Pros: Much faster than my old Core 2 Quad. Yes, I know that's going to be a big DUH, but it is. Very easy to get a stable oc with my Asus Crosshair V Form. Running at 4.2 stable. (with liquid cooling, of course). Cheap for the budget builder.

Cons: None that I can see. Maybe not as fast as an i5 or i7, but wayyyy below the price range for those.

Overall Review: There are now the 2nd gen octa-cores out from AMD, but this one was the ground breaker. Being this cpu was at the core of my very first solo-build, I'm very happy with the results. For those of you that care about Win7 ratings: it scored 7.7 on base clock. 3.8 gives you a full 7.9. PerfTest rates it rather high too.

Pros: 2gig GDDR5, 256-bit, small, cool n' quiet, lots of display out options.

Cons: Plastic cover is kinda lame and flimsy. Didn't dock any eggs for this, just a personal preference. Also, it slightly covers the power port, which is rather annoying for someone with meaty fingers.

Overall Review: Like many others, I bought this Black Friday for $150 and some change with a free Far Cry 3. Upgrading from two Asus 450's SLI'd, I saw a huge increase in performance, temps, and everything all around. There is some performance failures on newer games at high specs, but one card can't do everything, not for this price, anyway. Runs ME3 maxed, Fallout: NV maxed, Far Cry 3 pretty much maxed, and Black Ops II with all but max anti-aliasing and sync frame. Turn those on is playable, but get lots of glitching and frame rate drops in fast paced sections. Rig: Asus Crosshair V Formula FX-8150 oc'd 4.2GGhz VisionsTek 7850 Antec Kuhler 2.0 Liquid Cooling system WD 500gig SataIII x2 RAID 0/1 G.Skill 240gig SSD Thermaltake 850 Black Widow PSU NZXT Phantom to wrap it all up.

Pros: I've owned 2 of these drives. Both of them still work to this day after over 4 years of use, with 3 different motherboard/cpu's, and who knows how many reformats. These drives will keep on trucking.

Cons: The price nowadays.

Overall Review: I purchased one of these drives roughly 4 years ago in my first barebones kit. Actuall, got it for Christmas, but whatever. I then bought a second one just about a year ago now....and only paid $54 for it. I understand that many people are hurting from these floods, but I don't see how one plant closing will double the price.

Pros: This board has a rediculous amount of features, but I consider that to be a good thing. Going from an overclocked profile for gaming to a non-overclocked one is literally as easy as clicking a button. I paired this with an AMD FX-8150, dual Asus 450GTS, and 8 gig of Corsair Vengence 1866 DDR3. Almost maxed the Windows 7 index with the exception of my disks which are still standard 7200rpm-ers. Great board if you catch it on sale, which I did. A cool $220 for something of this caliber is a great deal.

Cons: The one and only complaint I have really isn't about the board itself. My power supply I had did not have an 8-pin plug. This board requires an 8-pin along with a 4-pin and the standard 24-pin to even power up. This really wasn't the board or Asus's fault. Not even worth an egg, but something to keep in mind.

Overall Review: If you're a gamer, probably more geared toward the more hard-core ones, this board is for you. With the ROG features and all the extras on this board, you'll have absolutely no issues with any game you might try to run. I'd recommend this board to anyone who asked me for an opinion.