Pros: Even running only a single video card, the results are amazing. It is running all games I can throw at it with ease. Running DiRT2, Borderlands, Dragon Age, Demigod, WoW, and so on at high settings looks amazing and plays smooth. The card itself has a cool design and picture, which is a nice touch. With DirectX 11 support you know it is a great card for the long run. Temperatures generally run low, idling in the low 40's and going up to the mid 50s during game play. DVI and HDMI ports to satisfy your monitoring needs. ATI Catalyst has really nice features, especially for the less tech savvy. You can even overclock your card from it. I don't use Eyefinity, but it's good to know i have it just in case. Better performance and cheaper as compared to NVIDIA cards in the same price range.

Cons: Price, but can't really do anything about that. The card is big so make sure your case has plenty of room.

Overall Review: This card supplies everything I need and then some. Once more DX11 games come out I will most likely get a second card as those will be incredibly demanding. All in all two of these will pretty much be future proof for a good while. If you are debating over this and dual 5770's like I was, consider that two 5770's get you very slightly bettter performance but will generate more heat, require more power, and take up more space. Plus it leaves little room for upgrading. With that in mind I went with the 5850. Hope that helps someone. AMD Phenom II X4 965 ASUS M4A78T-E G.SKILL Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 1600 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5850 Windows 7 x64

Pros: This cooler is awesome. No matter how hard I try to tax it, my CPU has never gone past 65 degrees. Averages about 40 from normal use. Once I replaced the stock heatsink I noticed a massive decrease in noise. Now I can barely hear my machine. If it wasn't for the pc's LEDs, I'd have troubling telling if it was on. Thermal paste was included so I didn't have to go out and buy any. Installation was fairly simple and the instructions were pretty clear.

Cons: Size. No picture can convey the size of this thing very well. If you have a full tower, it shouldn't be a problem. But smaller cases should be measured to see if there is enough room.

Overall Review: Make sure this cooler is compatible with your specific motherboard/RAM setup. This was my first third party cooler purchase and installation, and I had no problems. I am very impressed with Noctua and will consider them very highly for my next build. It took me a while to finally decide to buy it, but now I'm completely satisfied and have zero regrets.

Pros: Delivery a day early. Very fun. A breath of fresh air from the farm fests of other MMO's. I love how anyone can jump in and take part in w/e is going on, and be rewarded. WvW and PvP are crazy fun. A great game for casual players. Hardcore players may gripe about the lack of raid content and abilities, but I find this to be a nice break away from the same thing over and over.

Cons: Queues can get long, servers filled up, people got banned for a fault on Arena Net's side while real exploitation went unpunished. Trading House was down for the first week.

Overall Review: This game is fun, but as with any large scale mmo launch it had its hiccups. Even now some quests are glitched. I wish they had handled certain situations differently. Once it gets smoothed out it will be a 5/5 game.

Pros: Most affordable 1TB hard drive at 7200 rpm. Have not had any write failures or bad sectors after two months. Used this to replace a very old 300gb hard drive that was starting to make an odd humming sound. Not that loud even when accessing the drive.

Cons: OEM but I always have spare cables.

Overall Review: Got it on sale when it was ~$20 off. Definitely worth it.

Pros: It's overclocked, fast, and very quiet. Handles any game I've played at max settings while hovering around 30 fps.

Cons: Size. Make sure you have enough room.

Overall Review: I must be lucky as I have not had any problems with this card.

Pros: Arrived a day early. Fun for a while.

Cons: Gets repetitive. Doesn't have the addictive element as D2:LOD.