Pros: Handles everything Very Well, even put out excellent image quality on a Large Dell 20" widescreen display that many cards won't display properly Good Price

Cons: No DVI for digital connection to a monitor(Which most monitors currently in use don't have) Can't play games such as doom 3 on it But i don't think that surprises anyone.

Overall Review: this card is perfect for just adding a video card to a system that uses intergrated video. to help take a strain off system resources.and for watching dvd's ect. this card deserves a 10, but for anyone that does any gaming besides solitare and things like that you might want to move 1 step up and get a card with 128 memory which would make a big difference in gaming for about xx dollars more but if you DON"T GAME you don't NEED anything more this cards display for normal use and dvd viewing is superb and wouldn't look any better with a three hundred dollar card

Comments: i just upgraded from a 2.6 p4 without hyperthreading and even with the ddr2 memory and the 800 mhz bus( my previous set up was ddr memory with 533 mhz bus ) i can't tell any difference in speed or multitasking ability. I am sure that with some benchmarking programs it would score higher, and i know that dual core is for multitasking not speed increase but personally i believe that i would have been much happier with a faster processor with hyperthreading, i was multitasking with my old p4 2.6 without hyperthreading just fine i just wanted more speed and i figured that since this was clocked a little faster and with ddr2 memory and 800 mhz bus i'd notice a little speed increase and that the dual core would make my programs more stable but it didn't i get just as many "PROGRAM NOT RESPONDING ERRORS" AS I DID BEFORE do yourself a favor and go for a higher clock speed with hyperthreading and don't be taken in by the hype well unless you need the 64 bit processing capability

Pros: Good poocessor

Cons: E6 stepping if bought one day earlier would of been fifteen $ cheaper

Comments: The monitor is great just what i exspected the only problemb is that the monitor will wobble and shake it is very sensitive.so unless you have a very solid and sturdy desk which is on a concrete slab floor you may want to choose another model, but if you have these things then get it because for the price its a great deal

Comments: windows mediacenter is just xp professional with an extra program MediaCenter the "special" requirements are for the tv function of the mediacenter, only certain tv cards will work with the program,and you must have power dvd or either win dvd to have your tv card work, everything else is xp pro and for the reviewer who wrote MISINFORMATION he obviously doesnt have this operating system because from time you start to install it EVERYTHING is xp pro 'WELCOME TO WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL SET UP" and so on and it has all the features of xp pro that i can tell such as the ability to encrypt files and as far as the networking capabilities such as networking with more than 5 computers i believe its the same as xp pro but haven't tried it so couldn't swear to it but if your machine will run xp then it will run mediacenter eventhough some video card makers say these cards support mediacenter while any card that supports xp will work just use the xp drivers and as far as motherboards go the same hope this was helpful and this is a great buy even if you dont use the tv functionality of it because its xp pro with XXTRAS for LESSS!

Comments: This case was as good as i exspected after researching and noticing that all of the apex cases have very high ratings with regards to thier price , this was the easiest case i ever built with.very well built and the drive covers on the front are GREAT if you have a drive you want to use that isn't black or gray the front bezel has spring drive covers so if your drive is white the only time you see it is when you press the eject button and even then really all you see is the tray. also mounting drives is very easy.case was cool enough for my build and has good ventillation .I had a celeron 1.8 overclocked to 2.4 and temps were still around 28 C with stock heatsink .Also having a case with the power supply included was nice and it had the right amount of connections that were the right length so i didn't have a ton of wires to try and tie together and make look tidy