Pros: This is my third samsung - about to move into a bigger place and needed a bigger TV/monitor than my samsung 2333HD [23 inch with built in OTA tv tuner]. Found one of these on open box [other retailer] and rolled the dice. Very impressed. Monitor is very thin, and well arranged HDMI ports on the side. cables run sideways, not perpindicular to the TV. For television picture quality, it is amazing. timewarner HDTV looks fantastic; the built in over-the-air HD tuner works very well - strong enough to find most local channels [in los angeles with bad line of sight - just using an HD antenna] and the uncompressed free HD is stunning. Even in comparison to the 2333HD which is a 1080p monitor with beautiful colors. I run most of my media through a computer - streaming netflix, hulu, etc, and the pic quality on streaming HD is also great. As a gaming monitor, its only 1360x768, and you do see the difference compared to 1080p. All said, as a dual purpose TV and monitor, just great

Cons: 1360x768 [720p], not 1920x1080 [1080p] - but I knew this when purchasing. It is a bit big for desktop full time gaming, but I have used it all week for word document editing, and it is still very good. Prefer the smaller samsung for that which I am keeping for my primary computer use. If you are buying it for gaming on a PC at higher resolutions, get a more expensive 1080p. I imagine xbox [from what I know most games are in 720p] and PS3 should be great.

Overall Review: Do wish it was 1080p, but paid easily $300 less for a picture that displays HDTV as good. Streaming HD through a computer, over-the-air HDTV and HD through your local cable all look just amazing, and is absolutely comparable if not better than the bravia's my family owns. For what I need from a dual purpose, but mostly TV use monitor, cannot beat the color rendition and how well HD looks.

Pros: popped this in to my Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 board. dont have AM3+, so took a gamble. Initial core unlock didnt work until I disabled the 6th- had it running stable on 5. Think it may need more voltage for 6. Upgraded from 740be tri-core. Have it running stable at 3.8 [4 cores] with just upping multiplier. I thought the 740 was cold at 22c, this thing idle is 14c without burnin yet, and only hit 22 with benchmarks. Note, disabled cool n quiet, and the turbocore with the overclock. Using cooler master 212.

Cons: need to work on the voltages to see if all 6 unlock. only 5 did through bios without changing voltage, but havent run prime yet to see how stable.

Overall Review: gonna game for awhile, but it seems like can get the ghz of a 980 for lot load cheaper. Will update thoughts. Was going to get a 975 or 1100t; took the gamble, and I think the gamble was worth it.

Pros: Finally finished the black friday build. in february. 740BE gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 gskill 2x2g ripjaw @1600 antec 300. cooler master hyper 212 using my old GTX260oc 215 stream, and an 875w thermaltake -CPU runs 21-22c on idle. got up to 32 on prime95 on a short hour test. Gigabyte board unlocked the 4th core no prob through the bios. Havent tried a ton of stability tests but was able to get it to benchmark at 3.6 [3 cores] with voltage at 1.4, ram at 1333. seems like the board liked that setting better on OC. idle temps were 26-27c at 3.6g 4 cores OC'd at 3.2g with normal voltage was pretty stable. Others im sure have much better advice on how to OC it. I know this thing is sold out, and probably no one else will get one new, but very stoked. Very cheap, fast, cool and stable chip. using the 3core at 3.2g for games, and COD black ops is butter smooth at x4aa, 1920x1080. running a full 40% faster on benchmarks than my old FX60 socket 939 which was maxxed out.

Cons: wish I new more about finding stability with OC, but the simple multiplier increase should have you stable at 3.4 without messing with cpu or ram voltages. computer did blue screen on higher OC's, 3 or 4 cores, dependent on ram timings. so, lot to play with, but worth playing with.

Overall Review: if you find one, get it, especially if you are doing a new build. very fast chip for gaming for pretty much no $$. I am trying to futureproof, and it was a great way to get an affordable chip with a huge OC potential. Spend the money on this affordable chip, and put your savings into high end mobo so you can get a high end 6core in a year at a fire sale. Last, this chip just runs plain cold in an antec 300 with the coolermaster 212. stock tricore speed benchmarks: performance test: 1417 3dmark06: 14455 cinebench10: ogl 6348/single 3508/multi 9547 cinebench11: ogl 39.27/ cpu 2.68 3.6OC benchmarks: performenace test: 1600 3dmark06: 15987 cinebench10: 5940 ogl/4160/fail cinebench11: 44.73/3.17

Pros: Finally finished my black friday build. Phenom II 740be gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 G-Skill Ripjaw 4g 1600 velociraptor Win7 pro antec 300 Cooler really works. Idle is 21-23c, hasnt gone over 31c yet in benchmarking. getting to gaming temps soon, but will see. If you are doing a new build, do yourself a favor and install the cpu and cooler first before installing the MOBO. with the gskill ripjaws, If I wanted to use the slot closest to the cooler, I would have needed to install the ram before I put the cooler on, but there was clearance for dual-channel in the other slots. I overclocked to 3.4, stable, still temps in the 20's idle. enabled the 4th core, and had it still about 30c oc'd to 3.6 for along time before bsod. better overclockers should enjoy this cooler. fan fits great in antec 300. I dont have a side fan installed, but with the two fronts, rear, top and psu fan, it's not needed. box is cold. just watch the video, and ditch the instructions.

Cons: Knowing I had to install this cooler before i put the mobo in was fine, but it was a pain to get the mobo screws in on the top part of the case, as also was getting the 8-pin cpu power supply plugged in. Should have included smaller hands to help.

Overall Review: also, the bracket you use to mount the processor onto the board has some grooves that align with a pin on the heatsync itself. Make sure you test out the x-bracket as it can open two ways. Practice the install before you remove the plastic cover on the shield and make a mess of thermal paste. also, used the antec silver thermal paste. very happy so far. very solid install. after using one of those big v-shaped zahlman's on my other box, this is a great buy.