Pros: Bought this so I could run Far Cry 2 with maxed out video settings and high physics usage. Coming from an EVGA 9800 GX2 this is amazing. I thought I would see a slight increase in speed in Far Cry 2, but I am seeing night and day difference. Where on my 9800 GX2 I would see some severe chop in very complex scenes in Far Cry 2 I now see silky smooth frame rates in those same scenes with the 295 F.T.W. (had to put the periods because Newegg, for some reason, found that acronym offensive). Awesome card. Runs nice and cool with my air cooled Antec 900 case.

Cons: It's big, but so was my 9800 GX2 so the same for me.

Overall Review: Yet another rock solid product from EVGA. They gotta stop making such good products or they may just get a reputation around town.

Overall Review: I had two brand new Seagate Exos X18 16TB - Model No: ST16000NM000J HDDs installed into this product for cloning. The clone seemed to work fine. The next day, when I hooked the HDDs up to another USB interface, the partition tables were corrupt and Windows reported BOTH drives as RAW. Luckily, I always keep a third backup off-site which I did not use with this product. Never using this product again. P.S. - Both Seagate drives work great with a different brand USB interface.

Overall Review: Have the 2TB model. That bench that I attached is on the Gigabyte X570SI AORUS PRO AX (rev. 1.1) ITX motherboard with a Ryzen 9 5900X CPU. Fantastic X570 ITX motherboard btw.

Pros: The BIOS is just a pleasant experience. Great layout. Super stable and great performance.

Cons: I/O backplate is attached via plastic poles to the motherboard's heatsink assembly making disassembly a complete pain and reassembly even worse. It's all doable, with patience. Yep, like others said, I just removed that silly metal block above the NVMe heatsink and put it in the motherboard box for safe keeping. I will never need it. As far as the fan wire adapters that come with the board, not a big deal if you are careful with your cable management design.

Overall Review: For those who still use Windows 7 64 (you know why you do, others will never understand) and plan on a dual boot scenario, have a clone drive ready. My slipstreamed Windows 7 64 install CD, which has the NVMe and USB 3.x drivers, did not work on this board. If you are coming from a X470 board running Windows 7, clone your boot drive and use it for this board. It should boot right up. It did for me. Luckily, X470 chipset drivers work fine on the X570. Windows 10 and 11 work great of course. I replaced the M.2 WiFi card with a model compatible with both Win7 and Win10. Using Win7 you cannot get drivers for the LAN port, but not a problem for me since I installed that WiFi card. So in the end, if you want to run Windows 7 64 still, you can work it out so all you lose is the LAN port. That, of course, can be solved with a USB solution.

Pros: Metal carry handle is the best feature of this case. Straightforward front to back cooling fan design. Vented at the bottom for any size graphics card. Easy to remove screwless panels.

Cons: Sharp edges in numerous areas. Fingerprint and scratch magnet. (black model) No LED indicator lights anywhere to be found. Not even for power. Plastic feet.

Overall Review: This case was the best option out there for my travel needs since I am on the road quite often. Gaming laptops are too expensive for the specs I want and usually a total pita to repair and upgrade. This fits the bill for now. If I had to do it over again I would buy the silver model since the paper thin paint job on the black model scratches very easily not to mention every time I touch the case I'm wiping fingerprints off. If you're not as OCD as I am this wont bother you too much. I also opted for the windowless model since traveling so much will likely result in a shattered window eventually. The only other minor complaint I have is GPU power cable clearance. I'm using an EVGA 2080 FTW3 Ultra which has dual power connectors that are on the side of the card. The braided power cables (Corsair SF750) that come out of said power connectors hit up against the side panel of the case resulting in a slightly bulging side panel. I've zip-tied it up as best I can while keeping a clear airflow path from front to back. It's minor, but makes my eye twitch with OCD angst. I wish there were more options in the ITX travel case market as I would be all for more design choices. This case is nice, but seems a tad fragile for rough traveling. Overall, the design fits the bill for now. Specs: ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming-ITX/ac AMD 5900X Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM (front case fan) EVGA 2080 FTW3 Ultra G.SKILL Ripjaws V F4-3200C16D-32GVK CORSAIR SF750 CP-9020186-NA

Pros: - Good performance - Supports Windows 7 64 - Nice aesthetics - Nice packaging and accessories - Good documentation

Cons: - Slow response times with ASRock customer/tech support (still waiting for a resolution) - The on-board Intel 802.11ac WiFi adapter performance is underwhelming compared to the rest of the board's features

Overall Review: ASRock customer/tech support has been sketchy at best. I first contacted customer support about a scratched NVME heatsink on the motherboard and asked for a replacement. They agreed to send me a replacement. Weeks later I received in the mail a couple of screws for the heatsink, but not the heatsink itself. I then sent an email and attached photo to support about the mistake. Haven't heard from them since. Dead silence. Now I am having speed issues with the on-board Intel WiFI adapter. I have tried three different antennas and various ASRock and Intel drivers and I cannot get above 120Mbps download speeds at best. I have gigabit service and all my other WiFi devices in the house get anywhere from 400Mbps to 650Mbps download speeds from the same websites and in the same room where the router is. So I contacted support again and they said they would look into sending me a replacement WiFi adapter. Once again, after the initial email I have heard nothing from ASRock support yet again. Dead silence. This is completely unacceptable support. For a $250 motherboard you would expect a much higher performance WiFi adapter and MUCH better support than what I am receiving. So I am left with either buying a high end WiFi USB dongle or upgrading the motherboard's WiFi adapter on my own since ASRock doesn't respond. Also, for those wanting to run Windows 7 64 on this motherboard make sure to hunt down and download Microsoft's two Windows 7 NVME hotfixes (which Microsoft removed from their website of course) and slipstream an ISO with those hotfixes (plenty of instructions out there of how to do this). Then once that ISO is created download ASRock's Windows 7 USB 3.0 patch and apply it to the ISO you just created with the NVME drivers. The final ISO will have both updated drivers at that point and you can install Windows 7 64 directly from a USB 3.0 stick with full NVME support.