Pros: POST time on this board is incredibly fast. It also has every conceivable feature built-in, and is super high performance when paired with an Ivy Bridge cpu. Installed OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion without a hitch, and has full QE/CI with the HD 4000 graphics.

Cons: Neither LAN nor wifi card is compatible with Mtn Lion (at least right now). I replaced the wifi with a Dell card I got for $6 and it works great! There is a clear CMOS button on the back that I accidentally hit one time while trying to plug something in. It was a pain to reconfigure all the options, but really only took a few minutes.

Overall Review: Antec ISK110-VESA case i5-3570K 8gb DDR3 2133 80gb Intel SSD Dell DW1515 AR9280 Wlan Mini pci-e card

Pros: Installed on a PNY 9800GT "power efficient" with the 55nm G92b chip and no external power connector. The included screws were too big, so I had to buy some 2.5mm screws and nuts at my local hardware store. Other than that, it was pretty easy to install. I used Arctic Silver 5 on the chip and included paste on the heat tubes. Idle temps in the 50’s and 70-80’s under load depending on the game.

Cons: Included screws didn't fit, doesn't fully cool a G92b.

Overall Review: I’m a little uncomfortable with 85 degrees so I might have to get some kind of case fan blowing on it. But a large fan should be fairly quiet unlike the one that came on the card.

Pros: Same specs as Haswell i7, but also supports ECC memory and costs almost $100 less. An old version of CPU-Z even identified it as an i7!

Cons: None that I can see. Even the much maligned stock fan keeps it around 30C at idle.

Overall Review: Got a combo deal with the excellent Supermicro X10SAE for $60 off. Supports DVI, VGA, HDMI, and DP all onboard!

Pros: Core i3, compact, good specs overall. Excellent heatsink and cooling system. PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports (these are getting hard to find). Windows 7 instead of the much maligned Windows 8. Rare 3 year warranty.

Cons: Sandy Bridge not Ivy Bridge means more power usage, but performance is about the same. Only USB 2.0, not USB 3.0. Although it has a dedicated graphics card, don’t expect to game on it. With a paltry 8 shaders and 64-bit memory, the integrated Intel HD 2000 is actually more powerful.

Overall Review: Unless you need dual displayport, ditch the nvidia graphics card. Then pop the black plastic cap from the VGA port and use the built-in Intel HD 2000 graphics adapter. You will have to install the drivers from Intel’s website.

Pros: Big bright picture Nice looking case Decent stand Cheap Dual inputs (DVI & VGA) with button to switch between them

Cons: Worst ghosting I've ever seen on any monitor! It's apparent even when scrolling a webpage. Forget about gaming, Doom 3 was ugly and unplayable. No way this is a 5ms panel, my Dell S2440L with a 6ms A-MVA panel is smooth as butter compared to this (but shouldn't be).

Overall Review: OK for office use I guess. Most non-tech people just want a large screen and don't care about things like response time. Still, I was surprised that a TFT panel with this kind of delay is still manufactured in 2012!

Pros: Good video playback, fanless and silent

Cons: Uses cheap 300mhz ddr2 ram. Every other card I've seen with ddr2 is clocked at 400mhz. I tried to overclock this to match, but started getting artifacts at 370mhz.

Overall Review: I had thought this card would be comparable to my 9500gt since they cost about the same. Boy was I wrong! The 9500gt is 53% faster in Doom 3, and 31% faster in Street Fighter IV. The 9500gt has standard 400mhz ddr2, is also fanless, and cost $5 more from Newegg.