Joined on 12/18/08
Awesome

Pros: Way way way better then the zalmann 9700 I was using to cool my Q6600. I was able to overclock my Q6600 to 3.4ghz with this baby and the temps never go over 60C under load. Very simple to install. Dont let the whole water cooling part scare you! Its sealed and all you have to do is put it on. Amazing value for what you get!
Cons: None! This thing is a beast.
Overall Review: Its cheaper now then when i bought it but even then it was a great deal.
Needs Better Quality Control

Pros: Inexpensive, looks nice, pretty neat click bios, and works great....for a couple days.
Cons: Plagued with instability issues. I frequently get the power cycling issue others have mentioned in these reviews and have to reset the CMOS settings to get it to work properly. This is without Overclocking might I add. Lots of BSOD's (Blue Screens of Death) Does not overclock well at all. If your wanting to hit 4.5ghz stable with a i5 2500k this board is not for you. (That is a mild OC for this chip to.)
Overall Review: I've tried everything. I flashed to the latest bios, tested my memory with memtest 86+, and tested individual ram sticks to see if they were faulty. Everything is pointing to the motherboard. Please spend the extra money on a more reliable board. You won't regret it.
Awesome!

Pros: Very high factory overclock. Could probably hit 1ghz with this thing! Appears to be a very high quality, well thought out card. Runs nearly all of my games at max settings!
Cons: For having dual fans, this card gets hotter then I would like. I have seen it hit 85C using EVGA OC scanner with auto fan settings. (This is after replacing the thermal paste with MX-4 also!) However I haven't seen it go above 71C in real world applications like gaming. Even with bf3 using 100% of my gpu. The fans are loud past 50%. You will definitely notice them in quiet moments of your games.
Overall Review: I am overall impressed with the performance of this card. I got it off newegg open box for $100 less then its retailing for and so far its worked great. If your wondering if this card will play bf3, my answer is yes! I play it on high settings at 1080p without a hiccup. You will not be able to enable AA though if you want a constant high fps rate. From my observations high and ultra look almost identical in this game. Its the AA that makes the difference. I plan on picking up another one of these for SLI and hope to max bf3 at 1080p. There seems to be a lot of poor user review ratings for this card on here. I have not experienced any of the problems listed and am actually using a card that was returned to newegg as defective lol. I think a lot of these poor reviews are operator error. Things like getting the lastest drivers directly from nvidia and having a big enough power supply to run the card will save you a lot of headache.
Unsatisfied with my Change to ATI

Pros: Runs everything maxed at 1680 x 1050 Reasonable Temps
Cons: Frequent lockups Flakey Drivers Sounds like a hair dryer if you crank up the fan speed past 60%. Stuttering in some of my games. Not happy at all. Cant return it to Newegg because i already sent in my UPC for a rebate from the company. Now i have to deal with a confusing unorganized website to get things taken care of :(
Overall Review: I was convinced that ATI has improved as a company since the X1300 i had back in the day. Well either im just unlucky or thats completely wrong. My GTX260 ran games smoother then this thing. Yes the 5870 cranks out more fps but it doesnt do it smoothly. My biggest complaint is that i keep getting black screen lockups that require a hard shut off. Also....The graphics drivers arent nearly as good as Nvidias. I dont care what anyone says, they SUCK.