Pros: Quiet enough for an HTPC. Low power. Onboard HDMI port. (No adapter needed) GDDR4

Cons: Takes up two slots. A 256 bit 4830 can be had for about the same price.

Overall Review: They finally got the fan right on this one. The AMD CCC fan controls works well. Although this card uses two slots, it has the right fan on it. Quiet, if not silent. I had to check to see if it was running.

Pros: A nice board until it failed.

Cons: Failed within 4 months.

Overall Review: I previously gave this board a glowing 5 star review. For it's features and ease of use, I still give it high marks. I now deduct 2 stars, because of it's failure within 4 months. I've been using MSI boards for years and this board has been the first one to fail. It lasted 4 months. I pressed the power button and the computer would power on and off every 4 or 5 seconds, infinitely. It never made it to the boot screen. I RMA'd it through the MSI site on Jan 2, 2013. I just got an email today (Jan 24) from MSI with my UPS tracking number. I've already purchased a new board from another site, because I couldn't go without a board for three weeks. The board I purchased elsewhere has a revision number of 1.04. The board I purchased from Newegg had a revision number of 1.01. Hopefully MSI has cleared up any problems with the 1.04 revision. I'll stick with MSI, since this is my first board out of about 6, over the last 10 years, to fail.

Pros: Small footprint, height 7 inches by 5 3/4 inches wide. No dropped connections, so far.

Cons: None, so far.

Overall Review: I set this router up in about 10 minutes. I didn't bother with the stock firmware. I Immediately installed the latest version of the Padavan firmware ("RT-N56U_3.4.3.9-097_aria.trx"), which I had already downloaded. The flash went smooth and was error-free. The Padavan software looks great and the interface is blazing fast. Any changes to the settings are applied immediately. I'm used to a router taking 30 seconds or more to apply it's settings. If I can get a couple of years out of this router, I'd be happy. I use it to stream videos to my devices within about 30 feet, over 5G. The videos don't break a sweat and playback is super smooth. Speedtest.net shows my internet speed as about 30 Mbps (megabits per second), which translates into 3.75 Mbps (Megabytes per second). Right now, the router is very stable.

Pros: It's been very dependable, despite changing motherboards a couple of times.

Cons: Price.

Overall Review: It's hard to believe that it was 4 years ago that I bought this RAM. It's been great. When the price goes back down to it's 2011 level, I'll buy more.

Pros: Fast. Slightly faster than the 840 PRO Series. 10 year warranty.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Samsung 850 PRO 256GB What exactly is the Samsung warranty on the 850 PRO series? The Samsung warranty is as follows: 128GB / 256GB - 10 Years or 150TBW (Total Bytes Written) 512GB / 1TB - 10 Years or 300TBW (Total Bytes Written) The Samsung Magician software states just how many total bytes have been written to the drive. Once the 150TBW or 300TBW threshold has been exceeded, the drive is out of warranty. Unless, using programs that write heavily to the drive, many purchasers will never even come close to the above thresholds within 10 years. Many will knowingly upgrade long before then, so the long-term warranty is an afterthought. For those concerned about the warranty and want to hold on to the drives for that long, the caveat has been revealed.

Pros: Intel Celeron quad core processor. Can run Windows 7 and 8 on it. RAM can be upgraded up to 8GB. Can use XBMC on the NAS to play media through HDMI to the TV. Plenty of media servers.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I use the NAS mostly for streaming media and XBMC. Even though it has VM capabilities, it's still a NAS with a Celeron processor, so don't expect it to run Windows or other operating systems speedily. The NAS companies are moving away from the slower processors and really starting to beef these up. At least, some companies are. I love my QNAP TS-253 PRO. Newegg, as usual, shipped it quick!!