Pros: DRMOS supposedly keeps PWM cooler and definitely is a lot less cluttered. Haven't tried OC yet to vouch for stability, but I don't really push my PCs anyways. Will push to 160 BCLK for DDR-1600 once I have spent some time learning the system's characteristics at stock speeds. The BIOS fan control has a few more options than other boards (I'm a noise nut so this is important to me). PWM has 12.5% increments for base speed and a temp target, SYSFAN1/2 have ability to select 50/75/100% speeds. On board sound is fantastic. I'm used to old mobos with noisy on-board and have been using an Audigy 2ZS for years because of it. On this board I hooked up my case front panel header and have been enjoying clear audio ever since. The auto-sensing jacks is a nice touch too. The sound drivers work with Win7 x64 and are quite well-polished. I'm very impressed, things have come a long way since I've built my last few rigs.

Cons: Haven't messed with OC too much but some of the memory settings might be a pain. Yes you get lots of configurability, but it might be overwhelming, and you have to adjust for each channel so memory OC might take a bit of work. RAM latch clearance to a pre-installed video card is tight. I was only able to unlatch about 1/2 way, but this was sufficient to put the RAM in. Worse comes to worst you can install RAM w/ no card in but taking video card out to mess with the RAM might be a pain, esp. if you have a water cooling loop limiting video card mobility. You know what you're getting yourself into if you're that serious though. On-board power switch gets a bit hidden down in the corner between the USB and front panel headers. Only 2 SATA cables and I wanted to hook up 3 devices. Not really a big deal since I had several laying around.

Overall Review: I picked this up because I was happy with a previous MSI board I bought for a computer earlier this year. I was leaning towards a cheaper Gigabyte, especially with glowing reviews of it on review sites, but thought the MSI had a few more features fan-wise and the DRMOS might provide a bit more longevity or stability. Worked fine with 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR-1600 CL-9 1.5V (two 2x2GB kits). Do we really need IDE, floppy, COM, and LPT headers these days? Maybe in rare cases but I'd say it's the exception rather than the norm.

Pros: Lots of connectors.

Cons: Fan thermal settings seem to run it a bit loud.

Overall Review: I picked this up to try to quiet down an older computer, thinking 380W 80+ would be sufficient. I think this was actually louder than a 3 year old Antec it was replacing. At idle it seemed louder and as load and temp increased it just got louder. I didn't think my system was that power hungry but this thing started to run like a jet engine on me during gaming loads. I RMAed this and replaced it with a 450W from another manufacturer who uses more aggressive fan control and the difference was night and day. At high load that PSU is probably the same volume as this one is at idle.

Pros: Runs silently at idle and even at medium load levels with some fan speed tweaking. Powerful enough for all but the most demanding of games.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I am using Afterburner to tune the fan profile and D3DOverrider to force vsync and triple buffering. This has greatly reduced the GPU load during games. The new fan profile keeps the fan under 38% except when temps are getting near maximum, which is virtually inaudible in my quiet system. I have found that, at least in my system, increasing fan speed much past 60-70% does nothing to keep high temps down. A 100% load Furmark can be kept in the low 90's with a 50% or so fan speed. I don't think most modern games are nearly that demanding for such sustained periods of time. I am not sure about the other reviewer having problems with their card. Mine has worked perfectly for me right out of the box. I do not over- or under-clock, -volt, or anything. Just tweak the fan profiles since I am a noise nut.

Pros: Fast! Faster, and larger, than my old 60GB Vertex. Firmware flashing was straightforward.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I picked this up because of the Shell Shocker and because it was recommended as a good alternative to Sandforce, which has had some firmware issues recently. Maybe I am sacrificing some speed for my peace of mind. That is a tradeoff I am willing to make. Had problems getting Win7 installed on the first try... but that may have been a UEFI setting issue and not anything to do with this SSD.

Pros: Runs somewhere over 400 RPM when set to 12.5% PWM on my motherboard. Quiet at low RPM. I can't hear it in my case up to about 900 RPM at which point it becomes slightly audible. Power and PWM pass-through allows daisy-chain of fans to share one CPU PWM header. Can also add a tach output into the end of the chain to send the signal back to the mobo.

Cons: No rubber mounting grommets, just screws.

Overall Review: I bought two of these. I figured I'd either push-pull my heat sink or place one on the heat sink and another as the rear exhaust fan. I wound up going the latter route and it's working out pretty well. The speed is set to 50% in my BIOS, which works out to a little under 800 RPM on my mobo. It's nice to know as the CPU fan ramps up, if it ever does, the rear fan will follow suit.

Pros: Didn't have any issues with extending power from bottom-mount PSU.

Cons: Shipping cost 2x the cost of the cable? Even when included in an order of many other pieces, all out of the same warehouse? And all that other stuff had "free" shipping? I guess this is how you can afford to ship a HDD, mobo, RAM, and CPU for "free" then.