Pros: I must say I almost bought it's smaller counterpart but I wanted something bigger. I'm glad they came out with a larger model! The base doesn't take up the whole desk like other monitors do. The color out of the box was a little too warm for my taste. Maybe because I'm used to a monitor with saturated colors. Went from 19" Westinghouse flat panel to this. Worth every penny!

Cons: The connection between the monitor and the base are kind of flimsy feeling but how often does the average person adjust their monitor?

Overall Review: Cudos to newegg for shipping the monitor out the day I placed the order. Got here a day early! Monitor comes with everything you need to get it going including HDMI cable and a VGA cable. Didn't come with a VGA to DVI converter but I had one on hand so no biggie! You won't be disappointed by this monitor! Enjoy!

Pros: Its shiny. But for how long?

Cons: Had finger prints and a scratch on the case before I even took it out of the packaging.

Overall Review: Not sure if this was a refurbished case I had or if someone decided to try out this case but as I mentioned above, the case has a few finger prints on it as well as a few small scratches on the case.

Pros: None yet.

Cons: The first board I got with my initial purchase made a hissing noise accompanied by system instability and crashes whenever the processor was under any kind of load. I RMAd the board and the replacement they sent me won't power on. The only way to power it on is to UN PLUG the 8pin ATX12v that powers the CPU which results in the system not posting. To be sure this one was faulty, and because I hadn't sent out my old board to ASUS yet, I decided to drop my processor back in the old one and breadboard it. There was still a hissing noise but it powered on and posted! To top it off, the majority of the pins on the new board for the various fan plugs and front panel I/O ports were bent and the on board heatsink for the heatpipe had one of the pins come off and the other one broken but barely hanging on. I'm honestly not sure why I even went with an ASUS MOBO when the last one I had, roughly 4 years ago, crapped out on me just outside of warranty. It seems they've yet to learn their

Overall Review: This is completely unacceptable for a product that one spends $300 for! I am extremely disappointed with ASUS and if I could go back in time, I would sucker punch myself in the face and tell myself to go with GIGABYTE instead. If you want terrible customer service and support and when you DO actually get service, its utterly terrible, get an ASUS board! I can understand a product being faulty. With computer parts its very much a hit and miss in the quality area. Especially with something as complex as a mother board. But if I were ASUS and I were sending an RMA to an already upset customer, I would make every effort to ensure that that replacement is spot on. There's nothing more disappointing than getting something that doesn't work when it was meant to replace something that doesn't work. To be honest, I think I'll just take the $300 hit and take it as a lesson learned: ASUS just doesn't know how to make a quality product. Never have.

Pros: The utilities that come with the motherboard are very useful! Or at least I'm sure they would be if I could have gotten to the point of installing them. (See Below) The layout is nice but my only concern is that the PCIE slots are too close together. I also dont like that the CPU fan 4 pin connector and the 8 pin connector are right at the top of the board. In a case like mine(Cooler Master Storm Scout) the fan on the top of the case is less than a 4th of an inch from the board and is very difficult to plug in the 8 pin and fan. Had to use a tool that I like to call "The Claw" (Looks like a pen but when you press the top down 3 claws come out. Im guessing its to pick up screws or plug in cables in tight spaces, but I digress) to get it in there properly. Overall the board is solid and other that the problem that I'm about to describe below, it's a good board. (Hence the 3, generous, eggs which also resulted in the headache free RMA process with the 2nd representative, see below)

Cons: I had this motherboard since May but just finished putting my system together about 2 days ago. Upon starting it up for the first time, a hissing noise was audible from somewhere on the motherboard(kind of like a slow air leak from a balloon). Upon attempting to install Windows, the hissing turned to a screeching/ticking/squealing noise and inevitably caused the system to crash. No blue screen or anything, just a power down. I was able to get windows installed finally by lessening the intensity of the squealing noise to be consistent with system stability. I could remedy the squealing noise by adjusting voltages and underclocking and undervolting the CPU and memory. Basically I wasn't able to run anything at stock speeds (other than the video card). But wait, theres more! After finally getting rid of the squealing noise by seriously undercutting the performance of my parts, I went on to do a memory test to see if that was the culprit afterall... See below.

