Pros: Screen has fantastic colors and brightness Incredible CPU performance Decent price for what you get Fairly quiet on standard fan mode Doesn't look like a "gaming" laptop "My ASUS" app is actually useful Latest BIOS update allowed my swapped RAM to run up to 5600 speeds (YMMV) Fairly easy to open and work on

Cons: Stock Wi-Fi card is iffy Very loud on full performance mode Runs very hot when all cores are being utilized Battery life is so-so, even when disabling turbo boost Only 2 USB A ports No Advanced Optimus (MUX toggle requires a reboot) Only 8GB VRAM Only one NVMe slot No undervolt support in BIOS or software Black finish attracts grease and fingerprints

Overall Review: After my last gaming laptop, I wanted something more efficient, quieter, and a better screen. The screen on this thing is incredible, but only expect maybe 2 hours of battery with light usage. It's fairly quiet on standard mode, but can get loud if you set it to performance mode. There is no undervolt in BIOS or any software, so ASUS has locked the setting out with this laptop. The stock SSD is Samsung which is nice. The stock RAM is DDR5 (4800 if I recall). I upgraded the RAM with Kingston Fury 5600 and it runs full speed (however I've heard it can be hit and miss to hit 5600). The Wi-Fi card is a mediatek, and not great. I swapped that too. The power brick is much smaller than my last laptop's Chuwi brick, which is nice. As far as gaming performance, it can handle anything. With the high res screen (3200x2000) I often had to rely on DLSS or some other resolution tweak to hit high frames in some games. The CPU won't hold anything back. I've even seen Forza Horizon 5 hit 120fps (the monitors max refresh rate) on high settings, balanced DLSS,and frame gen off. Overall I think it's a well balanced laptop that plays games well on standard mode, but has that performance mode headroom if you need it. The screen is brilliant, and for that reason alone I know I'm going to use it a lot more than my previous laptop.

Pros: Allows my Xigmatek Dark Knight to be mounted vertically on my MSI NF980-G65 AM3 board (with some modifications, see below) Cheap!

Cons: Required modification for the Dark Knight, but I'm not taking off an egg, as that wasn't exactly what this bracket was for.

Overall Review: I got this in hopes of mounting my Xigmatek Dark Knight in a vertical orientation on my AM3 board. However, it didn't work out of the box... After mounting the Type-X retention module to the board, I realized the Knight's 775 bracket was too short to allow the cooler to touch the CPU. So, I put the plates that go on the cooler on upside down. It was then too tall, so I cut two springs in half and used them as four. This allowed my Dark Knight to reach the CPU with the springs still giving enough force to provide a secure mount. I hope that helps someone!

Pros: This controller looks awesome in a Silverstone Sugo SG-01. The leds match perfectly! The aluminum looks to be the same quality then my Silverstone case. The leds aren't blindingly bright. They're just enough to show you which ones are turned up, and which ones are set to silent.

Cons: The knobs do seem a bit flimsy, but they're not so bad that I feel like they're going to fall off. You can't turn fans off with the controller, but perhaps that is a good thing. You wouldn't want to accidentally turn the wrong one off...

Pros: It uses all of the GT200's 240 cores. It can handle any game out there (although perhaps not at the highest settings). EVGA lifetime warranty, and excellent EVGA support and community, and EVGA step up! For the price, this is a great bang for your buck! 2 of these in SLI will be faster AND cheaper than a 295 (at time of writing).

Cons: This card runs hot! I got one and had to RMA it because it always reached above 90c! Even after I replaced the thermal paste! EVGA RMA was great and speedy. I had my new card within a few days! The one I have now caps out at 84c which is still warm, but it doesn't crash like that last card I had. Draws quite a bit of power, but not as much as some other cards out there. Not the best overclocker, but every card is different, and I could just be unlucky.

Overall Review: Make sure you have enough power to run this before getting it. However, I'm running a single card on an OCZ Fatal1ty 550w PSU and it's doing just fine.

Pros: Free! Decent game. I would probably give it 4 eggs for just the game, but it's free so I'll give it 5. Did I mention it was free? Oh yeah, and Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland) does the voice of the main character. How awesome is that!

Cons: The patching system is terrible... There is no autopatcher, it's difficult to find the patches, and harder still to figure out which ones are really necessary and what order to patch them in...

Pros: Improves airflow (supposedly). But most importantly, it makes it easier to hide ugly wires.

Cons: Didn't seem to come with enough zip ties... At least those are cheap. They have a bit of a fraying problem. after they are cut to size, the ends seem to fly every which way. I suppose that's what the zip ties are for...