Pros: The board works beautifully, has not failed on me, and altogether runs fine, except for SEE BELOW.

Cons: Being the first system that I've built, I made a mistake when it comes to the board selection. Although it says it takes Pentium D's, ONLY THE PENTIUM D 805 IS SUPPORTED. I tried running a Pentium D 945, and I got corrupted data all over the place. http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Upload/Compatibility/200712040946084880661GX7MJ-CPU-A40.mht

Overall Review: If it weren't for my mistake, I wouldn't be returning this board.

Pros: It's stable and fast enough for web surfing and YouTube. Windows 7 and 8 drivers automatically install. Uses a PCI slot so it'll help keep your PCI-E slots open for other expansion cards.

Cons: Not "long range" as advertised, compared to other WiFi cards.

Overall Review: I have this and an AWUS036h on the same tower (I'm usually using the Engenius with Connectify to rebroadcast WiFi). When compared to the AWUS036h, there is a noticeable drop in signal (5 bars vs 3 bars) and web browsing speed. I would definitely recommend the AWUS036h over this device, especially since they can often be found at the same price. Get a PCI to USB card instead of this one, and buy an AWUS036h. Then you'll also have additional USB ports in addition to stronger signal!

Pros: It's a cheap ($11 AR) and fast little SATA expansion card that does the job well. I've got two Toshiba 3TB 7200 RPM drives working off the same card while the PC serves as a file and media server. On average, transfer speeds were ~175-180 MBps for a mix of music files, movie files, and documents. Not bad at all.

Cons: Two sticking points for me: 1) To reach the above mentioned speed of ~175-180 MBps, it seemed the device needed to "ramp up". There is a pronounced data rate curve as the device warms up. Maximum speeds were not attained until around 100MB or 10-15 seconds into the transfer. Initial transfer speeds are really slow, like 8-10MBps. 2) It will sometimes stop transferring files during a large transfer. Over the course of transferring ~1.5TB worth of data over the card, the transfer speed would dip to 0 for 2-3 seconds, and then resume transferring. This would happen every 3-4 hundred gigabytes transferred, so it wasn't a big deal and the transfer would still complete with human intervention. Maybe the device is buffering?

Overall Review: I found the drivers on Syba's website. However, you'll need to point Windows to the driver files folder. No executable installer or setup wizard, which is kind of disappointing. Specs: Windows Server 2012 R2 ASUS AM1M-A AMD Athlon 5350 Toshiba HDKPC08 7200 RPM SATA III 3TB HDD 8 GB DDR3 1333 Patriot Viper RAM Atto Disk Benchmarks: Transfer Size: 0.5-8192.0KB Total Length: 256 MB Direct I/O Checked Overlapped I/O Selected Queue Depth: 4 (Transfer size, Write/Read): 0.5, 5858, 6352 1.0, 11942, 12481 2.0, 22016, 25088 4.0, 49313, 49313 8.0, 94832, 96621 16.0 167317, 171742 32.0 179334, 181554 64.0 182004, 182457 128.0 179958, 184104 256.0 180364, 184104 512.0 178165, 180561 1024.0 180967, 180967 2048.0 173184, 179355 4096.0 181375, 179755 8192.0 178956, 179755

Pros: *This card can max out BF3 and the BF4 beta on ultra easily, which are pretty much the only games I play. I don't have FRAPS numbers but it's smooth enough that if you die, it's your fault. Expect speed boosts when Mantle comes out. *I've OC'd the card to 1100mhz core and 1500mhz VRAM without touching the voltage. This exceeds Ghz Ed. card performance. Bumping the voltage could yield more performance but I don't want to mess with it.

Cons: *This card runs very hot at 80C in a Fractal R4 with 3 140mm fans; one of which blows directly on the cooler. VRM's go as high as 120C until I stopped benchmarking. The stock cooling is completely inadequate for the power that this card has. *Paired with an FX-8350 and 8 GB DDR3, along with 2 HDD's and one SSD my setup pulls 455W from the wall at load. Ouch. *My card has coil whine, but most of it is masked by the sound-proofing of the case. Nowhere loud enough to be annoying, but loud enough to notice. The coil whine is softer than a case fan on 1200RPM.

Overall Review: *I replaced the cooling with an Accelero 7970 Xtreme. Note that by doing this you may void your warranty (there's a warranty sticker over one of the screws), but it brought my temps down to 60C max core, and 90C VRM's. Other forums indicate that MSI will still honor the warranty as long as you return the card to its original configuration. *If you go with the 7970 Xtreme and you own a Fractal R4, you will have to remove the middle HDD cage or it won't fit.

Pros: *It has many features not found on more serious programmer/typist oriented mechanical keyboards. For example, media keys and volume control. *It's cheap when it goes on sale and is an EXCELLENT value. *It will satisfy the needs of most casual gamers, but serious/pro gamers should look elsewhere.

Cons: *The build quality is low and the keyboard feels very lightweight relative to higher end mechanical keyboards. *It sits a quarter inch higher than a comfortable wrist position, so this is makes the keyboard a no-go for marathon typists. Coding becomes a pain after several hours. Perhaps a wrist rest would alleviate this problem.

Overall Review: I've owned: *IBM Model M (Buckling Spring) *Das Professional S (MX Blue) *Matias Quiet Pro (Dampened Alps) *This keyboard. I've tried: *SteelSeries 6Gv2 (MX Black) *Some MX Red that I can't remember. Most people who hate clicky and noise but like tactile feedback go for the Browns, and for most people this keyboard will work fine. However if you're willing to shell out more cash, the Matias Quiet Pro has a much crisper tactile feel at a much lesser noise level. It's become my go-to "don't anger the coworkers" programming keyboard. At home I use the Das (love them clickies!), and I keep the Model M around to impress the young'uns.

Pros: It's increased boot times and frequently loaded programs by ~20% vs a 7200 RPM drive over SATA II.

Cons: It's much, much slower than the first gen Momentus XT.

Overall Review: I was one of the first people to buy Seagate SSHD's when they first came out, and still use a 7200 RPM Momentus XT in a Macbook. That Macbook is fast and peppy, so I bought one of the new model SSHD's for a desktop build I was doing. Sadly performance has dropped considerably since the first gen, and I no longer think this is worth the money. SSD+HDD is the way to go now, unless you can only accommodate one drive. If it were first gen XT speeds, I would definitely buy but at these speeds it's really not worth the premium.