Pros: Replaced my OCZ 700w (which is still doing great) and freed up a ton of space in my Antec 300. Unexpectedly dropped temps down 3-5º C all over the place including my gpu and cpu. Very quiet and feels quite sturdy.

Cons: Definitely not meant for bottom-mount. Had to arrange the SATA cables in a pretty nasty way to get them to go into the drives properly. It works but I just don't like putting strain on the cables or the connectors themselves.

Overall Review: The modular cables make me realize how poorly suited the Antec 300 is for cable management, too. Time for another upgrade!

Pros: Excellent improvement over my hdd (see other thoughts) being used as a boot drive for Win7 64 and my most used programs along with Bad Company 2 (soon to be swapped out for BF3 yay!)

Cons: I need a SATAIII add on card and Firmware 0009 to take full advantage of this drive. Too scared to do the firmware update, haha

Overall Review: Crystal Disk Mark scores with my 320gb SATAII Caviar Blue in parentheses: Read/Write Seq - 270/111 (96/95) 512k - 249/104 (45/51) 4k - 19/60 (0.6/1.0) 4k QD32 - 189/109 (1.8/1.1) MSI X58m (BIOS 3.0) i7 920 @ 2.67 3x2gb Crucial Ballistix Sport 1333 Galaxy GTX460 768mb WD Caviar Blue 320gb Seagate 500gb External And this drive :D

Pros: Had 3x1gb DDR3-1333 and replaced it with these. BIOS recognized it without issue and I didn't have to alter timings or anything else. WEI score bumped from 5.9 to 7.4 or something, which I didn't expect. I can record gameplay via Fraps to the same drive the game is on without taking the massive hit the 3gb set up took which I'm really happy about.

Cons: None. Hope it stays that way!

Overall Review: X58m with BIOS 3.0. Everything seems nice and snappy now!

Pros: My SSD didn't come with the necessary screws but this did. Easy to install and low price.

Cons: I'll need more with future SSDs, hah

Overall Review: I like the metal construction of it, especially since it isn't flimsy.

Pros: Quiet, does the job I was hoping it would do.

Cons: Hopefully it lasts!

Overall Review: I bought this to help tame my MSI X58M's Northbridge temperatures (80-85ºc under load, 71-74º idle) and it did exactly that: I have not breached 60ºc under load. I may still remove the heatsink to put Arctic Silver on there to further enhance the cooling but man, what a difference. I can't hear it over any of my other fans (Antec 300, fans on medium) which is a huge plus as I was worried it might be a high pitch whine or something. This is what the X58's should have had on them to begin with!

Pros: It has never been above 71ºc and I can typically play Bad Company 2 without breaching 65º--that is extremely impressive for such a quiet fan. My previous card was a 4850 which IDLED at 85º. The difference this makes for the cooling of all the components in my case is amazing (except the stupid Northbridge.) I think this is the best just-below-mainstream card since the Ti4200.

Cons: Definitely takes a performance hit with the extras turned on; in Bad Company 2 with my setup it will drop 20-25% of the framerate going from 1xAA to 8x. With full settings (32xAA and HBAO) it loses much more, from 90-120fps down to 45-70fps . Still playable but it depends on the amount of action on screen--particles from explosions/dirt flying kill it more than anything else. But in multiplayer my concern is smooth framerate, no smooth edges, so this hit isn't a big deal at all to me.

Overall Review: Looking forward to seeing how my current setup works with BF3. System: i7 920 c0 @ stock MSI X58m 3x1gb Wintec ampX DDR3 1333 WD Caviar Blue 320gb 1920x1080 LG Flatron OCZ StealthXStream 700w Antec 300 + Corsair H50 Considering an SLI setup but will need a new PSU :(