Pros: Given the (temporarily) inflated prices of SATA drives, I decided to make use of two older, 500GB IDE drives for a backup storage system. These inexpensive but highly effective and reliable enclosures did the trick nicely. They're attractive and well designed.

Cons: Be aware that there is only one way to insert the drive caddy into the enclosure's body. If you have difficulty inserting it, flip the caddy and try again. You may have to squeeze the caddy fins together in order to accomplish the insertion. This is much easier than it sounds!

Pros: Letting go of a land line isn't a simple matter for a family residing in a multi-bedroom home; if you're not in the habit of carrying your cell phone around with you everywhere, you might have to run downstairs -- and try to find it before it stops ringing. This excellent Panasonic Link2Cell phone system with multiple remote handhelds enables you to connect up to two Bluetooth-enabled cell phones, so that calls placed to the cells ring on all the handsets. In addititThe cell phones need to be plugged in and placed near the base unit. I found this Panasonic Link2Cell phone system to be solidly constructed, easy to install and set up (~15 minutes), and compatible with both of our phones (neither of which was listed on Panasonic's compatibility list: LG9250 (non-smartphone) LG AS740 (LG Axis smartphone)

Cons: none

Overall Review: We're using it in the land-line + cell mode experimentally to determine whether it is advisable to cancel our landline - I am confident that we will, producing a savings of $80/month.

Pros: Length, hefty wire gauge, nicely finished, looks sturdy.

Cons: Just wish it were a couple of feet longer!

Overall Review: No evident degradation of signal in spite of the length. Well shielded against interference from AC power lines within 1" of cable.

Pros: Classy finish, plenty of room, all the cables you'll need, great documentation

Cons: Heavy!

Overall Review: I'd buy another one

Pros: Beautiful, classic, non-busy design Cold rolled steel finish is excellent & attractive Well-thought-out design Cable routing beneath motherboard is an excellent feature Detailed, helpful manual Quiet (but not silent!)

Cons: Rather heavy - not for flimsy tables!

Overall Review: It was a genuine pleasure to build a system with this case. Everything needed was provided, and it went together well. The two three-speed fans mounted on the top and upper rear of the case do an excellent job of cooling the unit - I am able to run them on low speed even with an overclocked processor. The fans are much noisier at medium or high speed, but fortunately I didn't need them.

Pros: Excellent design - efficient cooling Quiet fan Remarkable cooling capacity

Cons: Very large unit - make sure it will fit Somewhat difficult to attach to motherboard (large size makes it hard to see whether the mounting pins are properly seated) Provided thermal coating was ineffective

Overall Review: I installed this unit on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard, and it's cooling an Intel Core 2 Quad processor (6600) overclocked at 3.0 GHz. My first installation was not successful -- due, I think, to the ineffective thermal paste coating provided with this unit. Another problem was that one of the mounting pins was improperly seated, resulting (no doubt) in an incomplete mating between the cooling surface and the processor. Because this unit is so large, and my motherboard is so crowded, it was very difficult to see whether the mounting pins were fully inserted. I removed the unit, and used isopropyl alcohol to remove the provided thermal coating in favor of Rosewill Thermal Compound (RCX-TC001), and made sure (this time) that all four pins were securely seated. I am very pleased with the results. Since the install, I've rarely seen temperatures above 53C. Most of the time, the cores run in the 32C to 48C range, well below Intel's recommended maximum of 62.5C.