Joined on 11/09/06
P-6860 flying now

Pros: Gateway P-6860 came stock with a T5550 (1.83). Put this baby in and it not only performs better because of a faster clock speed but the FSB is faster which means the memory is working faster. The windows index went from 4.8 to 5.4. It also increased the memory performance because of the link. Memory score went from 4.5 to 5.1. Over all score is 5.1 because it goes with the weakest link which is my memory until my 4 gigs of G skill 4-4-4-12 comes in.
Cons: 319 is a little pricey but hey you pay for performance
Overall Review: If you have a Gateway P-6860(BB) buy this processor now. Not only does it run faster but its running about 15C cooler than with the stock T5550. I've seen it get up to 55C during gaming with AS 5 applied. Thats awesome for a laptop. Can't beat the 45nm chips.
horrible

Pros: none
Cons: loud, and doesn't cool at all.
Overall Review: Don't buy. I live in upstate NY and this thing still doesn't cool worth a hoot.
Great card

Pros: Runs very cool, hits around 62C maximum. Uses very little power compared to its fps. Uses less than my 3080 12G.
Cons: Price. Pay to play. Got mine at MSRP from Newegg, and thats still $200 overpriced.
Overall Review: Worth it if you are running 4K and need the 120-144 fps to max out your gaming
780 TI classy in SLI

Pros: Fastest single card out there. Great bench marking and ready for next gen 4K monitors. Playing Titan Fall at over 130 FPS with all eye candy as high as it goes on a 120Hz monitor.
Cons: expensive but you already knew that. Now I don't know about anybody else but I had to reload the bios files on both cards to get a game stable SLI config. Which would make these a poor pick for anybody wanting out of the box performance. Also they dont come with back plates!!!!!! they are classy versions and don't come with back plates!!!!!
Overall Review: Got these running 24/7 at 1137 with 1200 boost. Downloaded skyn3t's bios version. Both cards hit 1300-1350 no problem. Got a few benches at 1400 in SLI. Both are liquid cooled using EVGA hydro copper blocks. Dropped an egg for not coming with a stable bios and no back plate.
4930K

Pros: 6 cores, 12 with HT. Great processing power for demanding programs.
Cons: Not so sure about this 22nm process being any better with overclocking or heat than the 32. Price, but you get what you pay for.
Overall Review: Have this on an Asus Black Edition at 4.3 HT on and 1.28 Vcore. Weird because anything over that even with Vcore bumps becomes unstable.
After one year

Pros: 32 nm, runs on low voltage for a high overclock, runs very cool for speed, and overclocks to the moon with very little coercing. I have had this since day one on an ASUS Rampage IV Formula clocked on all four core's at 4.75Ghz, at 1.4 Vcore. Max temp on custom waterloop is 56C after 3 hours of prime.
Cons: None
Overall Review: I really dont think I'm upgrading until next gen of Intels come out. This has been a great CPU and will continue to use until Skylake is realeased.