Pros: This game is actually HARD!!! The enemy AI is relentless, and forces you to actually command your units, instead of point, click, and hope for the best like most other RTS let you. The graphics are amazing, from the destrucatble environments, to the cool explosions, this game looks great. I've beaten maybe 4 levels, and have played maybe for about 20 hours. Like I said, this is hard! It will test you mentally and physically (because you sit there so long, its tiring).

Cons: ITS HARD! The enemy AI is extremely smart, so if you are somewhat new to RTS, you might want to think about buying an old game, just to get yourself acquainted. Long load times.

Overall Review: This game is extremely fun! I havent tried the online yet (i will soon after I finish writing probably), but I've heards its a bit spotty.

Pros: Well...its a computer game.

Cons: Everything. Gameplay - Far too easy. The AI is unimpressive; as they do not advance on your position once you've taken cover and they are easily picked off with an SMG (oh how realistic). Your team tends to just get in the way, and they often have difficulty following orders to climb through windows. Graphics - I was actually offended at the poor quality of these graphics. Even with all settings maxed out, my 9600GT didn't have any problems. Far Cry looked better, and it was released in 2004. Story - The entire story was extremely cheesy and predictable. I thought I was watching reality TV. THATS how bad the story was. Multiplayer - very underpopulated. Its decent though; nothing stellar.

Overall Review: I give it a 4/10. If you haven't bought it yet, I would let it stay that way. The game seemed like an expansion pack rather than a sequel.

Pros: - Extremely large community. Counter Strike Source (CSS) has probably one of the largest online gaming communities in the world. There are easily over a million people across the world playing. -Graphics are actually decent. No, they aren't the latest DX10 graphics, but they get the job done. - The gameplay is perfect. Just like the original counter strike, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the gameplay. The controls are very basic (move, gun switch, reload, talk) and you can switch the keys around to whatever you like. - All in all, the community is what makes Counter Strike Source so much fun. Because there are just SO MANY people that play it, you will always find people that you like.

Cons: A lot of people complain about "hackers". Well...whah whah. There are not hackers in every server, and the admins (administrators; the people who run their own privately owned server) are not out to get you (even if they WERE, it's their server and they can do what they like. They do not owe you anything). The chances are; you were a new person to the server (somebody they do not know) and you probably accused either A.) an admin or B.) somebody who regularly plays there of cheating. Don't base your opinion of the game on the unfounded claims of people who never gave it a chance. If you play in a server that regularly has hackers visit; find a new one. There are plenty.

Overall Review: Its cheap and its fun. Buy the game. Enjoy the game.

Pros: Great fan! This thing sucks air. The max setting on this thing is really overhaul; its pretty loud, but I game with headphones. I've got my AMD X2 5200+ overclocked to 3.2ghz and the temp never gets me concerned. I would easily compare this thing to the Z*lman cooler.

Cons: Its really big. Its not a problem for me, but if you're case is a little short on space, you might want to sacrifice performance for size. The only real con (albeit a very minor con) that I have with this is that the blue LEDs aren't a true blue. They are a tad bit aqua.

Overall Review: Just spend the extra money and get some good thermal grease. I never use any of the factory stuff. Not that I ever had any problems, but why take the chance?

Pros: It's a good board. Nice, up-to-date bios. Plenty of features. Manual (despite being in broken english) is fairly decent.

Cons: It is NOT an ATX board. The box even says that its ATX. The board is a rectangle. Its the correct hight for an ATX, but it isn't wide enough. This causes the 24 pin motherboard power connector to be placed WAY too close to the CPU and some less flexible cables might have a hard time getting to it.

Overall Review: I don't know why Gigabyte didn't follow the ATX measurement standards. I believe thats the reason standards are set...so that all boards will be the same size. It's a minor inconvenience, but i detracted an egg for it. Sheesh!

Pros: Great heat control. I swapped out the stock HS on my AMD x2 5200+ for this beast and saw a huge decrease in temp under load. Its a HUGE fan. Its probably about 3x as large as the stock fan that came with the processor. Its a great piece and its well worth the low price. Easy to understand the manual too. Comes with pictures and directions written by english speakers.

Cons: None. Its really big and heavy. I felt a little weird letting it just hang onto my motherboard the way it does, but it shouldn't be a problem.

Overall Review: The blue LED is more of an aqua than a true blue. Not a problem for me, so i'm not subtracting anything.