Pros: At stock speeds, blows away AMD's FX-62. The Core 2 Duo processors are actually (proven) to be more overclockable than the Netburst CPU's. Paired up with a P5W DH Deluxe, I have my E6400 running stable at 3.68ghz (460x8) with the pencil vmch mod done to the motherboard. Without the mod you shouldn't run into trouble until around the 400mhz fsb mark (giving you 3.2ghz.) I suggest you atleast get a good air cooling solution if you are going to be overclocking. Currently, with such a high overclock, my cpu runs (on the nautilus 500 WC kit) 31*c idle and 35*c under full load. If anyone is wondering, newegg is shipping the E6400 B2's which are more overclockable than the B1's that most etailers are selling.

Cons: NONE! DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT THE 2M L2 CACHE! THERE IS ONLY BETWEEN .03-3% IN PERFORMANCE VS. 4M L2 CACHE!

Overall Review: Save the money and get a good value ram 2GB kit unless you are going for world records. The increase in FSB has more impact on your memory performance than the speed of your ram itself. Check out anandtech's conroe review for suggested value ram kits. Make sure you get one of the best motherboards, currently the most overclockable boards are: 975X: Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel Bad Axe 965: Asus P5B Deluxe You'll get better results with one of these motherboards paired up with this cpu vs. E6600 with a mediocre board. Hope this helps!

Pros: Incredible processor, not just for the insanely cheap price, but smokes anything out there with some simple overclocking. Ordered about 2 weeks ago and got the SL8ZH malaysian chip. Have it running prime stable @ 4.3ghz and doesn't break 40 degrees celsius at full load. Awaiting a new power supply to push it even further. Corsair Nautilus (sp?) water cooling kit to keep this chip frosty cool. Motherboard is only an asus P5ND2-SLI. Only reason not to buy this chip is the conroe release within the next couple days!!

Cons: None. If you can fill this area you lack the knowledge neccessary to be buying this chip.