Pros: Quiet (Is it completely silent? No, of course not! However it is whisper quiet and no louder than my Fractal Design Silent Series R3 Case fans ~19db. No jet engine sounds here under full load.) Cool (37 C in Windows, 42 C while gaming) Fast (playing GTA V on maxxed out settings at buttery smooth 60+ FPS)

Cons: Price dropped $100 before my shipment got to me. Card is very long *AND* tall. Despite cases claiming they could fit this card it took me buying 3 cases before I found one that would truly fit it (the drive cages were always 1-2mm too tall to fit). The Fractal Design Core 2500 turned out to be just right. The R9 200 series (especially the 290 and 290X) have a serious Voltage Regulation problem (see other thoughts below) which is why I'm knocking 1 Egg off.

Overall Review: This card and both the Catalyst and Omega drivers kept crashing every 30-60 seconds. Tried with a 850W PS and a 1000W PS and same problem. Even tried multiple motherboards but problem persisted. I thought that I had a bad card and had to do an RMA. Turns out this is a known Voltage Regulation issue with the R9 200 series. The solution is as follows: 1. Run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) from 3DGuru. Remove all previous drivers and reboot. 2. Let Windows install Generic VGA Adapter driver and reboot. 3. Download AMD Catalyst or Omega drivers and extract them but *DO NOT INSTALL THEM*! 4. Go to Device Manager in Windows and choose your Generic VGA Adapter and click UPDATE DRIVERS and browse to the extracted AMD Catalyst or Omega drivers. 5. After the single DLL is installed, reboot. 6. Most importantly, download and install MSI Afterburner. Set it to "Run at system startup" and in the Settings enable "Force constant voltage" and "Disable ULPS" and then reboot. 7. You may have to disable "Enable hardware acceleration" in any video programs you may have (especially Adobe Flash Player). After that pain in the neck process you will be the proud owner of a rock-solid and stable video card that previously would crash every minute. I recognize that this isn't a Sapphire issue as all brands of the R9 200 series have the same problem. AMD really needs to resolve this themselves via the Catalyst drivers rather than ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist.

Pros: Sturdy construction Long braided cable Detachable Mic Good Bass

Cons: Very tinny sound Mic is overly sensitive

Overall Review: For the price point it one shouldn't expect superior sound quality. The soundstage is good, and it is great for games or movies in 5.1, but for music it is far too tinny in sound, even causing distortion in high notes. The mic is so sensitive that it picks up breathing. Position doesn't seem to matter. I have to ride my mute button when using this in multiplayer games. The headset is comfortable for long periods of time so long as you don't have big ears. My roommate kept using mine and liked them better than her Panasonics, so much that she just ordered herself a pair.

Pros: Small Form Factor Supports 32GB of ECC RAM Supports newest Xeon and Haswell Processors Lots of HDD/SSD connectors Your choice of SATA3 or SAS2 Drives (even includes two mini SAS 8087 fan-out cables which can be spendy) Dual Intel Gigabit Ports supporting Teaming (requires a Switch that supports Link Aggregation Control Protocol/LACP and Jumbo Frames to utilize Teaming, otherwise use them as separate dual/redundant connections). They work a charm with ESXi 5.5 out of the box. Digital iKVM built-in. (Comparable to Dell's but slightly more basic than SuperMicro's.)

Cons: Uses proprietary 17-pin TPM Module (instead of the std 19-pin). You have to order one by snail-mail direct from ASRock US Tech Support. *EXTENDED* Mini-ITX means that it won't fit most mini-ITX cases. I was able to get it to fit into my Fractal Design Node-304 case but I had to drill 4 new mount-holes in the case (and thread them with tap and dies) and couldn't use the I/O Shield, otherwise it was a tight fit but worked.

Overall Review: Other than Rackmount Cases and the Mercury S3 Case I don't think there is any other case that this motherboard will fit in without modifications. There were many people making claims it would fit in their favorite Mini-ITX case on various forums but "Pics or it didn't happen" proved that the only way most got it to fit was using zip-ties to mount the board and making a makeshift I/O Shield out of cardboard rather than an actual fit. The Fractal Design Node-304 took minimal modifications but it still required metal drilling with a special bit and a drill powerful enough to punch through 1/4" steel. Still, I love this board and would buy again to throw into another Node-304. Have it running 16 VMs (8 of those running under a nested Hyper-V install within a VM on ESXi) 24/7 for the past several months and it doesn't get hot, use much power, or make much of a sound. Not a single problem with it. It's a set it and forget type of board perfect for a home workbench or SMB Server.

