RETAILER Part
I originally pre-ordered a gpu from another online retailer which rhymes with fan, originally going for a ASUS ROG Strix, however after waiting over 3 months in a small queue it was apparent that the manufacturer just wasn't supplying any of these cards. Although I don't blame that retailer for believing they would get more stock than they did, in hindsight I think selling stock you don't have or have any idea when you are getting is a real middle finger to the customers. I caught wind that ccl had a fairly big drop in the day I bought my card and I was so impressed with how they handled it, the queue and reserve system just worked so well.
Product Part
I am really impressed with this card, build quality is good which I kind of expected from MSI. Aesthetics are also very nice and the all black look does suit my style quite nicely. The performance of the card I have been really impressed with, temps are low, clocks are high and is what I expected of a top end nvidia card.
The downside I have to this product is the necessity to use MSI Dragon Center to control the RGB lighting on the card, its a bit annoying and I had issues with the software overriding my other RGB software. I did eventually manage to fix this but I felt dragon center was too basic for RGB control.
I would highly recommend this product to other buyers and also this retailer. The value for money I put a mark down on because I think it was a small amount above what I thought msrp was, but given the limited availability it didn't stop me buying one.