Pros: Easy to set up. Takes up very little space. Keeps the room comfortable on hot days (read other)

Cons: Inefficient versus a window mounted AC unit or an external exchange portable unit. Doesn't provide enough foam to seal the window.

Overall Review: If you need a portable AC unit but can't afford the cost of many others, this is a great option. While it is rather inefficient (which I knew going into the purchase), if used correctly you can achieve decent results. The best way to use this is to run the unit in the room BEFORE the room gets hot, the unit does a good job at maintaining the room temp but once the room gets hot and it's hot outside, the unit is going to struggle to bring the room temp down. People in other reviews have recommended getting a dual hose (external exchange) unit as they are more efficient, but if anyone looking at this is like me, they don't have $500 for an AC unit. A few people also complained about the unit not outputting cold air, which could be caused by a feature that threw me off. When this unit drops about 2 degrees below the set point, it doesn't turn completely off, it only shuts the compressor off and continues to run the fan and if the unit is turned on when the room is at or below the set point the compressor won't come on, only the fan. Once the temp goes 1 degree above set point, the compressor will kick in. This is part of normal operation, though the manual doesn't seem to state that anywhere, however do read the instructions as many of the complaints in the reviews stem from users not reading the operations manual thoroughly and not getting the expected result.

Pros: I still maintain most of what I said in my previous review, though the board isn't as flawless as I first thought it to be.

Cons: I'm dropping this down 2 eggs over my last review due to a recent and very disappointing discovery that is actually going to lead me replacing this board in my rig. If you have one of the 8-Core 125 Watt Vishera Core CPUs (ie. 8350) be warned that this board struggles to run it. Now, yes, the specs say that the board can use the 8-core CPUs up to 140 watts, and its not totally lying about that, it can run it, but, and trust me its a big but, the VRMs power phasing struggles to power the CPU under a heavy load and over clocking is nearly impossible. Using both CoreTemp and SpeedFan I monitored my CPU under a 100% load using Prime95. Initially everything seems to be fine, but once things start to heat up, ussually around 70C the clock speed drops from 4.0GHZ to 1.3GHZ and at the same time, the Vcore voltage drops from 1.25v to about 0.8v. After everything cools down a bit the clock and volts go back up and I initially thought it was just poor cooling since my CPU cooler isn't the best, but after stopping Prime95 and letting the computer idle with the Temp dropping to around 47C the Vcore and Clock speeds will fluctuate sporadically until I restart the computer. Looking at the official Spec sheet on ASRocks website for the supported CPUs, I noticed a little asterisk and looked to see what it meant. Apparently ASRock recommends a downward blowing CPU cooler for optimal performance on the three 8-Core 125 watt Vishera Core processors and only those three because the VRM can only be cooled properly if the CPU fan is also blowing over the VRMs Heatsink, but if you're using liquid cooler, non-downward blowing heatsink, or just a poor quality heatsink, the VRM doesn't get properly cooled and overheats causing its voltage to drop and in turn throttles the CPU. What does this mean to everyone? If you plan to use an 8-Core 125 Watt Vishera such as the 8350, then find a better board or you're going to be restricting the CPUs performance. Any other AM3+ CPU that it supports should be fine, though I can't vouch for this.

Overall Review: Again, if you want full performance from those 8-Core CPUs, then find a better board and if you want to overclock that CPU then you'll need a better board.

Pros: Great for small form factor HTPCs. Contrary to some reviews, the case fan is relatively quiet when run at low speeds. Dedicated filtered intake for the CPU.

Cons: Filter is mounted with screws on the inside of the case, meaning to clean it you have to open the case. Power Supply uses a non-standard form factor, so replacing it will require going through the case manufacturer.

Overall Review: Keep in mind, this case is about the same size, if not smaller, than a cable box, and has a cooling capacity to match. You’ll have to build around the cooling limitations, meaning you aren’t going to be cooling an i7 nor an FX CPU in this case. I’m using a Pentium Dual core CPU running on a low profile cooler and it runs at 50C under load in this case. The cooler is another thing to consider, while I haven’t tested it, I don’t believe the Intel stock cooler will fit in this case, I preemptively purchased a Zotec low profile cooler that I was sure would fit. AMD stock coolers MAY fit, depending on how big the cooler is. I did have an issue with the power supply after about 2 months of constant use, and as stated its a non-standard form factor. However, I’m not taking off an egg due to the excellent Customer support I received and the timely RMA response and allowing me to only RMA the power supply and not the entire case.

Pros: It's inexpensive and receives excellent quality on the channels I can receive with it. (See other thoughts)

Cons: My only true con and the reason for knocking off 2 eggs is the 'inline signal booster'. Simply put, it's garbage. It does nothing to improve the signal of the channels I can receive, nor does it increase the channels I get. My TV shows the signal strength of the channels and a couple channels had worse signal strength with the booster. Why take of 2 eggs for just that? Because this particular product costs roughly $15 dollars more (about twice as much) then if I had just purchased the antenna without the booster.

Overall Review: Keep in mind the geography near where you live before buying this. Its a nice antenna when it can receive channels, but it's by no means powerful. If you have hills and/or mountains close to your house, you'll need something much more powerful than this. There's roughly 100 OTA channels available where I live, but can only get a select few with this antenna due to the interference from the hills nearby. That's something to keep in mind. I'll be returning this and unfortunately I will only be getting about half the price back after shipping.

Pros: The case is more then worth the money, great ventilation due to the grated front panel and the vented side panel as well as the vented expansion slots. The fans that come with it are pretty good although the rear fan made small amounts of noise at max speed, but not really a con. One other thing I loved and applaud is the fact the expansion slot covers are replaceable. The last two cases I had (one being a Rosewill) had punch out slot covers that couldn't be replaced so I had to buy covers myself. Its convenient to have replaceable ones as long as I don't lose them.

Cons: A couple gripes about the case that are more personal then anything. To install the motherboard you may want to remove the top fan as it is extremely close the the mounting location and did obstruct me when installing mine. I also wish it had USB 3.0 on the front but that was taken care of by the eSata port.

Overall Review: I did replace the rear fan, while the noise wasn't terrible and could be easily ignored, I had better fans from an old build on hand. The top and front fans are barely noticeable so I didn't bother to replace them. I also liked that fact you can mount 2 120 mm fans on the side panel or possibly a liquid cooling radiator (though the rear vent also has a single 120 mm radiator configuration.

Pros: Fast! Even when pushing the processor to the limit, it still manages to run flawlessly. The stock heatsink does a decent job at cooling, though an after market cooler might be preferred.

Cons: The main reason for not giving 5 eggs is because of the stock fan it came with. At idle, even when setting the fan controller to the lowest speed, it still ran at about 3500 RPM and at max speed ran at 6500 RPM and sounded like a leaf blower in my case anytime the processor went over the set thermal limit. (which I had to adjust on my board so the leaf blower wouldn't start). I was able to remedy this by swapping the fan for the one on my old AMD board which cut the noise significantly. Replacing the fan also led to the discovery of my second and third con. When replacing the fan, I discovered it was not mounted with screws but with tiny plastic clips, which, as I'm sure many builders are aware, can easily break if not handled delicately and if they break, its going to render the stock cooler useless. And my last con pertains to the heatsink, or at least the AM3 mounting clamp it uses. After removing the fan I noticed the clamp was pressing a few of the fins on the heatsink together and bending others. It doesn't seem to effect the cooling significantly, but it is something to note.

Overall Review: Overall the processor is great and don't regret the purchase. I would however recommend purchasing an after market cooler as the stock fan is cheap and the heatsink is poorly designed.