Joined on 05/08/03
New MB Champ

Pros: After installing this FoxConn board, I am officially pushing Asus and Gigabyte to second tier mb. I have built over 50 machines in the past seven years and have always used GigaByte or Asus motherboards...I can think of any time any of those installations didn't have one silly challenge or the other. Foxconn installed without any issue and for a price less than half of the Asus & Gigabyte MB's that support an intel Quad processor.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Installed the Q6600 Intel cpu in the P45A-S. The cpu core temperature when idle is about 34C. You DO NOT need to spend money on an expensive heatsink as others have suggested. The heatsink which comes with many intel retail boxed cpu works just fine. Just be sure to add a good layer of thermal grease and motherboard and cpu will work in perfect harmony.
Average Wireless Router

Pros: The price is the best thing about this router.
Cons: The firmware it comes with is why this router is average. If this router shipped with opensource dd-wrt firmware which supports a host of amazing features including secure WDS via WPA/WPA2. I would rate this device five stars.
Overall Review: Like I said...the router is attractively priced...but the firmware on a router is really what differentiates one router from the other and the one that comes with this device is average. However, if you have the expertise, and you don't mind flashing the firmware with dd-wrt the device goes from par to amazing
Goodbye 32 bit Windows!!!!

Pros: 64 bit windows 7 runs all of my existing applications robustly...finally an OS that can truly harness the power of 64 bit processing!
Cons: None I have encountered thus far.
Overall Review: Once you go 64, throw 32 bit out the door!
Awesome Processor

Pros: This is my first Intel Quad Processor. I am quite pleased with performance and price.
Cons: None
Its an Acer!?

Comments: I have experienced nothing but trouble with ACER products in the past, and decided to take a chance on this Great Value. It arrived a day earlier than expected, dead-pixel free, amazing resolution. Building a system for a friend who is an architect and loving this 19" monitor, and I bet he will too. I have an affinity for black lcd monitors and this one is such a terrific value! You wont be disappointed!!