Pros: I like this board a lot. Like another reviewer posted, I was very nervous about buying this board because of some of the reviews I’ve read, but this board has really been rock solid for me so far. The solid state caps seem hardy to me, layout of the board is pretty good, quick and painless install of winxp (and i’ll bet vista would be even better). Some of the various issues I’ve read about especially from the Asus forums for this board, I am simply not experiencing. Blowing caps, Choppy Audio, USB issues. I hate to say this but I really do think that some of these problems are user inflicted, or other sources are to blame. Of course there are always lemons in anything manufactured so some of this stuff could be legit – but all I can say is that I must have got a good one. I want to end the Pros section of this review by stating that I am mostly using this board in a very vanilla fashion, so I have not tested all of it’s bells and whistles, so as always, your mileage may vary. I

Cons: Cons: A bit pricey, no refund (only exchange) from newegg if you decide you don’t like the board, SATA connector 5-6 is RAID only it appears, so in reality it is deceiving to list in the specs “6 SATA ports”. Lastly, I was having a problem with slow boot-ups (though 1000% fine once booted) but this seems to have mostly corrected itself, even though I don’t know what I did to correct it – worth mentioning.

Overall Review: Buy this board – take the plunge. Am2+ dual-core, 2.9 ghz (OC’d to 3.2 ghz) CPU, Palit 1GB 9600GT Video Card, 4 GB Mushkin Ram (Newegg Item #: N82E16820146785 – running @ 800 mhz, not 1066 due to CPU), Seasonic 700w Modular PSU, ONBOARD Sound/Ram.

Pros: None. i can't even say cheap, because they are double the price as others are selling them for, even right here on newegg.

Cons: These batteries are not the ones in the picture. They are the questionable cheapos that have tons of bad reviews on that big online retailer who's name begins with an A. It was very sneaky for the seller to use that picture. I purposely paid more to get what was pictured because what was pictured was the standard retail version Energizer batteries you would buy at your local store. What they are really selling are these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0M60GZ6013 So if you want the cheapos, by all means buy them, but knowingly buy them at the link above or at A*****, for half the price. I've been deceived.

Pros: - Quite - COOL

Cons: - Fan replacement hassle - No RGB - EXPENSIVE

Overall Review: I am very happy. The drop in temps from my 3080 is just astonishing. I am talking 20-30 celsius drop. Its just nuts. I was worried that the power would be too much for my APC battery backup but honestly, I have seen no difference at all on the led screen reading over my 3080. I am using a Corsair RM1000X PSU and it handles this card with ease. I have one of those new cables on order from Corsair, but right now I am running it off the default PCIe cables that came with my PSU. and the Nvidia adaptor that shipped with the card and am experiencing no issues. My games are all maxed the F out now and the card seems to drive them with SUCH ease! I bought this card for better temps, and better gaming, and it has far exceeded my expectations. I was worried about the power draw but that turned out to be an unfounded concern. My only gripes are 1) as has been said in countless other reviews, it sucks that you have to take the card apart to replace the fans. The fans arent loud, but I can hear them more than the fans that were at the top of my case before I installed this, and they are louder than my Corsair h115i CPU radiator/fan combo. I really want to replace them but I dont want to deal with the hassle. 2) Something that also has been said before is that it sucks that there is no RGB. I mean, that is something that I dont typically care much about, but for a 2K card I would expect to have that. I have the GPU radiator at the top of the case, and CPU radiator at the front. Since the change over it seems that my CPU temps creeped up just a tiny bit (a few Celsius) but my GPU temps PLUMMETED. Overall, I feel that 2K was too much of a price to pay for this but since I would do it all over again given the chance, is it really fair for me to say that??? 😊

Pros: It's a PRETTY case. High quality built. ODD slot. Options galore. Sturdy. Huge but not so big that it is unusable. LOTs of FAN options!

Cons: I don't understand why i still HEAR so much. The sound proofing padding is all over yet i can hear everything. For user manual, title and headers are english, yet instruction details are not. Makes no sense! Not that you need instructions. If you are an average to experienced builder you can figure s__t out on your own.

Overall Review: I knocked off one star because its not as quiet as led to believe. This case is sturdy and HEAVY. It is a pleasure to build with. You can put a thousand drives in the HDD rack (well not really a thousand but seems like it). I took the HDD rack out for cooling air flow. There are so many options for SDD and legacy hard drives, you don't need the rack! There are so many places to tuck wires which makes air flow at a premium. My only gripe is that even with all of that temps are better but not THAT much better than with my old case. Dropped only 2C max. Maybe my old case was better than I realized for airflow - i dunno. It is loud. You can hear everything. I bought two loud 140MM nactua 3000RPM fans for the front of the case, thinking sound would be muffled but it wasn't at all. In the end, i removed the front door, and top cover because it didn't help at all with sound and gave me extra air flow. The 140mm fans that came with the case were so quiet and effective that i bought a couple more of them and loaded my case. Bottom line: I am really happy with this case. If you want beauty, options, space, quality, HDD and ODD space this is the case for you. If you want optimal air flow and don't need an ODD slot, there are certainly other options out there. But don't get me wrong, this is still a cool flowing case, just not to the level i expected. I am running at 43-45C on idle and with light load with an 8350 AMD CPU with 5 fractal 140MM fans, and one antec 120MM fan (you can't run 2 140MM fans up top with an ODD drive, one of them must be downgraded to a 120MM).

Overall Review: I had an FX 6300 (non-OC'd) being cooled by a Corsair H60 for the last 5 years which had my temps at 30ish C at idle, and maybe 45c under load. That was my first water cooler and I was nervous about everything from leakage to install woes, but all of my fears turned out to be unfounded and everything turned out great. Then a few weeks ago I bought an FX 8350 (a notoriously HOT running CPU) and I was going to use the H60 for it but decided after 5 years it might be time for a newer cooler and so I bought this H80i V2 cooler. Install was mostly a breeze (there were a few head scratch moments but google and youtube was my friend). Everything worked out GREAT and my temps are a few C lower (non-OC'd) than with the FX 6300 / H60 combo I had running!!! I am thrilled!!! Until i get a lemon, I will be a corsair water or liquid (or whatever is in there) cooler guy from here on out!

Pros: It's a really sleek nice looking case. I needed something nice looking and unobstrusive for a stylish room with high end furniture. This case fit that bill. It comes with very detailed instructions and lot's of case accessories.

Cons: I hate saying something is too expensive since you know what you are paying when you buy something - but for what it offers, I feel it's too much money. It seems like the case will scratch very easily, and the the internal pegs for the case sides which attach to the case, are plastic and feel like they will pop off VERY easily. If this happens the door will never securily attach to the case again and there is no fix for this. For an almost $200 case that is unacceptable. Also, forget about installing your modular PSU. They will NOT fit.

Overall Review: As if the case does't already cost too much, you must factor in the cost of a slot loading CD-rom. I bought an eighty five dollar Blu-ray slot burner on Am*z*n which is nicer than any slot ODDs i've seen here on newegg, but that makes the case an almost three hundred dollar purchase! Oh yes, and then there is a purchase of a smaller PSU if you don't already have one - now you are over three hundred dollars for this case! Lastly, I decided on a Micro-ATX board, and it fits wonderfully, but I would imagine with a full size ATX board that it would be a real hassle installing into this case. And as for watercooling and such, forget about it unless you want to do some physical mods/alterations to the case. But I didn't buy this case for water cooling, overclocking and fancy full size ATX cases, I bought it for style and size, so overall I am pretty happy. $50 less and I would have been thrilled.