Pros: Cool and quiet 40nm chip. Overclocks well beyond 5870 specs, 1GHz is possible but stock settings are enough for me at this point in time. Came packed with Dirt 2, a fantastic DirectX 11 game. The most power efficient GPU on the market. MSRP of $269 is a terrific price point. Dirt 2, Dragon Age: Origins, MW2, TF2, L4D, L4D2, Borderlands, Dawn of War 2, Devil May Cry 4, Far Cry 2, Street Fighter IV and Torchlight all play wonderfully at my LCD's native resolution of 1680x1050 with the in game settings maxed out. Overall I'm extremely happy with this card and a free copy of Dirt 2 was a great bonus. This card is way too sexy to strip down to add a third party cooler or water-block.

Cons: Online price gouging. Early adopter blues (using Catalyst 9.12 HOTFIX drivers until the 10.1 drivers drop) but that is the nature of the business and our hobby. Water can look pixelated in Resident Evil 5.

Overall Review: SYSTEM SPECS-->> AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.6GHz Laing D5 MCP655 Pump | D-TEK FuZion v1 CPU Block | Feser One - F1 - Cooling Fluid Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard (BIOS F6) 4GB G.SKILL (F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI) DDR2-1100 @ 5-5-5-15 Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality FPS WD Caviar Black 500GB (WD5001AALS) SATA 3.0 HDD x2 OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W PSU Cooler Master Cosmos S Chassis Windows 7 Professional x64 Driver Versions: Catalyst 9.12 HOTFIX, X-Fi 2.18.0013

Pros: This PSU worked flawless out of the box. I purchased to replace a non modular Corsair PSU. 12 year warranty is fantastic and shows Seasonic stands behind their products.

Cons: No cons.

Pros: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (32-bit) runs great on this notebook, be sure to leave the Ethernet cable plugged in during the CD install as Ubuntu automatically downloads updates during installation.

Cons: The tsunami of bloatware that took me almost two hours to remove from Windows 7.

Overall Review: I'm going to buy a 320GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0 HDD to replace the 160GB 5200RPM SATA 150 HDD.

Pros: I play tested the games listed below at a native resolution of 1680x1050 with all the graphical settings maxed out and got absolutely great frames, the only exception was "Crysis" which I had to set to HIGH. Play tested (DX10/10.1 & x64 where possible) -->> Assassins Creed, Burnout Paradise, Company of Heroes, Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, Dawn of War 2, Devil May Cry 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Team Fortress 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X (DX10.1 demo) and Unreal Tournament 3. Intelligent power management. Good temps at idle and load. Acceptable fan noise at default setting. Overall, I'm extremely pleased and love this card in Vista x64 and Ubuntu 8.10 x64, the card installed in both installations without any hiccups. Ubuntu 8.10 x64 offered drivers ready to install upon first booting of the OS and they work great.

Cons: No waterblocks available for this card, only rumors on forums. Fans are ridiculously loud at manual high settings.

Overall Review: CURRENT SYSTEM SPECS-->> AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz (x17 multiplier) Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard (BIOS F2) 4GB G.SKILL (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK) PC2-8500 @ 5-5-5-15 1066MHz Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality FPS WD Caviar Black 500GB (WD5001AALS) SATA 3.0 Hard Drive OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W PSU CoolerMaster Cosmos S Chassis Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 | Ubuntu 8.10 x64 Driver Versions (Vista): Catalyst 9.2, X-Fi 2.18.0008

Pros: Still spacious even with the humongous Radeon 4850 X2 2GB installed. Even more amazing is there is room for my pump and the tubing clears the video card and drive bays with ease. I absolutely love the fact that you can mount a radiator in the ceiling of this chassis, that's the reason I made my purchase.

Cons: You have to use a silly PSU adapter that comes with the chassis to use the touch sensitive power button. I for one like to have a continuous cable running from the PSU's 24-pin connector straight to the motherboard 24-pin connector with no breaks in the line.

Overall Review: AMD Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition @ 3GHz (x15 multiplier) Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard (BIOS F2) 4GB G.SKILL (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK) PC2-8500 @ 5-5-5-15 1066MHz Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 x2 Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality FPS WD Caviar Black 500GB (WD5001AALS) SATA 3.0 Hard Drive WD Caviar Black 500GB (WD5001AALS) SATA 3.0 Hard Drive OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W PSU CoolerMaster Cosmos S Chassis

Pros: The DIMMs were recognized instantly in my new Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard and the SPD data was correctly reflected in the BIOS.

Cons: You can not use more than four DIMMs with the GA-MA790X-UD4. Gigabyte please correct me if I'm wrong and reply quick so I can buy a second kit.

Overall Review: AMD Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition @ 3GHz (x15 multiplier) Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard (BIOS F2)