Joined on 11/11/04
Wow

Pros: This card runs cool at stock speeds. I have the GPU over clocked at 775 MHz which is the limit in ATI catalyst control center!... I have a feeling the GPU will go much higher, so I plan on finding alternate utilities to get it there. I have not had a chance to really play with the memory above a 20 MHz OC. I get a bit standoffish when playing with graphics memory.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: I set the fan to run at 60% while overclocked and it is a bit annoying with that constant hum. If you plan to OC, you might want to find an alternate cooling solution. Also, The card is not showing up in AMD overdrive. There may be a newer version since I last checked to resolve this. I really think there is a lot of headroom in any of these 58XX cards and the stock speeds are kept just fast enough to beat the competitions current offerings. I would not be surprised to see a bump in speeds as soon as the NV guys respond.
lesson learned

Pros: I owned this power supply for about 1 year and didn't have any problems until I upgraded to an EAX1950XTX, then it made squealing sounds and died after 30 minutes. This happened while running everything at stock voltages and speeds in the BIOS.
Cons: Not a good power supply for a DFI board. It only has one 12 volt power connector which is better to have two if you use or plan on using a dual core proc. I'm not real sure this power supply can even come close to 500 watts much less the listed 600.
Overall Review: As long as you don't require anything over 500 watts you should be okay. This thing lasted about a year on a mid power system without an issue. I think the 600 Watt rating is a bit deceptive. If you are planning to run a powerfull system go with a higher quality part such as an OCZ Gamestream.
Very nice

Pros: I love the high resolution on this monitor. It is very crisp and is great for excel spreadsheets. This kind of resolution usually comes in larger monitors costing significantly more. My monitor arrived 3 days after ordering it with free shipping, thank you newegg. There were no stuck or dead pixels. It does well with movies and actually looks better than my LCD television.
Cons: The buttons take some getting used to. Once you have everything set you don't really mess with them though. The back light bleeds on the top and bottom but is only noticable when the screen is black.
Overall Review: I want to get a second one. I like the fact that it comes with all of the cables.
Keepin it cool

Pros: If this is the "mini" cooler I wonder how large the regular one is... This thing is massive. I am using it to cool a 6400+ X2 Black Edition. What I like about this cooler is how easy it is to install for such a large heat sync. Previous big coolers I have used required pulling the back plates of the motherboard, so it was nice to have a huge heat sync use the stock chassis for once.
Cons: The fan may be an issue for some people using RAM with tall corsair style heat spreaders.
Overall Review: To give you perspective, I used this heat sync on a Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 motherboard (look at the newegg pics) with all RAM slots populated. The heat sync itself will tower over the first RAM slot on that board. There isn’t a lot of extra room. The RAM I used had typical heat spreaders. I also set this up on the motherboard before I put it in the case.
Easy setup

Pros: This motherboard worked flawless. Very easy setup and stable out of the box.
Cons: None, I have not tried to OC and don't think that I will.
Overall Review: This is the least expensive motherboard I have ever purchased. I usually go for DFI or something with a lot of BIOS options. While this board does not have a lot of bios options it does work very well. I bought this because I really didn't want to overclock this time and wanted something simple and stable. I can say this was an excelent choice. I am running a 6400+ X2 Black Edition and 1 system fan in this and have not experienced any chipset heat issues mentioned in previous reviews.