Pros: runs great in a p5n-e at stock settings, g.skill seems to be a supportive company, they posted the exact default settings for my exact motherboard on the xtremesystems forum

Cons: none

Overall Review: runs at 800mhz 5-5-5-15 out of the box at stock settings, runs at 800mhz 4-4-4-12 at 2.08v orthos stable for 7+ hours

Pros: the heat sink itself is decent, kinda a PITA to install but it does the job well. seemed to be better than my stock passive HS on my P5N-E

Cons: fan started rattling after a couple weeks. got louder and louder. i was watching the RPM's in speedfan and it read 9000 at 100 % even though before (new) it only read 4000 @ 100%. was real loud and visually i could tell it wasnt turning very fast at all. i gave it a whack with my finger and the buzzng went away, it went up to full speed again and the RPM's in speedfan dropped to zero.

Overall Review: maybe its the RPM pickup thats questionable? interfereing with the fan blades? as i speak its getting more buzzy.... im gonna have to buy a new fan. ;( but a hr-05 instead since youll prolly have to get a new fan for this one.

Pros: good value, 2mb cache will put it slower clock/clock than other chips but has been a good overclocker and runs very cool. got it to 3.667ghz with basically all auto settings and memory linked 1:1 low 50's temp maximum. 4.01ghz was a snap, auto voltage +100mv offset, so not really even pushing it yet, temps in the mid 50's under load. with w/c and some more voltage you could go higher for sure, but i dont see the point for me.

Cons: low l2 cache compared to maybe a comperable phenom with 6mb

Overall Review: replaced a e4300, kept the 775 board so was looking for a good INTEL upgrade. stock settings i thought there might be something wrong with my coretemp program orsomething because the temp never budged over 40c using a decent a/a cooler. stock speed superpi 1m 21sec, 3.67ghz: 14.2s 4.01ghz 14.0s

Pros: still workin! low noise if you have a fan controller or at least plug it into the MB.

Cons: loud at full speed but moves good amount of air considering the size.

Overall Review: mounted it on a thermalright hr-05 chipset cooler. no need to run it very fast, does a great job at low speeds!

Pros: figured id update, orthos stable at 3.2ghz @ 1.45v for 9+ hours. only mid 40's C after 9+ hours not to shabby eh?

Cons: cons? if you want you can spend twice as much on a e6600. it will probably be slightly faster

Overall Review: it boots into windows up to 3.3ghz and probably more if i gave it more volts. my goal was only 3-3.2 though so im not gonna push it.

Pros: mated up with asus p5n-e, no problems so far up to 3ghz, still havent broken 45 degrees celcius yet (with aftermarket cooler)

Cons: not as fast it seems clock for clock as the more expensive c2d's but certainly a great value since its way cheaper to get 3ghz+

Overall Review: runs at stock or less volts great at 2.7ghz completely stable 7+ hours in orthos and using speedstep it actually runs cooler at idle at 2.7 than without speedstep at 1.8. (i havent tested long term stability at 3+ ghz yet but everything seems to work fine and its still pretty cool)