Pros: My second SSD from Crucial and my first in a SATA3 machine. Anvil rates the drive as: 512MB/s Read 472MB/s Write 79k 4K QD16 IOPS Read 88k 4K QD16 IOPS Write This makes it only a little (~10MB/s and ~15K IOPS read) slower than a much more expensive Samsung 850 Pro (same 512GB) that I got for comparison. I'll be grabbing these the next time I'm looking for an SSD.

Cons: Not free.

Pros: It was very easy to swap out drives on with this. Even without screws it was held in just enough to that I could pull it out with a light tug, but I wasn't concerned about the drive slipping out as I carried it.

Cons: The enclosure's speed was slower than another enclosure (a Rosewill RX200) I tested. Both tests used a slightly older Samsung 840 Evo 120GB. I'm no testing expert, but I have a test I throw at most of my new drives. In particular, I tried using the GNOME Disk Utilities disk benchmark with mostly default settings (I upped it to 1000 samples instead of 100). About 1/3 of the way into the benchmark, the write speeds on the drive dropped to almost 10% of the original speed for the remainder of the test. The read speed was also slower than the other enclosure (260 vs 320 megabytes/second). I know SSD write speeds drop once they run out of RAM, have to garbage collect, etc., but the other enclosure kept a level write speed (the few speed drops lasted a couple seconds at most each), had higher read speed, and slightly lower random access times throughout the tests.

Overall Review: I think this enclosure would be "fast enough" for most people (260 megabytes per second is pretty fast), but anyone with a heavy write load may want to think twice or give it some extra testing before using it in production.

Pros: -Lots of room -Easy mounting options on top -Lots of little holes for as much or as little cable management as you'd like -Fans have very flexible RGB support (see pictures of the stock "wave" effect from an AM5 Gigabyte board)

Cons: -Side panels can get stuck a little in a corner when removing them. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, but another reviewer mentioned the same thing, so maybe I'm not crazy. Every build has its quirks. -Only 2 USB ports up front (not a big con)

Overall Review: It was easy to install everything, and even though I don't care a ton about RGB, the fans and board played nice to make a nice out of the box rotating rainbow look. You get one USB-A and one USB-C ports on top. That's not a negative for me, but it could be for some.

Pros: -Keeps the 9800X3D running around 25C above idle on max load in a slightly warm room (based on a 30s Ryzen Master test) -Being smaller than a 360mm cooler gives you more flexibility in where you mount it and can run the wires. -Has most of the cooling potential of a 360mm at a lower price point -RGB can sync with other stuff through your board if it supports it (not my cup of tea, but the stock rainbow looks nice on an AM5 gigabyte board) -Long warranty

Cons: -Lots of little wires to manage (or just leave hanging around like I did). Maybe "extenders" exist for the RGB/fan cables for better management in the back of the case?

Overall Review: My first AIO cooler, so I'm mildly concerned about its lifespan compared to a traditional fan cooler, but the warranty is generous. After trying another cooler that wasn't sitting on the CPU right, this one has "just worked", even when the room runs a little warm.

Pros: Got two of these with a PWM splitter cable to be top exhaust fans for a HAF 912. Relatively quiet and can move enough air for me. Lowered my temps on the Intel Extreme Tuning utility by ~10C. The speed limiting switch is pretty neat. The biggest pro for me is being able to turn off the LED ;)

Cons: Nothing major.

Overall Review: A couple little things... Air flows towards the speed switch, which for a top mounted (and probably a rear exhaust) fan means the switch can't be easily reached without removing it. I set mine to1800 RPM max and used software (like Speedfan) to run it slower. Make sure you have needle-nose pliers and/or some kind of lubricant around to install the mounts in case they get stubborn. Mine wouldn't get into the fan without them.

Pros: This is my second one. Both worked right out of the box with N speeds on my Windows 7x64 and Arch Linux bootable drives with no trouble at all. The bundled cable/dock piece also helped.

Cons: None that I could see.