Works exactly as advertised. If you're an enthusiast not afraid to get your hands dirty, this gives you everything a big rig would in a fraction of the space. It fits fine into my laptop bag for the times I wanted to carry it around, and feels really snappy. Of course it helps if you load it with fast RAM and a top of the line SSD like the Samsung 950 Pro. Or wait for the 960 EVO or PRO to become available and get one of those.