Pros: - Superb picture. - Bezel is thin and there are no unnecessary bogus features like built in speakers or sound effects - Sleek design

Cons: - The buttons are underneath the bottom bezel. Not a big enough con to warrant a 4/5 egg rating, since it doesn't bother me at all. In fact I kind of like them there, it makes the front look sleeker.

Pros: - Stable, while not POSTing - Good O/Cing settings, detailed bios - Great board layout. - Feels well made.

Cons: Instability problems. This board frequently hung at "Memory tes" and rebooted. Occasionally, after this it would repeat and get into a rebooting loop. One time it did this for five cycles before finally moving forward. Power-on delay. This mobo really seems to need a kick with spurred boots to get going. After more than about an hour of being powered off, I had a delay of up to like 6 seconds everything came to life. Memory slot instability: The yellow ram slots, while holding ram, caused this board to black out completely. When booting, I just got a black screen.

Overall Review: I have a friend who's worked at a computer repair store and is very experienced. He recommended an Asus P5Q, which I have been using in the EP45-DS3L's place. No problems whatsoever with the P5Q. He also said Gigabyte's low end boards aren't so good - their high-end boards are better.

Pros: This cooler is fantastic. I put it on an ITX board, and it fits with only one problem. First off, mount it with the copper pipes facing downward. That will give you access to power headers and whatnot at the top of your mobo. The other stipulation is that you need to get memory without a cooling jacket -- otherwise, there won't be enough clearance. The other reviewers have mentioned a whining noise from the fan and difficulty mounting. For an LGA 1155 socket, I found the mounting to be no more difficult than the next cooler. Don't be fooled. Additionally, one of my primary objectives for my build was next-to-silence noise levels. This thing is really, really quiet and the bundled fan doesn't make any weird noises at all.

Cons: The one problem I'm having is that the copper pipes smash into protruding screws on a video card in the PCI slot. This unit was designed to clear any cards in the first PCI slot underneath the CPU socket, but video cards have screws that stick out the back, and I had the unfortunate luck of having that interfere. Still deciding how to resolve this, but this product would definitely be better if the copper pipes didn't take up so much lateral space.

Pros: - Pretty much an "install-and-forget" component. I haven't had any problems whatsoever with it. - No noise. Clearly, no fans, but not even an electrical hum or anything like that. - Efficient. Nice to have something that's more eco-friendly these days - Modular. Great for ITX cases where extra cabling is a pain.

Cons: - For such a green power supply, the packaging sure isn't... - If you just need one PCI-E power connecter, you have to plug both in, meaning you'll still have to coil one up and tuck it away

Pros: - Very stable, no bluescreens. Granted, with good ram (8GB) - Audio is problem-free for a little over a year - Decent UEFI bios. I give it a 3/5 compared to Asus' 5/5 - Plenty of ports and blacked-out I/O shield - Great for its formfactor

Cons: - WiFi is poorly engineered and became unstable after 9 months of ownership. The signal started to intermittently die, causing frequent drops in connection. - WiFi requires use of a ultra-cheap feeling antenna that looks like a paddle. I ended up buying a WiFi USB card with the antenna in the back with great results.

Overall Review: - I do not use the integrated video, no part of the rating reflects this component. - Do not buy for the WiFi! - This is an H67 chipset, so remember that by design it does not overclock. You're almost better off going with the newer Z68 chipset at this point.

Pros: A marvel of engineering. This is like computer cases 2.0. Everything is screw-less. The HDD bays, the optical drive clickers, the airflow, the SPACE!

Cons: None

Overall Review: - CM needs to sell 230mm fans and in different LED colors. Even though it's easy to replace the LEDs, it would be nice to swap and LED fan in for a non-LED one. - Would have been nice for CM to black out the inside metal, but I'm not complaining.