Pros: Price, ability to remove face plate and both side plates without any additional tools, very handsome looking case and exceptionally made considering the price. Really had very few problems getting everything installed, exactly what I expected.

Cons: Back component plates are really just perforated metal and once punched out cannot be re-secured, which resulted in a holey situation when I misjudged the slots my video card would occupy. Front plate can be removed so you can get an intake fan down in front of the hard drive bay, but it's so close together that I had to pry it apart with a screwdriver to get the fan in there. Didn't come with any adapters for smaller drives. Screws that came with the stock fan strip very easily.

Overall Review: All considering, I really like this case. It's worth the price if not a little more and overall it was very easy getting everything to go together. It's certainly bare bones, no frills or extras here; but it's a very decent case and a pretty one to boot. The interior is not painted, like some photos lead me to believe, but I'm actually okay with that. I'm sure I'll move on to another case eventually, but for now it was a good purchase.

Pros: Very handsome board, came with some extras I hadn't exactly expected- such as an extra pair of USB 3 to stick into the face-plate of my case and a little bluetooth dongle. Interestingly, the manual was nowhere to be seen, and instead it same with a poster-sized installation step through, like some burger king toy. Well designed, easy to read and mostly thorough. Considering this was my first motherboard installation I'd ever done, it was both appreciated and maybe also not-so-much.

Cons: Sometimes the 'instruction poster' left me wanting and perplexed. It came with an extra speaker, from what my roommate and I could tell, and a through inspection of the motherboard and instruction poster did nothing in finding a home for it. Still produced a splendid single beep in post, so the pre-existing speaker does the job fine- I have no idea still what the second is for.

Overall Review: As a relatively new user as far as MoBos are concerned, I've not got much perspective in the particularities, but as a first time user I can say this Motherboard is pretty user friendly to set up, is currently working great, and includes a pretty nice and easy to use Bios to get things rolling. Had everything set up and ready to go in an evening.