Joined on 07/27/06
Gigabyte is back!!

Pros: It overclocks like crazy!! My Q9550 E0 is running @ 4Ghz. My previous P45 mobo could't go past 450fsb. Lots of USB and SATA ports. EasyTune 6 software is awesome, excelent tool to overclock inside Windows and it works!!!! And best of all, it's cheap!!!
Cons: None, this mobo is perfect!!
Overall Review: You don't need a jumper to clear CMOS, just use any metal (screw driver, knife, key etc...) to connect pins for a few seconds and you good to go. Honestly, it's a lot easier moving a jumper around. Used to be a Asus and DFI fan, but I'll seriously consider Gigabyte for my next X58 mobo.
Don't waste your time

Pros: Low price, half of the owners are very happy reaching 400+ fsb with their Intel C2D.
Cons: The other half have tons of problems. Raid on this board is ridiculous, bios F4 still have lots of bugs loves to crash radomly.
Overall Review: I went back to my axxs p5w dh dlx. I can run my C2D E6300 at stable 7x413=2.87. Will RMA DS3 and upgrade my cpu to E6600.
New firmware helps nothing!!

Pros: Space
Cons: Mine had SD17 firmware and it locked on Windows. Updated firmware to SD1A and it worked fine for a week until it died this morning. Called Seagate and they recommended RMA. I have 1.1Tb in files in this drive and if I paid and extra $20 they will send a replacement first to back up. How am I'm supposed to back up if I can't get access to the drive?!?!?!
Overall Review: I read yesterday that 30~40% of all 7200.11 Seagate drives are dying (just search the web). That makes sense since 29% of reviewers gave 1 or 2 eggs and another 6% gave 3 eggs. . I was in the other 65% until yesterday. New firmware does nothing and it's just a matter of time for a 100% failure. Get another drive. Seagate/Maxtor no more.
Massive!!

Pros: No problems w/ Vista 64. Solid perfomer, fast and it saved a lot space inside my case replacing 4 HD's. Priced right, no regrets.
Cons: How much would the price incresase if it was retail?? But 189.99 is not bad at all.
Good surprise!!!

Pros: Very fast card. I've bought 5 HD4870 so far for the machines I've built and only this brand was able to overclock to 850/1050. Sapphire and HIS couldn't reach 790/1000 fully stable. I know it's a reference model but I didn't expect this. The only reason I've bought was price. Glad I did.
Cons: What's the warranty for this card?? I went to their website but they don't mention for how long. Weird....
Good mobo.

Pros: Simpler version of Rampage Formula. It doesn't have a LCD poster and has only 1 LAN. But it comes with sound card and cooling system is on par. Original Bios has fewer options but I flashed to Rampage Bios 0406. No problem and it works perfectly. Oc'ed my E8500 up to 4.43ghz and run 4 OCZ PC2-9500 @ 1128.
Cons: Loadline Calibration option doesn't work well. I still get a Vdroop of .4v.
Overall Review: If you want to run Crossfire you'll need 2 full X16 lanes.