Pros: FAST. Software actually works. FAST.

Cons: None

Overall Review: OK, so the ASUS G74Sx was getting on 1 year old, so I decided to upgrade it a bit with the 512 GB Samsung 830. After a clone using the free EaseUS Total backup 4.5 (about 1.5 hours to make a clone on the SSD hooked to my USB3 port), I removed a few screws and slipped in the 512 GB Samsung 830, flipped it back over and booted into Win 7_64 in 15 Seconds. That was fast. Made sure I was booting in ACHI, clicked a few settings in control panel to stop indexing, defrag, etc., and put everything bak in. The entire operation took about 20 minutes. Turned everything off after a cold boot, re-ran Performance and numbers were as follows: Pre-Samsung - CPU (i7-2500) - 6.4 16 GB Mushkin DDR3 2100 RAM- 6.5 Nvidia 560 GTX 2 GB DDR5 - 6.4 Seagate 500 GB 7200 rpm - 5.6 Post-Seagate: CPU - 7.1 RAM -7.1 GPU -7.4 Samsung SSD - 7.9 Costs are irrelevant when returns are sufficiently high, and in this case, the $700.00 for the Samsung SSD was well worth the expense.

Pros: Excellent sound, comfort, options and good battery life. Very good build quality.

Cons: a little bulky

Overall Review: I own 2 sets and use them for games, VOIP, etc. they are simply great for $110.

Pros: Good amount of RAM; good chippery

Cons: None really for what I do. Keeps my wallet fatter than buying a couple of Teslas.

Overall Review: I only play CounterStrike CSS and use this in my lab to run my gene sequencer and CUDA using the Smith-Waterman algorithim; don't care about games. CSS looks nice though.