Pros: Small Form Factor (mITX) Accepts full ATX Power Supply 6 Drive Bays Silent Filters on Intakes Well Constructed

Cons: Tight fit for some ATX Power Supplies (must be less than 160mm long, and preferably modular). Vertical HDD Trays secured too tightly with overly torqued soft-head screws

Overall Review: I love this case in so many ways. Good ventilation, good airflow, plenty of room for an mITX case, silent fans, solid construction, and looks sexy (in a minimalistic way). About the size of a Subwoofer. Plenty enough clearance over the motherboard for most after-market Coolers. When other comments mentioned the problem with the screws holding the vertical HDD Trays, they weren't kidding or being melodramatic. You simply *MUST* use a Power Drill with Screwdriver attachment to remove them! Once removed, since they will probably be stripped in the attempt, replace them and save yourself future headaches. Other than that, there are no other complaints... Corsair CX430 Power Supply fit perfectly, even though it isn't modular, and it also has the 4-pin Molex connectors to attach to Variable Fan Controller. I highly recommend it with this case if you aren't adding a PCIe Video Card.

Pros: mITX Form Factor with ECC RAM support, 6 SATA-6.0Gbps Dual Intel Gigabit LAN with Link Aggregation IPMI/iKVM Serial Controller if you need it. Even supports Chassis Intrusion Detection. Internal Vertical USB 3.0 Port for bootable USB Drive mounted on the motherboard.

Cons: First board came DOA, wouldn't POST. Confirmed compatibility of CPU & Unbuffered ECC RAM with manufacturer Tech Support. While following troubleshooting steps with their Tech Support it shorted out the attached Power Supply. :( Will RMA for same item.

Overall Review: Overall, this is seems to be an amazing motherboard for a small-form factor server such as a SMB/SOHO NAS or even a Whitebox VM. It is the *ONLY* mITX motherboard with both ECC RAM support (needed for ZFS-Raid) and 6 SATA-6.0Gbs connectors. It is now $60 cheaper than last week, which makes it an even better deal. Despite it being DOA, I'm optimistic that this was a rare fluke. It is a solid and well constructed board that comes very securely packaged. Even ASRock Technical Support was prompt to contact me via email. I'm willing to give it another go and will update my review and overall rating after I receive a working board. (Note: my friend ordered the same board from a different vendor and loves his and has had zero problems.) It includes a back-mount bracket for CPU Cooler (Intel Stock Coolers won't need it), and 4 SATA Connectors (2 standard and 2 right-angled). Along with this motherboard, my FreeNAS Server that I'm building includes: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX Case Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell 3.0GHz LGA 1150 54W Dual-Core Processor 2x Kingston 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 1333 ECC Unbuffered Server Memory (Note: the G3200 CPU does not support 1600 Memory even though the Motherboard does) Corsair CX430 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply 6x Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s (running in ZFS Raid-Z2 for 14.6TB of usable storage)

Pros: High capacity 2.5" drive. Reliable (so far) Quiet Inexpensive

Cons: None (so far)

Overall Review: I bought this to replace the 250GB HDD in my PS3 Ultra-Slim as I was consistently running out of space and with GTA-V coming out I was needing to free up at least 8GB more than I had left. This drive gives me plenty of breathing room and has given quite the speed bump (despite being a 5400 RPM) over the stock drive it came with. Gone are the random <1 sec pauses in-game, and load-times of games and saves are dramatically improved. There is no discernible additional noise that this drive makes compared to the one it replaced (I would venture to say it is marginally quieter). I'm thus far very pleased with this drive. Note: Samsung HDDs are actually Seagate HDDs with the Samsung name on them, whereas Seagate SSDs are actually Samsung SSDs with the Seagate name on them. Samsung sold off their mechanical HDD business to Seagate in Q4 2011 in a cross-licensing deal.