Pros: I recieved a week 28 and hit 3.01Ghz at stock voltage. 3.4Ghz took 1.40v. This thing multi-tasks like nobody's buisness. I considered myself a diehard AMD guy, but after seeing the E6600 beat the AMD FX-62 in almost every benchmark combined with the awesome overclocking potential of this chip... I had to see what Intel was up to. I don't regret it one bit!! Idles 42c @3.01Ghz, load temps 54c using Orthos and CoreTemp. My entire computer is soooo quiet. Extreme Performance and Silence... what else could I ask for?

Cons: none

Overall Review: Can't go wrong... a real powerhouse!!

Pros: mentioned in the previous review

Cons: Adding to my previous reivew, Have issues with LG bluray drive. due to drive caddy not square to case, the drive is angled to the side and the LG drive tray catches on the front hinged door. Had to remove the drive tray cover plate to allow the drive to eject. Very poor quality on the drive cage. Unable to fix issue without modding mounting holes.

Overall Review: I regret buying this case, would have returned it except for having modded the drive cage for the gtx 950 video card. I Just needed a low cost htpc case and 5 drive bays, which now is only 2 3.5 inch bays due to video card fit issues.

Pros: VERY FAST! I used these drives for a new media server build. SATA III drives are much faster than I expected. Over twice as fast as my old SATA II transfer speeds. I have been transferring files between these drives 24/7 for over 2 months straight with no issues. Seems quite reliable to me. It does takes a bit longer for the drive to "wake up" but won't take off any eggs for that. I don't believe any drive is perfect and won't give any drive 5 stars.

Cons: None that I can think of. I was very hesitant to buy these due to the many negative reviews..

Overall Review: In building computers for close to 20 years, I've only had 2 drive failures.. both Western Digital, and both the same size drive.

Pros: Fast!, low idle temps

Cons: Temps climb very fast under load... Broken intel igp drivers will not allow HD audio passthrough. My biggest reason for going with ivy bridge was the hd4000 video and pass through hdmi HD audio

Overall Review: nice processor.. overclocks to a mild 4.3ghz with no bios tweaks.

Pros: mid size case, lots of drive space, fits the longest vid cards. Room for 3 120mm case fans at bottom of case, in the front. keeps the drives very cool. Case airflow is good. Removable drive bay make adding or changing drives very easy.

Cons: fits the longest vid cards at the expense of 1 or 2 drive bays. No vibration isolation for the 3.5" drives other than some foam stuck to the metal. need to use a low profile HSF cooler like the Coolermaster Gemini IIs. A little tricky getting the optical drive open close button set.

Overall Review: When using a full size ATX board, it gets pretty tight when using more than 1 optical drive. Overall, very nice case, but with my 9800gt vid card, it really only has 5 or 6 usable 3.5 drive bays. I have room for a larger depth case, wish I had gone a bigger one.

Pros: Got an C0 chip, hit 3.6 at stock voltage, 3.8 at 1.25v. One core fizzles out beyond 4Ghz, no amount of juice will get it stable.. 3.8Ghz 24/7 stable not bad at all. Love how fast encoding video is.. Big step up from my E6600 overclocked at 3.1Ghz

Cons: none, wished it was an E0 stepping

Overall Review: Great chip, would recommend aftermarket cooler for those who want to overclock