Pros: The prices were good, so after trying one out for a while, I purchased 7 more of them as the needs required. They work pretty good and seem to be reliable. I have Linux, Windows XP and Windows 8 installed in one computer, each installed on a different drive, and Windows 7 and Suse Linux installed on separate drives on another. I also have three installed in an ICY Dock for backups.

Cons: One computer I built was for playing games in 3D. I used a 6 core CPU, and SLI'd a couple Nvidia GTX 580s. My performance score was 5.9. That was the score for the hard drives, and also the lowest score. The computer can keep up with anything you can throw at it, so I don't really consider the drives being to slow. I think that the only thing that could make the score higher would be a solid state drive, but they still don't have the capacity I would require. All my games play in 3D, even the older ones.

Pros: Makes even an old HP Laptop computer seem faster

Cons: none

Overall Review: Well packaged. Easy to install. Makes an old but expensive HP Laptop computer to seem a lot faster.

Pros: When I rebuilt my computer using a motherboard that had on PATA or floppy connectors, I was able to use my original IDE DVD writer with no noticeable change in performance. I am still using it and have been for six months. Saved having to purchase a serial ata DVD writer. It is a good product and doesn't stick out the rear of the drive too much, as some may do.

Cons: No cons on the product. Had to download open source DVD burning program for Windows XP. Linux has its own burning programs, and Windows 8 seemed to work OK also.

Overall Review: I will probably keep using it until the DVD writer wears out.

Pros: There is enough slots for a couple extra cards even though those two GeForce 580s I have in there take up two slots. Have HDTV board in the PCIE x1 above the video, and a SCSI controller in the PCI slot. The video boards each take up two slots, so you so loose a couple of slots.

Cons: I dual boot in OpenSuse 12.1 64 bit and Windows 7. The built in Realtek LAN works great in Windows 7, but I can't turn it on in OpenSuse 12.1 because it uses the new 3.1 kernel. To counter that, I had to put a LAN card in the PCIE x16 slot just below the top video Geforce 580 to get on the internet in Linux 12.1.

Overall Review: I suppose either a Linux developer or Realtek will come up with a driver that will turn on the built in LAN in Linux that uses the 3.1 kernel and above. The old 2.4 and 2.6 kernels are going to be a thing of the past.

Pros: I dual boot in Windows 7 an OpenSuse 12.1 x86_64, and the built in LAN on my MSI is a Realtek 8111E. The Realtek LAN works well in Windows 7 but the drivers that came with OpenSuse couldn't turn on the LAN nor the Linux drivers downloaded from Realtek site. I had to put the card between two SLI'd video cards, but as soon as I configured the card in Linux, it selected the Sky2 driver, and it works like a Gb LAN should work. This is one of my best purchases.

Cons: One page manual didn't cover Windows 7 or Linux 3.1 kernels. Drivers on disk outdated. Niether caused any problem because I didn't use them.

Overall Review: Excellent purchase, specially if you are a linux user using OpenSuse 12.1, and the new 3.1 kernel. For the money you can't beat it.

It took a bit of researching to get it working in Linux. Getting the correct drivers loaded was a bit difficult. They don't tell you which chip is in the camera or even the manufacturer. For anyone else wanting to use this in Linux, the manufacturer is Huawei. That will get your camera working. I still don't know the chip number. The resolution is HD. It appears to be an excellent camera. I did not try the camera in Windows, only in OpenSUSE Leap 15.1.