Joined on 10/10/09
Great Upgrade

Pros: Quiet, cool, and performs well, especially for the price. This replaced an Nvidia 8400 on my girlfriend's PC. She doesn't play a lot of real modern games, but the old card had trouble with FFXI, Heros of Might and Magic, Dragon Age, and made her Neverwinter Nights unplayable. This card however, even with all settings maxed runs all of her games as smooth as butter without even breaking a sweat. And for $75, the price was a very good upgrade for her. Mail in rebate was also fast. Opted to get the "quick" rebate for -$1 and got it in about 3 weeks. Not a long wait at all really, but $9 is $9.
Cons: Updated to the latest Catalyst drivers and using the automatic overclock tool caused the card to become unstable. Reverting back to stock speeds solved the issue, and it's still a really fast card. More of a con with USPS, but I ordered this card on a Wednesday with 2-day shipping and did not receive it until the following Tuesday. Wasn't too happy about paying the extra cash for fast shipping to have it still get there 6 days later. We live in Oklahoma City so its not like we are out in the hills.
Overall Review: Great card for what she uses it for, and anticipating it to play some newer games with relative ease. We tend to get Starcraft II and this card should run it nicely. We are Alpha testers for Final Fantasy XIV and it may just be the game, but this card cannot play XIV above 9 FPS in cities. Very laggy, but then again, its still an Alpha version so hoping this card will run XIV as well.
Decent if modified

Pros: Fitted this onto an EVGA GTX 660Ti -Allows me to attach my Corsair H55 which lowers my idle temp to 26°C and my temps under full load never get over 36°C with my pump running about 30%. See other thoughts. -Simple design and construction.
Cons: -Only compatible with certain cards. -Included fan is very sub-par. Cheap, loud, and doesn't move a lot of air. -A bit pricey for what you get. 30 bucks plus S&H seems a bit high.
Overall Review: Overall I am happy with this purchase. The bracket did not exactly fit my 660 Ti, and the VRAM fan suspended over the back of the card, cooling nothing. This also left VRAM uncooled. To work around these, I decided to simply cut the bracket in half and only use the water pump block. This worked spectacularly and my GPU temps never get into the 40 degree ranges. To deal with the VRAM cooling, I purchased an 80mm case fan from Thermaltake model AF0043 which is a very very quiet fan for its size, and has good longevity. I attached it to the card directly over the VRAM with some clever plastic stand-offs and zip ties. I have a thermal sensor right on my VRAM and idle temps hover about 28°C and again never go into the 40s. All in all I probably over paid for what this bracket really does, and could have saved a few bucks if they would release a product that does not include the useless fan and instead just had the cooler backplate. I am happy with the results. Near-Room Temperature and more quiet than my refridgerator in the other room.

Pros: - Great performance and overclock headroom - Great price for the performance I bought the 2GB version of this card a year ago in preparation for FFXIV and I must say I am completely impressed. I run that game, and any other game I've played, at 60 FPS or higher at max settings, but see the other thoughts.
Cons: - A little loud under load. I am not used to these "new gen" cards, my last card was a Radeon 4600, so the noise was a little bothersome. Its not so bad as to be annoying, but when your in a quiet room it definitely draws your attention, and thats behind some noise cancelling foam.
Overall Review: Stock this card runs great, but there is some room on air for a modest overclock. I was able to get mine to just under 1200 MHz on air and capped around 79ºC. On liquid though, the cards a monster. I was able to get it to a considerable overclock of 1306 MHz, which is a performance increase of 42% over its stock speed of 915 MHz, and the temps never went above 46ºC. Whats my point? If you can get this thing on water (check out NZXT's G10) it transcends its already amazing performance for price.
Decent Over-all

