Joined on 08/31/06
Great System

Pros: Good sound, great bass, solid power, multiple inputs, and control pod is convenient and simple to use. I've had this system for a solid 3 years now... survived 3 moves with no issue, and haven't experienced so much as a hiccup from it. Keep the volume at about 3-4 bars out of 16 or 18 bars, and it's more than loud enough. Also allows me to switch between PC and XBox audio at the press of a button.
Cons: Subwoofer will pancake your foot if you drop it. Satellite stands are kind of silly if you want to wall-mount.
Overall Review: I'm not sure how people can get away with giving this a 1-star review when they didn't even plug it in... And to the people saying "don't let all the 5-egg reviews fool you"... I think with a majority of the 1400+ reviews being 4-5-egg that maybe, just maybe, YOUR experience is not the most common... So... don't let all those 1-egg reviews fool you...
Garbage

Pros: Runs smoothly on Win 7...
Cons: No strategy, no bases... gameplay cannot be associated with previous Command and Conquer games in any way but the title. Having to level up to unlock units is stupid... as is being required to be connected to the internet at all times.
Overall Review: 1. Purchased 2. Installed 3. Ran 4. Confusion and chaos 5. Anger and frustration 6. Put back in case 7. Neglect It's amazing how video game producers keep managing to screw up their popular titles. C&C... Halo... Call of Duty... too much garbage gameplay now. Stop "enhancing" titles that are already solid!
Good while it lasted

Pros: Worked fine while it lasted.
Cons: One of the two I purchased failed after 18 months.
Overall Review: I had two of these running RAID 1 on a NAS server. Seemed to work fine for a while, but one drive died spontaneously (not any warnings at all) after only 18 months of very light usage. I have had other hard drives last 10+ years, but I've never had one die in less than 5 years, and especially not within 2, and not without any warning or degradation beforehand. Now I have to replace BOTH drives since I'm paranoid that the remaining drive will also spontaneously die...
Amazing CPU Cooler

Pros: Great fan, keeps my CPU at 27-30C under normal loads, and maybe 10C more under very heavy loads. Power cable for the fan is split for a speed control knob.
Cons: Semi loud on its own, but that's to be expected, and I run mine at full speed all the time. I play my music really loud, so I don't even notice it and tune it out otherwise.
Overall Review: This fan is HUGE; this isn't a problem for me as my case is also huge, but make sure it will fit in your case before purchasing. Also, the fact that my case has 6 fans *might* help, slightly.. Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel Full Tower ASUS M4A79 Deluxe MB AMD Phenom II x4 940 3GHz Black Ed CPU 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR2 1066 Memory Dual Crossfired Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870 1GB 256bit GDDR5 PCIe 2.9 x16 Video Cards Hauppauge HVR 1850 TV Tuner ABS Tagan BZ 1100W Modular PSU 300GB WD VelociRaptor HDD @10k RPM 2x1TB WD Caviar Black HDDs Hanns-G 27.5" 3ms Widescreen Monitor Logitech Z-5500 505W 5.1 Speakers Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Great cooler

Pros: This heatsink/fan keeps my Phenom II X4 940 nice and cool, even under extreme workloads. The fan is absolutely HUGE, so make sure you have a big case (I had a full tower so I was good). The fan also has a speed knob on the power cable which is convenient. If it were a bit longer it would be nice, but oh well.
Cons: Not watercooling? Kind of noisy on its own at full speed, but my case fans are louder (Antec 1200) and my speakers are always cranked up to a deafening level, so it's not an issue for me.
Overall Review: The only step up from this would be a watercooled PC... but I didn't want to take the risk of leaks in a brand new $3000 system.
Nice Monitor

Pros: HUGE, great picture quality. Swivel/height adjustments are nice bonuses.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: I'm not really sure who still uses built-in speakers on monitors anymore...