Pros: Fairly straightfoward piece of technology. Comes with all the necessary drivers, the instructions are above average.

Cons: This was purchased to run an old Ioline Studio 8 plotter (a relic by all industry standards). I'll admit serial data transfer is before my time. However, I don't know if it is something in the handoff of information, but when plotting with the adapter the machine never finishes the cut completley. We've found that simply added an extra square, or something (we like the word,"fail" at the last step, the machine will simply stop there. So it is really not that big of a deal, considering.

Pros: It says "gaming" on it in like 3 different places so I know it's legit.

Cons: The ****ing cpu receptacle is close to the ram slots that the cpu fan is touching the cards. Really Asus? Would it kill you guys to add a centimeter of extra space there?

Overall Review: Meh.