Pros: Fast. Stable. Inexpensive, compared to others.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: This is my first SSD. I now consider myself a junkie because there's 0 way I'm going back to spinners (at least for OS/Games) after using this. I haven't had any of the issues that other folks are having. Maybe it will take some time for them to occur? So far it's been a solid performer. It may not be the quickest of the SSDs but currently, my Windows boots lightning fast and the 2 games I play WoW and Diablo 3 load instantly. I'm now planning a SSD upgrade for my HTPC and Notebook.

Pros: It looks nice from afar and works well. eSata and USB worked flawlessly for me. Some people think it feels cheap but I don't consider plastic to be synonymous with cheap feeling, in that aspect it feels like a very well built plastic enclosure. No fan = silent enclosure. Recommended use: infrequent small backups (with a regular 7200rpm drive) infrequent incremental backups (with a regular 7200rpm drive) Pretty much anything you want with a low profile and/or low rpm disk. Cheap external SSD solution.

Cons: Very tricky because the enclosure feels cool to the touch all the time (since the plastic doesn't conduct any heat and there's no fan blowing warm air out), but it runs drives REALLY hot. Don't even think about putting a 7200rpm or non-green drive into this unit, you'll regret it. Your drive will be hot to the touch after spending some time thrashing or being active in this enclosure. There's no fan, so you expect that a drive would get warm but they get very hot. You may be stuck using green or low rpm drives which don't produce as much heat. It's that or taking a chance and possibly ruining anything faster. The button may be problematic for some. It's a semi-soft power button so if power to the enclosure is killed, the drive will not come back on when power returns. I don't have an issue as I have several UPSs. Installation can be tricky. Took me a while to figure out removing a single screw and dealing with taking it apart but once you do it you don't forget.

Overall Review: I suspect this enclosure could easily ruin a drive due to overheating. I had no idea the drive was running so hot until I opened up the unit to mess around with several different drives. I copied around 50GB initially, turned the unit off and attempted to switch the drive for another and I actually couldn't pick up the drive out of the unit, that's how hot it was. Had to wait a minute or 2. The drive in it's entirety is always cool to the touch though, due to it being mostly plastic. Only the drive holster is metal. Despite or in spite of the negatives, it's a pretty good enclosure. Solid, works well and hasn't given me any problem. I wouldn't recommend it to finicky people. If you're smart and know what you're doing, you shouldn't have a problem.

Pros: Easy to install, fast, solid so far, cheap. You're getting almost 90% of an EVO 970 (the bar standard) at a much lower cost. If you get lucky and get the device running at full specs, you're saving a lot of money.

Cons: As with any of these devices, compatibility may be an issue, insofar as to say the device won't work up to it's full specs in some systems. Sometimes you pay that extra for that guarantee when it comes to products. Keep that in mind when picking this device. If speed is mission critical, you may want to spend the extra for Samsung, Crucial, Kingston, etc.

Overall Review: My 6th gen NUC only detects it as Gen3 x2, not X4 so it's hobbled. My other system sees it as Gen3 x4. I'd definitely recommend this device within the scope of reason. Keep in mind that with these things compatibility matters. You're going to be let down when/if your device sees it as anything less than it is, which is what has happened to me. For the price, I'm not complaining. The NUC is also still running faster than it would with a regular SSD so I'm not too messed up about it. The speed isn't mission critical, the NUC is a HTPC. I'm really hoping that Intel will update the BIOS of the NUC and it'll fix the issue. -1 star due to compatibility issues. As far as I see it, these should be like hard drives. There shouldn't be a reason where from vendor to vendor, it works slower or is not detected properly.

Pros: Solid, Works, Fast. I got one of these for my Asus z97 Pro Wifi board. Not sure where I got it in my mind that it'd work at full speed, it doesn't, obviously, because the board's M.2 slot doesn't work at PCIE 3.0 x4, but I'm still happy because I got it at the price of a regular 500GB SSD anyway and this means that when I'm ready to upgrade I'll achieve these speeds. It's really fast and so far has worked very well. I haven't gotten any errors and there have been no issues updating Windows 10 like those pesky Intels :p So far so good.

Cons: No software/dashboard etc. I'm used to having a dashboard or some software interface for my SSDs to show me smart status, health, over-provisioning, etc and this SSD doesn't really have anything like that so far. It's not a necessity at all but it feels like I'm missing something.

Overall Review: Speed tests show saturation. I'd def. recommend this, even if you don't have x4 speeds. Obviously, it depends on when you choose to buy. I wouldn't buy it at too much over the price of a 500GB SSD or Sata 6 NVMe, there's a sweet spot in sale pricing you'll want to look out for. If you have PCIE 3.0 x4 then gfi either way because as I mentioned, it works and seems to be well worth it so far.