Overall Review: I ran a memory test via Windows Memory tester and about halfway in to the test the system powers off again. This time, instead of it powering on after 3 seconds the system just stayed off. I tried turning it back on and no luck. So I troubleshot the hardware, removing all the memory or leaving each stick in the C1 Slot, same result. The only thing that I did that could make it come back to life was to un-plug the 8pin CPU connector but even then it wouldn't post(This is because the 8 pin needs to be connected to power the CPU). So I contacted ASUS, got terrible customer service the first time around. The guy answered on Live Chat with, "Hi". Then silence so I assumed this is where I was supposed to express my concern. After typing it all out he says "Ok", then a few moments later disconnects from the chat... Frustrating!! I really hope that my new board will cause less headaches, otherwise Im going to see about getting my money back and getting a GIGABYTE instead. Here's ho

Pros: 2 words: Get it. If you were looking at getting a 480 for $500 look at getting 2 of these instead. I've done my research, looked at many charts and read many reviews. All sources say that 2 of these babies perform better than the 480. As some of you may not know, SLI doesn't mean you just have 2 video cards running at 100%. Usually what happens is the main card runs at 100% and the 2nd card runs at around 50%. This is because of a compatibility issue. When in SLI with these cards, the 2nd card has been proven to run at 90% compatibility on most benchmark games. That's why 2 of these cards blow the 480 out of the water and it's the same price. To top it off they run cooler, quieter and more energy efficient than the 470 and 480s. All in all, the pricing of this card gives people accessible DX11 content without breaking the bank, and if they have the money to buy a 2nd one they will get more performance out of 2 of these as opposed to 1 480. Great job nVidia!

Cons: Beware, If you're planning to run these in 3way-sli I wouldn't suggest it. The compatibility percentage will go down to around 15%. Stick with 2 of these and you'll be set!

Overall Review: Because of the low temps these guys overclock really well also. These run great in my computer at around 86c with a minor OC and minimal system cooling (I need a better case) and with the max safe zone temps being 105c I should be able to get a lot more out of these if I really want to. System Specs: Mobo- Asus P6X58D Premium Procc- Intel i7-930 2.8GHz (OCd 3.8GHz) HS- Cooler Master V8 Mem- G.Skill Trident Series 6GB(2GBx3) PSU- Corsair 850W HTX Modular GPU- EVGA nVidia GeForce 465 GTX x2 HD- WD Caviar Black 750GB Moni- Viewsonic 27" 1ms Full HD widescreen OS- Windows 7 Home Premium

Pros: I'm not too sure why people have been giving this a bad rap in the ease of installation. This is the first Heatsink I have EVER put in and it took me 10 minutes. I have a case that has a hole in the back for easy access to the motherboard while it's mounted so maybe that's what made it easy for me. For others who have the unmounted mother board do it this way: Apply thermal paste to processor Set the V8 on the processor in the direction where if it were mounted in your case, the label is right side up. Tip the mother board and the heatsink upside down so the bottom is facing up and it's standing on the heatsink. Put in the screws with the bracket. Voila, Easy peasy. Haven't done any overclocking with this bad boy on yet but I'd imagine it will do fine. My i7-930 is running about 58c under load. Haven't done a burn in yet but I would imagine it won't get too much hotter. It's a good one fore the price! (+mail in rebate) Also, it's one of the quietest objects in my build

Cons: The size might make it difficult to install in some chassis. If you want an idea of how big it is, make a circle with your thumbs and index finger. Now increase that by about 25% and you got the gist of the size of it.

Overall Review: Despite what the earlier reviews say, it was pretty simple to install. I was afraid I was going to be up all night trying to get it in but it was a snap. Some reviewers are just over dramatic lol! Great job Cooler Master on the fantastic product. Thanks Newegg for the awesome price and shipping! Mobo- P6X58D Premium Procc- i7-930 2.8GHz (Planning to OC to about 3.8) HS- Cooler Master V8 Mem- G.SKILL Trident 6GB DDR3 2000 PSU- Corsair 850W HTX Modular GPU- EVGA nVidia GeForce 480 GTX HD- WD Caviar Black 1TB Moni- HP 27" Full HD 1080p HDMI 2ms LCD