Pros: - Ran at advertised 3200 14-14-14-34 1T out of the box flawlessly on my new 1700 + Asus B350-F combo. - A perfectly acceptable and somewhat cheaper alternative to the Flare-X series. - A non-RGB alternative!!!

Cons: I have experienced no cons with this memory kit. At all.

Overall Review: *insert obligatory DDR4 price complaint here* Not much more to be said. I have not had any problems with this memory at all. Works at advertised speeds. If you're looking for a Samsung B-die kit for Ryzen and don't want to spend extra for RGB or other brand names, look no further.

Pros: - Latest bios as of Aug. 2017 is feature rich. Was painless to update it via USB stick. Even has English descriptions of what each option does - Looks great compared to other boards in this segment - Onboard audio and LAN components are good for the motherboard's price - Handles my overclocked 1700 well enough

Cons: - VRM heatsinks are bulky and useless without fins to increase its surface area - Bios layout is convoluted with many menu layers. Customizable favorites list helps but it's merely a band-aid for poor organization.

Pros: - 8 cores, 16 threads - stock Wraith cooler performs as well as it looks - very power efficient at stock speeds - overclockable - Inexpensive!

Cons: - All the power saving features are thrown out the window once you do a raw multiplier overclock... unless you use P-States to overclock - P-State overclocking is not self-explanatory and requires a bit of internet search to understand fully - The CPU has delicate pins that plug into the motherboard socket (PGA), as opposed to pins on the motherboard socket (LGA). Requires careful handling in order to not bend or break the pins.

Overall Review: I built a 4670k system in 2013 when it first released. Here I am in 2017, spending nearly the same price as I did then for twice the cores and no ridiculous SMT tax to boot. I also spent about half as much on the motherboard as I did for the one back then, all without sacrificing features that I wanted. That's pretty amazing when you think about it. Haswell is still plenty capable you might think. So why the 1700? It's true that my 4670k @ 4.6ghz can be faster than the 1700 @ 3.95ghz in certain conditions because of the clock speed advantage, but I don't typically use my programs (or games for that matter) standalone and in a vacuum. There's so many other programs I have running that need their slice of CPU time. It may just be the way I use my computer, but I found myself constantly trimming the amount of programs I had open at any given time just because I hate the wait when I try to multi-task. Once I'd start something I'd even wait a few seconds before firing off a new task or tabbing to something else just to give the first program a head start. An 8 core system with 16 threads solves that 4 core 4 thread dilemma. It makes me grin every time I start up something extra while the Ryzen is loaded up. It never feels like I'm trying to run with duct tape over my mouth the way that an Intel i5 does.