Pros: I bought this card for an htpc machine since it allows for direct HD audio through the HDMI connect. The machine also had to do a bit of moderate gaming (WOW, Starcraft, Modern Warfare, etc.). The gaming performance has been great... silky smooth in all games mentioned with options maxxed at 1920x1080. The real delight has been the HD audio, though. Combined with PowerDVD HD (with Blu-Ray support), the picture and sound are incredible, fed directly to my pre/pro via the single hdmi cable. Never expected this quality... far surpasses the PS3 in the Blu-Ray quality. Ours seems to run extremely cool and quiet, but it's in a super-ventilated case. Installation with drivers and all was the simplest I've ever experienced. Very highly recommended for an htpc that needs some gaming muscle.

Cons: None that I've run into... none at all. I'm truly delighted, and am looking at buying a second one.

Overall Review: If you use this with PowerDVD, keep in mind that you need to play with settings for Windows (speaker setup and monitor overscan), PowerDVD (audio and video output settings), and the card itself as well as your pre/pro... it took me awhile to dig up all the settings. But once i got 'em right i was truly blown away... can't stop watching and listening (it's great for audio as well). And the positive side to all the settings is that you've got a great amount of control.

Pros: Great heatsink... legendary

Cons: The bracket for LG775 is "new and improved" for ease of installation, but uses plastic anchors that are somewhat like drywall anchors. They are nearly impossible to undo, so make sure you follow the instructions carefully... make sure the clear part of the anchor is completely seated before you push the black part. My recent order came with one anchor already "set," and it was impossible to undo. Quite the mess, since I didn't notice until another anchor was firmly seated. Great heatsink, but I don't like this plastic anchor stuff... give me screws any time.

Overall Review: Also, as has been mentioned, measure your case first... my huge full-size tower had only about 2mm of space between the heatsink and the case wall.

Pros: I've got two of these running in a G-RAID mini portable drive, s well as one running in a Mac mini. All three drives get continuous use, and I carry the portable around all day every day. Couldn't be happier - these seem quiet, fast, and cool.

Cons: none that I've encountered in 6 months of use

Pros: Relatively fast processor, sets up volumes quickly, good set of controls and monitor readout, can send error e-mails, no fan, optional battery backup, can be managed through BIOS in POST (PC booting only) pci connection (localhost) or over ethernet (ip). I've got this card running a RAID 6 on a Mac (4 - 1TB drives), and so far it's been completely solid. Speeds seem good (I'm concerned more with data safety) and I'm running the minimum number of disks for RAID6 (four). Not much else to say, except the following couple of notes: 1) you need to give the unit some time to rebuild if there's a power outage. I had to do some (unrelated) hard reboots and the RAID volume didn't come up at first. Took me awhile to realize that it was rebuilding... seems to take 20-30 minutes for four 1TB drives (not bad at all). 2) take time to double check the cables you need... it's hard to get good pics or info on these. I ended up buying SAS to eSATA when I actually needed SAS to SATA (internal).

Cons: Manual seems informative but skips important aspects or makes brief mention of them. Mine came with log entries showing disk failures, but I think that was due to OEM testing (short period, sequential disk failures... definite pattern). I've seen no hiccups whatsoever in roughly three months of 24/7. Wish they had wiped the log just for my peace of mind. Cables seem expensive, but are of excellent quality.

Overall Review: I like this card a great deal... it has everything I wanted, and was the cheapest RAID6 option when I purchased it. It leaves me with 4TB of headroom left, and will only get faster with each drive I add. After a drive failure with a software RAID0, I wanted to step up to a hardware RAID and this card is a great foundation for that.

Pros: No issues, good latency for 2G chips, nice striking design

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: Cool heatsink design (literally and figuratively). Very tall as you can see by the pics, but no issues on the ASUS Maximus II. Booted immediately, has performed flawlessly. Never tried GEIL before, but I like it and I'll buy more. Never thought RAM could be attractive, but this stuff is striking visually (not that I really care).

Pros: Lots of overclocking possibilities, great build quality and components, thoughtful features, numerous options, so far very solid

Cons: Hot. North chip runs as hot as my 260GPU (56-60C), South not far behind (47-50C). Noctua heatsink only fit in one direction due to capacitors.

Overall Review: Booted up easily and seems very stable, but the heat of the NB and SB bother me a tad. Other then the nVidia 260, these chips generate the most heat in the machine. But I won't complain too much if it stays as stable as it has been so far. Still, the heat knocks it to 4 stars in my book.