Joined on 11/28/01
Great for the price

Pros: Bought it to crossfire with my ASUS 3850 and it's running awesome. Love the dual slot cooler. I can now run the more demanding games at higher settings at my monitors native 1680x1050. I can even run Crysis Warehead in Gamer at that resolution, albiet in DX9 mode. I have to drop the settings closer to Mainstream for DX10, but hey I was running it in windowed mode before :D.
Cons: The HDMI converter was came bent (but the vision tek box was fine so it wasn't UPS) so it took some bending to work. I used the HDMI converter from my ASUS rather than mess with it. Lower quality electrical components. This is especially obvious to me since I can compare it to the Asus 3850 I already have in my case which is of much better construction. Even though this VisionTek may not last forever like the ASUS card it's good for the price.
Overall Review: This 3850 is also a little longer than my ASUS 3850. It's the length of my GA-MA790X-DS4 so don't try to stuff it into a small case. It's a good thing newegg uses alot of packing peanuts, because UPS sure did knock around my box of stuff. If you order just this card though and nothing else you should probably use FedEx. My System: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @3.2 Brisbane | GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 | 2GB Mushkin DDR2 800 | Plextor 760A| 2x 3850 512M CF| WD 1TB Black| Fortron Blue Storm II 500W | X-Dreamer Black Case
Good for the price

Pros: Cheap, bottom mounted PSU, rounded edges so I didn't get cut like other cheap cases. Sturdy despite having thin metal and rather light. Cable management was better than I expected. It was especially good for an early black Friday deal.
Cons: SSD position. The first position above the hard drive bay had bent tabs that I had to bend back to fit an old laptop hd. The boot ssd I used had to be mounted sideways in what I thought was a fan position but was actually where the second 2.5 inch drive can go. It was a bit odd to have one HD placed 90 degrees from the other.
Overall Review: Used this to build a gaming machine for a relative. Transferred the parts from an old HP Z210 workstation, which required some work to cut out a back plate for the cooler. Curse you HP. Anyway it has enough space for the Radeon 470 core edition, but don't expect to use anything bigger than that.
Great for the price

Pros: Good 480GB and Fast for the price
Cons: Not as fast as some of the other drives out there and it's a 3.5" drive rather than the more common 2.5" drives.
Good for the price

Pros: It's big, a nice 7 inches which is great for watching movies and also a plus if you have big fingers when using the touch screen. It's cheap for a 7inch android tablet. The touch screen is pretty good with the updated firmware (greatly improved over shipping firmware). You can stream video and music to it if you're willing to play around with it. Great as an ebook reader. Good for browsing the internet on the go so long as you can find a wi-fi. Also useful to go over pictures you may have just taken rather than viewing them on a camera's smaller screen. There's also alternate firmware out there to give you root access and do a little development on it if you want. Build quality is decent enough and while the CPU isn't the fastest it gets the job done. You get stereo speakers and the device itself doesn't feel cheap. The kickstand is great when watching movies of viewing pictures.
Cons: Only andriod 1.5 (which means no flash and alot less apps). Struggles with some video encoding more than others so the smoothness of playback will depend on how the video is encoded. The speakers could be a little louder. Battery life could be better especially if you try to increase the brightness on the movies. I had to reset it once using the difficult to get to reset button on the back (had to use a bent staple). You need to update the firmware before you try to use the apps lib. Not good for gaming.
Overall Review: Took this on my trip to Vegas. Used it to look up directions and show times as well as watch movies while waiting at the airport and on the flight or waiting in line. Very easy for two people to see a movie on it. If you want more from a tablet you can get the much better, though smaller, archos 43 for around 220 at other e-tailers or pay more for the updated archos 70. If you just want something basic to surf the web, read some ebooks, play music, and watch videos without spending alot of money then this is your tablet. Yes Walgreen's has a cheap $100 tablet and the one at K-mart looks better on paper, but after seeming some of those video reviews I'd rather buy something I know is actually going to work and that's the Archos 7 HT.
Great Card

Pros: It's a 5870, currently the fastest GPU there is and runs everything a throw at it on the highest settings. It has a better PCB and cooler than reference models allowing it to run cooler and quieter than reference models. This is the same design they are going to use on their Super Overclock model so you know it has some overclocking headroom. If you are going to put two together in crossfire and have them right next to each other then you want this model since the inverted fans will help it breath easier. The two fans speed up under load, but it's still rather quiet for a 5870.
Cons: It's a 5870 so it's long and uses alot of power. Make sure you have a quality PSU. Also the fan on the back basically just blows heated air out the back of the card so make sure you have good case ventilation.
Overall Review: I can't believe how fast this card is. It's a monster. Of course, it's a bit overkill for me since I play at 1680x1050 and even with the highest settings in any game it doesn't break a sweat. I plan to upgrade my PSU and ad another one in crossfire to enjoy eye infinity, but that will take a little saving up System Specs Phenom II X4 955 @3.7GHz | GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 | 4GB Mushkin DDR2 1066 | Plextor 760A| Gigabyte UD 5870 | WD 1TB Black| Fortron Blue Storm II 500W | APEVIA X-Dreamer Black | Win XP Pro & Vista Buisness 32bit
More thermal Silver

Pros: Even more of the thermal compound we all love. If you work on computers alot you realize that the small tube doesn't last too long. Can even help a stock cooler keep the CPU cooler and overclock a little more
Cons: For that price the tube should be bigger ^_^. Don't forget it's also slightly conductive so be careful with it. It's also a pain to clean off :D.
Overall Review: Don't get it on the motherboard or any other component. Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @3.2 Brisbane | GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 | 2GB Mushkin DDR2 800 | Plextor 760A| 2x 3850 512M CF| WD 1TB Black| Fortron Blue Storm II 500W | X-Dreamer Black Case