Joined on 04/17/12
Windows 7
Pros: -Good OS -Best compatibility with programs and games -nice looking
Cons: -Price -Price -Price -Price -Price
Overall Review: Almost $200 for an OS. You can get other OSes such as Ubuntu for free, with this you are really just paying for the convenience of having Windows
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Pros: It is shiny.
Cons: It is pretty much pointless.
Overall Review: I got this for free with windows 7, I don't understand why the name has "system builders" in it, because you cant build your own actual apple computer.
Loving it so far
Pros: - Light - Thin - Great specs - Very fast - Screen looks great
Cons: - Kind of a pain to take apart (the motherboard is upside down, so you need to take the full thing out to add/replace an SSD - The build quality could be a bit better, the surface of the laptop and the screen have a lot of give to them, but the bottom/sides feel pretty solid. - Speaker position is bad, but I never use my laptop speakers so it doesn't bother me at all.
Overall Review: I installed a new SSD (1tb evo 970), reinstalled Windows, and repasted the CPU + GPU with Kryonaut paste, and everything has been running great so far.
Pros: -Looks nice, not gaudy like most gaming laptops -Cheap for the specs
Cons: -HORRIBLE touchpad, it barely worked, until it stopped working -Touchpad stopped working after ~2 weeks. It stopped working consistently, then the mouse just completely stopped moving, then clicking stopped working. I tried every possible fix I could find, nothing worked. -I've had so many issues with just getting it to turn on, and getting stuck in the login screen. -Crashes every time I boot into the Shift + Restart menu, which caused a lot of problems for me
Overall Review: There seems to be many issues with this laptop. I'm going to RMA this and see if I can get one that actually works.
SATA
Pros: -It's a cable, it does what it is supposed to do.
Cons: I dont see why cons are required in a review.
ASRock z77 extreme4
Pros: -Nice looking -All the stuff you need on it
Cons: -Kind of weird standoff holes
Overall Review: I would definitely recommend this MB.