Pros: Buttons are nice and firm, but not too hard to press. Scroll wheel has a nice rubber grip and is also easy to press and turn, without too much excess spinning. On-the-fly low DPI button they call "Precision Aim" is a great addition to FPS or detailed mouse work. 4 pre-programmable DPI setting that can be cycled on-the-fly. 2 Thumb buttons are easy to press. Horizontal scroll wheel that rests kinda under your index finger. Several additional weights, palm, and pinky rests that can be interchanged and adjusted to fit your hand. Customer support was friendly and responded quickly and professionally.
Cons: The horizontal scroll wheel (under the index finger) is a bit hard to reach, imo. You can bring your thumb up to it by moving your thumb toward your palm, but it doesn't quiet feel natural so I'm having a hard time even remembering its there. Although the weights and rests can be adjusted outward (away from the mouse, elongating it) they cannot be raised upward for people with claw grip. Macro and button programming software is a little tricky to figure out. I'm still trying to figure out how to have multiple profiles loaded, because this mouse CAN support up to three.
Overall Review: This is actually my second mouse. The first one had the laser suddenly fail after 7 months of moderate use. Customer support was quick to respond and setup a RMA even though I had no original proof-of-purchase. I got a new mouse in just under 3 weeks, but since I sent them an Albino I was expecting an Albino back. Instead, I received the Black model, which not only upset me because I specifically bought the mouse because it was white, but mine did not come with the case for the accessories like the above poster mentioned. My Albino did have a nice solid plastic case to hold all the accessories. Not only that, but the accessories I got were different from the ones with my Albino, some of them are even identical to each other, where they are supposed to be different sizes and shapes. So now instead of "forming it to fit my hand" like advertised, I have to settle with what they give me. Not happy about that at all. One last comment, the paint on my Albino started to rub off, and the rubber grips started to peel, after only 4 months of use. Hope the paint on this one is better. It'll be the only improvement over my Albino if it is. For the product I give it 4/5 eggs. Good solid mouse with good responsiveness and a good feel to it. For the fact a mouse this expensive only lasted 7 months, and although customer service was great, I did not get my product properly taken care of. For that, I dock an egg.
Great Case

Pros: Great case thats easy to work with, has lots of room and airflow, and is fairly inexpensive. Imported my girlfriends components from an old E-machines case (the only stock part left of that machine) to this one without many issues at all. Plenty of airflow and the removable dust catches are a nice touch. The 2.5" drive bays it comes with were godsend because I also bought an SSD with the case and forgot a mounting bracket.
Cons: The front USB ports are USB3 and the case does not come with a USB3 to USB2 header adapter. Not really a big deal, just had to buy one from Corsair for a few extra bucks. Another con I have is that the front connector cables aren't long enough to be mounted behind the motherboard try to where they plug into the motherboard. I had to go over the motherboard in order to connect the audio cables, which does obstruct airflow just a little (didn't help that my PSU cables were too short either) Only other slight con is that this case is very open for airflow and fan mounts, which while is great for keeping your temps down, is bad for noise. My rig isn't particularly noisy, but its something to consider for potential buyers.
Overall Review: Good case for first timers, such as myself. Would recommend this case and use it again, but I expect my next build to be a fair bit louder so will look arund for another decent case.
Good for the price

Pros: Was a very cheap unit and dropped temps in my tight mid-size case rather well. The unit literally sits right under my Graphics Card and you can feel the hot air being exhausted out the back of my machine from it. Easy to install as well.
Cons: If the unit was an inch longer it would line up perfectly with my card's fan (HD Radeon 4000 series) even though I don't have one of those big cards. As it is now, it half blocks the fan, but because it fits snugly right up against my card, a lot of the exhausted is pushed right into this cooler and out the back of my machine. If it was lined up better, airflow would be a bit better. The second problem I have with this cooler is after about 6 months of decent use its starting to rattle badly, especially at machine start. I don't have a super quiet machine but it is easily the loudest component in my machine, and is very noticeable. It will stop rattling once its "warmed up" but then you can hear it kinda pulsing, almost like the fan isn't level anymore.
Overall Review: Over-all, this is a decent cooler for the price. It will move some air and cool your case temps a bit, but as I expected its cheaply built and probably won't last too much longer. Looking into a new case with better airflow so I can get rid of it (actually using a gutted E-Machines case which is terrible)