Pros: Plenty of power, quiet, installation was easy, build quality looks pretty good despite Made in China... no problems so far. System spec: ABIT IP35-PRO Q6600 @ 3.2 4gb DDR2 800 4 WD BLACK 640GBs and a ASUS DVDRW Gigabyte GTX 260 Super OC HTOMEGA STRIKER 7.1 XP64 CM Storm Sniper 10 USB devices (kb/mouse/4pieceCH/360 controller/track IR/webcam/flashlight)

Cons: No power cord as others have said, but I don't mind as like most system builders I probably have 30 extra power cords in my house. I got this when it was extremely discounted and for that price, it is well worth it. However, it is not worth a hundred bucks... maybe if it was modular.

Overall Review: Works great, quiet and well designed, no problems so far. Let us see if it lasts. I'll post back if/when it dies. Otherwise assume all is well.

Pros: I'm a long-time, dedicated EVGA user. I always recommend them as the #1 nvidia board partner for graphics but lately they seem to have had a run of bad cards and this latest thing about warranty only valid with registration has really gotten me steamed.

Cons: I bought this card for a fellow gamer as a birthday present back in July (about 6 months ago). It died around December, a truly hardcore death, computer lockup while watching TV and never once rebooted successfully. Swapped out for an old evga 7900 GS and it booted on the first try.

Overall Review: EVGA RMA process and service is always excellent, but this new procedure of only honoring lifetime warranty with registration is reprehensible. I stopped purchasing BFG when they started doing that, and I may have to do the same with EVGA. I do not appreciate you only honoring your commitment to your customers when they register with your website. As someone who builds systems for many people it is often impossible for me to register their parts - and what of the ethical implications of registering as "mine" something that belongs to someone else? What do I do when someone comes back to me to help them process an RMA because I was the original purchaser and system builder (with the receipts) but I have to tell them they don't have a warranty on their hideously expensive video card because the product was never registered with EVGA? This isn't how you do business. Your policy is bad and you should feel bad.

Pros: Simply put, this is quality memory from a quality company and includes a solid warranty and good speed for a great price. I'll definitely buy it again when I build my next Sandy box.

Cons: The top heatsink fins are tall, conflicting with many CPU coolers, but can be removed if you don't mind voiding the warranty and your case cooling is adequate to keep the ram cooled (memory ramsinks, as on this product, are more decorative than necessary). Simply slit the sticker running along the top spine and very carefully pry the two halves apart. The thermal tape will give you some resistance but with very slow and careful movement it can be done quite easily. It would have been nice for Corsair to make the fins removable as on the Dominator series so this type of operation would not be necessary.

Overall Review: Used on a 2500k build using a Noctua NH-D14 which is listed on the official site as being incompatible with this memory, so if you want this combination you will have to remove the ramsinks. There is no other way to make it work. Good luck!

Pros: Bought this on sale at another site to expand my archive array. I have mostly WD Black 640/750s with a couple of Samsung 1tbs thrown in the mix for good measure. The drive performance is great as a storage/archive drive, but of course not fast enough for gaming or Windows usage if you are a power user. Win7 64 had no problems detecting, initializing, and formatting the drive and I was up and running with it in under 5 minutes.

Cons: Consistent and nonstop "Device detected a controller error" events in the windows event log regardless of motherboard used. SMART shows Ultra DMA CRC errors as well but not too many, and these seem dependent on the motherboard chipset. Hitachi drive analysis tool says the drive is healthy (both simple and advanced tests) but the drive causes Win7 64 to lock randomly followed by the drive disappearing from Windows completely. The event log always shows dozens of controller errors when this happens. The drive causes this problem regardless of what chipset is used (tried P35/ICH9R, P45/ICH10R, and an old nForce4) and no other drive in my array (14 hard drives in total) displays this problem. Also attempted reverting from ACHI mode to IDE mode but this failed to make any impression.

Overall Review: Looks like its about time for another RMA. Very disappointed to be proven correct that >1tb technology is still highly dubious in quality. This is my 3rd straight failure with 2tb drives and I probably will not keep the warranty service drive when it comes back.

Pros: Lets make this quick, cause I want to go back to playing games. This is not a typical ATI card as we've come to know them. It does not run hot, it does not have a laundry list of game breaking driver problems, and it doesn't make more noise than the 6:12 Calcutta-Dhaka Express... unless the fan spins up beyond 40%. Fortunately, the card runs cool enough that, in a case with proper airflow, it is rarely going to spin up past 40-50%. For reference, 50% is about as loud as a reference GTX 260 on 100%, and as you near 100% the Spaceport countdown for liftoff nears as the rockets fire up with a demonic roar. It's really quite impressive, able to scare small animals and wake the dead. Still, performance trades blows and often beats the GTX 460 (even oc'd), and MLAA is the coolest feature for visual quality improvement we've seen since... well... ever! Turn on MLAA in the control panel and go test out some games if you doubt. One of those "you have to experience to understand" things.

Cons: The most expensive 6870. My sample did not overclock very well. You have to register with XFX to get the lifetime warranty, a totally insane policy and one that makes me not want to buy XFX products anymore. I ditched BFG when they started doing that, and look what happened to them.

Overall Review: My sample OC'd to 950/1100 before losing stability. Acceptable, and gives it a larger boost over the heavily OC'd 460, but, truth be told, I'd still rather have nvidia's drivers. ATI drivers still have far too many annoying bugs and glitches to be considered anywhere near on par with nvidia, however nvidia doesn't have MLAA, and MLAA is a hugely impressive feature that will instantly improve the graphics in practically every 3D game ever created, and that alone makes the 6870 worth buying. system spec ABIT IP35 PRO Q6600 @ 3.2 8gb DDR2 800 Intel SSD XFX 750w PSU 52" 1080p HDTV Win7 x64

Pros: I bought this on sale and want to like it because the cable braiding is excellent and the ends are high quality all around. Fits snugly, clearly well made.

Cons: Defective. Signal loss after less than 5 seconds and won't return no matter what source or display is used. Behavior is easily repeatable -- I must have just got a defective cable.

Overall Review: Newegg will probably make it right. They usually do... though I've been less impressed since this IPO nonsense.