Pros: Got on of these back on a post-turkey day sale to replace an old AMD 900MHz T-bird system that just wasn't cutting it anymore ($%# MS bloat!), so just about anything would be faster. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I teamed this CPU up with the ECS AMD690GM-M2 MB and 2GB of Corsair value memory (DDR2 667). Running XP-SP3 this CPU gets it done, and quickly, too! Email/web/word processing are just downright snappy. My wife even complained it was TOO FAST while playing one of the Flash based games she loves, go figure :-) Compared to my AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 system, this CPU seems just as fast (or faster on a few things) for the most common day-to-day tasks tossed at it, and it has enough muscle to handle heavier chores (PrintMaster, etc.) without the user going insane. It stay cool and the heatsink fan stays quiet. Has been rock solid stable for over two months now at stock speeds, don't really find a need to OC.

Cons: None. (Not duel core? Not Free? That at the time, the LE-1640/1660 were not in the budget? I.e., the sale price, on the LE-1250 was really, really good, thanks Newegg!)

Overall Review: Newegg delivers again. This is really a great CPU value, especially for a budget system. Other Semprons, i.e., LE-1200, LE-1640, or LE-1660, are just a good, and based on your budget, may give you more (or enough) bang for your buck, considering that duel cores start at 1.5X the cost, and for most tasks will not provide 1.5 times the performance (not benchmarks) on most things, that is, until you start jinking around with clock rate, or find apps that really benefit from multi-core CPU's, which most web/mail/office type apps will not gain much from more cores. Of course, my experience is with XP & Linux, your experience with Vista may vary, as that bloated pile of OS, could suck the life out of the fastest multi-core CPU and make it seem like a 400 MHz "celery".

Pros: Android. Inexpensive. OK size. I got one when on sale to play around with an Android device. It's fast enough for a media player music/movies and streaming off internet via WiFi. As a media player, I really liked the Archos 32. The screen was responsive enough, not the worst or best I've used, but it has one fatal flaw...

Cons: The screen is very, very fragile. One month into owning the Archos 32, I had the device in my pocket (it's the right size) when I lightly bumped/brushed into something. I heard the telltale "tink" and sure enough the glass of the display was shattered. I've never had a display on a touch screen device break so easily before. This was not the LCD that broke (that still worked), but the touch glass over the LCD, which makes a touch screen device with no buttons absolutely worthless. A call to Archos cust service informs me that to fix/replace the display would cost 95% of what I paid for the whole device. No thanks. The app store is kinda worthless. Most apps appear to require GPS functionality, which the 32 does not have. (ok, more of a bad programming assumption by the app developers.) Web browsing was slow, and would freeze for periods of time, was hard to read on a display this size, and would sometimes crash my d-link wireless router, which has no problems with other devices.

Overall Review: If you buy this device, get the extended warranty, period. Also, get a HARD case to protect the display. The reason this device is so cheap is the due to the display using low quality/thin glass. The electronics underneath seem ok for what it is.

Pros: Very, very nice case. Look very professional, classy, and expensive. Brushed aluminum exterior. Very solid feel. Very easy to work on. Only 2 screws to open. 3.5" Drive slides into SATA connector and locks down with tool-less latch. Fan is quiet and switched.

Cons: None really. Minor nit-pick. While the manual does explain a lot about setting up/formatting drive from windows (which for a lot of folks could be a large stumbling block, so kudos there), it's a bit light on actual physical installation of hard drive. I put in a 3.5" drive and had no problems, but the I'm not 100% sure how a laptop or SSD would be secured with the tool-less design. They mention it a sentence, but a picture would be worth a 1000 words here. It's designed to stand tall, and is fairly stable that way, but I still worry about it tipping or rocking in my application. I laid mine flat, so they could have provided feet for that orientation.

Pros: Good price, works great, just right for a cell phone

Cons: none

Pros: Price. Set up was a snap, even though it took me a bit longer as I was replacing an older (much older) D-Link and wanted to maintain various settings. Using stock Netgear firmware so far, which allowed update to latest firmware with no problems encountered. Knowing I've access to multiple open source router solutions is a plus. Integrated OpenDNS option for parental control a definite plus. I was looking for a router with gigabit wired connectivity to remove bottlenecks in the wired network, especially towards the cable modem. Wow, I am not disappointed. There was an increase of 1.5-2 Mbps download and upload to the net. Whether it's the 1 Gbps link to the modem or faster processing in the router, it's a good thing.

Cons: Well, it's refurbished. Which I'll be watching it like a hawk. I've no problem with refurbs, heck the 7 year old D-Link it replaced was refurb and it rarely gave me problems. So here's hoping for another 7+ years. The fact that it is a refurb means the serial number on the unit has been removed. So you only get a 30 day hardware and 30 day free email tech support. However, with the unit priced as it was, I got Newegg's 1 year refurb warranty and it was still cheaper than anything else I could find. If I had to pick on anything, it's the 5e patch cable provided with the unit. It was so tightly bundled up and twist tied together that I think the kinks will never straighten out. And it's a wee bit short for my setup. No biggie.

Overall Review: Newegg rocks!

Pros: It's DDR2 RAM that works well in an older Gigabyte AMD AM2 mb.

Cons: Had a defective RAM module on the initial order. Oh, well, there's a first time for everything.

Overall Review: Newegg's RMA online process made getting a replacement easy. Had the replacement in less than a week. Thanks Newegg!