Joined on 04/14/04
Great board - great value... just needs some BIOS tweaks

Pros: Latest X99 Chipset, Support for my 5960x, plenty of RAM slots - I'm on an upgrade path for 32GB once the prices come down, full featured board at a value price. This board is a great board - there are quirks but I'll get into that in the "other thoughts" section. First of all it's Gigabyte, secondly it comes with all of the accessories and documentation you need to install. Thirdly it overclocks my 5960 like a boss. Once you get into the BIOS its easy to move around in, setup and tune your proc
Cons: Now for the cons. People here are having problems with BIOS/UEFI out of the box. This board ships with version F5. Gigabyte has version F6 available on their website. The huge unknown bummer that took me an hour to figure out is this. If you plug any hard drives into the secondary SATA controller you'll NEVER get into the BIOS screen. You can try all you want but until you pull the drive cables off of those ports it won't go into the BIOS/UEFI screens.
Overall Review: Gigabyte could offer better BIOS/UEFI support for this board but the great thing is once you get past the first few little bumps its smooth sailing at a great price. This board was MUCH less than the competitors boards. I always buy Gigabyte and one other competitor because they use Intel's reference design for the board core and they are made at OEM by Foxconn. You always know the hardware is going to be good quality. Gigabyte reps - if you read this, please fix the BIOS bug. Also - for your apps package, please fix the grammar and spelling errors. When I go to overclock my CPU I'm tuning, not "tunning"
Decent washer - keep it clean though...

Pros: Quiet operation Saves water - energy star Stainless steel interior Minimal internal parts - less to break
Cons: Lengthy cycle - heavy cycle takes 3 hours to complete Requires a rinse agent to properly dry the dishes You MUST KEEP THE FLOAT SWITCH RESERVOIR CLEAN in order to keep the dishwasher running
Overall Review: We got this dishwasher as part of a home purchase. We went to run the dishwasher and it would not run - blinked three lights. Had a service person come out to look - they ordered many parts (I could tell they were guessing). We waited and waited and waited for parts (over 6 weeks). Finally I decided to pull the dishwasher myself and take a look. Discovered the blinking lights meant low water in the tub - the float sensor wasn't registering. Removed the left side of the dishwasher panel, removed the float assembly housing and cleaned the drain tube as well as the housing, float, and channels. Put the dishwasher back together and voila - it works just fine.
I bought the second one!

Pros: My other 8GB stick now has a friend to hang with. Same quality, warranty and ease of install as the first one. Other obvious pro = Crucial from Micron!!! wooty woot!
Cons: None!
Overall Review: Perhaps someday when I need them I'll buy 2 more of these. Oh wait - I already have a 5960x and 16GB of DDR3. I might not really need more RAM until I build a new machine 5 years from now.
Nice earrings

Pros: Beautiful shiny diamonds. Quick shipping from the vendor
Cons: The posts have threaded keepers that stripped in less than three days of wear. My wife loves these earrings but has already moved to replaceable backings that did not come with these. Seems like the material is very soft or the keepers are cheap.
Works!

Pros: This is easy to connect to the car - my plug is right under the steering wheel. Initial connection to my android tablet was also simple. Found some free applications and am looking for the best paid app still. Good device - works as advertised.
Cons: none
Overall Review: This is handy - has allowed me to calibrate my speedometer. I'm actually off by 2 mph from the car.
Great for travel/on the go gaming

Pros: Great looking screen, great feel on the controls, fast Tegra 4 chipset. Fantastic battery life, excellent WiFi performance. If you are a gamer and need to take it on the road this is IT. I use the Grid Beta functions from time to time and see some real opportunities to stream some great games. The HDMI features are good in console mode.
Cons: There aren't really any cons. This is not a phone - nor should it be. It would be ULTIMATE if it had a camera and LTE that could be used for phone calls (via bluetooth) and gaming.
Overall Review: I'm enjoying Half Life 2 on the Shield a lot - makes me wonder when we'll see CounterStrike Source on Shield and the rest of the Source games library up for sale. Quite honestly I'd like to see the Steam application for Android improved/upgraded for Shield play. I have an Nvidia 580 and am not taking advantage of the streaming capability from my PC. When I'm home and want to play PC games I sit in front of my PC. When I'm on the road I'm pwnin' noobs on Shadowgun: Deadzone w00t!!!