Pros: 1. It works for what I need it to – 8 ports with 2 using POE for an access point and a camera. Maybe I will add two more cameras. 2. Quality – It is solid, with steel construction that I never see in a device in this tier. 3. Features vs. Price – I am not even using all the features and I am still happy. 4. Heat Dissipation – It operates with very little heat which leads me to believe it will last a long time. 5. I really like the LEDs on TP-Link switches. I can't count how many times I found a mis-pinned cable just by looking at them.

Cons: 1. The power port. It is located on the opposite side from the Ethernet ports. This may work well in a rack, where the power is inserted from the back and the Ethernet ports can be accessed from the front. It doesn’t work in my configuration. This is not a deal-breaker or worth dropping an egg, but I think buyers should be aware. For me, personally, I would rather deal with it than take a chance with another brand. 2. While the metal housing is great for dissipating heat and the unit runs cool, I would prefer a few more vents on the top for air flow.

Overall Review: I use all 8 ports on this switch with two ports supplying POE. One for an access point and one for a camera. No issues for a month in operation. All devices have had 100% uptime thanks to the switch being powered by a UPS. We live in Florida and lose power for a few minutes close to ten times a year. I am considering adding two or even more cameras because it is much easier to just run an Ethernet cable than also a power a cable, not to mention putting the cameras on separate UPSs. POE makes this more palatable and at the price of this switch, I am ready. More on heat: I have had several (like 20) TP-Link switches over the last ten years or so. I have one setup that has two 8-port switches and they both ran a little hot. One ended up having a few ports fail. I placed the other one on a steel plate for extra dissipation and it is still working today. I replaced the broken one with a newer TP-Link switch that doesn’t generate as much heat. The unit under review does not heat up much even with two POE ports drawing power. Good heat dissipation = lower operating temps = longer life. Except for a few lightning surges, I have never had an electronic device fail that operated cool (or warmish) to the touch. On the flipside, almost every electronic device that operated hot to the touch had a short life. I have had many other brands of switches as well and some of them are just fine, but I can think of three off the top of my head in plastic housings that failed from what I believe to be heat related issues.

Pros: It is compact, decent price, easy to configure and I love that it just plugs into the wall instead of having a separate adapter. The indicator lights show the signal strength to the base, which helps in placing it near the fringe of base coverage.

Cons: It lost its configuration a few times and re-configuring required me to go to the unit and power cycle it. I could not find a configuration option to use a separate SSID, so when in the house I could never tell which I was connecting to.

Overall Review: My base unit wouldn't reach to the front yard, so I plugged this in to an outlet on the inside of the front outside wall. It didn't help much probably due to the exterior walls being poured concrete. I then plugged it in to an extension cord and draped it over the curtain rod in the middle of the window. It worked better, extending the range about 25 to 30 feet. It accomplished the goal of providing wifi to the front yard, but speedtest showed only about 1Mbps/50kbps. I think this could work very well for some applications, but for me it was more trouble than it was worth and the boss kept yelling at me for how ugly the extension cord was in her window. I don't have much experience with wifi extenders, so can't compare to others, but I have tried an access point (backhauled with ethernet) in the same window and the range and throughput were much better. That had its own problems. Not really sure where to go from here. I keep thinking antennas in the attic with cables to the router and maybe a slight boost in amplification.

Pros: - Price is comparable to competitors similar products - 2TB is ample for just about everyone - 3500MB/s is not too shabby - It came with the little screw to clamp it down. I dont remember if all my M.2s came with a screw, but I seem to remember being short a screw almost every time and having to hunt for one.

Cons: - There are bigger M.2s out there ($$) - There are faster M.2s out there ($$) - Maybe could come with cloning software? If it does, it is not obvious. It *IS* listed on the back of the box - The instruction book could have QR code on it that leads directly to this device

Overall Review: It writes at the advertised speed of 3500MBps. If you look closely at my pics you will see this is comparable to similar products, and the write speed appears to be about 200MBps faster than said similar products, which back in the HDD-only days would have been a pretty big deal. It is still very fast and if you are upgrading from an HDD, you wont believe your eyes when your boot now takes less time than your POST. With these things being so new, it is hard to know how long they will last. I have HDDs that are over 10 years old (I keep them cool) and I have had SSDs fail in about 1 year. But, I upgraded this from a Crucial P1 running at 1877MBps which is from July of 2020 and still in perfect working condition. So there is one anecdote for ya. If you are cloning your OS, it is nice to have software included that does that. As far as I can tell, this does not come with that. The little instruction/warranty book has a URL you have to copy that takes you to their main support page and not something specific to this product (like a QR code could and further give Crucial stats for the win-win). I poked around there for about 30 seconds and pulled the rip cord. If that is your situation, I am sure you can find something free. I have had good look with Acronis, but I dont think it was free. look at the pictures to see more specific performance metrics, temperatures, etc. Mileage will vary depending on Motherboard, airflow, etc. Not sure what else to say. You plug it in, screw it down, boot up, initialize it and voila!... 2TB of 3500MBps storage.

