Joined on 05/17/06
Cheap and Fast, easy overclock

Pros: Perfect processor for the price, and even better than that. Overclocked to 2.8Ghz easy with no voltage increase, on stock hsf. FSB 266, multy - 10.5 ; Memory DDR2-800 runs at 400Mhz as it should be. Temps well below 50C, idle 35, load 45.
Cons: Would like bigger fan on heatsink, but it's not loud, so It's cool, in both ways
Overall Review: I love it. Used A-Data memory and cheap ASRock mobo.
Replacement also bad

Pros: It's fast when it works, faster than most other 8600GT's. Fine for 2D
Cons: I have got a replacement card, after first one started showing horrible artifact in all games and locking up PC after 2-5 minutes of gaming. Second card (replacement) did not show artifact but still locks up computer in all games after some time. UT2004 can't even launch, Titan Quest freezes in 10 sec, World in Conflict in about 5min, and so on. I have to restart my PC every time I start playing something.
Overall Review: It's not running hot, I used it huge household fan blowing on it with max temp 40C. I checked this card in different PC's - same picture. It's not good if both cards have same problem. Will not use Foxconn cards again.
Excellent webcam

Pros: I have been researching webcams for some time to replace my aging 640x480 Logitech webcam. I have found that all Logitech starting from C270 and up are 720p capable, and though C270 is on the bottom it's not bad at all. I love picture quality Great 16:10 ratio Very good and fast lighting tracking, always focused and never dark. Has face tracking, if you want it great mic, great sound no drivers needed for WIn7 64bit no signs of wear (refurb)
Cons: software - don't like anything extra other than drivers forced on you. Popups with useless mostly controls, but can be disabled. Not holding very well because of the short cord, but good enough
Overall Review: It also comes with headphones but I did not test them yet - good addon anyways. Perfect price for the cam alone, even better with headphones.
Works as advertised

Pros: Works as it should, can't comment on speed but it works as rated - 1600MHz. Has heatspreaders for the low price.
Cons: Geil is not overly popular but seems to be as good as others. Value series? Interesting why?
Overall Review: Would buy again any time, no problems with it so far. Lifetime warranty and customer service that responds - all I need.
Very basic but powerful

Pros: It's small - sometimes a pro, sometimes not. Works like a charm, I have used quite many of them already. Has what most users need - few memory slots, PCI-e 16X, support for all AMD CPUs (up to 125W). Can unlock and overclock CPUs quite successfully, overclocking is pretty easy, lots of options in the BIOS. Good onboard video, I don't use but may be useful for video card trouble shooting. Price is perfect.
Cons: It's small - after installing dual slot card only 1 slot left. Very low quantity of ports on the back, only 4 USB. Only 2 memory slots. Would prefer more usb instead of HDMI, DVI, VGA
Overall Review: WOrks very good, I have used it for many high end systems with Phenom X4 and cards like GTX 460 and ATI 6850 plus 4-8GB RAM, no problems, performs same like much more expensive boards.
I love it

Pros: It's cheap, it was 75 when I got it plus combo with nice 785G Biostar mobo, all together for 115. It's fast - Windows 7 and games run perfect on it. Also TomsHardware tested X3 440 vs i7 720 in games and AMD CPU pulled nice results above 30-40FPS in all games until performance got hit by insufficient videocard. Intel i7 is much better with dual videocards, but AMD X3 440 is just perfect with single powerful card like GTX 470 or ATI 5850 and up. I did not touch voltages but my Biostar motherboards set it to 1.4V by default when I overclock, so with that voltage I was able to test Prime95 stable on 3.6Ghz frequency. It also allows DDR3 1600 to work at its designated frequency and HT link is around 2000Mhz so it's perfect for this CPU. With extra voltage (1.5V) it goes to 3.9Ghz and I guess above but I don't like going above 1.4V. I was able to unlock 4th core with 1.4V v-core but I had to throttle overclock down to 3.5Ghz to run Prime95 stable. It's fine for me
Cons: Stock heatsink is good even if you overclock, but something little better will give you a decent benefit when upping voltages. BTW I used stock AMD cooler from Black Edition X4 965 with copper heatpipes and copper bottom - see results below. Another con - but not really - had to go down to 3.5Ghz to work stable with all 4 cores. But then this CPU is not Quad - it's X3, and overclock results are something that is not meant by the factory to be at all. SO it's not a con.
Overall Review: I did not change any other voltages, only dropped HT Link to 8x multiplier, upped FSB (or CPU base frequency or what ever you call it) to 227Mhz, with multiplier 15x it makes 3.5Ghz. Memory clocked down to 1333Mhz so with 3:10 ratio and 227 FSB I get 1510Mhz (1600 rated). In the BIOS turned Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC) to Auto to enable 4th core. Biostar 785G mobo did not require any BIOS updates to do that. I am perfectly fine with such result. Will buy this CPU again and again. Load temperatures never exceed 42'C, idle is 22'C (AMD BE stock heatsink).
Item as described
I have got a set of 6 LED flashlights and everything is perfect about them for the price I paid. No problems at all. Shipped pretty fast too.