Pros: Rock solid - cool as a cucumber (92 - 96F) with stock fan - Got if at one hell of a great price and figured I'd buy 2 more - Some say there's not much difference from this and the 955, Add 16Gb of DDR3 1600 and you'll see the difference, Little WeedHopper!

Cons: None, Nada, Zip and Uh Uh.

Overall Review: Slammed this bad boy onto an Asus M4A89GTD Pro w/16Gb's G. Skill DDR3-1600 and 2x1Tb Seagates with Linux goodness occupying those platters! VirtualBox VM's on one and XBMC Media Center Rockin' the Blu-Ray and HiDEF Movie channels on the other. A 24" Samsung LED HD LCD and crunchin' movies for the PtP networks was never so fast. "Who needs Intel when you gots the Hook up from AMD, SUCKA'S!!!

Pros: None.......arrived DOA.

Cons: Against my better judgement, I allowed someone talk me into purchasing this item for them rather than building a much better machine myself. Much to my gut feeling, this item arrived DOA and the only plus was NewEgg resolved the issue within 7 days (total return shipping and replacement arrival). Though I do like some Acer products, Gateway was never on my radar for reliability and workmanship. Poor Q.A. obviously allowed this machine to slip onto the delivery truck. Never again Gateway.

Overall Review: As a systems builder and Linux Admin for the past 25 years, this will be the first and last retail system that I will be talked into buying. Acer should have stayed far away from this 3rd tier manufacturer.

Pros: It just works! Have 3 of these and not a problem with any one of them. Running on 2 Asus M2N32-SLI DLX and 1 MSI K9N2-SLI Platinum board with SUSE 11.1, Ubuntu 8.10, and Mandriva 2009, 4Gb of Geil Black Dragon DDR2 800 each and stock Heatsinks. They barely break 45 C under a load.

Cons: None!!

Overall Review: Not sure how some of these buyers can assemble a rig and get 57 C and say they have any Tech Knowledge. Mine average between 36 C and 40 C idle and around 45 C running SUSE 11.1 and MythTV for HD recording, transcoding shows for DVD and running WoW in WINE all while using the stock heatsinks! Installing a CPU and keeping it cooled is a no-brainer......AIRFLOW, AIRFLOW, and, you guessed it.....AIRFLOW!!! If you don't know what you're doin', don't blame it on the hardware.

Pros: Great memory at any price! These Xtreem Dark modules are better than other name brand modules at twice the price. Installed in a M2N32-SLI DLX WiFi Edition, changed the timings to actual settings and BAM!...Installed Mandriva Linux without a hitch. Took a chance after seeing other reviews elsewhere and they turned out to be better that I could have hoped for.

Cons: Didn't buy more than 2Gb!!

Overall Review: These will definitely become some of the better known modules as more people try them. As a high-end systems builder, I would highly recommend these modules to anyone looking to do-it yourself or just to upgrade your current modules.

Pros: Received this item and had it installed on SuSE 10.1 and watching Hi-Def in 5 minutes! Worked right out of the box with Xine and Kaffeine. Contrary to those who think Linux is hard to deal with. Probably works better on Linux than on Windows!

Cons: None!

Overall Review: Nice alternative to the pcHDTV card made for Linux. Highly recommend!