Pros: Bought these for a server build at work. AMD guy here, I always go for the underdog so I wanted a server that wouldn't disappoint! I have 2 of these on a Tyan motherboard with 32GB of RAM (Max 2008 R2 Standard will support). This thing is insane. I love sitting and watching to see what the max CPU load is through task manager, very rarely will exceed 5% usage. Mind you this isn't just a file server. On the host OS I am running ADDS with Hyper-V. There are 8 virtual servers running Exchange 2010 SP1, SQL Server Standard 2008 R2, Windows Deplyments Services, WSUS, Terminal Services with RemoteApp, and file and print services alongside other things, this thing just never complains. Takes it all with no fuss, had it running for 60 days without shutting it down with no problems at all. Highly recommend this build.

Cons: Some people will buy this for gaming when it is clearly a number cruncher and will never truly see its full potential.

Overall Review: I was impatient and didn't wait for the 16 cores, but after seeing what 2 12 cores can do, I don't really care. Although 32 CPUs would look amazing in task manager :-)