Pros: So far, so good! Runs at specified timings & voltage (2-3-3-6-1T) on an AMD X2 based system.

Cons: If it ran without specifying the parameters in the BIOS, it would have been nice. Not a huge deal though. Functionality is more important!

Overall Review: Not everyone knows that 2-3-3-6 means tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS. It's not too tough to find that on google, but you have to know what to search for. And you have to know which settings those are in the BIOS. But I understand them wanting to have the things run according to the JEDEC spec out of the box (3-3-3-8 I think is what my mobo auto-configured to). Without standards like JEDEC, where would we be? That's right, we'd all still be buying PC's from companies instead of building our own :-)

Pros: VPN setup is very easy (well, setting up a VPN ranges from medium to extremely hard so I should say it makes it relatively easy).<br>GUI is surprisingly nice.

Cons: 1) WiFi signal goes into the weeds every couple of days. Sometimes rebooting helps. Sometimes not, see point 3.<br>2) XBox 360 seems to hate this thing and exaccerbates WiFi issues mentioned in point 1.<br>3) If I try to use an extra AP, the "networkmap" process runs to 100% for all eternity and the box heats up a LOT. Then WiFi becomes utter garbage and sometimes the wired pc's can't access the Internet very fast at that point either.

Overall Review: Overall it's got very nice WAN to LAN throughput but the WiFi instability was killing me. A process called "networkmap" would almost constantly use 100% CPU making the router run hot. I installed the AsusWRT Merlin firmware instead and it has DRAMATICALLY improved stability. Been running about 10 days now without problems (previously the router was only stable for 3-5 days). I'm going to change my ranking to 3 eggs. Sorry Asus, but you can't have 4 or 5 eggs when you can't have your stock firmware behave properly. It would have been 1 egg without Merlin saving the day... Seriously, get yourselves together I don't have a complicated setup at my house or anything!

Pros: Great looking case. Lots of fan/radiator mounting options. ARGB is slick. Cable management is very good.

Cons: When I tried to mount my front fan in the lowest possible spot, it made the fan + 3.5" hard drives + PSU a bit tight. So I moved the fan up one. Could be solved by looking for a smaller PSU next time around. Thumb screws on the right hand side of the case were so wimpy that they arrived in pieces. Fixed with gorilla glue. Could probably find one-piece thumb screws online somewhere if they don't hold up.

Overall Review: I got the DP501 because I wanted a more modern case to replace an ancient Antec Sonata. My motherboard doesn't support RGB yet, but figured a future build will and that I might be able to add it on with a 3rd party device (and the case has some modes built into it, even if your motherboard doesn't support ARGB). The case looks pretty darn sweet. If you didn't notice - it does NOT have any 5.25" or 3.5" front facing bays. If you need a DVD or BluRay, get a USB one. I knew that going in, and that's modern desktop design for you. What you're getting in return is a LOT more space inside - biggest space for video cards I've ever seen. And the Righthand side hides all of your mess, making you look like a genius at cable management quite easily. Other reviewers noted that the included ARGB hub/controller is exposed over there. They are correct - be mindful of where the larger power supply bundles of cables go as you put the cover on and you should be fine. Other reviews mentioned that it's probably best if you have a modular PSU. I already have one, though a little large. I would recommend modular to avoid having extra cables that need to be tucked away. Now - why only 4 eggs!? -1 Egg For: When I unboxed the case, everything looked great on the glass side. You read a lot of reviews of problems with the screws on that end. However, a few pieces of thumb screws fell out of the bag! It turns out - the screws for the other side (the right hand side of the case) had broken. Yes... Antec, who I feel like invented the thumb screw, has used some weirdo plastic knob over metal screw for the METAL side of the case! So under any pressure, the knob/cover fell off the screw. I like the looks of this case a lot, and didn't want to futz with an RMA so my solution was to paint gorilla glue inside the knobs, and then set the screws inside. Then I was just careful not to over-pressure them putting them on and it's holding. But I have SEVERAL other Antec cases that used a one-piece screw and I don't know why Antec didn't in this case.

Pros: Attractive design for control computer and cameras.

Cons: All 4 video feeds are blank and have been blank since I unboxed and hooked everything up. The device reboots on its own quite often. The main disappointment here is that with the holidays and everything I was too busy to test it until now. Serious error on my part because now I'm past the 30 day newegg RMA window. So, I'm going to be stuck waiting for support people at LaView to figure out this thing is completely DOA - and that's if I'm lucky. 1 Egg until these issues are resolved to a working product.

Overall Review: The instructions are pretty horrid, but that was kind of expected.

Pros: So far this router is fantastic. It was insanely easy to set up, and out of the box they have a semi-random SSID and random passphrase printed on the router if you don't want to do much in the way of setup. I customized the subnet, a few port forwards, the SSID, guest SSID, and passphrases really in a matter of about 15 minutes. The signal strength throughout the house is hugely improved over my previous router, a D-Link DIR-655. I was surprised since there's no external antenna/e.

Cons: I can't really think of any cons yet. Hopefully router continues to work this well for a few years - routers have a tendency to eventually require daily reboots.

Overall Review: About the "Open-Source"... DD-WRT's page will say that support is a work in progress for this version (WNR3500L v2). But, if you do some googling you can find firmware that is supposed to work. I think people have had luck with OpenTomato. There is a $10 off code today, so rather than buy a used one for experimentation I'm going to just get a second new one. Then I don't have to risk messing up our Internet while I try the whole Open-Soure thing.

Pros: Screen is pretty good, although there are a couple of "smudges" in this one. Reasonably responsive for a single core CPU. Light weight and thin. You can probably use it to play games, but don't count on it too much if what you want to do involves much data usage. See cons.

Cons: Like the PLT7223G, I'm afraid these things have horrid WiFi. If you get too far from your router, it will say it has signal but it really doesn't at all. Then if you get right up on the router, a speed test will improve but doing things with Chrome or the Play Store are still quite slow... really too bad. Same issue with one PLT8223G and two PLT7223G's.

Overall Review: I'm kind of bummed that newegg sold me these when there's a design issue, but there's no returns on refurb units. They offered to RMA the 7" ones I got, but I'm 90% sure the replacements will all be flawed as well. I'll give it a shot and report back. Live and learn I guess - no more buying anything refurb unless there's a bunch of reviews to read.