Overall Review: I've been through a TUF 5070 Ti, an MSI shadow, a 'regular' Zotac 5070 Ti, and now this one. It is by far the best performer, landing in 'golden sample' territory out of the gate: 3022MHz @ 1.055V after touching nothing but the power limiter. Core temps peaked at 58.1 degrees during a two-hour long gaming session (UE5/BL4) and the card was nearly inaudible, which was my reason for buying a card whose size compares to the AORUS to begin with. With a nice, safe RAM overclock, I'll be done tuning in no time. I haven't purchased a Zotac card in fifteen years, since my GTX 480 AMP was not exactly a robust piece of hardware. I am glad to see that the build quality is incomparably better.

Pros: Exceptional power management--more C-state options than I know what to do with. On my end, roughly a 12% increase in FPU operations per clock compared to the Sandy Bridge I came from. Presently using the IGP and, having not used one since the Radeon x600, am quite pleased with where that segment is going--not to say that I won't buy another dedicated card once the prices aren't artificially high thanks to Litecoin. Overclocked on an ASRock Z87 Extreme4 to 4.5GHz @ ~1.292V. Idles around 28° at 0.717V. Doesn't break 52 degrees (on air) running AIDA64's CPU stress test, though I think there may be a 5° discretion between reality and CoreTemp. AVX-enabled applications have pushed the temperature up to the high 70's, but I've yet to see the dreaded thermal throttling so many tech sites speak about.

Cons: None that I can see thus far.

Overall Review: Tech sites will tell you to skip this generation, that the processor as a whole has a number of problems: high temperatures, TIM that will dry out and kill the processor before electromigration sets in, poor overclocking potential, higher wattage per clock, minimal gains over previous generations My decade-old Pentium 4 24/7 file server laughs in the face of anyone who mentions dry TIM or electromigration. Does anyone else remember the required input voltage on those things? Don't trust a site that tells you how your CPU, which has only been out for a few months, is going to fare 6 years down the road. Miss Cleo went to jail for that.

Pros: Extremely fast and overclockable. Voltage-regulated power management features still work even at high (4.5GHz+) overclocks. Dissipates heat far better than the i5-3450 and runs at about the same voltage--still far lower than my AMD Phenom II x4 940, which hit a wall at 3.8GHz/1.475V. As stated by thousands of others, AMD cannot compare in raw performance as their flagship product, to the best of my knowledge, shares an FPU between adjacent cores. For gaming, cranking up the i5-2500k is going to provide the best value; hyperthreaded i7s and Ivy Bridge won't reach the same performance levels thanks to heat issues. Would still recommend the AMD FX-8150 for highly-threadable applications provided good cooling for overclocking. Slightly lower cache latency than Ivy Bridge.

Cons: Doesn't support the PCI-E 3.0 standard, but my GTX 470 doesn't require it. The stock cooler, as I'm sure as has been mentioned thousands of times, is a piece of aluminum junk, but it keeps the packaging happy. Coupled this with a Thermaltake Frio with the fans set to roughly medium and it's silent, topping out at roughly 58-60 degrees under Prime95 (large in-place FFTs). Not hyperthreaded, but as I am running CAD/rendering/physics/etc, totally irrelevant. Less memory dividers than it's Ivy Bridge counterparts. My RAM will run stable at 1800MHz/1.56V/9-10-9-22, but refuses to stabilize at 1866MHz/1.56V, even at 10-10-10-24, so I had to drop back down to 1600MHz as a result of the divider issue.. can't complain much, it was cheap DDR3-1333.

Overall Review: Factoring in the increased cost of Intel-based Z-series motherboards, it can become quite an investment between the board and processor to acquire, but it's worth it if you're gaming or primarily doing general, non-technical computing and want to completely eliminate the possibility of lag.

Pros: Excellent sequential read and write speeds, especially for the price.. average 230MB and 95MB/sec on my end in AHCI. Random not bad, either.. WEI score maxed at 7.1 or so. Computer startup is comparable to my older gen, cacheless OCZ 32gb drive. Shutdown is MUCH speedier thanks to 8-9x faster random writes. The 128MB cache does indeed mean stuttering is a thing of the past. Native TRIM support is nice.

Cons: A-Data who? Their website(s) is/are atrocious. If there is such a thing as a firmware update, I haven't been able to find it. The outside of the 64GB box advertises 240MB/180MB read/write, but they fail to mention that speed is only for the infinitely more-expensive 128GB+ model. JMicron controller is, of course, still not on par with Ind/Sand/etc, though this 612 is far better than the older 602. Extremely sensitive to drivers.

Overall Review: Will likely buy another and put it in raid 0.. will report back then. Considered the pros and cons of taking it back for a brand with more firmware support but decided to stick it out. Price/performance/cache are still good. A-data will either make a stand and really find a niche in the SSD market, or my mother's laptop will get a new hard drive. We'll see.

Pros: Beautiful LCD, decent resistive touchscreen. Runs S60, which has a decent enough application catalog spread out over the web. Same screen/processor as higher end phones aka the mini N97.

Cons: Slightly cheap feel thanks to all the plastic. All the covered ports get annoying after a while. Inability to charge via USB is absurd these days. Customization is limited. Sometimes the user interface and its inconsistencies can be a bit disconcerting.

Pros: Excellent price, of course--thanks NewEgg. The color and the clarity of the television are exquisite. I've had no problems with the HDMI ports, contrary to the other reviews.. the PS3 is playing a Blu-Ray as I write this.

Cons: NewEgg's preferred shipping company for these things, AIT, offered me abominable service. They were supposed to "contact me to schedule home delivery," but didn't within the five days of the television arriving in Atlanta. I ended up calling them myself and picking it up--quite a drive. The remote could use a few more features.

Overall Review: "Watchmen" is better in 1080p than 480p ;)