Pros: I was tempted on buying an unlocakble Phenom II X2 on an auction site, but when I saw that these were in stock at Newegg, and for a better price, I jumped on the occasion. Very stable, unlocked as a Phenom II X4 B50 running at around 3.3Ghz... For the price, this is hard to beat. Coupled with 8Gb of RAM, an Asus AM3 board and a small SSD, this thing litteraly FLIES for a low-cost PC.

Cons: Stock fan is loud when running a full capacity. Not a problem at lower RPMs, but might be annoying for those running more CPU-intensive applications. But then again, had the same problem with the stock fan on my Phenom II x6 1090T and another Phenom II too, so this seems to be a common issue for AMD CPU fans. So plan to buy a third party CPU fan if you're buying this for a quiet build.

Overall Review: I can't believe it was so easy as flipping a switch on my motherboard to unlock the third and fourth core. And after some stress tests, I was pleasantly surprised to see it running as stable as any other CPU. So getting a fully working Phenom II x4 for this price is pretty hard to beat. I know there's no guarantee you'll be able to unlock other cores, nor any guarantee that they'll run stable, but I think it's definitely worth a try if you have a motherboard that supports core unlocking. If it works as well as mine, that's a pretty cheap price for a great little quad-core.

Pros: This PSU is very quiet. Maybe you can find others more quiet than this, but I don't care. I can barely hear it in my environment (which is also quiet). Also, being modular is a big plus. This was my first modular PSU, and from now on, all my future ones will be modular too. Powers my AMD Phenom II x6 and a Radeon 6850 + all the usual stuff with no problem.

Cons: After about a week or so, PSU generated a little weird "humming" noize even when powered off (unplugging it from the wall stopped the humming). Had a look at it, couldn't figure out what caused this, and I feared at that time that I got a bad unit. But everything went back to normal the next day and I never heard it again since (that was about 5 to 6 months ago). But so far so good. If it was not because of that, I would have rated it 5 eggs.

Overall Review: I'm not sure I would buy another one from OCZ. That little humming sound (that never lasted more than a day, but still...) kind of made me feared it would die on me any moment... But maybe I'm a little overly paranoid, because it worked like a charm so far (aside from that little 1-day issue) and I never had any real problem with it. And is very quiet. So maybe if I stumble across a great deal. Yeah, maybe I would buy OCZ again.

Pros: Powerful, Quiet, dead easy to setup, easily overclockable. What more could I say?

Cons: None, really.

Overall Review: I don't know about those who said the included fan was insanely loud, maybe they got a bad one, but mine is quite silent. I admit, I'm using a good sound-isolating case, but still, it's so silent that the first time I powered it up, I thought for a second that it wasn't working. And even under a good workload, I only hear a small little "humming" barely noticeable if you're not sitting near it. Overall, I'm more than satisfied. I tried to make it cringe under various tests, games and heavy applications, and this baby took it all like it was nothing. Impressive. Maybe I would have got more raw performance out of a good Sandy Bridge processor, but since I'm not even able to make this one sweat under high pressure, I don't care. And Windows Performance Index is almost maxed out. Was also able to overclock it pretty easily to about 4ghz, very stable. My previous PC had an old Athlon 64 x2 2800, this is litteraly night and day. You can't go wrong with this processor.

Pros: Work very well. Cheap.

Cons: Disc tray not as silent as other models when opening.

Overall Review: For the price, it does everything it should. So far, works better and smoother than my two old LG drives I had in my previous build. What else can I say? It's cheap, and it works well. Thumbs up! :)

Pros: I used this case for my first build (always used to buy second hand PCs since about 15 years), and compared to everything I had in the past, this is a cadillac. Everything in there is well-thought to make this one a really silent and quiet case. And unlike so many other cases out there nowadays, this one doesn't look like a freaking xmas tree. It looks classy, sleek and just plain nice. Points for that. And the build quality is clearly not on the cheap side compared to so many other cases. Putting everything in was dead easy. No problem whatsoever. Connectors were all clearly identified, cables were long enough for everything, seriously, no complaint on that front. And the included case fan on the back is amazingly silent. One of my criteria in building my PC was to get a pretty quiet build, and I'm more than happy with it.

Cons: Didn't come with a printed manual, only a brief leaflet explaining some basic things. It is mentionned that it's to save trees, but if some people would like a manual and feel forced to print one on letter size paper (one-sided), it doesn't really help save trees in the end. It is amazing nowadays how the environnement became the politicaly correct excuse for saving a few bucks. Some information, like the list of everything that should be supplied with the case (# of screws, etc) is only in the "full" manual that is only available on the Antec website. Not really convenient. Also, it isn't specified anywhere that the rails for the 5.25" drives are stored inside the removable front panels for each drive bay. I was a bit puzzled for a minute or two. Another thing, I didn't get the exact quantities of screws as described in the manual. Not a problem, as I still got enough for everything, but I would be missing some if I was putting in a second DVD burner or Blu-Ray player.

Overall Review: Overall, this is exactly what I wanted in a PC case. Sleek, elegant, and quiet. Front USB ports, audio jacks (standard fare, I admit), great build quality, well thought-out insides, rubber dampers to help reduce HDD sounds and vibrations, lockable side-door that don't require a screwdriver to open, the list goes on... This is litterally the best case I ever had so far. Sure, it's costier than other models, but keep in mind you get a quality case that you'll more than probably want to keep for your future builds. This one is the same as the Antec Sonata III case, except that it doesn't come with a power supply, and doesn't have an e-sata connector on the front. Did I say it's silent? Seriously, at first, I thought my PC wasn't even on and thought that I missed something when installing everything. It is THAT silent. Will keep this one for years.