Pros: Installed quickly in laptop, imaged with the saved drive image from the original hard drive, running again in no time. Faster than the stock hard drive.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I always purchase WD drives, usually the Black series because they are fast and reliable. If this laptop had a second drive bay, I might have also added an SSD drive for booting and programs, but large enough ones for a single drive bay are just too expensive. I always purchase my hard drives from NewEgg, good price and good delivery.

Pros: They appear to be real diamonds

Cons: Smaller than expected but size as listed. Ordered 2 pairs as gifts, took extra days, gift boxes were smashed since in plain bubble pack manila envelope. Clarity in my opinion is lower than listed (shows SI diamonds in title and in specs shows SI2/I1 grade which is not the same, one pair is probably about that but other pair has more defined inclusions (I2 or maybe I3). Color clearly has a yellow tint to the naked eye so to me that means it is lower than I color, probably K or L. I am no expert but had a brief tutoring when purchasing an engagement ring just over 30 years ago and I refreshed myself with online sites just now in order to give my opinion on this. Please take this as my opinion on this and not as an expert rating.

Overall Review: I am requesting an RGA on this order for a refund. Update: I got RMA after two requests and returned them in a good box. They received and signed for them on Wednesday and it is Monday and they have not issued the credit for the return. I will update as needed. I took an extra egg off for the poor responses.

Pros: No driver needed (other than required NVMe support in BIOS and OS). I get full speed expected for the WD Black SSD 256GB M.2 drive with this card.

Cons: Does not have any real instructions, just a list of what it supports and what it includes. Not really a problem if you take your time and look over the parts.

Overall Review: Allows full PCIe NVMe speeds on older motherboards as long as there is a recent BIOS update and your OS supports NVMe or has a patch available (patch needed for Windows 7, not Windows 8.1 as far as I know or Windows 10) because older M.2 slots are only SATA or SATA Express. Using in PCIe 8X slot, do not notice any difference in graphics with GTX750Ti at now 8X on 16X slot. PCIe 4X slot on Z97 is only 2.0 so not fast enough. See WD Black SSD 256GB PCIe NVMe review for more details.

Pros: Fast, reliable, everything I expected.

Cons: The only Con is inherent in Windows 7 and Z97 chipset but I was able to overcome these. Installed the latest BIOS for Z97X-UD3H, Installed the MS Windows 7 Patch for MVMe, tweaked BIOS and Windows settings, and then cloned old SATA SSD over to the this drive. Done. One more thing to note, Windows 7 does not support the protocol that this uses to report internal temps and diagnostic testing. I added a copper heat sink to this so I don't have to worry about thermal throttling (I did not see any so far but I cannot see temps either). Done.

Overall Review: The speed is very good in testing though somewhat slower than reported for the Samsung 960 Pro in reviews, but at half the price, I'm good with that.

Pros: Thin, allows access to actual buttons and ports. Feels good in your hand.

Cons: Shipped in a mailing bag and must have been crushed some because it arrived with a crack between the top edge and the camera opening. Another crack later formed over the on/off/wake button, possible related to shipping, possibly related to the fact that the case is a little bit tight across the width and just nearly fits perfectly.

Overall Review: All of that said, I still lake the case and I am still using it, at least until I can find something else like it, or try purchasing another one. This was a little less when I purchased it and I felt like the return postage would be nearly the same as a new one. Since there do not appear to be many available for this phone and I like the style, I might get another if the go on sale for less.

Pros: Good size, good angle, light weight, quiet, good price.

Cons: Will not solve a major overheating issue, but supplies a constant supply of cooler air under the laptop without the noise.

Overall Review: As stated, not a major wind blaster, but does not sound like one either. This cooling pad is just right if you want to use the laptop on your 'lap' or bed, which as we all know is not normally good since you would be blocking the vents. With a cooling pad like this one, that is less of an issue since it raises it up and supplies air under it. This is just what my wife needed.