Pros: Excellent signal to noise ratio. Dolby Digital Live. Really adds punch to your sound. I previously was listening to music and movie soundtracks through onboard audio and most recently through my Radeon HD6950 HDMI port. I felt like the sound system it was hooked to was sounding a bit anemic and read that the audio carried through a video card's HDMI was really not very good. So I bought this one seeing that it had pretty much everything I was looking for as a HTPC enthusiast.

Cons: No true Windows 8.1 sound drivers that are not beta. No decent documentation walking you through your options and how to get sound through the SPDIF Optical port besides putting in the dongle.

Overall Review: This is actually not a very new sound card. The technology for sound cards really hasn't progressed a whole lot in the last few years, so there really hasn't been a need for newer models. I bought this card because I was looking for a sound card as my Auzen X-Mystique was PCI and my video card covered that slot up. If any of you are having trouble getting sound out of the Optical out, try this: First, go to the Asus website and get the most current drivers for your OS. Go to your Windows Sound Mixer and take it off the SPDIF Optical and put it on Speakers. Then go into the Asus Xonar application and select a multiple speaker setup and select SPDIF Optical. Now test your sound. I had to turn the volume WAY down. The movie I was testing it on wasn't letting me hear a voice track. When I changed it in the Asus Xonar application to Dolby Digital Live, I could hear everything as intended. Mind you, I found the critical piece of information (change Windows Sound Mixer from SPDIF to Speakers on a google search that led me to a particular FAQ page on the ASUS website. I'm not sure I would have otherwise thought to do that. I would have deducted an Egg for this not being a smooth operation, but the sound quality really blew me away.

Pros: It works fine for 90% of the people who buy this. Didn't notice any speed issues.

Cons: It's not DD-WRT compatible, nor is it ever likely to be. Why is this an issue for me? I have 2 FTP servers that I like to access over the internet. No matter what I did, the firmware would not allow more than one FTP server to be accessible. I tried using different port forwarded ports, different IPs, and I even changed my NASs from a static IP outside of the DHCP pool to being inside the DHCP pool with a DHCP reservation. I simply could not access both FTP servers. Yes, I swapped their settings as well and I was able to access the other, so it's not a NAS issue. As I was able to do this quite painlessly on my old Netgear WNDR3700 with DD-WRT (which a storm killed), I suspected that it wasn't the hardware, but the firmware. But with *VERY FEW* firmware updates available from Linksys (probably due to them being bought by Belkin from Cisco and they're favoring their own builds), while making the issue known to tech support with no answers to date, and their website forums being stumpped, I then made a similar mistake on purpose and bought an EA6500. Why? Well, I knew there was definite DD-WRT builds for that one, but I wanted my question answered as to whether it was a firmware limitation or not. I set the EA6500 up the SAME WAY.... and got the same problem. After flashing it with a good DD-WRT firmware, I set it up similarly to my WNDR3700 and.... it worked! Both of my NASs are now available via FTP again.

Overall Review: I am keeping my EA6400 though as I believe I can still use it as a decent wireless bridge. Eventually I'll have time to set that up.

Pros: Price point was too good to pass up. 4K 55" HDTV. Very lightweight. Light enough that one person can manage to get it out and set it up with a little thought (but better to use two people). I actually LIKE the remote. It holds well in your hand like a Tivo remote. The upscaling actually is very nice. I watched some 1080p movies I had on this and it was actually an improvement of sorts over the 1080p Vizio set I was using. Keep in mind, you DO need to adjust the settings on the TV for proper Brightness/Contrast.

Cons: NewEgg was pitiful in trying to get help with changing the shipping address. The experience was bad enough that I may be shifting more of my purchases to your chief competitor. I contacted them two days before FedEx's first delivery attempt and they didn't get back to me until *after* the third delivery attempt. I actually had to go to the FedEx office twice to pick it up. Horrible customer service and they wouldn't accept any responsibility. Shame on you NewEgg! Back to the TV review. I won't subtract eggs for the TV itself. It can't help what Newegg does. The TV doesn't have HDR and is not a SmartTV, but at this price point, do you care? Besides SmartTVs aren't that great. You're usually better off buying a Roku/Fire TV/Android Box/Apple TV that can do 4K than go with the SmartTV features. Just adds to the price. I'm not crazy about the legs this TV has as it forces you to have a wider stand or make some unwelcome adjustments, but it's not a true CON as almost all 4K sets of this size have similar stands. I've heard people complain about the sound, but keep in mind that most people now have their TVs hooked up to some kind of external sound system/speakers. Sound is something that is an acceptable sacrifice (it's really not that bad) to help keep the price down.

