Pros: Absolutely enormous -- I doubt theres anything you can buy that wont fit in this case (think video cards without fans). Its very simple to route the cabling cleanly without zipties and the lot with this much room. The quality of everything is on par with the price. Not very loud for how many fans it has. Included fans seem to be of high quality for a change. No internal speaker.

Cons: Absolutely enormous. No internal speaker (a pro for me though). Don't need it, but the same goes for a 3&1/2 slot in the front. You would expect hot swapable drive trays in something this expensive, so dont bother if your planning on using it with a hot swappable raid array. But then again I knew it didnt have these beforehand. You have to install the power supply either 1. from the side panel, or 2. you need to remove the back, attach it to the supply then put them both back in. So if your thinking of having redundant power supplies your not going to be able to replace those on the fly without some sketchy wire work too.

Overall Review: I was worried that the power supply would not reach the motherboard or the top fan wires and 5&1/4 slots, but I didn't have a problem (im using a COOLMAX CUG-700B w/ an asus m2n sli deluxe. I did NOT have any issues with either of the side panels coming off as other reviewers have mentioned. This was a replacment to an old 111 I had from a company that rhymes with 'ubermaster', I admit I like the workmanship and design of this better. It is a also a plus it doesn't look like some round abstract art such as a lot of other 'high end' cases made by 'ubermaster'.

Pros: - mSATA support - Well thought out board design in terms of location of the connectors, etc (but maybe I got lucky due to the case I bought) - nice generic looking boot screen and bios sans wild colors or 'teh awesome extreme!' type branding - Intel build quality - If you choose to install them, the Intel utilities don't look like they were designed by a 5 year old

Cons: - What is with only *one* company selling the CIR receiver? And why not just include the thing in the box? That's a hell of a lot more trouble to find than SATA cables Intel... For those of you looking for it its here: http://shop.inteset.com/intel-cir-receiver - mSATA port only seems to support SATA II standard (3GB).

Overall Review: The mSATA port is on the slower controller. Seems strange to me because even Intel doesn't sell a mSATA device that doesn't support SATA III, so why would they put the mSATA interface on the slower controller knowing that any of their own hardware will have to run at a slower speed? I doubt it would change the performance of a Plex/XBMC client anyway -- but it just doesn't make a lot of sense. They don't really call it out in their documentation, but the mSATA drive will work fine as a boot device. I grabbed all the drivers from Intel's website, updated the BIOS then used those drivers in lieu of what was on the CD. I had zero issues and had Plex/XBMC up and running multi channel audio and vido over HDMI out to my receiver. Not sure why there are so many people complaining about the quality -- maybe there was a bad batch. I pretty much use Intel boards/components exclusively and have never really had a problem, but I guess everyone's mileage will vary. Intel i7-3770k Intel mSATA 60GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 Low Profile IN WIN BQS656.DD120BL Black Mini-ITX Case

Pros: - Plenty of ventilation - No fans - Supplies enough power for a pretty beefy CPU and RAM

Cons: - No front panel usb3 (if you care about that) - 'Legs' when flat or vertical are somewhat unstable and the case screw casing sticks up to much for it to be placed horizontal without using the legs (if it was detached I would worry it would scratch the surface of the media furniture). On the other hand that means more ventilation via the grills in the bottom I suppose. I store mine horizontally and out of sight though. - Only fits slim cdrom (irrelevant for me) - No IR 'area' for the CIR header receiver (assuming your board has one) - Only one full size and mini sata power cable (also irrelevant for me) - I wish opening the case was tool-less, but it fits pretty tight so I guess you could do without the screws anyway. - Would be nice if the case extended out a little bit to support a VFD/LCD -- the only reason I can think of I would want to have the thing visible. - Would also be nice if the sata power cables were detachable. The case/board is pretty cramped as it is.

Overall Review: I had some real trouble finding a HTPC case designed for *just* mini ITX -- it was between this one and a Lian Li (that was out of stock). I was worried the cpu I bought would suck too much power to use this case's psu, but it seems to be ok so far and I do all my decoding at the client side. The only device I really have attached is an mSATA drive directly to the board (though I did have a full size cdrom connected for the initial build). If your worried about the clearance using the stock Intel cpu fan, fear not. The grill on the top of the case extends up enough. For me the most important thing was for it to be small and have plenty of ventilation -- this fits the bill perfectly. All and all the case is no frills but the construction seems to be pretty good. Given the size of the case it seems a little expensive, but the Lian Li I was looking out was nearly 2x the price. Intel i7-3770k Intel mSATA 60GB Intel BOXDH77DF Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 Low Profile

Pros: Just built a new pc from scratch and had this up and running in about 1 hour per a kickstart over the integrated nic. First time I have ever built a computer where there wasn't some sort of troubleshooting involved. First time I have not had to fool with boot options to get linux to run on a home built pc too. The lack of hassles was well worth the extra money -- Intel makes solid equipment in the server industry, and this 'hobbiest' board is no different. Everything is integrated nicely (save the marvel sata controller), no 'wedgy' options in the bios to get things to work like I have experienced with other boards. Bluetooth attachment included.

Cons: I guess some people don't like the 'skull' thing. Pretty easy to turn off though. Also I found some of the diagrams about USB and various other 'case' cables to be lacking -- but then again my case is 4 years old. Relatively expensive for the featureset I suppose. Why include a non-Intel sata controller? Aren't you guys known for fabbing these types of things?

Overall Review: Expensive yes, but for me the lack of hassles outweighs the cost.

Pros: Works fine via usb 2.0. Haven't tried firewire yet. Mine is actually an 'open box'. The mirrored front with a 'see through' green light is a nice touch.

Cons: None that I can see.

Overall Review: I can honestly say it is decidedly silver and not grey.

Pros: Does what it advertises, and does so for cheap. No cheap fans that break such as 90% of the other cards. Heatsink seems to be more than adequate -- doesn't seem to get too hot to me, but my case is huge.

Cons: None that I can find yet.