Pros: Seagate is the best, never EVER had a seagate drive fail, had plenty of WD's go down, and with the 7200.11 and the 5 year warranty, you know you're getting a rtock solid drive. Mine works better than any other 7200 rpm HDD I've ever had, read below why.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Just because I am a storage freak and I actually read proper testing, I want to reveal a small gem with this. The 32mb cache for an EDUCATED user IS worth it, however most people have no idea what it is for. The 32mb cache allows this drive to surpass many other drives with 'Sustained' Data Read/Write Rates. (Yes, this would actually meet and may outperform a 10k/raptor when doing long tests with 'sustained' data transfers) I am using a 7200.11 raid for the storage/transfers/programs that need benefit most from the cache. I have 15k hard drive raid for games and the applications which benefit from burst data reads/writes. For long haul data transfers/storage I grabbed a couple of these 7200.11's for BIG money savings and beautiful sustained data transfer performance. All in all you're getting a great drive, just know what you plan on doing with it, because there a MESS of misinformation and lack of information with hard drives.

Pros: As a 970, it works and is a great GPU in itself.

Cons: -Coil whine not matter what speed.

Overall Review: Unless you have 9 fans running in your machine, you're going to hear the coil whine pitch. SOLUTION - Buy either ASUS STRIX or Card with TWO BIG fans, not three small ones or one small one. Their RPMs etc will cause coil whine/sound to be annoying. I have a quiet rig so this matters to me. If it doesn't to you, buy the best deal one you can find.

Pros: - Anything and I mean anything productivity wise gets 50%+ uplift from 4c/8t. - Holds up well with 1080p gaming w/frames > 60 (matters for 144 refresh monitors) - Much more future proof than intel atm. - 65 TDP!!! That means you can use a PASSIVE heatsink like HE02 - yeah I'm one of them. Coupled with a graphics card that has fanless mode means I can have a perfectly silent machine before gaming. Major kudos and haven't been able to do that in a long time. - Comes with RGB stock cooler that doesn't suck like intel's cereal box worthy one.

Cons: - Pre-launch hype made us think we were getting closer to 5.0 ghz which intel still has the title for (gaming for 1st/single processor heavy games still prefer intel with ~10-20% gap) - Virtually no overclock. (though CPU overclocking is mostly dumb when you do the math long term) - Still has some kinks to work out including nvidia's odd handling of AMD's SMT. (look it up)

Overall Review: Started as an AMD fanboy back in 2000's. Went to Intel about a decade or so ago when both parties fell asleep but Intel kept winning the gaming/single core front. Ryzen 1 or 2 series didn't impress me at all either especially for anyone who games. Waited 5+ generations to upgrade and went into this upgrade expecting a lot as one should. Seriously I don't understand why most people upgraded w/step upgrades. Should have donated that money or something to a charity. Been wanting AMD to come back and put some competitive pressure in this monopoloy and they did! Happy to say AMD finally made the case for me to not only switch to AMD but upgrade as my intel 4790k which was king for so long. Still is perfectly fine for any title leveraging < 4c/8t cores. Eventually > 6/8 thread gaming will be standard so 3700x is fairly future proof. I mostly game and do medium productivity tasking but even basic stuff I can sense some extra zip. Unzipping large files to name an easy example.

Pros: Durable AH and great picture quality

Cons: Inputs on back are annoying to use (since they all face down). Settings button on front require too much pressure and need brighter labels.

Overall Review: Great for casual users. For gamers go with higher refresh rate monitor w/free sync. (not g sync if you do your research right)

Pros: looks cool.

Cons: Came with loud buzzing sound / bad bearing. Don't these manufacturers pre-test these things? Returned for refund.

Pros: Use it mainly for backup and running non-intensive app/games. Can barely tell it runs any slower than other 7200 drives. Reliable and quiet.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Know your storage needs. Stop under-over doing it.