Pros: If you check benchmarks at video card benchmarks website, you can see where the reference version of this card sits. After a lot of research I made the choice to move to this card. I work as an IT professional and have time to do this extra research in between projects, and I enjoy my gaming. I would recommend from my research and first hand experience that if you are running 1-3 1080p screens, one card should really impress. I run a 4K Samsung panel using SST on display port, getting 60Hz refresh rate. The one card does an impressive job at 4K resolutions. I just ordered a second. I usually run SLI and in order to really push the 4K at higher settings for newer games, I need the second card. Most games 1-2 years back and earlier, seem to be just fine at max settings at 4K. Newer games, such as Crysis 3 and Black Flag, are much more intense. Although I can run those games at respectable frames, I do need to dial back the settings a bit. I turned off all AA and pulled other settings back a bit in order to boost my frames. The second card should nearly double my performance. The reason for the great scaling, I discovered through extensive research, is because I am running an AMD 990FX platform. AMD has the PCIE lanes on the board, where Intel places theirs on the CPU. I was a bit surprised at this but it also makes sense why my rig has always seen good scaling with SLI. Most Intel CPUs are using 16 PCIE lanes, that is why you lose some performance and SLI doesn't always scale well on an Intel platform. Granted, there are still many more factors, but this one does make an impact from the get-go. Anyhow, in summary, if you are NOT stepping to 4K and staying 1440p or even 1080p, you should find yourself very pleased with this card. If you want to run 4K, you will likely want a second one in order to really push the current generation games at high to max settings. The firmware update for this card from EVGA also allows for 0 RPM fan speed. That means when you are doing typical usage outside games, you are saving power and noise. I can't stress how amazing the card is, just look at the impact the 900 series has had on the rest of the market.

Cons: I found that my card seemed to have some issue when I first connected it. When booting, I got a BIOS beep code which indicated the card was bad or malfunctioning. Once installed with drivers in place, it would sometimes not boot into Windows (7). However, it performed amazingly! I am running a 4K panel from display port. It wasn't until after much troubleshooting and trying to mix things up to make a determination, that I realized that the issues I was having were only occurring when booting with only the display port connected. Once I connected another monitor via HDMI as well as the main panel via display port, then the beep code ceased and Windows always boots successfully. Not sure if this is a widespread issue or something unique to my setup. My BIOS is current, all firmware is current. Latest drivers, etc. There was nothing that EVGA or myself could conceive of to make it go away, except to not connect with only the display port. Maybe there needs to be a firmware fix later for this? This is my only negative. The coil whine that others complained of? (What is coil whine? coil whine is a high pitch frequency noise produced by the inductors creating vibrations at resonant frequencies under a particular load) I did notice it, but it was not annoying or distracting. My guess is that other people have a quieter area and maybe fewer fans and thus are more likely for it to be noticed in the first place. I have a HAF 932 advanced case and lots of fans, plus a louder second desktop behind me and usually a fan or two running in the house. Turn on some music, make some white noise. Coil whine is always there, older tech just made more noise to cover it. Now we are in a level of tech where things are getting much quieter and so things like coil whine are going to be more easily noticed.

Overall Review: If you took the time to read this and do some research of your own, kudos! Don't take my word for all this. Check it out for yourself, do some research and decide for yourself.

Overall Review: With 8 x 3.5" drive bays, this is great for my DIY NAS. Case is not too big either. I have it sitting in my closet connected to the network. I could see this being a decent case for many other applications too though.

Overall Review: No complaints. AMD just keeps improving generation to generation!

Pros: Lots of built in features

Cons: Would have liked more fan headers, using splitters is not too big a deal though

Overall Review: Really happy with this board. I picked up some RAM modules I chose based on the QVL and they are set to 3600 MHz, fabric set to 1800 MHz. Lots of features and even two m.2 slots to take advantage of later.

Pros: Great replacement for hard drives in laptops.

Cons: Not an NVMe

Overall Review: Performs faster than any hard drive will. I still wish manufacturers would just stop installing hard drives, even in budget machines. I feel it is a disservice to the buyer when it is such a meaningful, and noticeable improvement to the overall performance.

Pros: Quiet when at low speeds Lots of air pressure

Cons: LOUD when at higher speeds

Overall Review: Just what I wanted. High performance, lots of air flow, noise was no concern as this is in a home server machine. I needed low maintenance, high performing cooling, otherwise would have gone with liquid for low noise.

Quiet and effective. Even at max RPM they don't produce as much noise as the last pair they replaced. I can feel the difference in pressure too.

Really excited about this build as it is a themed one for my daughter. The motherboard is inverted and the PSU is in the *front* of the case. Power is routed back to the rear and the PSU is leveraged for case airflow.

My item came in a timely manner with no fuss. Worked right out of the box. Packaging was in good condition.