Pros: The specs are good. Decent processor, nice graphics card and a big 7200 rpm HDD. Functions well once you tweak it up... but that leads to the cons.

Cons: The case is simply not designed for a gaming setup and that kind of ruins the potential of the whole build out of the box. Basically, the components run hotter than the case can handle and this results in performance being severely docked due to thermal throttling (stuff automatically runs slower if it gets too hot). So despite having a box full of nice, high performance components, you have a box full of sluggish clocks trying to bake themselves in their own potential. Thankfully, ATI has some good build in overclock tweaking which will let you "fix" this problem.

Other Thoughts: Other than the thermal problems, this seems like a good system but that obvious oversight makes it harder to recommend to the average user. Especially for the full asking price. I got it on sale and fully expecting cooling/power problems to be possible due to the case design. If you're going to get this, I'd recommend the following simple tweaks: First, set the max processor state to about 90% in whatever power profile you're using. This will loose you a few top-end clocks but it stops the CPU from throttling when it goes over 60, which it will. Next, use the GPU Overdrive function in the graphics driver software to set the GPU clock to something between 750 and 850. Again, this is loosing top end performance but if you don't do it, I can almost guarantee your system will overheat and throttle the clocks anyhow, which makes performance a lot worse than just setting them below the thermal threshold. Not ideal but its better than just having the thing try and melt itself.

I'm hoping a bit of case-tinkering will have this thing working like a champ but I'm going to hold off before voiding any warranties so it's nice to have it functioning in the mean time.