Pros: I have used this to capture clearcast QAM using SageTV software. It has worked as advertised and tunes all the channels that I expect to be available. I have not used it to tune OTA. The remote that comes with this is an excellent remote and can be conigured to use with a variety of software including my SageTV.

Cons: The senor for the remote has a short cord. The one that came with my pvr-150 is much longer. This has made it hard to place where I would like it, out of the reach of little hands.

Overall Review: I have a pvr-150 which I use to tune analog channels, so I have no experience with the soft mpeg encoding. If all you want this card to do is tune digital channels and you have third party software this is a great value. If you want to get 5.1 digital sound, you will need to use the AC3 filter. I have that configured to pass the signal through to my spdif and on to my receiver. Before I installed this software I was limited to stereo sound. You will need to research what will work with our capture software.

Pros: It works. Decent OC options in bios. DVI output a nice extra for on board graphics. 4 DIMM slots. Full directx 9 compatibility (slow, but stable). Will be suitable to my wife's non-gamer needs and allowed me to recycle a 939 venice and 4x 512mb DIMMS I had replaced in my own system.

Cons: The audio block you connect to the front audio outputs is right underneath where a pci express video card would go. Absolutely foolish design. Only 1.5/gbs on SATA. CPU socket close to tall chipset heatsink making putting the cpu in more of a hassle then it needs to be.

Overall Review: I expected more thoughtful mb layout from DFI. The audio block location is a serious problem with no real work-around should I choose to add a pcie graphics card.

Pros: Cherry brown is perfect compromise for gaming and productivity. Small keyboard takes up little space leaving more room for papers, mouse, coffee, lunch.

Cons: One key, the backspace, squeaks a little. A small thing but this keyboard is not cheap and its an annoyance. LED under windows lock are very bright.

Overall Review: I found some blue painters tape but inside the windows key helped to reduce the brightness very nicely. As an added bonus, since I used a black pen to stick it in there, it has an almost lava like effect from the lines. Not a problem with scroll lock and caps lock since I like having those scream at me when left on. Win lock is always on..

Pros: Well priced Sufficient to feed my 6870 Works with after market heat sinks from older Athlons

Cons: Struggles to keep up with similar priced Intel - a con on paper only. One egg off for throwing the ball 8 yards when you need 10.

Overall Review: I bought this processor because I had a nice big after market heat sink from my old X2 that would clip right in. I turned off turbo and have it set to run at 4Ghz. It has proven to be a great work horse. I have seen no evidence that I am CPU limited with my AMD 6870 video card. One nice benefit of the AMD architecture is they have kept compatibility in their sockets. This makes hand-me-downs to my other computers easy. A few generations from now I will buy the best 8 core they are making for AM3+ and move this over to my wife's AM3+ mb which in turn took the Regor AM3 CPU that was in another much older MB. I tell my friends who do not need to be frugal and do not have considerations like a pile of AMD heat sinks and legacy CPUs lying around to try to buy an i5.. but this is a solid processor for the money and given the upgrade paths I consider AM3+ family a better long term choice than a budget i3.

Pros: I was able to get it to 230mhz at 2-3-2-5 with 1T command. Had to set timing in bios, spd has more conservative setting.

Cons: Pricey.

Overall Review: I dialed it back to 222. I am running my 2.0ghz x2 at 2.4, wanted to get 1:1 but couldnt without reducing timings so settled for 240 at 183/200 divider which gave me about 222 memory speed.

Pros: Cool, Quiet, and sytlish. My 939 X2 processor at 2.4hz (OC from 2.0) ran in upper 20s to low 30s idle, mid 40s with load, fan around 2400rpm. Flexible mounting options. Sink is open and will be easy to vacuum down the line.

Cons: Not sure how I will get this off if I need to. Clip snaps into AMD 939 bracket and I cant see how I will get it to release. Stock fan has a lever that can be used to release tension. This one has no such mechanism. Fan may be difficult to replace.

Overall Review: Used arctic silver Ceramic paste.