Pros: Space efficient: Will not interfere with memory heat spreaders Good cooling capacity Integrates well with case ventilation

Cons: I have no complaints.

Overall Review: This is my second CNPS5X and it works as well as the first. After a recent build with an AMD FX8150 (8 cores), I could overclock it to 4.0 GHz and then run Prime95 without thermal runaway. With that experience, I bought this second one to go with an older 6-core build. The older build could not run Prime95 without thermal runaway. With the CNPS5X installed, it stabilizes at about 50-52C with Prime95. So everything's cool here. I can highly recommend this cooler.

Pros: Nice construction of steel and plastic Ease of disk installation Works well

Cons: No cons come to mind.

Overall Review: For me, Vantec always seems to be quality made equipment. The enclosure allows me to use the 2.5" HDD out of my laptop as a backup device for the laptop now with new SSD. The SATA III and USB 3.1 interfaces give me upgrade pathways since I'm using it with a SATA II HDD and a USB 2.0 port. It's a nice unit.

Pros: Cooling capability, ease of installation, quality construction

Cons: The only possible con would be size, but it fit in my Fractal case with no problem. I have low-profile DRAM and it was not a problem. How's that for a con?

Overall Review: The mounting method was very easy for my AMD FX processor. I ordered an extra CryoRig fan and set the cooler up push-pill. I am running my FX-8350 at 4.5 GHz with historically low temperatures. This replaces a AIO water cooling unit which it outperforms - and much more quietly.

Pros: It meets advertised specifications. It has leading edge frequency and voltage in operation.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I installed these two 8GB sticks in my Asus M5A99FX motherboard for use with an AMD FX-8150. In the Ai Tweaker menu, I selected the Ai Overclock Tuner to be D.O.C.P. and chose Profile #1. It offers profiles 0 and 1 and both seemed to work fine. This selection chooses the DRAM frequency, the timings and the DRAM voltage. With the CPU settings default, it booted up fine at 1866 MHz with the advertised timings and voltage (1.50V). The command rate was 2T for both profiles although one of the XMP SPDs showed one with 1T. I didn't force the issue for fear of losing booting ability. The default CPU frequency was 3.6 GHz and is fast enough, but simply increasing the CPU multiplier to 20.5 gave me a stable computer running at 4.1 GHz. An OC wizard (person) could probably adjust the CPU voltages and get higher multiples, but I'm happy. Disabling the CPU and PCIe spread spectrum maybe helped the stability. That's what I read anyway. The Sniper memory sticks have quite low heat spreaders and didn't come close to interfering with my Zalman CPU cooler. I think they're as low profile as the ARES memory sticks. I ran the Sniper memory through Memtest86+ (4.20) and it was error free overnight. It takes about two hours per pass. Good memory.

Pros: The unit is versatile being able to charge NiMH and Li-ion batteries regardless of their voltage. It will do NiCd also but hopefully there aren't many of those left. The LCD displays the battery type (chemistry). The charging progress is monitored with "bars" much like a cell phone field strength. It has a USB charger port also, so you can charge your iPod or iPhone too. Reasonably well made.

Cons: Adjusting the contacts for the Li-ion battery is a bit tedious, but doable. Once set it's fine. NiMH batteries get pretty warm while charging so I would be careful what materials are near it while in use.

Overall Review: I replaced one of those "pinch type" chargers with this and I think this is much better. The old device literally fell apart. This device seems a bit more solid.

Pros: Clean, matte black with ports labelled USB 3.0. Easy installation. The ports are on a frame that fits in the drive bay (floppy bay?) and the front integrates in perfectly with the case. Mounting screws are supplied. It works great.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: It was an easy install. I placed it in an unused "floppy" drive tray with the supplied screws and snapped it in my Antec Sonata case. The cable was plenty long and reached the USB 3.0 header plug on the Asus M5A99FX motherboard. I've seen this plug described several different ways: 19-pin, 20-pin and "20-1" pin. They are all the same. It has one row of 10 pins and one row of 9 pins with one blanked out. Now I have the regular two USB 2.0 ports in the case front and two USB 3.0 ports just above them. I have it all. NewEgg standard shipping was very fast.

Very prompt shipping and notification. The only difficulty was that the UPS tracking number would not work. This was also true of an earlier purchase. On comparing the tracking number from the package received with that sent to me in an e-mail revealed that a digit was missing in the middle of the 18-digit number. Curious kind of error. But I received my shipments in good time and good shape.