Pros: I bought this CPU for a cheap budget build. Installed it in a $50 bio star 775 micro atx motherboard with 4 GB of DDR2 1066 memory and a nvidia GT 240 GDDR5 graphics card. It runs Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit beautifully. I took the advice of one of the other reviewers and raised the fsb from 266 to 333 and Wha La, it runs at 3.6 GHz with no voltage increase or other bios changes needed. I'm not big into overclocking anymore but when you can get a 25% to 30% performance increase by simply raising the fsb, it just makes sense to do it. The stock cooler does OK even when overclocked, it idles at 33c and load temps are in the low 60c running prime 95 torture test.

Cons: Not really a con for this cpu but if your building a brand new system, you can get a inexpensive tri or quad core AMD CPU & mobo for just a little more money. I already had the motherboard so I needed to go with an Intel cpu and I'm not disappointed at all.

Overall Review: It's a pretty good at multi-tasking, I can run a virus scan in the background while listening to music and surfing the web with no major slow downs. The cost of a 4 GB DDR2 memory kit is still hovering around $100 which made it the most expensive part in my build. It's hard to build a decent budget system when you have to spend over 100 bucks just for the memory!

Pros: Great gaming performance after you spend the time and effort to get it running stable.

Cons: Poor lay-out. The board I received was unstable until it was flashed with the latest bios and latest chipset drivers were installed. Heat pipe system looks cool but doesn't keep it cool enough for my liking. Asus gives you a fan to install on the heat pipe fins, so whats the point of having a heat pipe system if you have to install a fan anyway? Asus's website and downloads can be painfully slow at times and their customer service is pathetic.

Overall Review: Asus can make some great motherboards but this isn't one of them in my opinion. I give them credit for trying to be innovative such as the heat pipe system and the spacing out of the pci-e card slots for better cooling but the innovations just don't work as they intended and are just problematic.

Pros: Performs slightly better than the GTS 240 that it replaced in my spare gaming system. It can handle most modern games at high settings if your monitors resolution is 1650 x 1050 or lower. It runs cool and quite - idle temp is aroung 38c and it maxes at 62c with a hefty overclock. Runs nicely on a micro ATX 380W power supply.

Cons: I'm getting a few more frames per second in games than with the GTS 240 GDDR 5 card it replaced but this card was twice the price so that has to be taken into consideration. At 140 bucks it's hard to label it as a budget card. It's priced more like a mid range card (ie 5770) but doesn't quite offer the same performance. It struggles with very demanding games like Battlefield Bad Company 2 so you will need to lower the resolution or AA filtering - or maybe both depending on your hardware set up.

Overall Review: I took my GTS 240 out of my spare gaming system and put it in my HTPC machine so I needed to get a replacement card. I usually perfer nvidia over ATI so I went with the GTS 450 over the ATI 5770 which is in the same price range. I'm not trying to give this card a bad review because it's a decent little card. However, if you're looking for a budget card that doesn't draw much power and will provide similar performance then I would have to recommend the GTS 240. If you're not concerned about power draw and are just on a limited budget then I would advise you to consider the ATI 5770 over this card. Asus makes nice GPU's.

Pros: I bought this memory kit for a budget system I was putting together. I installed it in a cheap bio star 775 micro atx mobo with an intel e6500 cpu and a nvidia GT 240 DDR5 graphics card. My motherboard takes standard DDR2 800 memory but I got the faster 1066 so I could overclock it along with my cpu. I raised the fsb on my intel e6500 cpu from 266 (2.93 ghz) to 333 (3.67 ghz) with memory speed set at 1000 mhz (2.15v at 5-5-5-15 timings) prime 95 stable. I plan to overclock the fsb a little more to bring the memory speed up to the rated 1066 mhz. If I run into any stability problems I will raise the voltage to 2.2 and relax the timings a little.

Cons: Price!!!! OCZ is a good brand and is one of the least expensive 4 GB DDR 2 1066 kits available here on newegg but it's still to expensive in my opinion. It's hard to build a budget system when you have to spend 100 bucks just for the memory kit alone. This memory was by far the most expensive component in my system.

Overall Review: I read through the reviews and it does appear that some people are having legitimate issues getting this memory to run at the rated speeds & timings. Then there's the people who just don't know what their doing. The fact is that most DDR2 1066 memory kits being sold are just overclocked 800 mhz memory modules. This means that it usually requires some voltage and timing adjustments in the bios to get it to run at the rated speeds & timings. If your not familiar with how to adjust the voltages and timings in the bios then you really shouldn't be trying to do your own memory upgrades. Lack of knowledge does not justify negative reviews.

Pros: I bought this to replace the stock 230w PSU that came with my micro ATX case and it fit perfectly and is running fine so far. Very flexible sleeved cables with plenty of connections to power all of your components. The cooling fan is no louder than my other case fans. I wanted to install a new a nvidia GT 240 graphics card in my HTPC system and I was worried the stock 230w PSU would not provide enough power so I ordered this also. Spending the extra 30 bucks just to be on the safe side seemed logical to me.

Cons: It is true that it only has a 4-pin +12 volt connector for the motherboard but mine only requires a 4-pin so it wasn't really a con for me. However, when I opened the box I was surprised to see an 4-pin to 8-pin adapter for the motherboard sitting right there. I guess the other reviewer's didn't receive the same adapter, I'm not sure? If you didn't receive the adapter, Newegg sells them here on their site for 6 bucks - it's a simple inexpensive fix to your problem. It's not that big of a deal really....

Overall Review: It nice to have the PCI-e power connector but you will still need to be careful about choosing a graphics card that will operate within the power limitations of this PSU. You may be able to run a mid-range GPU like nvidia GTS 250 or ATI HD 5770 or even an older 8800GT but it would be pushing the limits of this PSU.

Pros: This card is the perfect choice for any micro HTPC system. It's a small, single slot, power efficient card that runs cool and relatively quite and has moderate gaming abilities. The HDMI audio & video work flawlessly on my Vizio HDTV, blu-ray movies play smooth and look beautiful. The only games I play on my HTPC system are racing games. It runs DIRT 2 on high settings at 1280 x 720 with decent frame rates. Don't expect it to play the latest game titles at high settings & resolutions because that's not what this card was designed for. I have it installed in a custom built HTPC with an older socket 939 mobo with a AMD X2 4600 cpu, 3 gigs of (slow) DDR 400 memory. No problems with installation and it seems to run fine on the latest nvidia drivers.

Cons: no

Overall Review: Some people complain about the price but this card packs a lot of great features like a 40 nm GPU, fast GDDR5 memory (which is double the bandwidth of GDDR3 memory), 96 stream processors, CUDA, Physx, latest PureVideo HD and a $20 rebate, It's a bargin for 60 bucks.