Pros: PCI: yes, PCI... why? PCI-E version would definitely needa 4 or 5 pin power (floppy), whereas PCI doesn't. Also, in most mobos with PCI-E, the video card in x16 is usually double-wide and blocks a precious x1 slot, so it's good to have this in PCI. Sound: perfect...crystal clear! I specifically got this for music, TV, and movies. I own Klipsch Pro Media 2.1, so I'm using audio set for 192KHz digital out with Dolby Virtual Speaker which absolutely makes my 2.1 sound at least 5.1 I have 7 years in the music industry, and I can tell you this is high fidelity. I pulled out the "C" X-FI I had circa 2005 and with Claro+ I could clearly hear more subtle sounds, and more crisp renditions of MP3s with 192k or more bitrate. 320k bitrate is astounding and FLAC becomes magical. Lastly, X-Fi didn't have a front panel audio connector, and this does. Now I can plug in a microphone quite easily and let my daughter go nuts in karaoke.

Cons: Only negative is if you have analog speakers plugged in and you put headphones on front audio, it doesn't turn off the speakers. I'm sure I'll find a way around this, though.

Overall Review: Win 7 Pro 64-bit 8GB DDR3 AMD 550 unlocked to B50 Radeon 5500 Gigabyte GA-M870-UD3

Pros: Nothing

Cons: - Could not get it to POST nor even but on BMC heartbeat light - Tried working PSU to give just 24-pin and 2x4-pin CPU snapped perfectly in (PSU was then tested on MSI B450M mobo and it powered it) - Used 1 stick of RAM in first grey slot - Intel E3-1245v6 CPU That's all was in play to just test the motherboard and it is dead. Case has been opened with Supermicro.

Overall Review: Terrible experience to get a brand new Supermicro motherboard and it cannot even put on it's BMC heartbeat LED.

Pros: Easy to install - power down the PC then... 1. Unpackage 2. Optionally replace post with low profile post (included) 3. Connect wire to back of device 4. Seat device and connect to a USB header 5. Boot up and install drivers (included on DVD) else from ASUS site

Cons: Bluetooth needs an internal USB header I have one and it's tested fine on a 2-USB PCI-e card both before this and now after and it works. This device gets a code 10 (fails to start) presumably due to the requirement for USB even though I have a perfectly working USB header.

Overall Review: Not recommended for the bluetooth but the wifi is great.

Pros: My build was straightforward with this case as I have one SSD, no cards, so not a lot of cabling and easy with mini-itx board.

Cons: Didn't include the 4-1 bracket so when a few months later I complained, I gave Silverstone my invoice from Newegg and they wanted to charge me for the bracket that they left out (perhaps this was a return by someone else).

Overall Review: Not going to go with Silverstone on any more builds given the company's attitude for me. While this case makes it as an HTPC, it would be nice to have a mount for my slim optical drive, but without the 4-1 bracket, it cannot be put into my build.

Pros: Installation is easy with no power needed. Not the longest PCI-e so pretty safe for small form factors like mini-ITX.

Cons: The main problem is the Oxygen C-Media applet that installs and you MUST set the input and output number of channels (2CH for music, 6CH for 5.1 movies & TV, etc), otherwise it will fail to play DTS or Dolby Digital output.

Overall Review: I removed the card for built-in audio over SPDIF (toslink) and now my media is automatically switched between 2CH and 6CH when I'm playing music or watching TV or movies. Might install this on a dedicated music box or movie watching box, but this is not a ready contender for an HTPC that does both.

Pros: Great for NAS like freeNAS that use constant spin. Forget the need for speed as 5400rpm is perfectly fine in that use case. Drives are engineered for NAS use.

Cons: Failure rate: 2 of 6 exhibited errors with smartctl -a /dev/ada[x] showing LBNA or in kernal WRITE_FPDMA_QUEUED errors. RMA process a bit weird as you register your drives but some might not be selectable in RMA screen, and you need to call WD to get them appropriated.

Overall Review: I always buy +1 drive than I need; that way I can swap it in and RMA the bad drive and resilver while I wait for replacement. Then I'm back to +1.