Pros: - It's about as fast as you're going to get with SATA - The drive will be obsolete well before the warranty runs out (10 year warranty) - 256GB is plenty of space for a Windows install, and a decent number of associated programs. - Useful software

Cons: - A bit overpriced when it was released - Faster M.2./PCI-E based SSD's are quickly becoming relevant.

Overall Review: For a boot drive, you really can't go wrong, particularly if you don't have a Skylake build. There's not enough space for games though. Also going forward you're going to see more NVMe SSD's that leverage the speed of PCI-E, SATA SSD's are on the way out.

Pros: When it works it's screaming fast with excellent range.

Cons: It doesn't work correctly all that often. Whenever I boot my computer or even change wireless networks (like going from 5Ghz to 2.4Ghz because once again, the adapter is dropping off the 5Ghz network randomly), the device for whatever reason has to disconnect, wait for the computer to recognize it again, and then reinstall itself again. This happens every freaking time. I've tried several drivers, they all do the same thing. As an added bonus if you try to follow the directions with the drivers, in which you are instructed to uninstall the previous drivers (check), then install the new drivers (check), keep the adapter unplugged until to the install process tells you to plug it it (check). What happens next is that the when the installer tells you to plug the adapter into the USB port, and you do so. It won't recognize that you did it. The computer will pick up the adapter, but you're forced to kill the installer at that point because it won't progress any further despite the adapter being plugged in. Once you've gotten that far, it'll probably have no issues with networks on the 2.4Ghz band, but that's not why you bought this thing, you waned AC support. So you connect to your 5Ghz network and if you're lucky, after disconnecting and reconnecting at least twice before finally connecting deciding to connect for good (hah!) you'll get really fast speeds for a while, maybe a few minutes, maybe even few hours, but what will inevitably happen is that, your 5Ghz connection will suddenly stock working, it's not the access port/router because your other devices connected to it will still work fine, but the adapter will drop the signal, not matter how strong your connection is, and then it will disconnect from your computer, then reconnect, with your computer having to "discover" it again if you're lucky. If you're not so lucky it will just sit there doing nothing, until you either physically disconnect it and reconnect it, or Windows will bring up the wireless troubleshooter, and you can reset it through that. Either way it's totally unacceptable. Like I mentioned before, I've tried different drivers, different settings in device manager, etc. and nothing really works consistently.

Overall Review: In my experience Netgear routers are solid. Their wireless adapters on the other hand range from bad to mediocre. I've never had a Netgear wireless adapter that really justified it's price, and this one is no exception. The A6210 is replacing an old $13 Rosewill 2.4 Ghz adapter. Coincidentally, the Rosewill replaced another under-performing Netgear adapter. The Rosewill never gave me any trouble, had excellent range, but wasn't a 5Ghz adapter. So I bought the Netgear A6210,I should've paid more attention to the other consumer reviews that reported the same or similar problems that I'm experiencing.

Pros: - Good price to performance ratio - it's been around forever (proven reliability)

Cons: - runs hot even at stock clocks, and the stock cooler is a joke - it's been around forever (outdated)

Overall Review: I used the FX-6300 for a budget build for a friend ( FX-6300, 8GB RAM, R7-260X, 1TB HDD, no SDD, etc.) who just wanted something for typical use and some light-to moderate gaming, and didn't want to spend a ton of money, I though about going the APU route, but the FX-6300 + R7 260X combo was only going to run about $30 more than a Kaveri A10 powered build once everything was added up. So I went with that instead. For what I was builiding, the FX-6300 was more than adequate.

Pros: - Plenty of storage space - Fast for a mechanical HDD - Has proven to be reliable - 5 year warranty

Cons: - Noisy, even for a HDD. This wasn't totally unexpected, as my previous WD Black was pretty noisy as well. - Somewhat overpriced compared to other HDDs of similar size on the market.

Pros: - Easy to use - You don't have to worry about attaching SATA or power cables to your HDD - Transfers are quick with USB 3.0

Cons: -The USB and power cables are only adequate in length

Overall Review: This a better arrangement than they typical SATA to USB adapters.

Pros: -Inexpensive -Much better cooling that a stock cooler -Pretty quiet

Cons: -Instructions aren't exactly great -Installation can be a little fiddly for AM3+

Overall Review: I've used several 212 EVOs in the past for various builds and decided to use the 212 Plus for a budget AMD machine. It's basically the same as an EVO, and it's a bit cheaper. It works very well. Getting the retention brace through the cooler itself for the narrower AM3+ socket was more involved than accomplishing the same task for LGA 115X. But It wasn't a big deal.