Pros: Where do I begin... I suppose "everything" isn't a pro, but it might as well be, THIS BOARD ROCKS! I specifically got this board for the Lucid Hydra chip so my old GTX260 didn't have to go to waste after I upgraded to an ATI 5870. I was more than a bit skeptical, but after my board arrive and I hooked up my two GPUs, it most definitely did NOT disappoint. With a single ATI 5870 running by itself, Crysis on 'Very High', 2xAA, and 1680x1050 resolution, the 5870 cranked out 20-35 FPS With the ATI 5870+GTX260 (5870 as primary), Crysis on exact same settings (drum roll please).. 30-85 FPS, maybe once or twice with some crazy smoke and flames did I see 28/29 FPS. Besides the Lucid Hydra, this board has a plethora of goodies. The 'Super Pipe' heat sink on the chipset is fabulous, keeps the important parts on the mobo very cool, allowing for maximum overclock stability. Im only allowed 1,000 characters, or I could go on for pages about how wonderful this mobo is.

Cons: Well, I love this motherboard, but of course.. not everything can be perfect: Lucid Hydra is AMAZING, but naturally as can be expected, it's not perfect. First off, don't install the Lucid drivers that ship on disk, nor should you download the ones from MSI's website, go to LucidLogix site, and download the latest ones from there. When I first tried the Lucid chip, I was using the MSI drivers, which were 1.4.0 I think. And set my 5870 as main with the GTX260 as secondary, and when I tried to run a fullscreen game, the display output switched from the primary 5870 to the secondary GTX260, so I had to unplug the monitor and plug it into the GTX260, and then tried a game out, but there was no acceleration from the 5870 and the game lagged real bad. After updating to the drivers on Lucid's website, games worked just fine, however I did have a problem with 3dMark Vantage, which gave me "unable to initialize full screen" and refused to run.

Overall Review: If you have old GPUs, or even modern ones in SLI/CrossFire, GET THIS MOTHERBOARD! I saw a 100%+ increase in FPS in Crysis from a secondary GPU that is less than 50% as powerful as my primary GPU. Obviously results will vary, but this thing is AWESOME!! *Note: When I tried using my GTX260 as primary (in order to use my 3D Vision rig, as well as PhysX acceleration) and tried to run a game, Lucid popped up with a dialogue box, asking me to "Please set AMD/ATI as primary display", and when I tried to run a game in 3D Vision it worked, but there was no acceleration from the ATI GPU. My theory, is that Lucid requires the more powerful GPU to be the primary. **Also Note: Windows Experience Index does NOT utilize multi GPU's using Hydra. SLI and CrossFire I couldn't tell ya.

Overall Review: Data rates maxed out around 40 actual megabytes per second (~450mbps), that is when this is connected supposedly at 1.3GPBs.. My laptop that has a 2x2 mini PCIE card gets around 80 megabytes per second.

Pros: Works well, good construction, door opens easily

Cons: Would have been nice if the SATA cable wasn't built into the device, but rather have it built with a female connector. The cable built in is pretty long though, so even if you have a large case it should reach.

Overall Review: Make sure your SATA controller is set to ACHI mode, and Windows write caching is disabled if you plan on inserting/removing a drive with Windows booted.

Pros: -barely longer than the PCI-E slot, and not very thick for a dual-slot card either -Stays very quiet, and cool, even under maximum load, the fan speed didn't go above 45%, and the temperature maxed out just under 70*C. Coil whine was negligible, I had to stick my ear right next to the card to hear it, and once I closed up my case it was gone completely. -Memory overclocks pretty well, I was able to increase up to almost 6600MHz effective without any artifacting

Cons: Nothing that any other brand GTX 660 wouldn't encounter, but it was my experience when playing The Secret World, and Battlefield 3, with the settings maxed out, that the memory bandwidth was significantly limiting the framerate. If you are playing at resolutions over 1080p, I definitely would recommend a card with at least 256bit memory bandwidth.

Overall Review: If you are looking to get a future-proof card that can play upcoming Direct X 11 titles on max, you may want to consider the GTX 670, as you will likely need the extra memory bandwidth in the future.

Pros: -Bought two, unlocked shaders on both using TPU's guide (google 6950 shader unlock) -Overclocked both (after shader unlock) to 910MHz core/300 MHz memory @1.05volts (down from 1.175) using ATI tray tools -hashing at 405MH/s

Cons: Ummm, $/performance isn't quite as good as the 6800s.. Produces a LOT of heat when running side by side

Overall Review: 7870 for the win

Pros: What's to say about RAM really; it works in my MSI laptop running a core i7-2760QM (i7-27xxQM or higher is required to run DDR3 1600MHz memory in a laptop). Improved WEI memory rating from 7.5 (dual channel DDR3 1333MHz) to 7.8 Has heat spreaders unlike the slightly cheaper DDR3 1600 SODIMMs; does not add much width to the RAM, should fit in any notebook 15" or larger

Cons: None; may not work with some MacBooks, but should work with any PC laptop with a compatible BIOS and a Core i7-27xxQM or higher CPU

Overall Review: Just as good as the Kingston stuff, unless you use a Mac perhaps.