Pros: Stylish - it's a simple but very good looking design. Whether the front aluminum door is on or off. Choose your own adventure in quiet/cooling - This is where the case really shines. Stock, with all panels installed, it's a very quiet case with adequate cooling for any typical setup. My i7-860 and GTX 670 never overheat and I can barely hear it. Should you need more cooling though, there are options. The front panel can be removed, allowing much more airflow from the front. In addition, there are removable panels on the top and rear, allowing two more fans each. It can be a cooling monster if you really need it to be, though there are probably better cases for that purpose. Room - the drives are mounted the right way (outward) and there's cable routing behind the motherboard tray. Nothing real fancy but everything you'd expect in a case of this class. The only downside is the 8-pin power cable may not reach around the back to to the motherboard. I had to route mine behind the video card. Not a big deal, but it was annoying given how cleanly I was able to do everything else. USB 3.0 - you expect it in a case in this price class, and it's there. Two USB 3.0 ports on the front alone, accessible even if the front door is installed and closed.

Cons: Front door - only an issue if you use optical media a lot, or if you plan to open the door frequently for the increased ventilation. it opens both ways, which means it comes off either hinge easily. It's easy to remove the door when you just want to swing it open. Bad on carpet - I say it has adequate ventilation with everything closed and this is true, but there is one caveat. It breathes from the bottom with the front door closed, and the power supply also breathes from the bottom, so you need something underneath the case if you plan to sit it on carpet. I have cardboard cut out to the right size, which has worked well, but it is something to keep in mind.

Overall Review: Overall I chose this case because it had everything I wanted. A very nice but understated aesthetic, quiet, but still with plenty of room and good cooling. I have no regrets.

Pros: 1600 - a great speed, and adequate for all but the most extreme applications.

Cons: Some RAM that I can never see because I don't have a window in my case is prettier?

Overall Review: I've used G.Skill for years with no regrets. It's great, fast, cheap RAM. DDR3 1600 with CAS 9 is sweet spot as far as price/performance.

Pros: Good power output - 1500 is more than enough to allow me to finish, save, and shutdown in the case of a blackout. Hell, I can get to the next save point. Attractive design - Looks good next to my computer.

Cons: None so far. I really won't have one unless the power goes out and it doesn't work.

Overall Review: It's more attractive and offers more bang for the buck than competitive products from other vendors. I have had an issue with jostling the plug just a bit causing the alarm to go off, but I believe that to be an issue with my outlet, not the unit. A quick tap back in and it's fine, every time.

Pros: It's a GTX 670 - read the benchmarks if you don't know, but this is one of the fastest single GPU cards you can buy right now. It exhausts hot air outside of the case.

Cons: No fancy add-ins or overclocking software, but this can be found from other places for free. You get the card and that's about it.

Overall Review: EVGA is my preferred graphics card vendor for nVidia, but we'll see how it withstands the test of time. Several months with zero issues so far. For the price I got it at, it was unbeatable. No regrets.

Pros: This is a basic GTX 275. Stock cooler, no overclock out of the box. It runs relatively quiet (I can't hear it over the low to moderate volume of my system, which is no wind tunnel). There hasn't been an issue in the 6-months I've owned the card, and it's run every game I've played at or very close to max settings (I'm looking at you, Crysis).

Cons: None. Keep in mind that it likely can be overclocked to the same levels as any GTX 275 using the same basic nVidia cooler, but chips are often binned by performance. A particular card may not OC as high as their pre-OC'd bretheren, while others will.

Overall Review: The red coloring on the metal plate facing outwards when the card is installed is cool. It adds a welcome splash of color to an otherwise ho-hum design.

Pros: The board has all of the overclocking features you could ask for, and will do what you tell it to without any complaints. This makes overclocking a breeze. It's been rock solid for the past 6 months, I've had no reliability issues at stock or overclocked. A good motherboard should be a bedrock of stability, and this fits the bill.

Cons: The time from power button pressed to the OS loading start is long. I haven't timed it, but it feels like it's about 30-45 seconds. If you have ExpressGate enabled, it will take an additional 10 seconds without any user interaction, but given how little value this feature will have to the power users buying this board, it will likely be disabled through the BIOS within a week.

Overall Review: ExpressGate is a neat idea, being able to access the web and some simple chat and voice programs (Skype, for example) without having to load the OS. Unfortunately internet requires use of an Ethernet cable to the built in NIC, as the drivers for any wireless cards won't be loaded. Given the power of any system with this board, it seems like a bit of a waste of time. Overall it's a great board, which would be an easy 5-egg pick in my opinion if it wasn't for the long boot process (again, this is before the OS ever comes into play).