Pros: SSD speed Intel reliability

Cons: Price - could be better but you are paying up for reliability here Capacity - wish it was bigger but not a real gripe because I knew I was getting 120GB so my own issue for not paying up for a bigger drive (it remains sufficient for my needs though, I just like more).

Overall Review: Built up a new gaming PC 6 months ago and decided to go SSD (running W7 64). Saw the massive failure rates on competitors and narrowed down to Intel or Crucial (I'm busy with life and don't have time to rebuild failed OS drives or deal with issues). So far so good. I was coming from a WD Raptor and the speed increase is significant. Most loading time is hardware anyway but once the HD takes over, it's fast. Opening programs is instant. I no longer "wait" for my PC which I hate. Combine good multi-core processors (i3/5/7) with lots of RAM (I have 16GB but 4-8 is sufficient) and an SSD, you are no longer speed restricted. Reliability was key in my decision and I was willing to pay up significantly for it. Given the speed this exhibits, I don't think I'm giving up much outside of benchmarking pride - and there's no pride in a down OS drive so good trade. Intel doesn't guarantee a perfect drive or no hardware conflicts but odds are in your favor here. So far so good.

Pros: Recognized by Windows XP and up right out of the box. See note on bios flash below.

Cons: Comes with outdated bios that seems to have issues with anything larger than 500GB.

Overall Review: You need to go to Silicon Image's website and download bios 5403 (or later). Go to siliconimage.com, search for product Sil3114, and download the latest bios. You can flash this bios straight from Windows. I used Device Manager, find the Sil3114 under SCSI/Raid controllers, right click, properties, Flash Bios tab, point it to the bios and hit the "Program Flash" button underneath. You are gold.

Pros: Great value Very stable Overclocks easily

Cons: Stock cooler but if you are buying this chip you should already know that you'll be using an aftermarket cooler otherwise buy something else.

Overall Review: I replaced a problematic i5 2500K Sandybridge that I got 2 years ago and would run stock at best even with a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus. Busy with life otherwise I'd have dealt with it sooner BUT the chip was getting worse and retail box gets you 3 years of warranty so it's worth the extra $ despite the superfluous stock cooler. Intent on this build was to eventually upgrade to one of the best Ivy Chips and update video to give me a nice long run. Anyway - cleaned the Hyper 212Plus, seated the new 3570k Ivy and voila - perfect. Checked temps with IntelBurn test topping at 60C. Took multiplier from 38x to 44x and temps under 10 runs max around 75 with mostly low 70s. Repeated multiple times over the next few days. Perfect and a very nice and simple air overclock. Idle sits around 33C. Couldn't be happier. Just have to return my old 2500K and I'll upgrade video at some point but my XFX 6970 2GB is doing a passable job and I don't have much time for gaming these days (sad).

Pros: Lots of space Excellent wire management Great airflow Roomy

Cons: At this price level - absolutely none

Overall Review: Went together very smoothly. Had no issues with rubber wiring chanels coming out until the very last one where I was rushing and being super sloppy - pulled too hard. Getting it back in took a minute, kind of have to figure out the technique as the rubber is soft. Had no issues with the others (routed everything through them) and didn't exactly put in much care. All wires fit well on the back of the case where they reside behind the motherboard. Fan controllers are decent, no issues. Front panel works and new USB 3.0 header plugged right into motherboard. Hard drive system is decent. When you do work, you'll be pulling both side panels if you are routing anything and want to keep it clean looking. Stock fans are quiet and large. Move tons of air. Fan controllers are quiet with no hum as another reviewer experienced. If there were issues with this case in the past, they are resolved now outside of a one-off. I paid 99 on black friday but I'd be happy paying ful

Pros: Nice well made unit. Low noise 120mm fan. Sleeved cables, plenty of connections, well thought out. Mirror black finish is interesting. Great price with rebate and discount brought to around twen-ty fi-ve.

Cons: None really - unless the specs don't meet your needs. They are listed in detail at Newegg and the company site so there is no excuse or blame if you don't read them and can't decide whether they will meet your needs (i.e. several reviews down).

Overall Review: This is a good PS. That's one key to any PS purchase - reasonable quality and build. The other is being able to look at the specs and knowing whether it will do the job for you. My purpose was to power an older low power machine as well as a number hard drives (5-10) as I scale the storage up. Packaging was high quality and protected, install was a snap, and overall I'm very pleased. Fan is nice and quiet. Pretty pleased overall and the for the price I bought at I consider it a steal.

Pros: Reasonably good hardware - very easy to flash to DD-WRT and highly recommended. Flash procedure is really as simple as getting a file, putting it on your desktop, opening the command prompt, typing 30 characters, plugging in the router and hitting enter in short order. 45 seconds later - voila very robust and highly configurable best in class. Mounts vertical or horizontal. Pretty robust performance on speed/transfers (only reference is dd-wrt).

Cons: Range/Distance is good but not great - I think there's an HR model or some such with upgraded range.

Overall Review: Can't speak to stock firmware. I knew nothing about DD-WRT until I read some comments here. Whole process was very quick. I never even saw the stock firmware.