Joined on 06/21/05
Great bang for the buck

Pros: I am delightfully impressed by this value-priced laptop. It's a year old hold-over so-to-speak which is why so cheap but guess what? A lot of good specs for the $ and overall very good performance. Of course 2GB of RAM is minimal but you buy it with that in mind - I have a 4G stick of Mushkin 1333 coming (no reason to pay for DDR 1600 as the proc doesn't support it so it will get down-clocked anyway) and planned to from the git-go. Great performance and features on so many other features, especially for a three-bill with free shipping! Forget about serious 3D gaming on this but as a workstation driving a new 1080p led monitor can't be beat and with Win 7 pro pre-installed good luck finding a better value, even the native laptop screen is just gorgeous. Gigabit LAN, HDMI and VGA, USB 3.0 (actually three USB ports) and if you are really power hungry replace the somewhat slow 5400 RPM HDD with a speedier one. Oh, also runs cool and silent all-day long and nearly 6 hrs on battery.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Built this as a portable budget dev workstation and couldn't be much happier though I do wish these lower-end laptops had stayed with dual-channel memory - oh well - buy it while you can !!
Chip is GREAT! Digital download COH promo game is a NADA

Pros: - Ryzen 5 5600 is awesome !
Cons: - Bought this with a digital download promo of Company of Heroes 3-game pack. Activation and download procedure to get the game DOES NOT WORK ! - Don't spend any extra $ hoping to get the game because you won't ...
Overall Review: - Great CPU ! - NO promo game as promised
Cannot get purchased COH download.

Pros: - None
Cons: - Paid extra $40 for a Ryzen 5 5600 because it came with a COH digital download. Went through prescribed activation procedure though AMD Rewards. Activation and download process DOES NOT WORK for me (or anybody else apparently)
Overall Review: - Don't waste your time or $ on this promotion
First-rate product

Pros: - Timely delivery - Quick turn-around on question for vendor
Cons: - None
Overall Review: 5-stars
Best Value

Pros: I build high-performance gaming platforms for a hobby, been doing it for a long time. Acquired one of these recently and can honestly say it is probably the best value out there right now for the money. Genuinely impressive performance for a single-slot solution.
Cons: None really
Overall Review: Would encourage having a proc and mb that support pcix 3.0 to really get the full benefit. Also low power consumption and VERY quiet.