Pros: -Sleek, minimalist design -Overclocks well -Customizable LED backlit logo

Cons: -ASUS' initial release announcement for this card stated that the customizable logo would be capable of RGB, and it is not. It is a white LED.

Overall Review: I purchased this card to replace an EVGA GTX 970 SSC, and I am very pleased at the performance. I ditched the included tuning software, and decided to go with MSI Afterburner as the overclocking tool. I have achieved just under 2.2GHz core clock, with the GDDR5X running at 10.8GHz (effective), with no additional cooling. I haven't attempted to go any further with the overclock. I have not noticed any high temperatures, but I also haven't monitored them closely, as I have not had the misfortune of other reviewers with a loud fan. I set the fan speeds to "auto" in afterburner, and haven't looked back. I am not upset about the lack of liquid cooling options, as I did my research before purchasing the card, and found that there currently aren't any off-the-shelf solutions. There are, however, multiple sources that can fabricate custom liquid cooling solutions.

Pros: - Decent build quality for the price. - Minimal design. - Great customer service.

Cons: - None.

Overall Review: I originally gave this desk a 4-egg rating without a written review, but have since updated it to 5 eggs, and felt I needed to write. This is due to the exceptional customer service I received from the seller. The desk came missing one part - a small support rail for the top of the desk. To be clear, the desk was still functional without the rail, but I didn't want to risk place a heavy PC on top of it without said rail. I emailed the seller, detailed the problem, and they promptly sent me out and entirely new desk. I was simply astounded at how quickly they responded, and how pleasant they were. Kudos to their customer service team! (Please forgive the poor lighting in the photo - I keep my home office dark.)

Pros: - Great airflow - Extremely well built - Clean, simple aesthetic - Plenty of interior space - Plenty of front I/O - Exceptional Customer Service from Corsair

Cons: - A bit pricey if not on sale/rebate.

Overall Review: First things first: this case is big, and it is heavy. I did not list this as a con, because I read the specifications and knew what I was getting into, but dang! It's like carrying around a VW Bug. And this is when it's empty. The build quality is superb, even among my other Corsair cases. I currently own a Corsair Crystal 570X, two 4000D's, and a 5000D. The build quality of each of these cases is great, but the 7000D is even better. The front and top panels have an identical airflow design cut into them, and both snap on and off easily for dust filter cleaning. The left-side panel is much thicker than a typical side panel, which accounts for its weight. Its airflow cutouts are identical to the top and front, adding to the cohesiveness of the design. It also allows fans mounted into the side of the case to intake or exhaust air, depending on how you mount them. The tempered glass right-side panel is also hefty, thick, perfectly clear, and without any visual distortion you may find on some cheap tempered glass cases. Both side panels open easily, as they are hinged, and use a closing mechanism that snaps into the chassis. The top, front, and left-side panel dust filters are magnetic. The bottom of the case has a dust filter for the PSU, which has a plastic body and rides on metal rails stamped into the case. Using the left side for this filter is a very welcome addition to this case, as it makes it much easier to clean than if it were removed from the back. There is a lot of internal space in this case. With plenty of room to spare, it accommodates 12 Corsair QL120 fans, a hard-line custom water loop, and a 324mm graphics card - along with all the other typical PC components. The top of the case houses an EKWB XE360 radiator, which is 60mm thick, and three of the QL120's at 25mm thick. That's 85mm (3.35 inches) between the top of the radiator and the bottom of the fans, and I can still stick my index finger between the fans and top of the motherboard. You could easily fit a 360mm push/pull fan configuration at the top with a "normal" (28-30mm) radiator. If you decide not to mount anything to the case's left interior (would be the back right if you're peering into the right side of the case), it comes with a two-piece metal plate to hide the mounting and fan holes. This plate can be separated so that you can use part or all of it, depending on your needs. The rubber grommets for cable pass-through are designed in such a way that you shouldn't have an issue with blocking anything hiding behind them from view. The case can mount GPUs vertically in two ways. First, there is a built-in area for vertical GPU mounting for GPUs up to 3 expansion slots thick. However, this area is very close to the right-side panel. The second option is the included bracket used to replace the horizontal expansion slots. This would be the preferred method, if you're not using any other expansion cards, as it keeps the GPU farther away from the side panel, allowing for better airflow to the GPU. Note, however, that the case does not come with a PCIe extension cable. That must be purchased separately. On to the topic of Corsair's Customer Service. When I first received my case, I didn't notice that the glass side panel was crooked. I noticed it a couple weeks later while looking up toward the top of my PC (it sits on top of my desk), that the top right side of the glass panel was not flush to the top of the case. The right side of the glass panel was 3mm lower than the left side. I took the panel off and found that the hinge plate was improperly mounted to the glass. I wrote to Corsair's Customer Service detailing the problem, and I received a new glass panel less than a week later. It was as simple as providing a receipt with my original inquiry, getting an email asking for my shipping information, replying, and then receiving an email letting me know a new glass panel was being shipped. The new glass panel fit perfectly. The case alone is cause for a review of five eggs. Corsair's Customer Service team makes me wish I could give six.

Pros: - No issues with its XMP/DOCP profile speed or timings. - Performs a bit better than my older non-RT Vengrance Pro RGB at the same timings.

Cons: - Does not handle faster timings well.

Overall Review: I can't knock an egg for this product, as it performs exactly as stated in the product description. However, my previous Corsair RGB Vengeance Pro (CL18 - the older, non-RT stuff) would easily hit CL16-19-19-19-36. If I change the CL of this RAM to anything other than its rated XMP timings, my system isn't happy. From refusing to boot, to BSODs, it just isn't happy. Again, I understand that the RAM is not rated for CL16, so I can't reduce the overall review score of 5 eggs.

Pros: - Performs well with the coupled Ryzen 3700X/32Gb G.Skill Trident Z Neo CL18 DDR4 RAM I have installed in it. - Has enough features to make it feel more like one of my higher-tier (and higher priced) X570 boards. - Eight SATA connectors. - Low Price.

Cons: - RGB lighting can be a (very) frustrating rabbit hole to fall into (more below).

Overall Review: The motherboard came well packaged, wrapped in antistatic mylar, and cradled in cardboard inside its box. The following items are included, placed beneath the cardboard cradle: Quick Installation Guide Support CD 4 x SATA Data Cables 3 x M.2 Socket screws 2 x M.2 Socket standoffs The system with this motherboard is running as a Plex Server, game server (game varies), and NAS. It performs perfectly well at these tasks, and I have had zero issues pushing a 4.5GHz all-core overclock with the Ryzen 3700X on this board. I don't normally run this board/CPU overclocked. Overclocking was performed for testing purposes only. Otherwise, it runs stock with XMP/DOCP enabled. With eight SATA connectors, it can handle more storage than even my higher-priced boards. While gaming with this board definitely wouldn't be an issue, the extra storage possibilities make it perfect for a home NAS/media server. The problem is with the on-board RGB, and it doesn't appear to be relegated to this board alone; after researching the problem, it's rather plain to see that this is an ASRock issue. I use Linux on this computer to run the various servers, but it sits in my office with two of my other systems so, subjectively, I want it to look just as nice. Upon getting all the hardware installed and booting it for the first time, I noticed there was no RGB lighting on at all, even when RGB was turned on in UEFI/BIOS. I moved ahead and installed Linux anyways, the forementioned servers, then OpenRGB. OpenRGB was able to detect the motherboard, so I set the RGB lighting. Nothing happened. After a few reboots, I instead performed a shutdown, and the RGB lighting magically worked. Until it didn't, about two weeks or so later. It just stopped working after a reboot. At this point, I removed the Linux SSD, set it aside, and installed Windows 10 on a different SSD that I put in the system. This allowed me to use ASRock's Polychrome RGB software. In my opinion, the software looks more like an afterthought to putting the RGB hardware on the motherboard. It's clunky looking, there are few RGB modes, and it doesn't always detect the RGB RAM. Regardless, I was able to re-flash the RGB controller using Polychrome, and the RGB was up and running again, except that the chipset cover's RGB wouldn't change from rainbow mode. The I/O cover worked fine. Even after multiple shutdowns, reboots, and trying to get it to change via BIOS, it wouldn't change from rainbow mode. Frustrated, I disconnected the Windows SSD, reconnected the Linux SSD, booted, and the RGB started working normally again under OpenRGB. If you use a search engine for ASRock RGB related issues, you'll find plenty to read. I can compare this to motherboards from other brands first-hand. My Windows gaming system runs on an MSI X570 board, my daily-driver Linux system runs on an ASUS X570 motherboard, and my wife's system runs on a Gigabyte B550 motherboard. I also have two Intel-based systems, one with an ASUS motherboard, one with MSI. None of my other systems have any RGB-related issues. Granted, Gigabyte's RGB control software may be even uglier than ASRock's, but It has worked without issue. Overall I would recommend this motherboard, especially for the features it has versus the price. However, understand that you may very well have to deal with RGB-related issues.

Pros: - Outstanding gaming performance. - GPU Design, to include RGB Lighting - Low fan noise under load. - AMD Adrenaline Software. See "Overall Review" for more info

Cons: - Coil whine. - RGB lighting control software. - AMD GPU drivers (sometimes). See "Overall Review" for more info

Overall Review: Pros: - At 3440x1440 resolution with a 100Hz vertical refresh rate, this card had no issues with keeping 100FPS in just about every gaming title I threw at it while at maximum settings. Where it wasn't able to achieve 100FPS, I haven't had any issues getting at least 80FPS in demanding titles. - While subjective, I find this graphics card to be rather nice looking, at least when mounted horizontally. The MSI logo and the GPU back plate lighting bar compliment one another, and I don't see any problem with color accuracy between the three lighting zones this card has (front, side, back plate). - The fans on this card only spin up when needed, and I have not seen them go higher than roughly 1700RPM unless I specifically set them to (for testing). The card stays under its Tjmax of 110 degrees celcius at all times. The highest I have seen during gaming (during summer when the house is a bit warmer) is 95 degrees celcius. - AMD Adrenaline software - I'm talking about the software itself, and not AMD drivers - is quite nice. Visually, I find the GUI much more appealing than the NVIDIA Control Panel/GeForce Experience software I use on my other systems, and it doesn't require that I have any type of AMD or social media account to use it fully. Every aspect of the GPU that I have wanted to control has been controllable via AMD Adrenaline. Cons: - Coil whine. In game titles that aren't graphically demanding (think Minecraft), coil whine only occurs when I let the GPU "run wild" and achieve maximum FPS. This is mitigated by using Radeon Chill to limit the FPS to my monitor's 100Hz refresh rate. This can also be mitigated by turning VSYNC on in-game, but I prefer to use Radeon Chill, as I've used the option to set it system-wide. For demanding titles (e.g., RDR2, Cyberpunk 2077, etc.) , the coil whine is almost always there. It is not a slight whine. It is a very audible coil whine. I have constant tinnitus, and deaf to sounds above 9000Hz, and the whine is still very noticeable, so I am not sure just how much it would annoy someone without a hearing deficit. It doesn't appear to hinder performance at all, however. Thankfully, I wear a headset whilst gaming, and don't have to listen to it. - RGB lighting control software. Unfortunately, AMD graphics cards aren't supported well, if at all, in universal RGB lighting control programs such as OpenRGB and SignalRGB. This being the case, you're stuck with MSI Center to control the RGB lighting attributes of this card. MSI Center is, in a word, lackluster. After installing MSI center, you have to add the Mystic Light RGB control software to it as, what MSI calls, a "feature." The software is clunky, has limited RGB options (compared to the alternatives listed above) doesn't always save your RGB settings on reboot or after a shutdown, and is very slow to set RGB settings. For instance, changing from the default rainbow lighting scheme to a static color takes roughly three seconds. If you have Corsair products and use iCue, Mystic Light defaults to hijacking RGB lighting for your entire system. This has to be disabled in MSI Center, and Mystic Light has to be blocked in iCue. - AMD drivers are hit or miss. Some releases will improve performance, some will reduce performance, and some will bring weird issues that cause you to rollback until the next release. This seems to be on a per-user/per-gpu basis.