Pros: For the price, this card is amazing! Purchased this for a re-build of my brother's computer. I wasn't expecting much after my experience with the 3650, but I was dead wrong. While my 3850 might have slightly more raw power than this card, the "free" 8xMSAA and 16xAF more than make up for it. With World of Warcraft on MAX settings, this easily outperforms my 3850! All that with no other power source than the PCI-E bus! This card is a must buy for casual/budget gamers!

Cons: Only real con was the relative uselessness of the included drivers. The up-to-date ATI drivers are MUCH better. Not enough to lose this card an egg, though.

Pros: Excellent board! One of the better boards I've seen from ASUS. -Stable under load -O.C. settings available border on ludicrous -4 RAM slots! (Why do they make boards with only 2?) -Crossfire support -Phenom 2 x6 support -Abundant SATA ports -PCI-E 2.0 (a benefit back when it was new) -Core unleashing (720 "Heka", anyone?)

Cons: -Lack of USB3 (my fault, should have waited for that revision) -Shipped with unstable BIOS, flash to latest resolved issue -Doesn't un-cook eggs

Overall Review: Despite all of the negative reviews, I still have to say this is one of the best motherboards I've ever owned. It's up there next to my old GA-965P-DS3 (two boards ago). I've never had a hint of instability no matter the level of overclocking or duration of gaming session. (NOTE: It is ESSENTIAL that you have proper case cooling when attempting any serious overclocking! Too many people have brought their systems to me for repair after failure occurred while overclocked. One look inside reveals a massive CPU HSF, but no other fans. A CPU cooler CANNOT ensure sufficient airflow over all system components!) Anyway, here are the 2 systems this board has powered: Original build: CPU: Phenom II x3 720 BE - 4th core unleashed, 3.6ghz OC (~3.85ghz OC running w/o 4th core) on AIR RAM: 8gb (2x 4GB Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 1600mhz, CL 9) Graphics: Sapphire Radeon 5830 1GB Primary HDD: 500GB WD Blue Current System: CPU: Phenom II x6 1090t BE (OC - 3.4ghz - dud chip) RAM: 16gb (4x 4GB Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 1600mhz, CL 9) Graphics: Sapphire Radeon 7950 Boost 3gb Primary HDD: Kingston 128GB SSD Despite it's age, this board in the above configuration keeps pace well with the dominant gaming PC in my repertoire : the i7-2600k/Geforce 670 based monster I build for my younger brother. Not a bad feat for such an old chip, I'd say (The 720 "Heka" has been relegated to media server duty).

Pros: -Easy installation (not to mention more secure than the terrible pushpin design on other coolers for 775 boards) -All Copper -Keeps Temps low even at max load from Prime95

Cons: -Size. Seriously, this think is a beast. Make sure you have room.

Overall Review: This replaced an old TT cooler on my brother's OC'd C2D, which at it's best, had the idle temps at 44 degrees C. I don't even want to mention what he let the temps get to under load! This cooler brought him down to 32 degrees @ idle and only peaking @ 52 degrees after almost half a day of Prime95! It's great so far. There are a few better out there, but this cooler does pretty well without all the bells and whistles of more costly units.

Pros: Works as expected, Easy to use Bios. After figuring out the FSB jumpers, this board overclocks pretty easily! Can't comment on the durability yet, but the flexing it got from installing those stupid 775 cooler pushpins didn't kill it. Overall, seems like a good board for the money.

Cons: Not PCI-E2.0, but I knew that going in, so not really a con.

Overall Review: Won't clock my e4300 past 2.8ghz, but as that's been the case even with better mobo/ram combinations, i think I just lost the roll on this cpu, as my other e4300 hits 3.4 on air with slight voltage bump.

Pros: truly clear sound. blows my old setup (two high range speakers, two full range stero speakers, and a kenwook stereo amp) out of the water. Made even better by the fact that it's 1/10th the size and so cheap! Independant sub volume a plus. Clear sound at all volume ranges.

Cons: Bass from the sub can seem overpowering at first, even the at lowest setting, and the lack of a treble control compounds this issue. However, I found this was easily solved with proper sub placement and a bit of EQ adjustment.

Overall Review: For $xx? I don't think you can find a better deal. Just wish I'd gotten them from newegg!