Pros: I'll let these number speak for themselves: (2 60 gig drives in RAID 0 (ICh10R chipset - a must): ATTO benchmark Reads: 435mb/s Writes: 320mb/s Everything is pretty much instantaneous. Installed Widnows 7 well under 20 minutes. Boots in 18 seconds.

Cons: 1. Price - obvious 2. Pain in the you know what to flash - must have another pc or OS drive to use the flashing software with 3. Chipset. This is often overlooked by some who want to raid these. The ICh10R chipset does these well in RAID0. Other chipsets, not so much (I'm looking at you, nvidia) 4. Another possible issue for those who want to RAID - some hardware RAID controllers don't even support SSD's and don't work well with them at all. 5. There is no evidence one way or another on just how long you'll get to enjoy the insane speed before degradation. 1 month, 2, 5? Sure, you can flash the drive to get it all back, but then you have to do a reinstall because you lose everything. 6. If you want the insane speed, you have to do some tweaking. Especially if you are using XP. XP requires you to align the drives. Vista/Windows 7 users are set with this. But still, you have to turn off a bunch of services with all OS's. 7. If you are putting it in a desktop you need a

Overall Review: Do not let the "cons" dissuade you if you are contemplating these. If you have even a little working PC knowledge you can do the aligning and tweaking in a short amount of time, especially with all of the great guides on the OCZ forums. They aren't really cons, they are just things you should know before buying these and expecting to just plop them in and scream. Don't get me wrong, I tried that, and they are still waaaaaaayyyyyy faster than HDD's, but you want all the speed you can get, now don't you? Basically, they are new tech, and if you're buying these you probably aren't new to the "early adopter" scene. You know the drill.

Pros: I'm not going to sit here and bash this board. That's unproductive to people who are thinking about dropping hard earned cash on it. I will outline my experience with it though. So, Pros: 1. ICH10R chipset. Very nice, my RAID 0 Vertex drives run so fast with this chipset it's jaw dropping. 2. Honestly, I'm trying to think of another pro to me.

Cons: 1. Overclocking? People think this is a great overclocker? Seriously? It won't take my e8400 past 3.8. And before you call me every variation of the word noob, you should know I'm a system administrator a large company, and I build my own pc's about twice a year as I get bored quickly. On top of all that, every single item, besides this mobo, were awesome in my 780i. Dominator ram, e8400, corsair psu, hit 4.2ghz 24/7. And that oc took two hours, tops. I've been messing around with this board for 4 days just to hit 3.8 2. support. Go to gigabytes website and try to DL a driver. Dial up speeds. Next, try to navigate to their support forums to talk with other gigabyte owners. Oops, they don't have one. 3. Tuniq Tower has to be modified to fit on this mobo. 4. IDE not recognized in BIOS. This is a commmon issue whether you try to hook up a cd/dvd drive or a HDD. Google it if you don't believe me. Oh, that reminds me, too high of an OC results in my new SATA DVD drive

Overall Review: ...not being recognized in Windows. Lower the OC, it's back again. 5. No RPM fan control for the chassis fans. Seriously? How, gigabyte? How could you not put this in with all of the other options you put in the BIOS. I'm sure my sub par rating of this board means little in a sea of reviews calling for this board to be named the official second coming, and maybe I just got a dud, run of bad luck, whatever. But I have experience, and all of this stuff is indeed fact. I'm sure if you buy this board everything will be fine, but I won't buy another gigabyte motherboard again. Don't get me wrong, it's works, and all I really wanted it to do was hold me over until I make the jump to i7. Maybe the OC is my fault, even though the chip has proved itself in another board. But no support forums, slow DL speed, No fan control, IDE issues, CPU Cooler issues.....None of these should be associated with a board lauded as much as this one is.

Pros: Liked the way they felt and looked. Will revisit when I get my second pair.

Cons: Arrived DOA. Wouldn't charge. I had to press the usb cable to the right side very hard to get the lights to light up indicating that it was charging.

Overall Review: Newegg is shipping my another set. Newegg rocks. Shipping is super slow, though, which is uncharacteristic of the egg.

Pros: Ok, this is the best deal on the market right now. For the size and the price, it just can't be beat. 1080p, HDMI, built in speakers, unbelievably dark black levels, crisp..etc. Its good.

Cons: -No DVI connection. Sort of annoying. -Speakers: great that they are there, but they aren't the best. Still pretty good though. For you "monitor snobs" out there, (and i say that with nothing but love), this monitor probably won't pass your inspection. I put it through the contrast and gamma tests and my dell 2407 HC did better. But, that should be expected.

Overall Review: It's great. It can be used as a monitor, but it can also be a stand alone HDDVD/Blu Ray player/PS3/360 player because of the HDMI and built in speakers. Oh, and what the other guy said, intercept the UPS guy because the box isn't very inconspicuous.