Pros: Cheap, seems like a quality build (I mean there are not made of metal, but feel strong and have some weight to them), moves a lot of air.

Cons: Noise? Maybe, I think they are only slightly louder than my stock H80 fans.

Overall Review: I put two of these in a push/pull configuration on my H80 cooler. Running a i7-2600k @ 5GHz and it passes mprime stress test no problem now (before it would shut off the machine due to overheating, CPU temps would go above > 80C), now mprime stress and CPUS are 68C-69C max. 29C @ idle with ambient room temperature around 24C (75F). They are slightly louder than stock, but they also have a different sound. Maybe its the larger blades and 38mm thickness. Louder, but less annoying sound, IMHO. I had to get some 6-32 x 2-inch screws at local hardware store to mount them with the H80, as with the 38mm thickness, the stock screws can't reach.

Pros: Nice board. Good overclocking options. Solid build quality

Cons: This has the bug where the motherboard resets the CPU causing the time-stamp-counter (TSC/RDTSC) to skew backwards. $ dmesg | grep tsc [ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT [ 0.004000] tsc: Detected 3202.275 MHz processor [ 0.008000] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed Same setup using an ASUS motherboard (with the newest BIOS) $ dmesg | grep tsc [ 0.000000] Fast TSC calibration using PIT [ 2.373499] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3400.023 MHz. [ 2.373585] Switching to clocksource tsc RDTSC is a way to get super fast timings from the CPU where a full blown clock, or HPET is not needed.

Overall Review: Tried updating BIOS (shipped one back from latest), did not fix the TSC bug. Confirmed with Intel x86 engineer that TSC problems like this are from flaky BIOS's. If you need the TSC for anything, this is not your motherboard.

Pros: Fast, trim support in linux

Cons: none

Pros: * quality build, been through 2 moves and 4 years and outside is scratchless. * bass is heavy (maybe even too heavy even with the bass dial turned down) * as long as the remote volume is keep below 5/8ths, there is little or no noise audible coming from idle speakers. even so, as 1/2 volume on the remote and computer at full volume, the level is deafening. * 2.1, i have no room on my desk for 5.1 speaker setup. Two desktop speakers and one underneath sub is perfect for my setup * like the remote * the black and grey finish match my apple and li-lian aluminum cases

Cons: * the remote, its a little clunky, but i have a little sticky tape on the bottom to prevent it from moving around. * the remote, the headphone jack requires two hands. one to keep it from moving around, the other to handle the jack.

Overall Review: I've bought these back in March 2006.