Joined on 11/21/04
Guranteed 4.1 GHz OC on all chips

Pros: Have mine running stable at 4.3 GHz 1.263 v
Cons: There are a lot of good & great chips with this puppy.. Basically you are guranteed 4.1 GHz with voltage to 1.2 But just some of these chips push past that point..its just a throw of a dice really...still a 90% overclock isn't half bad.
Overall Review: Maybe I'm too OCD but I expected mine to run at 4.5 GHz minimum. Tried many things except water cooling. Tried stock cooler with stock thermal paste no luck past 4.1 Tried stock cooler with noctua nt-h1 thermal paste still stuck at 4.1 Pulled the gun & got a Noctua NH-L9i with NT-H1 thermal paste got it running at 4.3 with some what high temps but its stable. Load temp specified by Intel is 72 C for this chip. Keep that as a benchmark. Maybe with a better cooling solution you could pull out 4.5 GHz but then again there are folks running this at 4.5 GHz with the stock heatsink! So I decided to not invest in it anymore. Happy with 4.3. Get a better power supply 80 Plus Gold minimum. Can't stress that enough! It plays a major part when overclocking. Get a 9-series board too so you have safe upgrade path to Broadwell. Thats it really pretty satisfied with my purchase
Lazy Stuff

Pros: Its an Nvidia GPU has decent gaming performance & 2 GB frame buffer. Will run the latest games at 1080p - Very High textures, High/Medium mixture for the other options at 30 fps easily
Cons: 128-Bit memory interface is hampering the performance but the design by Gigabyte is completely idiotic. The PCB itself is half of the heatsink..this card DOES NOT need 2 fans & a heatsink bigger than the PCB! Lazy stuff from Gigabyte just slapping a cooler on a PCB..Cannot do voltage tweaking anymore Nvidia has clamped down via drivers. Does not have Dual link-DVI..has a VGA output in this day & age? Again completely idiotic. Fan gets LOUD above 40% won't ever run less than 40%
Overall Review: Basically lost respect for Gigabyte after buying this card it works no doubt but non-dual link DVI & an idiotic heatsink shows the laziness & the 0 effort they put into the product.
awful board!

Pros: Decent price, decent layout.
Cons: Doesn't WORK!!
Overall Review: Agree with Tiffany B. have same issue as them..this BOARD is garbage!! Won't let me update BIOS. Won't detect graphics card. Won't boot from hard disk except 1 to 5 times. BIOS pre-loaded is version 17.13 & Manufacture date is June 2013 MSI is garbage for low end. Don't buy! Stick to Asus!
Follow up..previous card had 'coil whine' issue

Pros: It works now.. OC's to 1200 MHz core / 6000 MHz memory + 130/ 500 core/mem..amazing! Giving performance similar to HD7770/better when OC'd After tinkering..runs games like Devil May Cry - Ultra detail..HD Textures..no AA..2xAF @ 1080p easily Tomb Raider - High 2xAF..no AA..1080p - 32 fps average Hitman Absolution - 2xAF - High - 1080p - 31 fps average Crysis 3 - High 2xAF - 25-30 fps average Great performance for the price Nvidia drivers are rocking & aren't written by a 'Moose'
Cons: Previous card had the 'coil whine' issue where the graphics card would make a zing noise when running graphic intensive workload. Un-noticeable at first but will drive you NUTS in a week lol. Anyway got replacement new card makes very very faint whine which is acceptable..as other cards do that amount as well. But temperatures went up by 10C but the Unigine score went up by 10 points too? IDK what gives..seems like previous card wasn't running to its full capacity somehow GeForce Experience Beta is useless will make all your games run at 720p low..idk why that program needs tons of work..btw if you're a PC fanatic you should love tinkering with stuff so idk why you would want that but I guess its not that much of a bad idea but needs lotta work.
Overall Review: Really great performance. 1GB buffer isn't the limiting factor as I imagined. I'd recommend this over GTX 650 Ti as the performance improvement isn't drastic..Its either GTX 650 or 660 Ti..take your pick.
Shame on me!

Pros: It works
Cons: My mistake I went on the % of 5 star reviews. This drive only gives 140 MB/s write on Sata 3 port! Latest firmware R201. Wow I feel like an idiot! Maybe its the firmware? I thought SandForce controller was BLAZING fast!? I see 0 difference from my old G.Skill 128GB drive with Indillinx barefoot controller.
Overall Review: Should've gotten a OCZ Vertex 4...this drive was the biggest mistake ever!
A Masterpiece!

Pros: Don't be fooled by the price tag...the build quality & looks this case offers is in sub-150 category. It's just a masterpiece in white it's a thing of beauty you can't really explain how good it looks with the power lights also being white. good airflow, comes preinstalled with 2 fans , 1 back, 1 bottom. It has some minor cons read below but they do not hamper performance or looks in anyway it looks breathtaking with a GS600 blue light PSU attached upside down it makes the case glow in dark from the back, that view alone is worth anything.
Cons: Would've liked front USB ports to be USB3 for both with a USB2 adapter included instead of 1 USB2 & 1 USB3. My mobo. doesn't have USB3 header so 1 port is rendered useless. The panels were extremely tight first time to take off...but no biggie they've gotten loose now. Cable management could be better the right panel needs to be tightly fit so its not protuding out. Just minor cons no big deal
Overall Review: Best case I ever owned...its not really huge...it almost feels like a normal tower not that big not that small. Would recommend this to anyone instead of spending 100-150 on L-Li or other cases.