Joined on 07/14/08
They work
Pros: Works as advertised.
Cons: The front and back sides look similar, but you can tell the difference upon close inspection. Not a big deal.
Overall Review: Just mark them before or right after you burn them.
What can I say?
Pros: Blazing fast with a great pricetag.
Cons: Stock heatsink/fan is scary to install until you get the hang of it. Try bracing around the holes on the back side of the board using a static-free bag to keep your greasy human hands off of the circuitry.
Overall Review: The speed increase vs the E8400 scales nicely with the cost increase.
Works well enough
Pros: Good cooling, plenty of cables, a shiny LED and enough power for almost all mid- and mid-high-end users. Pretty cheap.
Cons: At least one of the cables seems to be dead. Good thing there are plenty of extras.
Cheap and stylin'
Pros: Visually attractive with tons of air circulation. Probably your best air circulation for the price.
Cons: The door on the front is useless and gets in the way. I had to to try several configurations of the fans before I found a way that fit them all around my RAM heatsinks and giant video card.
Overall Review: Shiny LED for the power light, too.