Pros: This is the first OCZ device I've worked with and it is performing flawlessly so far. I installed this as my OS drive using the Acronis software to repartition from a larger HD to a smaller SSD and it has been running fine ever since. All of the expected performance benefits for going to an SSD drive is there and I love it. It is scary on how fast the boot is.

Cons: None

Pros: This tray works perfectly and that is all I really need to say.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I have several different cases that i looked at for the build I did. An old Dell case, old old HP case and a generic case, and this tray fit into everyone of them without any modifications. Sadly, I can't say that for the other two trays I purchase. It may not be the cheapest but it has worked with out issue.

Pros: This refurbished SSD was put through several hours of performance testing on this PC before cloning the system on to the disk and it work flawlessly. The expected benefits of PC start up, PC shutdown and the launch time of any PC based software was everything that had been written about and promised. It was the unplanned benefits that I will talk about that need to brought to light a little more often. First, the noise reduction is beyond belief because I never realized how noisy spinning disks were until I replace all my HDs with SSDs in my work desktop. The loudest thing in the box are my fans now and they are quite ones I installed two years ago to replace the noisy OEM fans. Second, power consumption has been reduce by many orders which means two things, my APC backup runs much longer when power is out and my overall electric bill gets a slight reduction but enough pennies do become dollars too.. Now. looking to replace every spinning drive with a SSD now. Third, with the reduction on power usage, I get an ambient temperature in the box that has been reduced significantly which benefits the core and component cooling on the motherboard. Which improves the potential lifespan of the equipment and experience cooler core temps when using the core at all levels of processing.

Cons: Absolutely none

Overall Review: With malice of forethought, I planned an unfair comparison test between this PC (2008 build) with duo-core Pent E2200 2.2 GHz, 4GB memory, two 500GB SSDs, running Win 7 Pro and PC (2011 build) with quad-core i5 2.7 GHz, 8 MB memory, one 720GB HD, running Win 7 Ultimate. My expectation was that Duo-core box would run faster but still be beaten by the Quad-core. Well... all I can say is that I need to re-think things a little on unfair tests because the Duo-core machine running with SSD left the Quad-core in the dust on the side of the road, period. Start up, shutdown, and program launches all ran faster than the Quad-core. The only time I saw the Quad beat the Duo was when running a program that didn't require access to the drives. I am truly impressed.

Pros: Everything that I've heard about the positive aspects of the SSD is true. Dropped the existing HD from a business desktop and cloned it into the SSD. Zero issues cloning the drive and boots are unbelievable!! Even regular operations are so much faster. Comparisons between the duo core system using the SSD is equal to the high end Quad core using standard HD. Have to pull the HD from the high end now! 5 days hard use has shown the drive exceeding all expectations. Even during hardest levels of performance shows SSD operating well within specs. No temp issues at while residing next to old style HD.

Cons: No cons at all from me. The few stories I've heard about the cons of SSDs have not been seen at this time. Testing in particular of the temp issues during hard use has not shown up at all.

Overall Review: Something I wish I had tested for, to get actual numbers, would be the db level drop experienced when changing over to SSD. I do have a slight hearing issue but the noise level has dropped enough that it is very noticeable to me. As a subjective note, the case feels somewhat cooler as well since the change over to SSD. I have no numbers to prove it but i do believe it is a real change due to the reduction in the number of watts use to run the SSD vs. the old HD When prices drop to the $0.65/GB to $0.50/GB level, I will be looking at replacing everyone of the old spinning HDs I have with SSDs. Presently converting the OS HD on another desktop to SSD. Seriously going to look at converting two personal servers over to SSD or doing a server build using exclusively SSD within it.