Pros: Went from onboard sound to this. Didnt think i was missing much on games or movies or netflix on demand til i put this card in my computer. The difference is night and day! Even low quality streaming audio from netflix on demand sounds incredible. The detail in my dvds and games, from rocks falling to huge explosions to voice is astounding. DDLive and DTS Live are sweet for 2 channel sources. Still working out how that all works. some sources are shot out with ddlive(like mp3s and stuff) but movies with their own 5.1 track seem to use that track instead of teh ddlive or dts live.

Cons: Back plate didnt fit with my case, had to loosen the screws just a bit.

Overall Review: This card goes straight to my Marantz receiver which is now set to Source Direct; no decoding needed anymore by it. Just sounds so good now with my setup compared to the onbaord sound. Creative cards have nothing on this, except for their proprietary eax 3.0 garbage which i dont care about. I havent tried this with the 6.1 analog outputs, i just use the digital coax spdif output

Pros: Really fast. Totally silent. I type my password into Windows and my desktop appears. I click on a program and it opens.

Cons: None, other than price but SSD still expensive compared to spinning platter hdd.

Overall Review: This is the 480GB version. I still have my old hd hooked up and bootable with some games i dont want to take up space on my SSD. The difference between loading windows is quite astounding. The 'usuable desktop' times are in different universes. The old hd will take a few minutes before the avg disk queue length reaches <1 after login. The SSD takes approximately 5 seconds to reach avg queue length of less than 1. Opening programs is instant. BF4 map changes are about 10-15 seconds on SSD, if that compared to nearly a minute on older hdd.

Pros: Everything. Lightweight aluminum, No sharp edges that slice you open. Toolless installation for everything! Thumbscrews for motherboard screws. Thumbscrews for mounting expansion cards, thumbscrews on the doors, thumbscrews on the hdd shelves. 3 huge fans in front, on in back. Black finish looks great. Not cheesy like many cases are today. simple and elegant. Slots next to where mobo mounts.

Cons: It is a fullsize atx case, so make sure it fits where you want to put it. Other than that, there are none.

Overall Review: If you want a full size atx case, you should get this.

Pros: It works as advertised if you read the freaking directions for your motherboard

Cons: none, except it wont go much past 1066.

Overall Review: If you cant get this to run at 1066 5-5-5-15 then "ur doin it wrong." If your mobo doesnt auto detect the 1066 then do the following. There should be a setting for xmp profiles on your mobo bios, set it to profile 1 and youre set.

Pros: It hasnt ever crashed one time since i installed it. Ever. It runs everything smooth as silk at max settings. DAO, Dirt2, Fallout3, The Witcher and oblivion all get chewed up and spit out at 1920x1080 with max detail. I didnt know it came with a free game, another bonus.

Cons: Its loud when doing hard work for awhile such as BOINC workunits. ATI overdrive only allows for a modest overclock. I think there is a utility from msi or saph to get it higher.

Overall Review: BOINC users: This card averages 100k+ workunits per /day/. My q9550 cpu averages 3k per day. I have doubled my BOINC totals(going back six years) in just the last week by having this card do some crunching along with my cpu.

Pros: Went from a 9600gt to this card, Dragon Age:origins is like a totally new game now. Everythying at max (1920x1080) highest detail 8x aa it looks almost like real life and it is so smooth. My 9600gt would get choppy on some cutscenes with no aa. dl'ed the newest drivers from ati; not had a problem yet. Dvds look spectacular as well. Fan is quieter than my 9600 gt as well. 14920 3dmarkVantage Basic score

Cons: The CCC only allows for an oc to 775mhz. I guess the sapphire utility lets you go higher, will have to try it out. But a nonissue right now as it destroys games.

Overall Review: q9550 (3.4 ghz @ 1.25v) gskill 1066 ddr2 500gb wd black gigabyte ep45-ud3p Sapphire 5850 HT Omega Striker 7.1(best sound card ive ever heard)

wasnt sure how long it would take to get here, but i got this ssd shipped from NJ to Seattle in just 3 days from order to doorstep. Works great too