Pros: Works as expected. Decent speed. Verbatim.

Cons: A little expensive, but not something that held me back.

Overall Review: Make sure you update your lightscribe drivers when asked.

Pros: I'm just going to be covering the band aspects of the game, as there are already hundreds of reviews about the guitar controller and gameplay. You can have one of each instrument as a member of the band. (So if you have two guitars, one player will play bass). Difficulty levels can be set differently for each player, so even grandpa can pick up the controller and jam. The drum controller has 5 main "buttons" plus the foot pedal, which is prompted by a bar across the lane. I've found medium difficulty to be about right for me, anything higher and it just gets too crazy (but I play mostly guitar anyway). This game has led me to discover new bands and songs that I would never have thought to listen to. (In a good way!) Props to the song selectors. :)

Cons: Difficulty settings (beginner, easy, medium, hard, and expert) aren't consistent with every song. For example, "Crazy Train "by Ozzy Osborne is virtually impossible on expert -- but on the same difficulty, I can get near 100% on "Living on a Prayer", "What I've Done", and "Monsoon". Drum controller doesn't register soft hits, so it is consequently very loud and overpowering. If the drummer messes up, it litterally throws the whole band off beat. So far the only remedy I know is turning up the volume on the TV. :)

Overall Review: Really, and I mean *really* fun. I haven't tried Rock Band/2 so I can't comment on differences between the two, but honestly I see no need to switch.

Pros: Best single graphics card money can buy (excluding Factory OC'd). Absolutely amazing performance -- I get 40-50 FPS on Crysis Warhead at 1920x1200 res (see other thoughts for my system specs). Probably about four times faster than the 8800GT it's replacing (with a different system -- AMD Dualcore 3gb ddr2 ram)! When the prices drop (and on Newegg I know they will) I'll buy another to put in an SLI config.

Cons: Really the only one I can think of is that it makes a really high pitched whine whenever demanded (ie running a 3D intensive app). I game with headphones though so it doesn't bother me too much.

Overall Review: My system specs: --o EVGA X58 motherboard --o Intel Core i7 920 (OC'd to 3.2GHz) --o GSKILL 6GB DDR3 (1600MHz) --o WD Blue 640GB HDD --o Corsair tx750w --o Coolermaster Cosmos S --o Coolermaster V8 --o LG GBC-H20L (Bluray reader) --o Logitech G11 --o Logitech G5 --o Samsung Syncmaster 2433BW --o EVGA GTX 285 (duh)

Pros: Best single graphics card money can buy (excluding Factory OC'd). Absolutely amazing performance -- I get 40-50 FPS on Crysis Warhead at 1920x1200 res (see other thoughts for my system specs). Probably about four times faster than the 8800GT it's replacing (with a different system -- AMD Dualcore 3gb ddr2 ram)! When the prices drop (and on Newegg I know they will) I'll buy another to put in an SLI config.

Cons: Really the only one I can think of is that it makes a really high pitched whine whenever demanded (ie running a 3D intensive app). I game with headphones though so it doesn't bother me too much.

Overall Review: My system specs: --o Intel Core i7 920 (OC'd to 3.2GHz) --o GSKILL 6GB DDR3 (1600MHz) --o WD Blue 640GB HDD --o Corsair tx750w --o Coolermaster Cosmos S --o Coolermaster V8 --o LG GBC-H20L (Bluray reader) --o Logitech G11 --o Logitech G5 --o Samsung Syncmaster 2433BW --o EVGA GTX 285 (duh)

Pros: Absolutely gorgeous screen -- hands down the best non-IPS panel I've looked at! The colors are crisp and vibrant, and unlike other glossy screens, the reflection is very tolerable. The glossy black border and blue LED match the rest of my rig. Samsung logo isn't too prominent.

Cons: VERY tricky base install, I had to get a friend to help me (and that was with some dish-soap lube). OSD buttons are located on the side, where it's hard to see which buttons do what. But that's being picky.

Overall Review: I'm glad I decided to make the move up to a 24" (from a 22" H.P.), the difference is enormous. I will definately buy it again if my budget allows. :)

Pros: Awesome hat, it was free and I didn't even ask for it! I like black, and it fits my head nicely.

Cons: When have free hats ever been bad?

Overall Review: Truly eggxcellent customer service. You rock, Newegg!