Pros: Well, the most important thing, is that it is clocked at 470/1100. The next most important thing, is that is will do 500/1.18 right out of the box. It will actually run a little higher for a while, but then heat becomes a problem. The stock cooler does much better than the regular 7800GT solution, but it still isn't sufficient enough for high overclocking. My idle temp is about 42c. I have seen load temps as high as 73c. Keep in mind that the temps are only 1-3c higher with the overclocks, so if your airflow is decent you should see about the same results. I think I am gonna go with an arctic cooler, but I am not sure yet. I do know, that I would like to see much lower temps, and hopefully maybe break 510 on the core, 1.2 on the memory? It runs my games well... but I still crave another for SLI to truly max every game out. I am gonna get another one of these so my chances of hitting 500 on both cores is much greater than if I were to get a lower clocked flavor.

Cons: I don't have two?

Overall Review: Get something faster if you can afford it. It's a great card but still has it's limits. With this rig: AMD 3000+ Venice @ 2.79GHz 1.57v w/Zalman 7000Cu LED 34/46c Asus A8N SLI Deluxe 349x3xHTT with 8x Multiplier G.Skill 2x1GB DDR466 @ 2.5-3-2-9 2.8v EVGA 7800GT CO @ 500/1.18 on stock cooling Sceptre X9 Naga V 19" LCD Windows XP x64 on WD80GBx2 RAID0 OCZ PowerStream 520 I get these scores: 3dmark01-28,950(ATI territory) 3dmark03-17,100 3dmark05-8,250 3dmark06-4000 (score in 06 is limited by single core CPU, dual core does much better in this benchmark!)

Comments: Well, I put this thing in and it ran nicely. It's got a nice large fan which keeps it cool, especially if you jack the fan speed up. One thing I don't like though, is that the fan doesn't direct air in any particular direction. It just free vents all over the place, some goes outside the case if it wants, and some just blows back in. Still stays pretty cool though. The large LED fan has also restricted my CPU fan because of the fact that it sits right over it and is much stronger. The PSU fan blows into it's casing, while my CPU fan blows down on top of the chip. Obviously there is an airflow problem with this...The stock CPU fan used to idle at around 2700RPM and go up to as high as 4000RPM if things got real hot, once I installed this PSU, the CPU fan would lever go over 2680RPM, which told me either it was now underpowered, or the fan was stopped it. Either way it is in fault to this power supply. The main problem is, once I got my system overclocked how it's supposed to be, the 3.3v rail sat real low at around 3.07v. Also, after switching from a 6600gt to an X800XL the PSU began to squeal under graphics load. For a week I thought it was the video card and was begining to RMA that, and then I put in a forum and someone told me they had the same problem with their PSU wissling under graphics load(not the same PSU but the same problem). I then cracked my case open and realized that the sound was coming from the PSU. I guess my system is folding it under heavy loads of CPU/GPU use. Oh well, it works great with my system @ 2.8Ghz with a 6600GT, but @ my 3.6GHz OC and with my X800XL @ 420/530 it begins to shows its weakness. Get this if you don't overclock, or have a demanding GPU. Take care!

Pros: Obviously the main pro is the fact that it's 2GB of memory!! Next to that, the latency is very good for 2GB's and the overclocking is pretty good. I hit a wall at 237MHz with 2.5-3-2-7 and raising any of the timings doesn't help me get past there. I also tried to raise the voltage but nothing past 2.8 seems to help any either. Maybe if I burn this stuff in a little while she will go 10 more MHz, that's all I need it to do to get my CPU back to 2.7, where it was with my 1GB kit before. Either way, the performance of 2GB's is well worth any drop in clock speeds. And it runs ROCK SOLID!! 12 hours prime and all that good stuff.

Cons: Didn't hit 250 out of the box, but maybe with some burn-in. I would also like to note that going from 1T to 2T didn't help with overclocking either. So I would say that this stuff likes 1T just fine.

Overall Review: I don't see how running with a Tras of 0 is helping the gentleman below. I am on an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe and my Tras always performs better at 9, or 10, no matter what clock speed or latency it is set to. Anything under 7 always seems to choke my memory controller and actually kills performance. But, that's just me... try them all!!

Pros: I have an E3 revision of this CPU and I was able to hit 2.7 on air no problem. Just give it about 1.55-1.6 on the vcore. BTW I didn't get mine here, but I am curious as to why they are so much more now then when I got mine. I noticed that the stepping code refers to the E3, which is the most well-known for OCing. Maybe that is why there is a jump? Not sure, but I would get it before they hit some rediculous price maybe?

Cons: None except new price tag. Overclocks like nobody's business. Is limited to 9x multiplier though, so don't expect to go much higher than 2.8 cause your mobo might hit a wall. I found myself temp limited at this point, and I am using a zalman 7000Alcu at full fan speed. About 45c idle, and 58c load. A little warm for my taste, but will work until I get water. Then I will go for 2.8+

Overall Review: Maybe try to see if they get the refurbished one back in.... or get the 3200, it does really good because of it's multiplier of 10. But you will probably get an E6. Good luck!!!

Comments: Well, It works, but only if I unplug my second DVD drive. With everything hooked up, you hit the power button and it just flashes, if you hold the button it will keep clicking on and off like it wants to come on but won't. Upon unhooking the second DVDRW it will boot. However, even with the drive unplugged it will still have a hesitant cold start that requires about three tries. This is the third PSU I have bought in the past couple weeks to try and power this system. Everything was fine when I just had a 6600GT but ever since I got a X800XL none of the PSU's I have used were strong enough. The 3.3v is 3.22 usually. The 5v is at about 4.92, and the 12v is at 11.95. Those are readings from the BIOS and not software readings so they should be more accurate than checking the rails while in windows. I will also comment on the watt meter... It will not mount in your case. It needs te be taped up or something but it isn't even long enough to reach the mounting holes for thie floppy drive area. It also over estimates wattage about 10-30%. So if it floats around 300+ watt like it does on mine, then you are probably using about 250 watts. Anyways, I do like the fact that this PSU has stable rails... Every other PSU I used with the X800XL before this one would wissle and hiss under graphics load. They just couldn't handle this video card without making very annoying noises during all games. Fortunitly this one put an end to that. Maybe I just need to spend the money and get a good 600 watt or something. I use a p4 lga775 2.8 @ 3.6GHz.Everything is on a DFI 865PE-TAG board. The CPU alone use about 90-95 watts under load. I am also running (1)80GB SATA, (4) 80mm LED fans, (2)DVDRW, (1) X800XL AGP, (1) Thermaltake Silent 775 CPU cooler, and (1) Zalman VF700. This PSU is dual rail but I really have no idea how to determine what hardware is running off which rail. And I also don't know how to monitor the other rail. This power supply is high quality. I can tell from the way it is built, and also from the stability of the rails. However, I would of thought 450 watt CONTINIOUS would of been enough for me. I don't know why my system is so power hungry. I guess it is the high overclocks. I am recieiving my X850XT today, and if this thing can't handle it, then it will have to go back. Hopefully the cold starts will quit, and this thing will just work properly. I am gonna switch some of the molex around amongst the other peripherals and maybe I will find a combonation that will boot with everything hooked up. other wise I am without my second DVD drive. Oh well, I tried.... Newegg has been great about this whole thing, as far as RMA's and shipping is concerned. This is my fault in a way I guess. I have been very liberal with buying memory and video cards and stuff like that, and totally skimped out on the PSU's so far so I could focus more on those areas, now it has caught up with me. I figured 78 bucks was a good drop for power buty I guess next time I need to put about 100 bucks on something.Hope this review helps. Don't be afraid of this if you just need it for a stock clocked system. It should do fine then....

Comments: Well, I am kinda torn. I like it cause it looks really good, and stays cool, but it also lacks in performance from what I was expecting. Be advised that the version you will probably recieve is a dual rail version. Aspire tech support says that it is newer and "better", however they said that the improvemnt from single rail is only there when you have the 24-pin connector, and that power is the same with a 20-pin. I don't know the truth behind that, nor did I care to look it up. I have the 24-pin so it didn't matter to me. I have noticed that the rails are at solid voltages(3.23,5.03.12.4), but be aware that the 5v rail is only 29 amps on the newer version. The 12v's on the newer version are 18+16, so you still get 34 there... Still does good though. The problem is, under graphics load, it still wissles just like cheaper PSU's I have had in the past. It is a high pitched squeal that is really annoying. I have read of the problem in forums, and apparently it's not a lack of power that is the problem, it is the lack of quality in the rails. The PSU powers everything great, never any fan speed drops or anything, it just likes wo wine under load. I can tell that something is going on in there when the graphics get going because the noise starts as soon as 3d is rendered, or being loaded. Checked and verified it is not the fan or anything on the vid card, but the power supply itself for sure. I will get a high quality 600watt next time and have something that I can use for a couple years. Probably end up burning this up and RMAing. I just don't have the time right because it is the second one I would of had to RMA. I am using: Pentium 520 @ 3.6GHz Geil DDR500 @ 514 2.5-3-3-6 X800XL AGP @ 430/530 80GB WD SATA 2X DVDRW 1X Floppy 6X Case fans 3dmark05-5475 Aquamark 3-69,770