Joined on 11/10/03
Good, fast machine. Fussy driver issue

Pros: Fast machine. Fast video card. Good hard drive speed. I bought it for video editing and it is a good match for that task. Good deal for the money.
Cons: The keyboard is not favorite, but it works ok. The drivers for the MB USB3 ports got replaced and the USB3 ports became unusable. Replacing the MS drivers with Gigabytes solved that problem. The system would not shut down until the drivers were replaced. It was very frustrating until I figured it out. It appeared to be an problem caused by automatic windows update not a vendor problem.
Overall Review: In a previous review I gave the system a low rating because of the USB and shutdown problems. I figured out the problem and
Big Case

Pros: Lots of interior space ssi-eeb motherboard support decent included fans lots of ventilation
Cons: right side cable management grommet holes are covered by ssi-eeb motherboard removing at least one drive cage is required to fit power supply and cables
Overall Review: I bought the case to fit the Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI a ssi-eeb workstation MB There are very few vertical cases available for that form factor. Building in the case was pretty easy due to the huge space. Lots of available drive mounting points. very flexible fan and radiator options. Cable management was good especially for smaller motherboards
good drive

Pros: Disk wizard made it easy to transfer and set up new drive. Windows experience was the same as my 500g 7200rpm drive.
Cons: Even though the disk wizard transferred everything ok and the system booted ok ( win7 64 ) I started having OS problems. No windows update, and could not install applications. After a bit of searching I found that I needed to upgrade the Intel chipset drivers for the ATA interface. No help from the seagate site. After update everything is fine.
Solid performer

Pros: Nice features for the price. Quick processor. Nice selection of ports.
Cons: Fusion finish shows fingerprints too well. Took a while to remove the excess software. Screen resolution is odd, but you get used to it.
pretty fast stuff

Pros: win 7 experience memory score went from 5.9 to 7.2 on my Toshiba i7 a505-s6035
Cons: price dropped right after I ordered, thought I had waited long enough. Good time to buy now.
Overall Review: Now I need a faster hard drive

Pros: fast and quiet
Cons: none so far