Pros: It worked silently and well - for a while.

Cons: After a not quite one year of using the replacement board, it died. No warning - just a dead PC. I replaced this ASUS board with the original mfr board - it has a fan that sounds like a tortured rodent - and the PC is working. The Intel MB monitor has always show temps well within limits, BTW, and the fans do their job.

Overall Review: Now let's see if the 3 year warranty is worth the pixels it was written with....

Pros: Silent! Faster than my 2006 video card. In Windows 7, video ratings went from 3.9 to 4.4 (5.9 in one graphics category).

Cons: Still too hot to touch, but it runs for hours with no problems, unlike my initial copy of the board.

Overall Review: It's performance may not be optimal since I did not install all the software that comes with it. Rather, I let Windows Update find drivers online. I still noted a significant boost in performance.