Joined on 03/28/09
Slick case!

Pros: - HUGE - 10 hard drive bays - plenty of cable management holes - front and top fans work well while not obstructing the look of the case. - extremely sturdy - tool-less design that actually WORKS. Mostly thumbscrews. - 5.25 bay covers are easy to remove. - dust filters on all fan mounts except the side. - great price considering the build quality and features
Cons: - HUGE. Getting motherboard power wires to reach can be a pain. Make sure you have room for this beast. - heavy. 40 lbs empty. I knew this going in, but keep this in mind.
Overall Review: Since 2006 I've had a Coolermaster Amm 533 case. HATED it. No cable management holes, no fan mount on the side, lots of tacky looking plastic, just plain ugly. The pictures online were misleading, and I was a total n00b back then. I wasn't making that mistake again. I need as many hard drive bays as I can get. I use TONS of space, and add drives as often as I can, so this case is perfect for me. Clean, minimalist design. Looks slick without being covered in tons of plastic. My main suggestion is get the aditional 140 and 120mm fans for optimal ventilation, and some cable extenders.
HUGE, yet VERY effective.

Pros: - dropped temps 10-18 degrees on idle vs stock cooler - easy install - quiet - blows air out back of case, and not down, keeping my gpu cooler. - ram fits under it nicely
Cons: - colors on fans aren't the best, but not a biggy - HUGE. Make sure your case can fit it
Overall Review: I recently upgraded my pc. My old rig had an AMD Phenomm II 940 paired with a Thermaltake Big Typhoon Pro. I thought that thing was big... I'm now running an AMD FX 8350, and this thing dropped the temps nearly 20 degrees compared to the stock cooler. This thing is huge. The pictures do not do it justice. That said, install was easy. Just make sure your case will fit it. I would HIGHLY recommend this to any gamer out there. Quiet, and performs very well.
Amazing!

Pros: - VERY easy install - Does not take up space in my case - Remote - Great sound - 24 bit 96k recording
Cons: - Default settings make the sound fuzzy
Overall Review: I had previously bought an Asus Xonar PCI card, and it malfunctioned. I decided to get a USB card since it didn't require an additional power cord, and Man, this thing is great! This is FAR better than my built in sound card. I can hear things in songs I never knew were there. This sounded awful with the default settings. After I turned all the effects off, I wondered how I ever managed with my on board sound for so many years. I think a lot of those who gave bad reviews are not very tech savy.
Ignore the nay sayers!

Pros: - much more efficient Ram usage - sleek design - classic desktop still accessable - gadgets still work - compatible with pretty much everything 7 was - Aero desktop works with some older programs that had issues in 7. In these programs, it would kick me to the Windows 7 basic desktop, screwing up my DPI scaling. - You can finally put custom images in the log on screen. - Install time is MUCH faster - Startup time is MUCH faster
Cons: - Still not enough default screensavers - New interface takes some getting used to - BSOD screen no longer shows diagnostic information, just a sad face. Not helpful when overclocking, and trying to see if it was a memory or cpu issue.
Overall Review: I have been using Windows 7 since 2010, and thought it couldn't get any better. Let's face it; every other Windows OS is garbage. 98, ME, Vista... For once, they've actually got two good OS's in a row. I've been running 8 since the consumer preview. True, it takes a little time getting used to the new layout, but after a few weeks, it's really not bad. I never used the Start menu anyway. I either put shortcuts on the desktop, pin icons to the menu bar, or create my own menus. All of this can still be done in Windows 8. The overall look is sleeker, it runs smoother, and start up time is about half of Windows 7.
MP is incorrect

Pros: see other
Cons: see other
Overall Review: MP is wrong. The human eye can detect up to about 50 or so fps. After that, it all looks the same. The main advantage of 60fps + is that if the frame rate drops a few frames, you won't notice. The difference between 30 and 60fps is HUGE. For instance, movies are shot at 24fps. 240hz smooth motion tv's add 9 in-between frames per frame (with films), creating the "soap opera effect" Soap operas, like most tv, are at 60fps. So, the human eye CAN tell the difference between 30 and 60fps. MP needs to do more research next time.
Not all models have DDR3

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Cons: see other
Overall Review: I have done a legitimate review on this product, I just wanted to educate some of the reviewers on here. My model, the NB505-500bl DOES use DDR2. I upgraded it to a 2gb ddr2 667 sodimm myself. Every spec sheet I've read online shows the nb505-508bl having virtually the same specs as mine. If this newer version does have DDR3, newegg are not the only ones with the specs wrong. Anyway, what are you complaining about? Ram is cheap. Sell it to someone, and be done with it. Mistakes happen. If you want to complain to someone, complain to Toshiba for making essentially the same netbook as the earlier model, features and all, except with ddr3 ram. Or how about this; next time, open the thing up yourself, and see what ram it uses. Upgrading this to 2gb is not necessary, but it does help if you multitask a lot.