Pros: Cheap, sturdy, aluminum, comes with everything you need, simple and quick. I am far more of a 'function over form' kind of guy, but these cases even look better than average in addition. Quickly becoming my favorite external HD enclosure brand/model. I prefer using 3.5" 7200rpm HDs in my external storage (as opposed to 2.5" 5400rpm laptop drives) due to speed and durability, so I am looking at powered solutions. I have used other makes of enclosures, plastic and aluminum both, but the Rosewills have proven both cheaper and better - a rare combination.

Cons: That LED is something else. It is located at the BACK of the case, and shines the length of the HD bay. This means that when you look at it from an angle, it is sort of dim. But if you get it full on, it is BRIGHT. As in, SPOTLIGHT bright. Very focused - like a search light. Not a big enough issue to dock it an egg, but would it kill them to tone it down a bit or maybe even use a wide-angle lens to make it both softer and more easily seen from an angle. One of these things will make a good night light in a dark room, so if you are thinking of using it in a bedroom PC situation, point it somewhere non-reflective and not at the bed, or you might find sleeping somewhat difficult.

Overall Review: I have used seven of these so far, paired MOSTLY with Samsung F3 drives (the 250GB SATAs most recently) or with WD Black drives (last used a 750GB Black for a client. I have also used Seagates twice. I mention this because of the three drives (WD, Samsung, Seagate), the coolest and quietest have been the Samsung F3 families. Those drives are quiet and cool. Performance-wise, the WD Blacks have consistently edged out the Seagates and Samsungs in MOST usage categories. The Seagates I have used with these have all been post-Maxtor models, and those thing run HOT. Almost hot enough to cause worry. Best not use a Seagate in one of these and then wedge it in some nook or cranny - heat will likely kill it. Use a Samsung or WD and don't worry about it. I really wish that the black version of these weren't a 5-spot more than the silver, but really, who cares about the color? It doesn't make any difference to the enclosure.

Pros: Cheap, plentiful.

Cons: Coin-toss as to rather or not they will be usable or hard as rock.

Overall Review: Bought three bags of these - one black, one red, one purple. The Red and Black ones were nearly all hard as concrete (one of them CRACKED when I squeezed it), but the Purple ones were perfectly fine. I think QC is an issue with these.

Pros: Low price (got it on sale) and good capacity for sys drive on HTPC unit ADATA software works with Windows 7/8.1/10 without much drama Drive delivers spec'd performance with new builds (Ryzen 3 220G/B450 mobo/Windows 10 Ent x64) The heatsink fits well and keeps drive cool in my case (sits inline with a 120mm fan, so airflow for drive is great in my case) Price/performance balance teriffic (when on sale)

Cons: Heatsink is a bit thin for optimal thermal transfer Runs hotter than some competitors (Samsung EVO 970 m.2 specifically - but only by an average of 1.5C) Board 'looks' cheap compared to other makes (negated by Heatsink covering it - heatsink looks pretty good in fact)

Overall Review: I have used ADATA RAM and SSDs for a few years now, and found them a good option for build-level projects, especially when they are on sale. My very first ADATA SSD is STILL chugging along after 7 years without missing a beat, and is only reporting 6% life expended. There are better-performing options within class, but not many (perhaps none if you focus on XPG line) at this units price point. As a general note, if you are not running Windows 8 and up, you should not defrag the drives and I recommend that you use the TRIM tool in the software toolkit every month or so to make sure TRIM and wear-leveling are occurring correctly. And yes, I do prefer SSDs for ANY OS I run (even XP). I not only would buy this again, I will when it comes back on sale.

Pros: Cheap, stable & clockable.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Paired to an A10-5800k on an FM2 board, she clocked to full right from the start, all timings correct. I played with the timings and got her up a threshold of just over 2, but only for parameter testing. I leave mine at stock and the system flies. The box with this in it is a HTPC box, with a lot of heavy streaming over GB LAN and a lot of hardware encode/decode. This RAM works very well with the system and I love that I didn't have to manually clock the RAM.

Pros: Lo-profile, low-power use (bus powered), cool, quiet, steady, cheap for performance.

Cons: relatively narrow memory bus, fan shallow and heat sink thin.

Overall Review: Needed a dedicated solution for my newest HTPC build. Core of the box was an A10-5800k on an MSI board. On-chip graphics were great, but I wanted more, so I added this card. The difference in performance was not so big on benchmarks, but noticeable in actual use. Now my HTPC box will stream ANYTHING without a hiccup or pause, it will play BD-R natively at 1080p with the CPU and RAM barely over idle, and the loudest part of the system is the ODD and PSU fan (14Db). She games mid-range, and absolutely devours encodes/decodes. For the money, you can't get better.

Pros: Price, capacity, decent warranty. For $99, can't be beat.

Cons: Ordered 4, one arrived with a dented PCB - appears to have been damaged in the factory, due to lack of marks on outer packaging and the sheer volume of bubble wrap used.

Overall Review: 25% DOA rate. Not horrible, considering that these 4 are the first time I have bought Hitachi drives for a build. I generally prefer Samsung, WD and - in limited cases - Seagate, but the deal was too tempting. The other three drives all passed with flying colors, and after spotting the deep dent (but no cracks around the dent) in the controller PCB, I suspect faulty QA got me this time. These are for a Synology NAS unit, and will face heavy use in a RAID 5 array, so the testing is going to be quite extensive. So far, the other three are doing very well, with excellent test-bench performance, acoustic and thermal characteristics. They have another eight test bench cycles, then a full month in deployment testing in front of them (which can't start until the failed drive is replaced - already in process with 'Egg) before they are considered ready for line use. I will keep a close eye on them, and post if they turn south quicker than expected.