Joined on 11/29/01
Good basic graphics.

Pros: Great card, the 7000 is a rock solid low-end card that performs pretty nicely. Fast shipping. I was surprised to find both VGA and DVI on the card.
Cons: HIS's installer is a little intrusive. It throws weblinks on your desktop and, with most third party driver CDs, has a bizarre install procedure. Don't bother with the drivers on the CD, just go to ATI's page and grab the latest catalyst.
Overall Review: Great card, super cheap and a nice way to upgrade if you don't have an AGP/PCI-e slot, 64MB of RAM should be great for basic computing.
Meh...

Pros: SLI, 64 bit ummm....PCI-E right guys? Yeah. Uh it doesn't crash unless you actually try to do something that would make your system run well.
Cons: AWFUL AWFUL MEMORY SUPPORT! Refuses to run my Corsair XMS at CAS 2. HONESTLY who doesn't support RAM companies like Corsair?! Slow, seems to dislike my IDE drive AND my CD-RW/DVD drive.
Overall Review: Get something more expensive. This is the worst motherboard I've ever used. Yeah it's probably good for the casual user but for someone like me who demands performance, this board is junk.
Best Socket A Heatsink Around.

Pros: I used to have one of these Volcano 10's on my old Athlon XP 2600+ system and it performed like a champ there, so it was no contest when I need another Socket A heatsink. Quiet, copper fins, keeps everything amazingly cool while not being a wind tunnel.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: This is seriously the best Socket A heatsink I've ever used. I've owned two of them for separate PCs and each time they've never failed to please. If you need a good Socket A heatsink for an Athlon XP system, go with this thing, it's cool, quiet, and very reliable. Also, the design makes it easy to clean the heatsink fan.
Fast, solid platform.

Pros: Wasn't expecting a 754 nForce4 board, so this thing came as a surprise when I found it. Replaced a ULi board that died after a day. Rock solid performance, great BIOS, great price, very reliable.
Cons: As with a lot of motherboards, the manuals are ALWAYS lacking in information. The manual for this thing is about 3 pages, but in about 12 languages so it looks bigger. If you need documentation, check out EPoX's website, or other websites.
Overall Review: Excellent 754 board that handles my needs as a backup PC quite well.
Fast, reliable, AMD.

Pros: Extremely reliable processor. Fast for being a Sempron and does a great job of handling what I need it to handle.
Cons: Gamers will want to go with something like an Athlon64 as the cache sizes, etc are lower on the Semprons.
Overall Review: Had this processor for a while now. The original motherboard burned out after a day, but the processor kept going. A great buy to get into the 64-bit world.
Superb.

Pros: Great motherboard layout, pretty decent amount of PCI slots, fast, great for a basic upgrade. Fast shipping and support from newegg.
Cons: None that I've encountered.
Overall Review: This is a perfect motherboard for someone looking to build a MicroATX machine, or to upgrade something older without going 64-bit. I used this motherboard along with a 2600+ Sempron to upgrade an aging Duron 1Ghz and it's quite a big improvement. Highly recommended. Make sure you grab a lower voltage AGP card though.