Pros: Works well enough, powers a hard drive and I haven't encountered any issues.

Cons: It would be nice to have an OEM version of parts like this, the packaging is unnecessary.

Pros: It is quiet.

Cons: Lame greenwashed packaging, doesn't come with a power adapter so you have to provide your own or plug it into the motherboard, doesn't move much air.

Overall Review: There are better fans that only cost $1-2 more.

Pros: I installed one of these on an old socket 939 build about 2 years ago, and it is still going strong. That experience convinced me to get another for my gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, since the northbridge cooler on that motherboard is inadequate. Works great so far.

Cons: Installation is time consuming, but I prefer a sturdy mount, so this isn't necessarily a con.

Overall Review: Fits right next to a zalman cnps 9500 on a micro atx motherboard, so it really doesn't take up that much extra room, even though it looks a bit bulky.

Pros: I use this with skype in ubuntu linux 8.04 ( 64 bit ). Sound quality is certainly good enough for internet chat or voip.

Cons: The packing is really obnoxious, comes in a huge plastic blister package, I nearly cut myself getting it out.

Pros: I wanted a little home server/workstation/stereo/htpc which could use the 780g chipset, and this seemed to have worked out nicely. Phenoms have improved floating point processing compared to the X2, which is why I decided to go with this. I also like the direction that AMD/ATi is going with their open source and linux development, an additional bonus.

Cons: The stock heatsink/fan seems pretty weak for a 95 watt processor--aluminum fins with a fan, no heatpipes, almost identical to the old socket A ones. This has a negative impact on the pricepoint of the processor, since most users will not be satisfied with stock and will need to purchase additional cooling, increasing the total cost ownership up at least 20 dollars. AMD would be wise to either ship it with something decent or just forgo the stock cooler altogether.

Overall Review: zalman CNPS 9500 w/ thermalright goo, gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H with thermaltake CL-C0034 (extreme spirit II), antec nsk3480, ht omega claro, two seagate es.2 500gb hdd in raid 1, gigabyte dwa-556, samsung dvd burner. Required some tweaking to get frequency scaling working with ubuntu linux 8.04 64 bit (this problem appears to be specific to the distro, however).

Pros: The sound quality is outstanding--I use it mostly for music, and am completely satisfied. Works nearly out of the box in Ubuntu linux 8.04 ( 64 bit ). The volume sliders for the analog outputs act a bit funny, but otherwise everything else is fine. Isn't too big, fits in my mATX case. Have not tested with windows.

Cons: There are no cons that I have encountered.