Pros: For various reasons, I'm working on an old Windows XP system, but I want to be able use larger monitors. I quickly found that this card works perfectly driving my Samsung 23 inch 2048x1152 through a DVI-D Dual cable. It's sharp, fast and quiet. Plays videos full screen. I'm pleased. Eventually, I want to go to 3840x2160, but that will have to wait for now. Instead, I added a second 1280x1024 monitor. Using the supplied adapters it goes: DVI output through DisplayPort, VGA output through DVI port. Works beautifully.

Cons: The box says it requires Intel Core i5, i7 or Xeon. AMD Phenom or Opteron. Or later. This may be for 64-bit. I'm running an older processor, an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 and 32-bit XP SP3 and had no trouble installing the 32-bit drivers from the CD. This is great for me, but it does not indicate where the limits are.

Overall Review: Windows XP defaults are for low-res monitors, so, I had to raise the font sizes. In the advanced settings, you can change font size for menu bars, message boxes, etc. There are other font settings in programs like Notepad. Even after that, there is still plenty of thin, faint text, but not as bad. XP is old.

Pros: Works. I'm still using it.

Cons: I've run this power supply about 8 hours a day for 6 months, and up until now, it's been nice and quiet. But lately, it's started making a clicking sound, like winding an old clock, or a cricket chirping. At first, I thought it might be my case fan, but I took that out and it's definitely the power supply, probably its fan. The sound comes and goes without any discernible pattern and to me is annoying. Not as loud as a common stock power supply, but still not the way it was when it was new.

Pros: Straightforward video card. Sharp display, good colors. Plays VLC videos just fine at 1280x1024 full screen. This replaced a flaky AGP card, and even though it's only PCI, it seems just as fast.

Cons: None. However, I chose the custom install for the driver and loaded just the minimum that I could.

Overall Review: The computer, I have here, is a 1.3 GHz Celeron, 1GB ram, running Win2000. It's still quick and responsive, which is why I keep it around.

Pros: Works quite well as a CD-Rom drive. Bootable. No surprises.

Cons: None

Overall Review: This drive helped me rescue an old Win 2000 system.

Pros: This is one very sweet chip. Not a screamer, but nice and cool. My Bios always gives me the CPU temperature as "Low". My system temperature runs at 46C, but a lot of that heat is from the FB Ram.

Cons: Fan noise defaults to loud. Fortunately, my Bios can select a super quiet mode that slows the fan. I don't like any noise, so, I've gone to extra lengths to quiet my computer. It's not completely silent, but I'm very content with the low remaining hum. If you're like me, check out Evercool Ever Green case fans (the green plastic ones). People complain that they don't move a lot of air, but they are very, very quiet. I also use an Antec power supply and it's very quiet.

Overall Review: I'm running Ubuntu 64 (Jaunty) and most of the time the CPU's are left with little to do. But I also run Blender, and it's renderer uses all the processors it can find (Or at least all four of mine). It's amusing to watch Blender parcel-out the work to each processor and peg them to 100% utilization. Eventually, one CPU gets stuck with the tough part of the image and we all wait on that! I'd buy and install a second e5405, but I'm not really convinced it would make all that much difference. And I don't want anyone to think Blender is sluggish on this chip. On the contrary, it's crisp and responsive when editing or doing interactive drawing (2048x1152 monitor). It's just that final rendering is always CPU intensive. Pretty pictures cost a lot of computing.

Pros: Here is a sharp monitor with rich colors and deep blacks. No dead pixels. No light leaks, even in a darkened room. Overall very well-made.

Cons: For the resolution it delivers, this is a small monitor. I found the default 2048 x 1152 to make everything tinier than was comfortable for my eyes. I switched to 1440 x 900 and this works great for me. I'm not complaining as I didn't want to pay for a big monitor. If you do this be sure to change Image Size to Auto.

Overall Review: I'm driving this with the much-maligned Asus EAH4350 video card. I'm running 64-bit Kubuntu and it went out on the Internet and found drivers for everything. I can't say anything about what's on the CD. Never loaded it. I also bought a 6' Dual DVI-D cable. It all works beautifully and smoothly plays the 1080p version of "Sita Sings the Blues" in native 2048 x 1152. That's a success in my book. Some people have complained about attaching the stand. I found it easiest to lay the monitor face-down in its shipping Styrofoam and wiggle the support onto the back.