Pros: Very durable, It has rubber on the bottom to keep it from sliding around. It's designed to be put on a shelf or desk. Dual usb ports, Including a usb 3.0 port. You can turn off the LED's if you like, but they are not very bright to begin with. Includes a 60 inch cat5e ethernet cable. Router with antennas weighs only 23.4 ounces. Power adapter looks well made, and will only block the next closest electrical plug on most power strips. Power adapter is ready for a much heavier load than i was able to get the router to draw. it' is overkill for as little power as this router uses. This power adapter is rated to provide 80watts, This router only draws 5 watts with wireless disabled, 9.5 watts with wireless enabled. add 0.3 watts for a usb3.0 SSD. add about 1.5 Watts for mechanical drive. and add 0.3 watts for each connected Ethernet Device. (these measurement are total consumption taken at the outlet) This still leaves a lot of extra headroom for other usb powered devices. File transfer speed over the usb3.0 port seems to max at about 29MB/s. This was tested using a usb3.0 SSD. This is ok for basic network storage. It's far slower than usb 3.0 maximum speeds, But it is still fast enough to watch more than one full size 1080p movie at a time. It could not mount my external SSD at first because it was in exFat format. I had to format to NTFS before it would mount properly.

Cons: Not meant to be hung on the wall, doesn't have the tabs for it. Ran into a roadblock trying to log in using the same name/password combination. I tried setting name and password both to admin just for testing purposes. It would accept them as valid but weak passwords. But not let me log in with them. The router would become unresponsive. I had to do a hard reset and try again using a different name and password combination.

Overall Review: This Router is Stylish. It's very sleek and good looking. It has a black anodized aluminum appearance to it, although it's made of plastic. The menu is nice, easy to navigate and find what i am looking for. Wireless performance is good. It is strong and fast through my entire home, and out into the street. speed and range are nearly identical to all my other routers. Overall this is a good looking router that is easy to use, and can serve as a decent NAS. I have been using it for over a week now and have not had any problems. I took it apart for a bit of quality control and inspection. i am pleased with my findings. It has one large thick aluminum heatsink that runs the entire length of the router to keep everything cool. It does not use any cheap electrolytic capacitors. (the kind that wear out) instead it uses solid polymer capacitors, which far outlast their electrolytic equivalents. If you are like me, you don't like having to replace routers every few years when they become unstable.. unfortunately i have had to do just that. I do not know anybody who unplugs their router when they are done using it. They stay on, and stay warm 24/7. Routers should be designed to not be affected by heat. Yet most manufacturers are still using parts in their routers which age based on temperature. This is foolish and possibly intentional. This ASUS RT-AC68U router seems to be the exception. Having the combination of quality parts, and a power supply that has ample headroom should help ensure that this router has the potential to last a long time. Pleased to say this router is going full time on my home network. I am happy to recommend this router.

Pros: This board is attractive and has a nice orange LED design not shown in any photos on newegg or gigabyte website. It supports ECC memory. The UEFI Bios is nice and professional looking. you have the option to change the bios splash screen to an image of your choice. you can do that within the app center program. Sata Raid performance is quite good. I installed two Intel 730 Series 480GB SSD's in Raid0 to benchmark performance. Read speed was 1030MB/s. this is very good. each of these drives are rated to read at 550MB/s. I installed 4x WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX Hard Drives in raid 0 to benchmark performance and i am quite pleased with the performance. i am reaching over 232MB/s. this is better than what these same 4 drives achieved on my H87 Fatal1ty and Z86 Extreme Gen3 Motherboards even though i paired this motherboard with a modest G4400 CPU. Despite the Specifications listed here on newegg, The network adapter is not Realtek, It is actually a Server Grade Intel I219-v NIC. Having this NIC allows it to support more server based applications. however it does not appear that gigabyte had server operating systems in mind when they created the driver disk. That's ok, because Intel has the correct drivers on its website including linux and windows server 2012.

