Pros: Seems to be keeping my phenom 2 1090T (6 core) CPU at a chilly 36 degrees celsius, even overclocked. And my motherboard is only spinning it at 800 rpm. I know that it can spin a lot faster than that, but since its keeping it cool while staying so quiet, it seems like a good cooler. This was the first third party cooler that I installed that I didn't fell like I was going to shatter the CPU when I installed it. I think that's because it uses tightened springs. Installed easily on my AM3 cpu. The installation videos seemed pretty helpful. You can put a second 120mm fan on the heatsink, though the one that is already on it seems sufficient (at least at the current OC level).

Cons: Its quite large. Watch the videos on the first page first to get an idea of its size. I was able to fit it in my full tower without issue, but when I had it oriented in the direction showed as the default in the instructions, it blocked my first memory slot. I was able to take it off, remount it 90 degrees rotated, and slide the fan up a little so as to avoid this issue. I could forsee slightly different motherboards or cases having issues. It comes pretty far up off the board and to the sides, so make sure you can fit it in your machine.

Overall Review: A quality 3rd party cooler, just make sure you realize the size of it ahead of time. Also, I bought this because I read that AMD black edition CPUs didn't come with stock coolers, but mine actually did. I don't think I would've used it anyway, but I think that's important to know.

Pros: In my opinion, this keyboard gets 5 stars for use in word processing/web browsing applications, and 2 stars for gaming (I decided to average on 3). Read on to see why. Ok, firstly, this keyboard feels really good. Very much like a laptop. The lighting is subtle, easily adjustable, and it all looks very sleek and thin (surprisingly so). Packaged software seems easy to use though it had a couple minor bugs, but nothing showstopping.

Cons: Ok, so my main issue is the fact that this keyboard blocks certain key combinatinos that are common in games. Some of the other posters here noted it, but some say it isn't true. After searching the logitech forums, it looks like it might be a difference in edition. The bottom line is that the combination "shift + a + space" will work, but "shift + w + space" ignores the space. This means games where you walk with w, jump with space, and modify movement with shift (lots of shooters), you will no longer be able to do this. In the logitech forums, I've heard that this is a hardware restriction due to how they designed their keyboard. However, logitech doesn't consider this a flaw, so they will neither respond to the issue or refund money for the product. I tested all the keys, and I found that holding shift and one of the following keys will keep the keyboard from noticing the spacebar (these keys plus shift block space): 'W', '$', '<', '>', '%', '~'

Overall Review: Only buy this if you're going to use the keyboard for normal work processing/web browsing. Otherwise, you've been tricked into buying an undeniably nice looking keyboard that doesn't perform a very common gaming key combination. For those who want to read about this issue on their forums, refer to these pages: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Keyboards-and-Keyboard-Mice/Shift-S-Space-Key-Combination-on-Wave-Pro-Keyboard/m-p/336753 http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Keyboards-and-Keyboard-Mice/Illuminated-Keyboard-Shift-W-Space-Problem/m-p/480465

Pros: This PSU seems to have plenty of power to run a nvidia 560ti, and amd 1190T 6 core CPU. This thing comes in really (surprisingly) nice packaging. The box reminded me of a shoebox, it even had a handle. Also, the modular cables come in a (again surprisingly) nice 2 pocket velcro bag. I have no idea why. Of course, I had to destroy the nice box to get the SKU off for the MIR. PSU unit itself is a very sleek black steel that goes well with my case. Unit feels heavy (my experience is that heavy is better with PSUs). Its pretty quiet.

Cons: This is the first time I've actually gotten a modular PSU, so this complaint might be invalid, but not all the cables are modular. Sure, there are lots of slots to plug in 'extra' cables, but there are several cords that are built into the unit itself. Obviously I had to use most of them, but a couple were unused, which sort of defeats the purpose of modularity. However, maybe all modular power supplies are like this. The SATA power cables have their plugs mounted backwards on the cords. Not sure how to better explain it. All this means is that I had flip the cords around to actually plug them in. In larger cases, this eats up some of the length of the cable, and creates a bit of mess.

Overall Review: Seems like a good buy

Pros: Very quick, overclocked easily on my ASUS board to 3.6GHz. I think I could maybe push it further, but I actually think I'm hitting my head on my memory sticks' maximum speed. Most of my games now only consume 25% or so of my total computing power (on my old dual core it was usually 100%). Its running cool right now. Each core reports a temp of 28 degrees celsius and the cpu itself reports 32 degrees. Not sure where that is being measured from. This CPU is really cheap for its performance. In my opinion, its the best value 6 core cpu out there.

Cons: None. I'd say it'd be nice if it was cheaper, but its price beats the pants off the intel chips with more than 2 cores.

Overall Review: I read in one of the reviews that the black edition cpus don't come with a stock coller (since you're expected to overclock), however this isn't true. Mine came with a pretty standard looking stock cooler, but I'd already bought a 3rd party replacement. Not many applications (other than video editing, web server daemons, or code compilation) use more than 2 cores, but 6 is a nice number for future-proofing.

Pros: Works at 1600 with the 7/7/7/24 timings. Works just fine with my ASUS M4A89TD Pro/usb3 (AM3 mobo) even though its not on ASUS' approved list (and also because the ram seem to be advertising for intel compatibility).

Cons: When I first put it in my ASUS M4A89TD, it didn't recognize the faster timings, but changing them manually was easy. I can only overclock my CPU quite a bit, but I wasn't able to get the system to be stable if this ram was set at a frequency any higher than 1600 (which is its advertised speed, I know, but that means I have to turn down the multipliers to OC CPU more).

Overall Review: Good ram, got it on sale myself (otherwise I probably would've just gone for the 8/8/8 ram which is a bit cheaper - though I like the blue heat spreaders more than the red).

Pros: 1TB at a good price. I always go WD because I've had good luck with their HDDs in the past. My game load times seem a lot lower than in my last machine, but I don't know how much of that to attribute to this HDD or to higher FSB speeds.

Cons: This is a minor qualm, but the machine I built and put this in is surprisingly quiet, so I can hear the HDD working. I haven't had a HDD that I could hear 'crunching' away for years (probably due to loud video cards). I can't say its the HDD's fault, might just be a different case design. Plus, if any sound is playing, you won't hear it.

Overall Review: I got a windows 7 experience index of 5.9 with this HDD. I'm guessing you'd have to get a 10k rpm or SSD in order to really push past that.