Pros: I have to say this motherboard makes me very happy. I got this motherboard to replace a motherboard from SuperMicro (which I suggest do not purchase because the thing died on me 6 months after use). It works well with xp 64 and just recently upgraded to windows 7 64 Ultimate and works well with that too. I have Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz CPU, 8 Gigs of ram, a Nvida 9800 GTX+, 2 Samsung 1 TB hard drives and it scores 7.3 almost across the board for performance with Aero on except Disk data transfer rate is 5.9 from primary hard disk so this Motherboard does its job.

Cons: None so far but I will let Newegg know if something should arise.

Overall Review: I do not over clock so I have no isea for performance for that.

Pros: Did what it was supposed to do when it worked.

Cons: After loading up 4T worth of data such as games and movies for the entertainment center, it suddenly died. You can no longer even feel the thing spin on the inside. Looked up the issue and found a YouTube video with the same issue and it has to do with 1 - 4 diodes on the board failing. My brother took this drive to his work to find out and sure enough, it is the problem. So now I need to get the same model hard drive for parts to retrieve all that data.

Overall Review: The fact I did not use it very much and it died like this, I would hope Western Digital would supply me a new drive.

Pros: I bought this little puppy, have it set up with an air mouse and hooked up a 6 TB external drive with all the games and movies from my DVDs for an ultimate and not to be seen entertainment system for kids this Christmas.

Cons: Came with Windows 10 preloaded (was looking to step away from Windows and towards Linux) but since no private info will be on this machine and it is strictly entertainment, it is fine.

Overall Review: As an entertainment system YES YES YES. As a portable entertainment system or even work, yes.

Pros: My card reader fits into perfectly, it came 2 sets of 4 screws, it has 3 side and 2 bottom mounts. the back side mounts are 1 inch from the center mounts and the center mounts are 2 1/2 inchs apart. bottom mounts are 3 inches away from each other. Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB Port / Extra Silver Face Plate Item #: N82E16820223103

Cons: simple piece of plastic, not worth 5 dollars.

Overall Review: buy it when it goes on sale.

Pros: Lots of buttons and easy to program them using its control panel. You can have 3 different settings. Keys light up. You can set the light color for each setting so you can know what setting you are playing with.

Cons: My only gripe is (a major 1) They could have engineered the design much better than what it is. Not very comfortable for your thumb using the analog stick because the pad does not conform to how your hand naturally is. The part that the analog stick is at should be at an angle so it fits more naturally to your hand. This thing at the most should cost 30 dollars.

Overall Review: It is very uncomfortable at first, it took me a good couple of weeks to get used to. 1 thing I have found to get comfy with it is to NOT try to line all your fingers up to 1 row of keys and do not have the pad facing perfectly forward, have it on angle to go with how you hand and arm want to naturally relax, this will help out much better. You would think after all the years PC gaming has been out there, that the people who design these things would finally get it right.

Pros: It worked great while it worked. Can fit the a big graphic card such as the GForce 9800 GTX+ without it getting in the way of any other components.

Cons: After 6 months, my computer would turn on and all I hear is rapid beeping then just the Super Micro logo. I asked for help from their tech support and after 5 weeks of trouble shooting to get the CMOS to even come up, still not working. I have given up on this board and am going with another board.