Pros: Default Bios settings overclock my G.Skill DDR800 as DDR922! (at least so sez memtest86) North Bridge is warm, but not hot. Using the sideport mem, it only steals 128MB of your DDR2 Best integrated gfx I've ever seen. Plays BZflag with no trouble. Has dvi, vga, hdmi out. It's efficient (my system idles at 37-38 watts), and has new-fangled capacitors and mosfetts. Hopefully they'll live up the the gigahype and actually prolong the life of the board.

Cons: Can't tell it to use only sideport mem. Not a big deal though. Occasionally BZflag will flicker when I start it up. All I have to do is quit and restart, however, and it works fine. Not sure if it's hardware, or the ATI driver for linux. AM2 CPU can only handle up to DDR800 (not DDR1066) but this is a limitation of AM2 cpu's, not the chipset.

Overall Review: My goal was an efficient, cheap, reasonably powerful HTPC that could handle dvi out and light gaming with only the integrated gfx. This board really fills that role well. OS: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) CPU: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 Brisbane RAM: G.SKILL 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 DUAL CHANNEL HDD: HITACHI P7K500 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s CASE: ANTEC MINUET with 350W 80Plus PS The BE-2400 is only an AM2 dual core, but it's cheap and it's TDP is only 45W. The above system idles at 37-38 Watts! That's a third of what my previous system (using an Athlon 1.83 GHz Barton) consumed at idle! I don't feel like I'm wasting money having the box up 24x7

Pros: So far, I've burned two for two, one on an LGE (GSA-4163B) and one on a NEC 3550A. Both play back fine on the burners, I haven't tried them anywhere else.

Cons: I got these for free with a 25spindle, and with those I've only burnt two marginally playable out of about 10 tries. Errors at the layer switch gets me almost every time, on either burner.

Overall Review: From this experience and from reading others' comments, it seems like it's the luck of the draw. You get a good batch or you don't. So, unless you like to gamble, buy Verbatim.

Pros: Good value, functional design. I like the fan placement. Not a huge case but it has plenty of room and easy to work with.

Cons: A bit flimsy. One wrong screw in a board standoff and I stripped the thread in the case, not the standoff itself. My mistake, and not a big deal, but it's not overbuilt to say the least.

Overall Review: I needed a well ventilated case that could handle a full sized graphics card but was still fairly compact with front facing USB ports so it could fit into a desk cabinet. Fits the bill (and my desk) perfectly. Only complaint is that it's a bit lightweight. Don't handle it too roughly.

Pros: Lasted 5 years. Did its job until it didn't. Allowed me very high transfer rates between the two main computers on my home network.

Cons: Earlier this year I began to notice erratic behavior. I'd start having network issues that I tracked down to the router itself. Rebooting the router usually fixed it. Then it would work fine for hours, days, weeks, then start acting up again. Five years is long enough I suppose but something this simple should last a bit longer IMO.

Pros: Good solid compact power supply. Fits in my ten year old CHENBRO PC40522-BK Black SECC MicroATX case perfectly. For over a year it has run an AMD Athlon X3 or Phenom X3 just fine on an AMD 780G chipset board, powering two HDD and 4 fans. Given me no trouble until...

Cons: Not Haswell Ready :-( Upgraded to an Intel i3 4300 on an GA-H81M-DS2V mobo and, well, everything is okay until I start to play World of Tanks, then it crashes. Admittedly this is probably beyond the design scope, so I can't really complain. Don't know if it just needs those extra four pins for the CPU 12v power (it's got just one 2x4 connector, the board can take two connectors), or it's just the sheer power drain.

Overall Review: Has one cable with two SATA power connectors, but two molex cables with oodles of connectors...don't know why they think they need so many molex. With one HD, one SSD, and one DVD, i had to get a molex to SATA power adapter, no big deal. Also, no pci-ex power connector, but then again, just got a molex adapter. I've upgraded to the SILVERSTONE ST45SF 450W SFX12V 80 PLUS bronze and it's the little pwrsup that could.

Pros: Tomato (DD-WRT) Bought it in May of 2010. Flashed with tomato and forgot about it. Lasted four years.

Cons: It died.

Overall Review: I did pop the hood and take a look at the board but no bulging or leaking capacitors. Also, in 4 years the price hasn't changed much.