Pros: Performance.

Cons: Most expensive item in my whole computer.

Overall Review: ~~Best Bang for My Dollars~~ Abit KN8 SLI AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Corsair 2GB PC3200 Value RAM Hitachi 80GB SATA II XFX 7800GT NEC 3540a DVD/CD-RW Antec True Power2 TPII-430 / bought locally Enlight EN-7250 Case / bought locally 3D Mark 2005 ~ 7100 Sandra 2005 memory bandwidth ~ 4700MB/s BF2 1600x1200 on Ultra High settings Plays like a dream.

Pros: Performance

Cons: Received 1 out of the 4 sticks that failed MemtTest 86

Overall Review: ~~Best Bang for My Dollars~~ Abit KN8 SLI AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Corsair 2GB PC3200 Value RAM Hitachi 80GB SATA II XFX 7800GT NEC 3540a DVD/CD-RW Antec True Power2 TPII-430 / bought locally Enlight EN-7250 Case / bought locally 3D Mark 2005 ~ 7100 Sandra 2005 memory bandwidth ~ 4700MB/s BF2 1600x1200 on Ultra High settings Plays like a dream.

Pros: Performance.

Cons: Most expensive item in my whole computer.

Overall Review: ~~Best Bang for My Dollars~~ Abit KN8 SLI AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Corsair 2GB PC3200 Value RAM Hitachi 80GB SATA II XFX 7800GT NEC 3540a DVD/CD-RW Antec True Power2 TPII-430 / bought locally Enlight EN-7250 Case / bought locally 3D Mark 2005 ~ 7100 Sandra 2005 memory bandwidth ~ 4700MB/s BF2 1600x1200 on Ultra High settings Plays like a dream.

Comments: ~~Best Bang for My Dollars~~ Abit KN8 SLI AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Corsair 2GB PC3200 Value RAM Hitachi 80GB SATA II XFX 7800GT NEC 3540a DVD/CD-RW Antec True Power2 TPII-430 / bought locally Enlight EN-7250 Case / bought locally 3D Mark 2005 ~ 7100 Sandra 2005 memory bandwidth ~ 4700MB/s BF2 1600x1200 on Ultra High settings Plays like a dream. NOTE: Even thou ASRock motherboards are manufactured by Asus. Remember they will never make/have the Pony outrun the Horse. I’m thinking a poor quality motherboard and capacitors that are not functioning as they should can destroy a perfectly good CPU.

Comments: ~~Best Bang for My Dollars~~ Abit KN8 SLI AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2GB PC3200 Corsair Value RAM 80GB Hitachi SATA II XFX 7800GT NEC 3540a DVD/CD-RW Antec True Power2 TPII-430 / bought locally Enlight EN-7250 Case / bought locally 3D Mark 2005 ~ 7100 Sandra 2005 memory bandwidth ~ 4700MB/s BF2 1600x1200 on Ultra High settings Plays like a dream.

Comments: This MSI 9800 PRO with its given performance (and potential) can’t be touched at its current price. For the people that are contemplating between the various brands of the 9600 Pro’s & XT’s or if you are already set to purchase a 9800 card. I say spend the extra money and make it this one. And as always Newegg is excellent! Enlight EN7250 case with Thermaltake 420w PS Shuttle AN35N Ultra 400 AMD 2500+ Barton OC @ 2.1GHz Thermaltake Silent Boost Copper HS with Arctic Silver 5 Geil 1GB PC3200 MSI 9800 PRO 128MB OC @ 432/756 using Omega drivers With Arctic Silver 5 on VPU and Memory Western Digital 80GB-8MB-7200RPM Plextor DVD / CD Recorder Sony CD Recorder Audigy ES ViewSonic G90fb 3DMark 2003 score: 6552 AquaMark score: 41950 Now FarCry is a joy to play with all details set on very high at 1024x768x32 with no artifacts.