Pros: DTS and DD encoding, ease of operation, set it and forget it. Excellent for gaming and movies. DTS works awesome, DD is almost as good. Customer support is amazing. i emailed on a Saturday with some questions and got an email back on Sunday afternoon.

Cons: The software is a bit lack luster but i dident get it for the software features. I wish it had a crossover feature for the sub, or some other things but i will live.

Overall Review: I have it connected via optical to a Arcam AVR300 receiver, and some NHT classic three speakers. The sound is great from the sound card but would prefer a crossover for the sub channel .

Pros: No issues at all. Low power consumption but still able to keep up with CPU demanding tasks. CPU fan cannot be heard, not sure if it ever turns on or is just quiet. Thinking of buying another for a HT-PC.

Cons: Limited expansion, but alas you should already have that expectation prior to purchase. It is fantastic given its limited size and resources.

Overall Review: This is being used an ESXi 5.5 host running 3 VMs (FreeNAS, Win2012, RHEL). Works great as long as you understand the limitations of a dual core low frequency processor and 8GB of RAM, planning for these limitation are critical especially when virtualizing machines. The FreeNAS VM downloads content and shares it. Win2012 picks up on the content and converts it to a specific format (CPU intensive) then replaces the origional file with the converted one. RHEL is just for keeping up to date with the OS. Its a great little board which I recommend to anyone looking for low power machines.

Pros: Performs amazingly well. Overclocks to perform faster then the top of the line nvidia cards. Great fans and heatsink keep it well within temps. Itracker software is an awesome resource. I have my card turn off its fans when in 2d mode (once at low temps) and it sits at about 48C. so its a silent GTX 260.

Cons: The asus Itracker software does not like Windows 7 very much and has a hard time changing between 2d and 3d settings, sometimes causing problems (crashed once or twice). Without the itracker software the card is super loud.

Pros: Solid board, pretty logical placement of connectors, easy to setup and go. I am running a Q6600 at 3.15ghz, having a hard time going any higher but thats fine. Make sure to update the bios it helps with Overclocking.

Cons: Could use another 2 sata connections but its good enough. kinda wish the northbridge had a fan on it to help out as with an aftermarket cooler you may not get much air flow over the fins which is important if overclocking at all as youll end up upping the northbridge voltage a bit. Onboard Sound kida sucks but then again I was used to a SoundStorm board and just assumed all onboard audio was that good.

Overall Review: Dont expect huge overclocks but its gets it done as long as you play with it enough something will happen. First one I got died after a few days so I RMAed it and the new one is working perfect. Dont blame the manufacturer they all have problem boards leave their door, just a fact of life.

Pros: Suburb power supply 2 sata and 2 molex lengths to power everything you have Quiet Good sized wire

Cons: none

Overall Review: I would buy this thing again in a heartbeat.

Pros: I like the matte finish The rounded mesh corners 120mm fans move allot of air Pretty quiet tool less actually works

Cons: Front held on by pressure tabs which may eventually fail if you take the front off allot The black finish shows fingerprints and oils so just clean it once in a while.

Overall Review: I thought the right angle hard drive bay would be great, but i wish i had it the other way now, i dont see myself taking drives out that much at all. I lined the whole case with 1/2" house rigid insulation foam and now its super quiet only hearing the faint whirl of the 5 drives i use.