Pros: Quiet when not taxed. Fast. Backplate included. Low temps when not taxed. After a few months, it's virtually quiet all the time. As if it took it's time to burn in.

Cons: Huge. Noisy when taxed. Drivers take long to install. Driver crashes with some games.

Overall Review: So far so good. I've only had it for a few hours. No crashes, no real issues. When I installed the drivers initially, it took quite some time. I thought it was frozen but decided to leave it alone and it's a good thing I did because it was just doing it's thing. I was a Nvidia guy so I'm used to driver packages installing in less than 5m. These drivers took at least 15, and I have 16GB RAM, SSD and an i7 4770K. Played WoW, GTAV, Grid 2 so far, no issues. I'm a bit disappointed that I can't go full everything + AA in WoW @ 4K, but that's my own fault, I should have tempered my expectations and checked reviews. I am really, really happy with my buy otherwise. Update: Owned the card for almost 2 months now. I've had more crashes in games with these crummy AMD drivers than I've had in the life of owning my GTX 560 between Summer 2011 and now, which is really sad. I wish I could return the card and just move to a GTX 970. Ah well, you live, you learn. I was warned and I didn't listen. There doesn't seem to be anything inherently wrong with the hardware itself. The issues are definitely due to AMD drivers. Some games work perfectly, 100% and then others like WoW constantly crash with a very vague error. Elite Dangerous will sometimes crash, no error, just mysteriously frozen and then closed. The WoW error seems to only occur in Windows 8.x and 10. AMD doesn't seem to care as there are numerous complaints on their forum and on the Blizzard (WoW) forums as well and nothing, since July/August 2015. So, be warned. If you're buying the card to play WoW - think twice. Again, this is NOT a card/hardware issue - this is purely AMD/Driver based, which is why I'm keeping the 5 star rating. The hardware is great and the card runs nicely. Final Update: I should have gone with Nvidia. The card is potentially awesome, don't get me wrong, but again, it is so software/driver dependent for WoW that I'm actually considering buying a card to replace it. The AMD Crimson software is a complete mess. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it works I'm playing WoW at 40/50 fps at 2k and everything is great. When it chooses not to work or obey it's OWN settings, whatever you want to call it, it looks like the game is "stuttering", I don't know how to explain it. It looks and feels "liquid" with a big dose or catch up. It's extremely hard to explain or describe but it's unplayable as WoW at times is all about getting out of the way of something or getting into the path, etc. Timing is everything and with this issue it doesn't work. I doubt I'll ever buy another AMD based card, even if it promises to perform or have the same hardware. If drivers and software hamper the system this badly, it's worth it to go with the company paying attention to users.

Pros: Neat Stand. Light, for the size. Great screen/Bright, Crisp.

Cons: Speakers sound terrible. High pitched noise when there's lots of white and text (only noticeable when your surrounding area is quiet).

Overall Review: This is my first 4K screen so maybe I'm being easy on it. Not really, I'm around big, nice 4K screens a lot. It's one of the reasons I decided to get one and this is definitely one of the better ones, especially being a TN screen. Oddly the description claims that it's using IPS tech so I don't know what to think. The stand is especially nice. A lot of thought got put into it. I've read reviews claiming that it feels wobbly but to me it feels really strong. It snaps together and works very well in terms of twisting, twirling, going up and down - aka being completely adjustable. The USB placement is a little odd. I suppose Acer means for you to hide some USB sticks/dongles back there permanently or wire up a camera, etc. Basically, they're in a place where you wouldn't expect to be at them all the time. You have to turn the monitor a bit to access them. Perk or not, up to you. It would have made more sense (to me) for them to be in the front side or right under the bezel for easy, constant access as a hub or in a phone/tablet charging scenario. I put my wireless headphone dongle and a camera connection in there - a waste of USB 3.0 but it works for me. The speakers are atrocious. I won't dwell too much on that. Suffice it to say, I don't use them at all. I mean, really. It would have made 1000% more sense for them to include a chintzy webcam instead or, I don't know, more USB ports, double up some input ports? Whatever, just not these gross, tinny, speakers. I don't know but I doubt a single person out there is going to use the speakers on this monitor so it feels like a waste of a feature (not that speakers in any monitor are that hot anyway). The screen itself is very nice. I haven't noticed anything negative so far. No dead pixels. No ghosting (but that takes time). I wanted a big screen and 4K. I don't game much so I really didn't want to spend over $300 for a monitor. This was a sweet spot Black Friday/Cyber Monday price point I couldn't ignore and what I got my 24" monitor for years ago. That monitor still works flawlessly so here's to hoping that this investment pays off the same way.