Cons: The first thing i noticed when removing it from the anti static bag. the large heatsink at the top of the board is attached only with pushpins and springs, and is very flimsy, the moment i lifted the board i could feel how loose it was. less than 2lbs of force will cause it to tip sideways and loose contact with the vrms that it is meant to cool. It is important that i mention this because the 8 pin cpu connector is right beside it. be cautious and double check your cable management, if your 8pin cpu connector lays against it you will probably wind up with a dead board. gigabyte should've done a better job here. i will be replacing these pushpins with 3x8mm nylon screws. Certain things about the board seem sloppy, mostly in the bios and manual. For example, the bios has a menu to adjust the CPU Clock Ratio, yet it does not let you, instead it teases you with the option and says this setting is dependant on cpu model. NON-K models have locked CPU Ratios. This motherboard does not support any -K model processors. Also the manual says a lot of things that seem to apply to other boards, Including that the m.2 port supports raid, and that to setup raid it requires two m.2 drives. This board only has a single m.2 port. These instructions look like they are copy, pasted from some other manual. The board only has 3 system fan connectors, And despite having an option in the bios to set the fan speed, the speed does not change at all no matter what setting you change it to. The options are normal, silent, manual, or full speed. This is a broken feature. This board currently does not support i5 or i7 processors. No sli support. no overclocking. No onboard video (due to socket c232 chipset)

Overall Review: This board with it's limited CPU support falls short of being a option for most consumers. the storage options are disappointing, You can either use the m.2 port, or sata express, not both at the same time. and with a pci device installed a m.2 SSD operates at half speed. There really isn't an ideal consumer for this board. This board is oriented towards professionals/workstations. Specifically because of the support for Xeon processors and the most recent bios update adding ECC support. however this chipset should not prevent this board from working with i5 and i7 processors. The advertising of this board is misleading. The box says "Ultra Durable" on it 9 times, yet it doesn't appear to be built better than any other motherboard. the pcb is still 1.5mm thickness like all my other boards. The audio capacitors are only rated to 85c. And the VRM heatsink is not secured in place, almost any force will make it flop around. The box says "ultimate performance" "cutting edge features" "for gaming enthusiasts who demand the highest frame rates" Yet falls short of everything listed on the box. As of right now, the best processor this board supports is a Xeon E3-1280 v5 which is only a quad core. Professionals looking for the best will probably stick with socket 2011v3 as it has support for Xeons and desktop cpu's with far more cores and higher clock speeds. Intel has a 22 core Xeon that is scheduled for release sometime this month. Gamers are going to be interested in I5 and I7 processors because of the price differences compared to Xeon Processors. At the time of this review, Both the Audio Driver and Intel Rapid Storage Driver on the driver disk are out of date. The newer drivers are available through Gigabyte. None of the operating systems i have tried with this board have network drivers by default. I tried windows 7, 8.1, 10, ubuntu, Zorin and steam OS. The windows network drivers are located on the driver disk, however it does not include drivers for linux, or windows server. I had to install a secondary network adapter to get my linux operating systems on the internet. This may change in the future. On the cpu support list (at the time of my review) it only shows cpu support for bios revision f1. however my board arrived with f2 bios. the only information about the f2 bios update says that it includes support for ECC memory. Also, under memory support information it does not indicate which memory modules are ECC or not I hate to leave anything less than perfect reviews, but unfortunately this board falls short from what i expected.

Pros: needed ram for a older workstation and this was perfect

Cons: none

Overall Review: works fine

Pros: Cheap! Effective! Looks Good!

Cons: none

Overall Review: Its sad that lots of processors today are not including a cooler anymore. My local pc store didn't have anything decent for under $80. Last thing i want to do after spending $360+ tax on a CPU is drop another $80 on a cooler!!! This worked just fine!

Pros: Was fast and easy to assemble

Cons: Put a spare M.2 in it. It sat around unused for months before I had a use for it. I was testing a few different Linux Distros and was storing a Steam Library on this so I did not have to reinstall games after installing different distros. While running my tests this enclosure failed, It developed a intermittent connection issue. Tried different cables and tested the drive and everything else was fine, Just the board inside the enclosure failed.

Overall Review: It was okay while it lasted.

Pros: Silent! Efficient! Honest! Quality Parts!

Cons: It is Heavy, But that means quality.

Overall Review: Replaced another PSU advertised for 1000w that would crash if the total power at the wall exceeded 620w. This PSU handles it easily without even getting warm. Seasonic sets the bar really high. Best Warranty!

was exactly what i ordered. was packaged well and shipped quickly.