Joined on 03/12/06
i7 Winner

Pros: Very good designed board. I put a 950 Bloomfield and 12 gig or Corsair RAM on board. It started at the first boot with no problems. I installed Win 7 64 bit and all the drivers installed just like they should.
Cons: I have not found a single issue to complain about. The program in the BIOS, I think it was Gate something was a pain. I went in and turned that off.
Overall Review: I have seen many issues with RAM. I think if you use RAM that is on the approved list, and install in sets of 3 like DDR3 is supposed to be used in many issues would be solved. My Win 7 came up with 12 gig of RAM seen and has not changed. I only found 2 programs that would not work with Win 7 64 bit. Nero (old version) and Norton Save and Restore. I got a newer Nero and Ghost ver. 15 and they installed are working now. I also tried OCing to 3.4 and 3.56 and did some testing. With the programs I use to edit photos and video the extra horse power did not make a second of differance. I went back to standard settings. I think overclocking is not worth it with some programs. Thanks
support where????

Pros: I have been to the PNY web site and there is no e-mail, no phone number, no nothing to get in contat with this company. How can you get ahold of them with a problem.????
Cons: thats it
Overall Review: Scares Me
Very Nice Case

Pros: Made well, removable main board tray, 120 fans are nice.
Cons: I really have no Cons.
Overall Review: I had to add a 3.0 USB card for the front header but now works great.
Nice Package

Pros: What a PSU. This this runs so quiet I ran hardly hear it right beside me. I have had no problems and the modular cables are the only way to go, use the ones you need, and the rest stay in the bag. Very neat looking case when your done building.
Cons: Zero
Overall Review: The unit came in a nice velvet looking bag. the cables also were in a nice storage bag. This unit looks top quality from end to end.
Corsair XMS3

Pros: I have always used Corsair ram. I pluged them in and everything booted fine. I'm running Win. 7 64 bit and my OS seen all 12 gig.
Cons: None, everything worked fine.
Overall Review: Always use tested ram for you motherboard. I went to Corsairs web site and there were several options for my Asus board.
X-Fi Excellent

Pros: Install went very easy. I found the front panel to fit very nice in my Silverstone case and it looks great.I like the driver setup. I could choose what I wanted to install and nothing extra. I bought this because my onboard sound card was hard to record with. I had some voice over to do for a video project and this card works very well for recording.
Cons: I wish they would get with the program and make the cable a ROUND cable instead of the old flat style. It was long enough, but a round cable would be better to route through the case and it would look better.
Overall Review: The sound is good, programs that came with the card are very nice and work well. I'm running XP pro and will do so for at least a year or more before I bata test Bills new Vist program for him. My advice is to stay away from Vista untill the first service pack or two comes out. The front panel is nice for easy hookup for a mic, head phones or RCA in from my mini disk recorders. Great card from my experience so far.