Pros: ATI has built a family of cards that cater perfectly to the enthusiast. This 5850 isn't going to scream, but it costs about half of what the industry wants to call a "high-end gamer" card. And yet, it does rip through anything I've played so far without the slightest complaint. The HIS card in particular seems great quality, and I've had absolutely nothing but great experiences so far.

Cons: None whatsoever with this video card...however...

Overall Review: Dirt 2 is the most terrible port from an Xbox game I have ever experienced. I think the game actually BELIEVES it's playing on a 360. No mouse support, XboX Live signup mandatory...it is effectively a painfully slow way to demo DirectX11. It sure is pretty...but man does it suck.

Pros: Where to begin? You get two extra inches of screen over the rest of the LCD pack. With good video settings, I can glance from a Samsung LED LCD to this and back...and back and forth...without ever seeing a difference. The unit itself is gorgeous and the pivot is very useful. We're using this with a blu-ray player and with a media PC, and it absolutely excels at both.

Cons: The only negatives I have come across are 1) the lack of a composite audio output and 2) the Netflix app. The TV has headphone jack output and SPDIF output for audio, so really, that's not a big deal. As of this writing, though, the Netflix app isn't setting up properly. I don't know for sure if this is the TV or something conflicting with the app activating over the web, but either way, it's not enough for me to call it a gripe. In fact, I'm reaching for things to offset the positives.

Overall Review: I've preferred LG monitors and cell phone technology for a long time now, and I can confidently say that while they're not a "big name" in the LCD tv market, they really should be. This TV is, inch for inch, a better value than the equivalent Samsung or Sony.

Pros: This case seems to dominate all other choices in the price range, all the way up to $100+ cases. You just can't find a better combination of space, cooling, and construction for this price. Even without extra fans, this is not so much a case as it is a nice, open-air porch for your hardware to relax in the breeze. And yet, it's well-built and solid. Nothing external or internal feels flimsy, and the case frequently feels like something that should cost twice as much.

Cons: It's much-mentioned, but the bottom-mounted power supply is the only real con I can think of. It's a tough call, too, since the pure advantage for cooling seems to outweigh the inconvenience. If your motherboard has some top-mounted power sockets, you might want to make sure your PS cables can make the distance.

Overall Review: Not for nothing does this case have nearly 2,000 good reviews. If you want a solid (and yet breezy!) case, the freedom to choose your power supply, and overall an extraordinary value, there's just no other case. Buy this one.

Pros: Smaller than it looks, even with the USB connector for scale. Simple, unobtrusive, and very capable. Most of all, extremely cheap compared to other adapters.

Cons: I have another Rosewill USB wireless N adapter that includes 2 antennas - it gets better signal than this guy, but for the price and size, this adapter wins.

Overall Review: Perfect for "getting the internet." If you want to do home networking/file transfer/LAN gaming via wireless, get something with a better (meaning, larger) antenna.

Pros: Great construction, streamlined passive cooling that works great, a good layout, and an incredibly easy setup overall. The BIOS is short on options, but that just seems to make your first boot-up that much simpler. The performance gain over my old nforce 590 board is tangible, and I just feel better knowing that many of the components in this board are of very high quality.

Cons: The BIOS is light on features and manual options, but this might be a blessing in disguise. My old Asus had more options than I ever thought a BIOS could have, and I still don't know what most of them did - even with a decent knowledge of BIOS setup. This board may go too far in the direction of simple, but you can still overclock with ease, and really, the fewer options means fewer tweaks that may eventually come back to bite you.

Overall Review: This board uses the standard 24-pin power connector and also an 8-pin. This may not be particularly important unless your power supply has 2 12V rails, but ff that be the case, you may want to put your board on the 1st rail and your video card on the 2nd...just in case. My 4850 somehow draws more peak amps than my 2900XT 1gb used to...go figure.

Pros: Very vivid, extremely bright - and with a 1600x1200 resolution crammed into 20 inches of screen, the resolution is fantastic. It's very easy to set up, has a very good stand, and - while it's a small thing - the directional 'nub' used for menu navigation is the first intuitive monitor control I have ever used. Overall, it's a fantastic monitor.

Cons: I can think of none, really. Occasionally I think I might see some color variation when you change viewing angles, but this is common to most large monitors - and if I'm questioning whether it's actually real, it seems slight enough to be irrelevant.

Overall Review: I bought this monitor because I wanted a big screen, in 4:3 for gaming, without getting stuck with a 1280x1024 or an oversized 1600x1200. I have not been disappointed in the least, and I consider this monitor a fantastic buy.