Pros: easy installation, highly upgradeable with emerging tech that hasn't caught on yet (like the DDR3)

Cons: no ps/2 port, i had to go to circuit city and buy a converter. Not that big a deal though.

Overall Review: installation of mobo and components was easy, esp. for this being my first. I had no problems. i like my q9550 in here and that I can upgrade to something much faster in the future. i have a sapphire ati radeon hd4870 with 1gb of memory for video (great picture!) and for main memory I am using g.skill ddr3 (pc3 10666).

Pros: great chip, very fast

Cons: none

Overall Review: awesome chip for the price!