Pros: - Super easy - You might get good speeds - I got good speeds on same circuit (160/23 Mbps)

Cons: - Gets pretty hot - I did not get very good speeds across circuits (35/22 Mbps)

Overall Review: It really was as simple as plug the upstream in, and then plug the downstream in. My bandwidth test was a very basic single run of Speedtest.net. I plugged the upstream in and then walked around with an old notebook computer to different places with the downstream unit. When plugged in, connection status shows 1Gbps. Connection: Ping(ms) / Downstream(Mbps) / Upstream(Mbps) Wired Ethernet: 9 / 489 / 24 (service limited) Wireless 802.11ac: 9 / 333 / 23 Plugged together: 12 / 249 / 23 Same Circuit: 8 / 161 / 23 Across Circuits: 18 / 35 / 22 I have tried powerline data transmission over the years and just never had much luck with it. I thought maybe something had changed and it appears it has changed for the better, but not enough to make it viable, at least not for me. In my Across Circuits test, one adapter was plugged into a circuit on a combo CAFI/GFCI breaker on one side of the circuit panel, and the other end was plugged into a GFCI on the other side of the panel. The breakers themselves provide the arc/ground fault trips. Being on the other side of the panel puts them on opposite Hot busses, which I am pretty sure means the data signal goes all the way back to the transformer outside the house (and maybe to your neighbors house too) like one giant antenna with weird turns and gaps in it. Maybe some induction happening on the way to/from the transformer. Not sure how all that works. I need a nerd greater than I am to explain all that to me. Here is where you may have luck. If your upstream and downstream units are both plugged into circuits on the same side of the panel, I think you might do OK, especially if neither circuit has arc or ground fault circuitry. On the flipside, I am a little concerned that plugging them into each other is 249Mbps down vs. 161Mbps down only 22ft of solid 12AWG copper away (6up-10over-6 down). My worst case was 35Mbps with decent latency. Maybe you can live with that. If it is dedicated, you can probably get 4K UHD to a single TV without any problems. Maybe run a work PC with some video conferencing and a printer? It might just be good enough. For the short amount of time that I ran the test(s), it got hotter than to my liking. Hot means limited electronics life. Capacitors bulge, components expand and contract thermally. Its not good. Im on the fence review-wise. Its not for me. I have everything wired with cat6 and otherwise covered with 802.11ax. But for you Maybe its 1-2-and done. Good luck.

Pros: - Sturdy... very sturdy! - Heavy sound reduction material - Magnetic front and top panels - Recessed reset button. Can just activate with fingernail. - Vertical GPU mount (if you are into that) - LED light on back of case to illuminate ports! - LED hub with remote - USB port covers - Plenty of cable ties - Plenty of standoffs, rubber washers, etc. - Many grommeted openings surround MB on three sides - USB C port on top - Packaging: 2-ply cardboard, 1.5” poly foam - PSU fan filter - Easy access to backside of MB for easy heatsink/cooler changes

Cons: - Enormous (although you may need that – check the dimensions specs) - Heavy – 38.5 lbs. unloaded (although that does help with the sound) - Instructions need more detail (I have never seen good docs with a case) - Needs fan upgrades for more aggressive builds - Lacks filter on front

Overall Review: The build quality is excellent. Mine did not have the window, which looks pretty sweet in the pictures. No sharp edges that I have found yet. Everything is solid and thick. Lots of attention to detail. Mine does have one minor tolerance issue with the thumbscrew for one of the side access panels not lining up perfectly. Also, I love the light in the back that points down at the ports. It might seem like a small thing, but mine is under my desk and I used to be under there once a week or so with a flashlight in my mouth. My light did come with a tab broken and dangling. Nothing a little hot glue gun can’t solve. The silencing features are quite good, with generous amounts of thick soundproof padding. The hardware also includes little rubber washers for fans and other contact points. With its weight and these features, it is about as silent as physics lets you get. You must use the feet. They add about 1.25” of clearance under the case. The PSU is mounted at the bottom and draws air from under the case. There is a nice air filter there too. There is plenty of room for a long video card or two or more without removing the HDD cages on the front. But it is easy to remove HDD cages. It should be noted that it also has two SSD mounts accessible from the right side panel and with M2 SSDs these days, not many people really need HDD space. If you are looking at this, you probably do. Inside the PSU space (with magnetic cover) there is room for 4 3.5” HDDs, however, I don’t see a good way for air to flow around them. That is pretty scary. A well cooled HDD will last forever. A hot one will fail in a month. I currently only use three HDDs on this build, they are well ventilated and have lasted for ten years. Plenty of room elsewhere in this behemoth for them. The HDD cages can be removed, and that area used for cable management reservoir, or whatever. But if you should need to remove HDD cages for video cards AND these below, you are starting to dwindle a little. I think worst case is you are down to 2 and can still get 2 more in the 5.25” slots. That’ll get you RAID5 with a hot standby. 20-30TB enough for you? The removable magnetic front panel has the right strength in magnets. It is on there pretty good, but not so good you have to yank. It is also not difficult to remove (and replace) the entire front assembly, although the cabling to the built-in ports is a little tight there. I don’t have any good data on this yet, but I think the front grill perforations are too small and restrict air flow. It also comes with only 2 120 fans on the front, but the case could accommodate 3 140s with the removal of one HDD cage (for 2 HDDs). I think you could get 3 140s on there without removing the cage with a little customization. Apparently that space can accommodate a 3x120 (or possibly a 3x140) radiator, but then I don’t see a good way to design the airflow without blowing that heat into the case. No, I think 3 robust 140’s blowing into the front is the way to go. I haven’t done that yet, but I am sure that is the only way to achieve positive pressure with a 3x120 radiator at the top and a 120 fan out the back. One feature I would really like to see is a front panel air filter, which would add more airflow restriction and requiring a less restrictive front grill.

Pros: - Small and light package – could have been sent in an envelope with a 50 cent stamp. - Recognized with no problems by Windows 10 on my old machine - Fastest storage in my rig (by far) - 5-yr warranty

Cons: - I do not have an M.2 slot. Shame on me. I used a PCIe to M.2 converter - I did not get advertised speeds, probably because my PCIe is 2.0 - The software others referred to did not come in the box, nor was there a reference to it

Overall Review: I have an old ASUS P6T Deluxe with an i7 980x, 24GB memory and two decent video cards. It has PCIe2, SATA2 and USB2. I know, I know, I am falling behind, but it has yet to come up short enough to require upgrade. I think the main take away is that the MP510 worked at all on this old setup, no additional drivers or anything were necessary. Unlike others who could just plug it right into an M.2 slot, I had to use a PCIe-M.2 converter and plug it into a PCIe 2.0 slot. It took me about ten minutes from shutdown to power back up, mainly because I had to relocate an external power port that was in that slot (for custom water cool pump relay). How nice it would have been just to pop that sucker into the little slot, no cables, viola! It has got me thinking a little about building a new rig. For those of you with older rigs, you will be happy to know you can still get a huge bump with this. Pretty sure I maxed out SATA 2 with my “old” Samsung 850 and I was perfectly happy with load times, etc. The MP510 is quite a bit faster, especially for sequential: Crystal DiskMark6.0.1: Samsung 850 (on SATA2) Read Write SeqQ32T1 285 273 4KiBQ8t8 214 202 4KiBQ32T1 109 96 4KiBQ1T1 26 52 Corsair MP510 (on PCIe 2.0) Read Write SeqQ32T1 1580 1609 4KiBQ8t8 874 607 4KiBQ32T1 153 106 4KiBQ1T1 35 88 If I understand what I am seeing, this is more of a comparison of practical speeds for SATA2 vs. PCIe 2.0 rather than a test of the MP510’s performance (or the Samsung for that matter), but I think it is useful to see that an old rig can get a substantial boost from adding this kind of storage. From everything I can see today, the MP510 performs as advertised and is price competitive for NVME. What remains to be seen is how long it will last and how easy the warranty is to execute. As far as I am concerned, this is the differentiating factor for any storage product. That’s why I only gave it four eggs. I will come back and upgrade it to five after it has withstood the test of time.