Pros: Like I said in my prior review down below, it is very fast. I discovered it is a 7200RPM drive, and it copies files very quickly. And the software is excellent. I did not mention in my prior review that the software includes some great utilities that allow you to see space on your drive, a log of various activities on the drive, such as your backup programs, and various options for the three programs, and controls for power management, the lights on the drive, and even a test to see if the drive is working correctly. You also get access to cloud storage. Pretty good stuff actually, all very easy to use.

Cons: It does not have a manual power switch. I like the option of manually turning an external drive on and off completely. Also, it does heat up, as others have noted. In my original review, I did not think it was that bad, but I've discovered that it heats up to 55C and above. But there is a solution. I found that IF I set the Power management to five minutes (if no hdd activity, the Backup Plus will spin down) AND have the backup software not set at continuous backup (as that appears to activate the Backup Plus), THEN the Backup Plus will spin down automatically after five minutes and will remain spun down, and therefore cool down. The temperature drops to 40C or below, which is very tolerable. Perhaps Seagate meant to use the Power Saving features as a way of managing heat. If that was their intention, it works.

Overall Review: Keep in mind that this is an external drive. It is not intended to be running and spinning continuously in an external enclosure, as it will get hot. That's my beef about not being able to manually turn it off when I am not using it (you can still manually power down via Windows). Hence my 4 eggs. But having learned to manage the temperatures, I am very happy with this drive and it will remain my primary backup drive and I will have plenty of room.

Pros: This is a fast drive, all the specs are matched by write and copy speeds that are fast. I copies from the drive and wrote to the drive separate 9Gb folders of mixed files, and it went quickly. I also copied to and from another mechanical drive and a SSD drive, and in both instances, this drive worked very well. I have no complaints about the speed of the drive. Also, it is very quiet and runs cool. So what is not to love? It turns out about 1Tb.

Cons: This drive came with a 2Tb partition and then 700+G of unformatted space. And no matter what I do, I cannot get that space to format or to merge with the 2Tb partition. In essence. 700Gb of wasted space.

Overall Review: That's really about it. A good drive, but something seriously wrong with this drive. I see no one else reporting this, so it must have just been the drive I got. But this is not acceptable.

Pros: Update 5/21/2025: This ram has been rock steady, no glitches, and I was able to bump up my OC on my cpu to 5.4GHz. I am running at the advertised of 30-36-36-96 and a Cmd Rate of 1T. Memory voltages and temps have been just fine. Running a Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX with a 13600K slightly OCed to 5300P and 4100E. I set up this system in February and March 2023. I installed this RAM tonight (it arrived today), powered up, the mobo paused briefly, then it booted, and I went right into the bios and the RAM timings were 30-32-32-96 at 1T. It said XMP 1.0 but I need to double check back, but regardless, the timings are as advertised. I immediately ran Memtest that was current in early 2023 when I built this system, and it ran the full suite of tests with no errors. Ive run a couple of 3dMark benchmarks with no problems. So, the installation went without a hitch and the memory seems to be running fine. Time will tell, but so far, so good. I like the fact that it installed with no issues, no need to manually set RAM timings, and running at the SMP 3.0 settings. The lighting is working fine.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I have only run the RAM for a couple of hours, but it installed easily, no Memtest errors, and has been running smoothly. It seems to be a fast and solid 32 x 2 set of RAM.

Pros: It works, running an i5-13600k slightly OCed, 2 X 32G CL 30 Corsair Vengeance RGB, and an Asus 4070 Super. Running 2 m2s and 1 SATA, 240 AIO (DeepCool LS520), plus a couple of case fans. This PSU has run stable without issues since early 2023. All that I want from a PSU. Also, it is quiet. I had no issues with the cables; they were of sufficient length and I don't recall any problems with stiffness as others have reported. .

Cons: None

Overall Review: I can recommend this to others, I would buy Seasonic again (this is my second or third Seasonic psu), and it would be great if it gave massages at the end of the day.

Pros: January 2024 update: I'm going to leave my original review intact, and just wanted to pass on that no problems in 10 months, it's still running perfectly (knock on wood) and I have been very pleased with this product, my first AIO and liquid cooling of any kind. Original review in March, 2023 I never in a million years thought I would install liquid cooling, or in this instance, an "AIO," to a computer build. The idea of liquid circulating inside an enclosed case full of expensive electronics left me nervous to say the least. Plus, in the past, I always had good luck with air coolers, able to overclock with no significant heat issues. I just built a new system around the i5-13600k, my first new build since 2016, using a reputable air cooler. These new 13th gen chips are hot, and really seem like a different animal from chips I've used in the past including some great but hot AMD single core chips back in 2002 - 2004. Air cooling was not working withe the i5, I really could not push my system even at default settings without seeing temps in the high 90s and 100C. This precluded any overclocking. I did my homework and found the DeepCool LS 520, with very positive reviews. I just finished installing it yesterday, and ran a series of benchmarks. Briefly, with air cooling, OCCT, Prime95, and Cinebench had all been hitting 100C max with average temps in the high 80s to high 90s. This was for P cores. Now, after installing the LS 520, the temps peak at 85C, but average in the 70s (OCCT and Cinebench) or low 80s (prime 95), and hold steady. The E cores, they had been running in the 80s, but now in the 60s and 70s. So, a huge improvement. This is with the i5-13600k at stock settings. The pump header and fan lighting looks great, actually understated to my eye, but I like it that way. I have not tried playing with the RGB settings yet, and don't really feel the need to do so. The installation was straightforward, excellent instructions, the details are all there but do pay close attention given the number of parts provided. I attached all but the pump cable before attaching the pump to the cpu. In my mid-tower case, the LS520 is a close fit (comes pretty close to my DIMMS), but fits just fine. If you have a mid-tower or smaller case, be sure to check your measurements closely.

Cons: None at this time

Overall Review: I am extremely pleased with the LS 520. I was reluctant to install an AIO, but they have gotten good, and this is a really good one for an amazing price. There is now a Second Edition of the LS 520, but I could not find any available here in the US. In any case, all the positive reviews were written on this version. All in all, now that the i5-13600k's temps are under control, I can start to do some overclocking. I can strongly recommend the LS-520.

Pros: Lots of sound options with software. Drivers and software installed without issue on W11 Pro.

Cons: None after one month

Overall Review: One of a family of time-tested audio cards. It works very well.