Pros: Cheap, 2GB, fast at 5-5-5-12, no problems. Room temperature to the touch under load (!!!), eliminating the need for heat spreaders.

Cons: None! And I rarely give things no cons.

Overall Review: No stability problems at all with major games. With my dual-core Intel and this RAM, I can render video and play BF2 at the same time with no hiccups and at excellent speed. Good stuff.

Pros: High efficiency, cheap, plenty powerful, VERY quiet compared to some that I've seen, and will not heat up your case in the least (80+ contributes to this, but the fan's good too).

Cons: Not modular.

Overall Review: I wouldn't recommend for a mini-tower because it's not modular. But for a mid-tower, sure. It comes with some reusable cable holder things that you can use to hold the other cables together and shove in your drive bays. Currently running Intel E7650 2.66GHz dual-core, Intel DP35DPM, Radeon HD2600 512MB, 2GB RAM, Lite-On DVD+/-RW, Seagate Cuda 7200.11 500GB w/ 32MB cache, 2 120mm fans and 2 dumb blue LEDs. At first I wasn't sure if 380W would handle that load, but it had no problems at all.

Pros: Beast is an understatement. Handles everything. 1333MHz FSB. 4M shared cache. SMART MOVE compared to the more expensive 3GHz and the much more expensive quad cores. 30 idle, low-mid 40s under load, most I've ever seen with both cores chugging was 48. All of this with stock cooling and only a decent case. NOT BAD!

Cons: Willing to say NONE.

Overall Review: Comes with thermal grease applied to the heatsink. Be careful not to get on your hands as it contains lead. Spread it out a little more for max effect, but if you don't, no biggie, it will still stay nice and cool.

Pros: Read and write speeds are plenty fast. SATA II, 32MB cache make it a beast. Size is unbeatable, not a peep out of SMART yet regarding problems.

Cons: Runs somewhat warm without a fan blowing on it. A little loud for a home theater setting, but still definitely passable.

Overall Review: Don't forget to remove the jumper that takes it down to SATA I. Might be best off using a tweezer for that.

Pros: Works well. Cheap, generic, not paying for any stickers. Burned 10 DVDs successfully so far, read plenty of others without any problems. DVD-RAM, but I've never used it.

Cons: A little loud. IDE and not SATA--don't make this mistake. Still, leaves your SATA ports on your mobo open for more hard drives; besides, DVD can't saturate a SATA channel by any stretch of the imagination.

Pros: 512MB of memory, DX10 support should you decide to upgrade, HD2600 chipset, plenty of adapters (HDMI, VGA, S-Video), runs 45C under load in my Cooler Master Centurion. Drivers support "ATI Overdrive" allowing you to safely increase clock speeds--haven't tried this.

Cons: 128-bit interface = slow memory access time. Takes up two slots (blocks a useless PCIe x1 slot for me, so no biggie). Low clock (memory and GPU), old drivers on CD.

Overall Review: Great card for the price. 512MB for this price and chipset is unbeatable. I anticipated needing the memory and not the speed for video editing and GUI-intsense things, but to my pleasant surprise, runs BF2 at max framerate (100) at max quality and HL2: Lost Coast at ~80-100 with DX9. System specs: Intel E6750 2.66GHz dual-core, 2 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM.