Pros: I don't get into the benchmarking like a lot of people, but for everyday use, this seems comfortably fast. Slapped it in, fired right up.

Cons: This didn't come with a mounting plate or screws. I didn't knock an egg off because if this were purchased for, say, a laptop, then the plate would be a waste of metal. Both of my OCZ SSD's came with them, which was convenient for me personally. But for the quality level this thing has been reviewed as, I'm just nitpicking.

Overall Review: I'm not sure if I'm supposed to download it from Samsung's site or not, but mine didn't come with those free utilities. The ones people are saying they can use their RAM as a high-speed cache and stuff. Would be nice to get those. Edit as of 4/12/16: Still running strong. I'm an@lly retentive about how many drives are in my dinky little case (as in, I only want ONE in there) so I already wish I bought the 1TB instead. Also, I enabled RAPID mode and regretted it. Musta been a bit too rapid for my machine because I had to do a clean install. Not like I needed RAPID enabled in the first place, just wanted to see what happened. Got bubbly from a beverage, flipped it on, said WOW!, then said CR@P! Still laughing over that one.

Pros: Very simple layout. Front USB 3 header, nice placement of headers. Only accepts 16 GB of RAM, but for a home-based rig, 16 seems to be more than enough for me. Fired right up with a 4690S without issue; no issue with board thickness when mounting the stock CPU cooler. Lots of options in the BIOS that I neither understand nor plan to use. First time ever using a UEFI BIOS, I'd say it is nicely laid out for what I needed to find. Love the backplate, I'm used to the standard issue bargain aluminum ones, it goes nicely with my blacked-out rig. Would recommend. Edit 2/25/16: See other notes for update.

Cons: As others have stated, the SATA ports seem to be a bit weakly attached. Kinda made me worried, as I'm heavy-handed without intending to be at times. I used a Cougar MG100 case, I'd say that if you are going to use a slim case, be careful of how much pressure you put on the cables connecting to them. I had to re-arrange my cables a couple times to be at enough ease with the pressure on these ports.

Overall Review: If not for how weakly attached the SATA ports felt, I'd give it 5 stars without hesitation. Still would recommend despite this, though. Edit 2/25/16: Couple weeks ago the system started being currupt. I went to do a fresh install of Windows, it installed but then wouldn't install drivers. I looked at the error code it gave me online on my phone, lo and behold, the system bus manager wasn't loading. This is a major part of the chipset on the board, meaning the chipset went out already. I guess I got what I paid for. This is the second consecutive Gigabyte board in separate systems that I've had chipset issues with in fresh builds over a period of years; replaced the board in the other one with an MSI at the time and it lasted quite a while. In the system prior to my last one, I had replaced the chipset heatsink with a fan-forced chipset cooler, and I'm wondering if that is the only reason THAT machine is still running today. I think I'll go with MSI or ASUS and just plain avoid this brand anymore.

Pros: Good, basic plate. Came with screws. Aligned with my case's holes perfectly (Cougar MG100). Nothing fancy to get in the way like the other ones.

Cons: Less is better here. No cons.

Pros: Blue LED is bright, but if you position it so it isn't shining through a fan, then it won't shine out. If you aren't looking to limit your fan speed, this is downright awesome for powering multiple fans with a single MOLEX cable.

Cons: Doesn't bother me any, but some might find the LED's on it to be bothersome when aiming for a particular aesthetic.

Pros: Seem to push a bit of air. VERY quiet, which is what I was aiming for. Comes with rubber screws; I already snapped one but it lasted through 3 re-mounts while I was trying to get the cord position right, and I wasn't exactly light-handed about putting them through the fan holes (ug), so I'd say they're pretty good quality screws.

Cons: None that I can think of for the $10 I paid for each one.

Overall Review: I guess these being 1200rpm that I can only ask for so much airflow, so I won't complain much about it not feeling like a hard jet like with the 70-cfm Cooler Master ones (my usual go-to when not worried about noise), which I thought were quiet before trying these things. Then again, these are ridiculously more quiet, and using a 65W TPD i5 and plugging a GTX970 into my rig in the future, 3 of these on intake will definitely do the trick. I'd definitely recommend them whenever they're on sale.

Pros: Last rig was a Phenom 955BE, took a dump. Used this and WOW is the LGA platform easy to install after that AM2/AM3 cooler. Also feeling a LOT less heat coming out the back of the computer.

Cons: Honestly, I don't even see any as of yet. I don't get into benchmarking stuff, I just go off of every-day performance. I'd say it's a winner.

Overall Review: Researched this thing because I liked the idea of a lower thermal envelope. Turns out, this isn't a "crippled" 3.2ghz as my local retailer described it as, but rather the revisioned 3.2ghz and every bit the original 4th gen 3.2, just with a lower TDP. Very pleased.