Overall Review: The 5 Egg rating is admittedly affected by the incredibly low price I paid, but it honestly is a pretty good TV. Also I saw another reviewer claim this TV is only 30Hz and not 60Hz. That's not true. I have mine hooked to a home theater PC using a Geforce 960. To get 4K, you have to go into the TV's Menu to change it to Enhanced. Then the initial resolution change on the PC will give you 3840x2160 30Hz. You have to actually go into the adapter settings on your PC and change it to 60Hz... But I assure you this is a 60Hz set.

Pros: This is basically an addendum to my last review a few months ago. It's still the only real option if you want a "modern" chipset on a AM3+ microatx form.

Cons: My system died. I booted it up after coming home from a hard day at work and after about a minute the screen suddenly froze. I tried restarting it, but no POST. I wondered if maybe my mild OC/Unlock with my 960T processor might not be cutting the mustard anymore, so I powered the system off, didn't seem that warm, and reset the CMOS. Then I powered it back on. No post. Err... that's not good. The next day I decided to pull everything out of the case and try getting the system to POST. When I did, I found that one of the two pins that hold the chipset heatsink down had popped up so there was no contact between chipset and heatsink. The system ran fine for months without me going into the case, so I'm unsure how this happened.

Overall Review: All I can say is look over the pins that holds the heatsink onto the AMD chipset. If it doesn't look pushed in real well, you might want to do something about it. Now I just have to figure out how to send this in for warranty work. I didn't see exactly how that works on the ASRock website...

Pros: This is actually a *very* nice case. It really looks SLICK. If you have any doubts, you should watch the video all the way through. I bought this case because I am planning to replace my old HTPC case (Silverstone LC-17) with a mini tower that I'll have on a small shelf mounted under a mounted big screen TV. I plan to regain about 2 feet of room in this process of doing away with the TV stand. This two biggest selling points to me with this case: 1. It's built to be quiet. Real quiet. There's a ton of sound dampening material in the frame of this case, yet it still gives you the flexibility to do other things with it, such as adding more (or different) cooling or add a lot more storage. 2. Wait until you get into the later half of the video. You'll see something interesting; at least it was very interesting to me. This case was built with the thought process that the person using it might go through multiple processors, multiple methods of cooling, and multiple mainboards before they move on to a newer case years later. In particular, they have a cut out area under the mainboard where you can EASILY access the mounting mechanism for the processor heatsink. This means you NO LONGER need to remove the mainboard completely to try a different heat sink and fan or add water cooling. When I saw that, all I could say is "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

Cons: The one negative... It cost a egg in rating. I apologize to those that may deem this unfair, but there's a dent in the side panel and the front bezel of the case doesn't fit *quite* flush with the rest of it. I don't know if this was caused by shipping or by NewEgg's handling of it. The truth is, there was a LOT of packing material to protect the insides, so someone in the packing/shipping process was really rough with it if that's what happened. I don't know if the side panel can be replaced, but I do know I would not like paying to return the panel I have. NewEgg doesn't allow half-egg ratings, so a full egg had to be taken for this displeasure.

Overall Review: I find it very difficult to see how anyone can really go wrong selecting this case. If you can find it on sale, it's a no-brainer

Pros: The stock firmware isn't bad, but can be upgraded to either the lastest stock firmware or to DD-WRT (google it). DD-WRT gives you numerous extra features over stock; most important to many here is it will give you the ability to pump a higher transmit power, which will improve the range of the router.

Cons: This is a refurbished router. The three we have purchased didn't look quite new, but all three are performing like champions.

Overall Review: From what I've read, if you intend to use these as a wireless bridge, DD-WRT might not be the way to go as it limits the ethernet connections to 100mbps instead of gigabit. With that in mind, it's still plenty of bandwidth to have more than one 1080p streams running at the same time over the ac side of things.