Pros: Handles my Vbox machines without being sluggish (Oracle WebCcenter, & SOA BPM). No stutters recording with PVR. Stock fan appears adequate for cooling, saving $ on and aftermarket cooler. Boot to "Windows Starting" in ~10 sec.

Cons: Fan Wiring does not stay secured to the wire guides. You will need to secure the wiring for the fan. Twice the wiring got wrapped around the fan causing the fan to halt and forcing me to shut off the machine.

Overall Review: I was considering an i7 but went with i5 to stay under budget. So far no issues. Config: ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard Kingston 4X4GB =16GB dd3-1600 Ram Intel 3000 graphics 2 x 1TB Sata II 1 x 250GB Sata II 1 x 80GB Sata II

Pros: Handsome board. Very quick boot ups. Included USB 3 2.5" front bay adapter Protective packaging.

Cons: [Sigh] Where to begin. - Wouldn't boot up with graphics card installed (HIS HD4870) - Poor placement of Dr. Debug LED. - Poor placement of USB 2, USB 3, HD Audio headers. - Instant boot doesn't work. - After installing drivers, first 7 minutes after boot up my hard drive is constantly Reading/Writing. Avast Antivirus comes up clean. - Documentation is weak. - USB ports are not always active immediately after win7 log in screen appears. I've had this issue with Gigabyte boards, too. I seem to have gotten most things worked out other than my video card. I'm leaning towards returning it for a Gigabyte. See other Thoughts for detail.

Overall Review: - Can't add a bottom case fan because the USB 3.0 header cable (which is quite thick) will not bend out of the way. -Can't use the HD Audio header for the case because it's waaaayyyy at the back instead of near the front of the case. So I have no sound out from the front case music ports. -The placement of the Dr. Debug LED prevented me from seeing it when my graphics card was installed and the machine wouldn't boot, rendering the LED totally useless. Should move LED close to 24 pin power or near the back IO ports. - With Instant boot installed, when I chose Shut Down, the machine would appear to shut down and then instant boot logo would appear over the whole screen and restart the computer. Requiring me to shut it down again. - UEFI guide doc simply repeats the name of the setting. Ex., "VTT Voltage - Use this to select VTT Voltage". This tells the reader nothing. Config: This board i5 2500K 4x4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 4 Sata II drives 1 Blue Ray drive Seaso

Pros: - Nice appearance. - AM radio. See below. - Remote features duplicate almost all features on the radio. - Decent sound - Easy setup. Didn't need to read instructions.

Cons: - Weak AM reception. - Horrible snooze button placement. - Display brightness only applies when music is playing. - Off-axis viewing is restricted past 60 degrees off center.

Overall Review: I bought this to replace a 20 year old Zenith clock radio I got on sale for $20. There are comments that this unit is too big to use as a clock radio. I disagree with this comment. So much of the tech market is focused on miniaturization, that encountering a product the size of a foot ball produces a knee jerk "its too big" response. Polk lists this at 300 bucks on their site. There's no way I'd pay that for this unit. This is NOT audiophile level sound. There's a bass port on the bottom, and what appears to be (4) 2.75" inch speakers. My unit is about 1 foot from the wall and I wouldn't recommend putting it in a corner as the bass would be overwhelming. Its not boomy, but it is bass heavy. I set the bass to 2 clicks below center. MId-range is decent, and highs are adequate. Overall the sound has a restrained quality; like it's muted. A more open quality would improve the sound. Probably need to change the crossover points. My 2 gripes are 1) The location of the snooze button and the power button make it easy to turn off the alarm instead of engaging the snooze feature, and 2) The display brightness is effective only when music is playing. When you turn the unit off It dims to a preset level. A level that makes it difficult to see during day time. If 1/2 egg was possible I would give it 1/2 more.

Pros: I am using the trial version of this software before purchasing after my paid for version of Avast 6 expired. Seems to be catching the ad tracking cookies web sites deposit. Installation was without issue on my Win7 box. A full system scan took about an hour.

Cons: Disappointments so far: 1. The environment for bank website surfing traps out of the desktop environment. That means if you have a ton of username/password pairs that you copy-paste when logging on to those sites, you can not do that. You must write down your user/pass and then type it in. 2. In search results, regularly indicates a site is safe, when the search engine (yahoo, etc.) says the site is suspicious. 3. The file shredder would not delete .xps image capture files for some reason. There might be other file types it will not shred. Txt, .PDF, .xls, and .docx seem to shred fine.

Overall Review: After a weeks use I am definitely not drawn to buy. Its OK at best. I may upgrade to Avast 8 or try out Norton 2013.

Pros: All my plugs fit.

Cons: -Not durable.

Overall Review: I've bought 3 CyberPower UPS 425VA. None have lasted more than 1.5 years. I had 2 supporting my computers and printers and a 3rd for my receiver, since my area gets brownouts that clear my A/V settings. There's no warning of a week battery, they just turn off and refuse to turn back on. Looking to buy a APC next. I have a Geek Squad-branded tower UPS with display which has been running fine for 2+ years. Save your money and buy another brand.

Pros: - Attractive case design - Price/shipping - Surprisingly good detail in dialog reproduction and music soundtrack for this price range.

Cons: - Instruction manual says the CS20 has 2 sets of plugs for bi-amping/bi-wiring, but this one only has 1 set of plugs, so no bi-wire/amp is possible. Maybe Polk reduced the functionality of this model but didn't update their documentation. -Tweeter maybe a little stiff for music listening from FM tuner source. Time will tell as I break these in.

Overall Review: Sound Stage - The dialog is a little more forward compared to music and other sound effects coming from the center. Not a pro or con, just something to consider for your tastes. Size - Others have commented that this is a large center. That's true if your previous experience is with lower end centers. Compared with high end speakers, its about par for the course in size. I have this paired with Energy Veritas V2.3i Left/Right and Veritas V 2.0Ri surrounds. Voice match isn't identical but OK for a temporary center, which is why I bought these. Overall I am pleased. Would have given it 1/2 more egg if possible in rating.