Pros: Very quiet. Great 80 Plus Gold platform (see other thoughts) for a low price. Compatible with new Haswell low power states.

Cons: All 4 SATAs on a single chain and all molex connectors on a single chain. It may be difficult to use all connectors if you needed them.

Overall Review: There's only 5 cables and you will probably be using them all so the non-modular design doesn't really matter. This PSU uses Sirfa's HPM platform, which is also used by Rosewill Photon (<= 750W). You can read up jonnyguru's review of SilentiumPC Supremo M1 Gold 550W, which also uses this platform. They differ mainly by the fan, caps, and connectors.

Pros: Cheap 2 platter design

Cons: Noisy while idle (platters may be imbalanced) Causes PS3 system to periodically lock up during download/installation of games during automatic update Slow write speed (read speed is okay)

Overall Review: This drive may be fine for PC use, but it is unsuited for consoles. I suggest using HGST, Samsung, or Seagate. Returned to Newegg.

Pros: Whether you are a PC or current gen gamer, you're first reaction after turning on the system and launching a game is that this really is next gen. - Eye catching hardware - Effortless setup - Integrated and easier to use UI. The store is seamlessly integrated into the UI. Downloading from the store is a one-click process - Fast and smooth UI. Can go to the UI from the middle of a firefight without skipping a beat. - Designed for the gamer. The system does everything it could to make jumping into a game as smooth and fast as possible. Cold system bootup is less than half a minute. Even though disc games needs to be installed, even a 40+GB game needs only 3 mins before you can start. Game updates occurs during standby and in the background. Changing audio from the middle of a game is one button push. - Gorgeous gameplay experience. High frame rate, high resolution, and detailed textures. Unprecedented for launch titles. - Tons of indie support. - Tons of F2P games. Don't need PS+ for most of these. - No paywall for paid services like Netflix and Hulu Plus. - DS4 improves on the DS3 in every way. Hard to go back. - Remote play works on every game. No longer tied to my TV. - Instant game collection. I only bought BF4 and K:SF (both from Newegg), but I already have a backlog thanks to PS+ (Resogun, Contrast), F2P (DCUO, Warframe, BLR), and Cross-Buy promotions (Flower, Sound Shape). - User-replaceable hardware. Very easy to do.does not void the warranty. Mine is now a HGST 5k1500 1.5TB HDD.

Cons: - Arguably limited launch line-up (not much from Japan).

Overall Review: Newegg was great and offered my launch day delivery for only $10.

Pros: Quiet 2 platter design Easy installation Stable (no lockups after downloading and installing 300+ GB of games from PSN) Good read speed

Cons: Write speed is a bit slow (may be due to 512e causing read-modify-write on unaligned sectors)

Overall Review: If you don't mind the slightly slow write speed (noticeable only during large game installations), the drive is great. Otherwise, I would suggest the Seagate drives which comes with Smart Align, which allows the drive to avoid read-modify-write independent of OS. A lot of the people like Samsung, but it should have the same issue, so I'm guessing either its firmware does things faster/better or they aren't timing things

Pros: -Compatible with my case and SSD

Cons: -A bit expensive for how simple it is.

Overall Review: Buy one if you don't want to or can't velcro. SSD: Intel X25-M G2 80GB MLC CASE: Rosewill R363-M-BK Black

Pros: -Very fast. Excels in multi-threaded application. Smooth. Doesn't slow down with flash or 1080p video. -Beats all integrated GPU (except Trinity). -Awesome price -Fairly power efficent. The 32nm process lets my system idle at 45 W and load (prime95) at 150 W. This is pretty good considering my PSU only has 60% efficiency.

Cons: -Replaced by FM2

Overall Review: Unless you need a mid or high end GPU, these APUs are the only way to go. CPU/GPU: AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz MB: BIOSTAR A75MG FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) Micro ATX MEM: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 DVD: SAMSUNG DVD Burner 24X SATA SSD: Intel X25-M G2 80GB MLC HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB 7200 RPM CASE/PSU: Rosewill R363-M-BK Black OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit