Joined on 11/25/05
Awsome
Pros: THis card freaking rocks, comes with its own Overclocking GUI utility( that unfortunately does not integrate wiht my ASUS motherboards Overclocking GUI utility[ASUS get on that]).
Cons: It does not come with a solar array to offset the power usage of my system? there was now Assasins Creed III offer when I boutght it. Its also cheaper now...grumble...technology trends... grumble
Overall Review: THis card is huge, make sure you can handel one this long, warn your G/F. I got suckered in by SLI the last few times, law of diminishing returns always holds true. This time I am just buying 1 massive card at a reasonable price, so when the next most awsome series comes out from NVIDIA I can afford to sell this one off for the new one, wiht more power and more memory.
great load meter
Pros: works exactly as advertised with no defects going on three months now. Using it to monitor how much power i am using to charge my car.
Cons: Will probably take up two outlets on a regular wall plate.. Its a tight fit for a second if you want to try
almost Perfect case
Pros: THis case is super quiet! Has everything you want in a case and hase super minimalist stylig so it does not look tackey. TOns of fans coem with it, while still having the option to add more. Dust protection gallore. Switch for the lights was an amazing thought ( wish it turned of the power buttion light as well though)
Cons: light switch does not turn of power or cpu light ( some people might not want that, but it would be helpful for those of us that like the room dark occasionally while the thing si running) Fans do not have the option of being conected to motherboards fan conroller. Have some proprietary pin connection. Sad that they would remove this option from our hands. SOme days I just want my fans to be controlled by my motherboard rather than a switch.
Awsome
Pros: it's so awsome, even if I gave it a 0 egg review, it would still ahve a 5 egg overall. Ok so thats not my review of it BUt wahtever, IF your reasonable, and realize that day to day you do not need hyperthreadding, get this.
Cons: Not cheaper
Overall Review: make sure you get a compliant board
EPIC
Pros: SSD, samsung 830 are the best that I have used.
Cons: not free, dissapointing that does nto seem to work with Intel Rapid start features
Overall Review: get one
Very happy overall
Pros: ASUS, Z77, lots of fan controllers ...... that about covers why its awsome
Cons: THE BIOS. TEchnically works great. BUt those of us running HDTVS cannot see all of the bios screen. We need to set it up ona regular monitor to use the interface. There needs to be a button in the upper left of the bios screen that lets you effect changes in the screen size in the bios. In the end I can workaround it, but for ASUS, where their goal is the have user friendl BIOS systems this is a little dissapointing.