Joined on 10/25/03
AMAZING headset, especially for the price!

Pros: These are simply the best sounding headphones you will find for under $50. The mic is clear and crisp, the sound quality is amazing (for the under $50 pricetag, I wouldn't take these over my studio monitors, mind you). Lightweight and comfortable, inexpensive and clean sound... these are awesome, for the price. The fact I can use them with my smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop PC is the best thing, ever (WiFi only tablets typically don't like the mic on cell-phone headsets, these work beautifully even with my Asus Transformer TF101).
Cons: Some folks may complain about the bass response, but it's unfair to expect a headset in this price range to perform at the same level as $200 headphones. For this price range, this headset has NO actual flaws that I can find.
Overall Review: The headset itself has a single 3.5mm plug, ideal for smartphones and tablets. It also comes with a converter cable that splits it into two 3.5mm "headphone" and "mic" plugs that most people are likely expecting. I leave that plugged into the computer most of the time, and simply unhook the headset from there to use it on my phone. It's convenient, reliable and comfortable.
Buyer BEWARE

Pros: I ordered one of these to put into my brother's PC. I loved it, so a week later I ordered another one for my own PC... and it was terrible. I RMA'd and got a replacement, which was equally horrible.. So, out of three of these, one did work. The one that worked (which arrived in a box with a plain white face), does work AMAZINGLY well. It features a simple interface that is very friendly, capture quality that is better than I expected and hardware x264 encoding that makes for beautiful quality and reasonable file size. Additionally, running an XBox360 through the HDMI input and playing fast-twitch games like Street Fighter IV, I found the card to have NO VIDEO DELAY whatsoever! I could play at full speed, in realtime and record gorgeous HD video of the session. In and of itself, that should rate 5 eggs out of 5. If only all of them worked... *sigh* The biggest pro I can name is that NewEgg always has your back, and I am not out the full purchase price of these steaming turds. No matter how bad an experience goes, at least we can always trust NewEgg to make it right.
Cons: The two that DID NOT work (both arrived in boxes with an orange face, featuring some sort of generic soldier artwork that seems to be call-of-duty-ish) were all the more disappointing because of how great my experience with the first one had been. The problem is either defective hardware or the "Aver3D" nonsense that was added to the "orange box" version. It causes screen flicker, odd and random sparkle and other distortions, and tremendous amounts of video lag. Running an XBox through these "orange label" cards proved frustrating, because the lag made even navigating the dashboard nearly impossible, and the distortion rendered reading menus and other text into a wild fantasy I could only dream of having. The specs of these cards (all 3 were listed as AVerTV HD DVR model C027) don't make any mention of 3D at all, and it is a feature I don't care about one way or the other, so I decided to try the drivers and software from the first card (that still works like a DREAM, by the way) to the "orange label" versions. Lo and behold... they DO NOT RECOGNIZE these as even being the same card! I troubleshot the second one for almost 6 hours, even trying it in the machine I built for my brother with the same flickering, unresponsive, blurry, distorted results. The third card I wasted three hours of my life troubleshooting to the same end result. All I get for my efforts is to pay shipping on RMAs. Twice.
Overall Review: If you order one of these and win the lottery of a "white faced box", you will have a FANTASTIC capture card that works like a charm. If you lose the lottery and get stuck with one of these horrible "orange-faced box" versions, just suck it up and accept that you have been sucker-punched. Personally, I will never purchase anything from AVerMedia again. After this fiasco, I have put them on the short list of "companies to be avoided at all cost", alongside the famous names of GoldStar and Daewoo. My (regretful, especially in light of how much I loved the first of these cards) recommendation: AVOID AVerMedia. It's just not worth the headache when you lose the lottery.
EXCELLENT budget case!

Pros: Don't let the price tag fool you, this case is excellent. Would I take it over a $199 Antec case? Well, no... but for the money I have never seen anything close to as nice as this thing. All the details are covered beautifully. The *INSIDE* of the case is even painted to match the outside. The build quality isn't the best, but it's better than some $90-$100 cases I have worked with over the years. Lightning fast shipping, arrived in perfect condition... goodness I love NewEgg!
Cons: The red trimmed case has a *BLUE* light in the power button. Had it been red, it would have been a much better match to the case. Additionally, the light is blindingly bright (but the front face comes off very easily, and a few swipes of nail polish tones it down to perfection with minimal effort). ...that's my only complaint about the case, and it's a minor quibble at best.
Overall Review: If you are looking for an inexpensive case with a decent power supply for the a very low price, look no further. This is *WAY* nicer than the price would have most people expecting.
Surprisingly good!

Pros: Grabbed a combo including this mainboard, and expected very little from it. I was shocked at just how good this inexpensive little board turned out to be! Simple to setup, friendly bios and a nice footprint size all adds up to a surprisingly good board, especially considering the price.
Cons: The is a single PCI-e x16 that sits directly above a single PCI-e x1 slot... if you have a module that requires the x1, you will need to find a thin videocard (or use the Radeon 3000 that is onboard, ugh). It's not a -huge- big issue, and the pictures show it very clearly (and therefore I will not take an egg off)... but I failed to realize this before ordering. After shopping around, I found a nice Radeon 240 that is thin enough to still allow for my capture card to use the x1 slot, and all is well... but I still thought it worth pointing out, in case anyone else missed it (the way I did).
Overall Review: I spent less than $370 on the case, 6-core AMD proc, 8 gigs of ram, 430 watt power supply and this mainboard... and the performance per dollar is just pure awesome. For a budget build, this is the single best combo I have ever seen. Excellent component selection by the wonderful folks at NewEgg, lightning fast shipping and this mainboard far exceeds any expectation the price could have allowed a reasonable person to have when ordering. 5 golden eggs all around.
Surprising Performance For The Money!

Pros: For the price, I was astounded at just how well this card performs! It's just plain awesome.
Cons: None.
Great Burner!

Pros: Simply amazing performance. The very reasonable price just makes it that much better.
Cons: Not thrilled with the eject button, as it is flimsy plastic that flexes when you press it. Many years from now, it is apt to fatigue and crack. It's really a TINY quibble, and the drive is still a 5 egg product.