Joined on 11/03/03
Finally, a fast low TDP processor for my HTPC

Pros: Bought for the 35W TDP to put in a HTPC case. Can barely hear the stock fan and I'm sure an aftermarket cooler could be even quieter. For what it's worth it gets a 7.1 on Windows Experience Index for processor speed which is more than enough and a 6.6 for GPU.
Cons: None
Nerfed!

Pros: Cinch to set up and install. Great video resolution, nice sound and web interface.
Cons: Firmware update makes the camera basically non-functional.
Overall Review: I have two of these, one in each of our children's rooms. When I'm working in the evening I used to use my Synology NAS to monitor if the children woke up. The latest firmware update prevents 3rd party apps like Synology Surveillance Station connecting correctly to the camera. Okay, so I switch to the web interface. There you can only monitor one camera at a time, which was okay, I could monitor one child and switch to the other if necessary. But now, the firmware times out after 2 minutes monitoring and says, "Video monitoring has expired". What is the use of an IP camera that only monitors for 2 minutes at a time?? For some reason, Samsung have deliberately destroyed the functionality of this camera, it essentially doesn't work as an IP cam any more, so please, don't buy it.
Perfect for HTPC

Pros: Completely silent and very cool.
Cons: None
Overall Review: This runs my Haswell based HTPC in a LianLi PC-C50 case with a 5 disk setup, two SSD and 3x 7200rpm drives and 4 120mm fans along with the InfinitTV 6. Plenty of power available for this setup making it the perfect PS for HTPC.
Great upgrade

Pros: 6 tuners, obviously. Currently our house uses 2 extenders as well as the main TV, so that takes 3 tuners. Using the old 4-tuner card we'd sometimes run into situations where there weren't enough tuners to record simultaneous shows. So now, 6 tuners should solve that.
Cons: None specific to these cards.
Overall Review: These cards are not trivial to set up, you need a strong TV signal (it's going to split six ways in the card) and a lot of know how. Expect to be spending a lot of time researching on the internet to get this right. Plug and play they are not, which is probably why many people prefer the external modules. Even the guy on the phone at TWC said he had many people with problems using internal cards. For me, this was an upgrade so it was a simple as switch cards, phone TWC with the new host id, wait for new authorization codes and reconfigure WMC and we were done. Brilliant.
Everything you need in a small case

Pros: I bought this for a HTPC due to the shallow depth. There aren't many cases with these dimensions, so I was happy to find a Lian Li case that did. I've built several systems in different Lian Li cases and they're always great. This is no exception. Yes it's a cramped case, but that's inevitable because that's the point, right? The build quality is second to none as always. Because of the limited space design, if you are going to change things up in this case you will need to remove pretty much everything to gain access and luckily for us the drive bays, cross strut, front panel all come out to make access easier. I replaced the stock fans, and installed 4 new 120mm fans (the maximum possible). There is no vibration form any of the panels and the case is completely quiet. Cabling will require some fore thought however.
Cons: My case has 5 hard drives and 1 optical squished into this tiny case, all in the stock setup. The system drive is a mSATA on the motherboard, I have a second 2.5" SSD for user & program data and 3x 2TB 3.5" regular drives in RAID5. That's pretty much the ideal HTPC setup if you're not going to run a separate NAS, but you can only do it if you buy the right cables. Regular SATA cables do not fit in this case, you need right angle connectors. For example, the 2.5" mount above the optical drive doesn't leave enough room for a regular SATA connector, you can force it in and it'll work, but the right angle fits so much better. The 3.5" mount behind the optical drive will never work with a regular connector if you have an optical drive installed. It would have been nice if Lian Li would recognise this and supply at least 2 right angle SATA cables with the case.
Overall Review: I purchased this from another vendor as NewEgg was out of stock at the time, hence no verified ownership
Almost perfect pFsense router

Pros: Small format, cost effective, low power consumption, more than enough computing power for routing tasks including caching and antivirus. Cheap!
Cons: PCI express slot is virtually useless, not even a low profile card will fit it. The case has poor cooling and the 40mm fan is very noisy. I run it with the lid of and a 120mm fan sitting on top.