It's light and easy to move around and doesn't take up too much space, movies and games look great and It's very reliable. Sound from the built in speakers isn't the best but it's not bad either. Works well with game consoles too.

Pros: Plenty of room, fairly good air flow, nice shape and design, very sturdy

Cons: All but one fan indicator LED went out within a year

Overall Review: It's been great for my first solo build, most of my college friends love the design and the color of the LED's. It's a pretty sturdy case, being in a college apartment it can get knocked around every now and then even when I think it's out of the way. It has lots of room for cable management and expansion. The fan indicator LED's going out kinda bugs me but it's not a huge deal, I can still adjust the speed and everything else works. Would have liked more room with the top fans to fit some of the bigger liquid CPU coolers but again its a minor detail for me.