Pros: If you are not ready for the Vista migration then this OS is perfect for you. I have almost always liked XP, and was not impressed by vista, so this was my next alternative and I can honestly that I couldn't have been more pleased with my decision.

Cons: The stupid installation of this thing. i followed all previous posters' guidelines but still boshed it the first two times, third times a charm. Here's what I did the third time. I have 2 DVD optical drives in my system, so I put Disk 1 in one and Disk 2 in the other so that when it asked for something it was already there.

Overall Review: Another word to the wise....HAVE ALL OF YOUR IDE, ATA, SATA, RAID and Motherboard drivers present and extracted on a CD or floppy, it WILL ask for them during the install. Other than that it went clean and I love the MCE console, very nice.

Pros: It didn't eat my head.... Aero is very pretty DX10 64-Bit Free 7 upgrade

Cons: Where do I begin, I have always been a Microsoft fan, but they really dropped the ball on vista. I have a top of the line system here, I7 950, 12GB 1600 Memory, NVIDIA 285 2GB Vid card, and it performs like windows 2k? seriously, i spent 30 minutes turning off all of the garbage that boots with vista. I hope 7 is better.....we can only wait and see.

Overall Review: You need a hardware hog to run this thing properly.....keep that in mind, other than that, enjoy your experience....

Pros: Very very quiet. My oscillating fan, the hum of the AC unit outside and the whoosh of cars driving by on the freeway a mile away are quieter than this video card. Awesome power. Can't say enough about its specs. I'm coming from an old GTX285 to this though so keep that in mind. Did not have to modify my PSU or purchase a new one, my existing 6-pin + 8 pin being used were an exact one to one on the upgrade.

Cons: The Fan/Radiator assembly is huge. My case is a huge full tower ATX and I could not for the life of me find a suitable place to mount the fan without altering my case a little.My existing fans were 2 120mm in the rear, I had to remove both of them and bend the case a little to make this thing fit. Now my side door doesn't go on properly. The card is long. About 25mm longer than my GTX285, I had to remove my floppy bays from my case for it to fit. Now how am I going to do a system restore of windows 2000 with my 7 3.5" disks!?!? /s All of these cons are ridiculous and are a product of my own demise. I did not remove any stars for these cons and are only here for your own educational/entertainment purposes.

Overall Review: Would buy again. I do not understand for the life of me why people are saying this thing sounds like a mini fridge or how it's generating so much noise. I cannot relate, my previous GPU had two 40mm fans on it and they sounded like a vacuum cleaner duct taped to a cat. I cannot hear the water bubbling in the hoses or pump. The Fan/Radiator thing is a serious problem though and does not appear to me to be standard sizing for many cases but with a little tweaking shouldn't be a show stopper for most.

Pros: Very good Thermal Dissipation. Variable Speed fan switch with slot bracket Very simple and easy installation, sort of idiot proof. Very customizable for different CPU configs. Highly compatible with the EVGA X58 LE Motherboard and an Intel I7 920. Very quiet fan, even on high.

Cons: THIS THING IS FREAKING HUGE!!!!!! Ok, so it is the size of a Gamecube, I had to use bailing wire to secure it in my case so it wouldnt snap off of my motherboard. This step is highly encouraged, especially if you move your chassis around a lot, like LAN party and such.

Overall Review: You can't go wrong with this guy, pick it up, it'll cool whatever you throw at it. I have a 920 1366 and I am at 3.8GHz with this thing and average around 58c

Pros: Fairly Inexpensive for what it does do. Very aesthetically pleasing. Black on Black Good quality in the craftsmanship (not to be confused with the design). Wonderfully programmed BIOS. Easy of installation. Very cool on-board Power Button,Reset Button and CMOS clear button, nice for bench testing.

Cons: LE does indeed stand for Lame Edition...... No IDE at all No Floppy at all (I know most new rigs don't, but i'm old school) Only one PCI slot that gets covered by SLI, only one PCIe1x slot gets covered immediately?? i really didn't understand this one, as long as you have a video card in. No x16,x16 sli, only x16,x8,x4 so much for PhysX. Poor overall design Very poor quality and functionality for NB and SB heatsinks, no fans on them, I will definitley be replacing those soon. Upon installation of my processor heatsink, there was a very serious and very noticeable bow to the board, i heard it stressing, after 15 years of computer experience, this was a first, a bit scary but did not immediately impact the perfomance.

Overall Review: Don't misinterpret me as being a hater, I like this board, i will use it until I can afford something better or the prices go down, I just want people to be informed. If you are building your system on a budget, you can't go too wrong here, just heed all of the cons and you'll be fine. One last thing, the BIOS has the neatest thing in the world, you can build custom profiles, save them and load them if you screw up with your timings. I loved that. EVGA filled a marketable notch here with this board, congrats to them.

Pros: This thing is amazing! I can overclock the heck out of it, and it keeps going. I am at 3.8GHz right now on a coolermaster V8. I did get the D0 stepping, it is a crapshoot, but as soon as you get your package check to see if the Spec code says (SLBEJ), i talked to someone in tech support and they said that most of the old steps are gone by now, so your odds are good. This thing handles very nice on 64-Bit Vista with 3X2GB of Corsair Dominator.

Cons: Sad & Pathetic Fan/Heatsink . But to those who had to be told that, shame on you. Do yourself and This Proc a favor and invest at least $50 on a better one, I recommend the coolermaster V8, it is a beast!

Overall Review: If you can't afford the 950 like me, and the extreme is right out of the question, but you want the latest and greatest, get this proc. You can't go wrong. If you have to use the stock fan use it as long as it takes to get online and order a new one, lol.

Advertised as used, works flawlessly. Good seller, packaged and shipped properly.