Pros: - Fast, both the network and the interface. - Very stable - Tons of options! What can’t it do? - Two Firmware options – Pro & User Friendly - USB port for network attached storage (NAS) - NAS drive can be accessed via FTP

Cons: - Can be easy to make a mistake in the configuration and shoot yourself in the foot. - Documentation is weak. - Complicated for some. - USB is 2.0 not 3.0

Overall Review: So I have owned the Buffalo WZR-600DHP for about a month and a half now. It has been running very stable and I do feel like there has been a speed improvement on my network. In my opinion this router isn’t for everyone though. It is a very advanced router for home or small business use. Although, if you know how to navigate through files on a CD-ROM and know how to change the firmware on the router, then this may be a smart purchase with future expansion in mind. This router comes with a Professional level firmware, which was installed on mine out of the box, and a User Friendly firmware version. I didn’t try the User Friendly version, but I did see screen shots in the PDF manual and it did look more “friendly”. Using the Professional level firmware was a bit of a learning experience. I am a very tech savvy person, but my weakest point is advanced networking/routing. This thing can do much more than I currently need it to, but I find comfort in knowing that if someone tells me their router can do some advanced task I’ll be able to say “Oh I’m sure mine can do that too”. The question with this router isn’t what can it do, it’s what CAN’T it do. The one thing I was trying to do was to set up a guest network on the 2.4Ghz band. You do this by setting up a virtual interface on the 2.4Ghz band. This router will let you shoot yourself in the foot and not warn you. I forgot that the password for WPA(2)-AES security needs to be at least 8 characters long. I was trying to make it really simple, “123”. The bad part was the manual didn’t cover how to accomplish setting up a guest network that is separate from your main network. I know it can be done, I just don’t know how yet… This is not a wireless router for your grandparents.

Pros: Neat heat spreader.

Cons: Received one set DOA (failed memtest 86. RMA'd it for replacement. Received another set DOA (failed memtest even worse) RMA'd for refund. Switched to a brand that most people are happy with. Starts with an M.

Overall Review: Switched to a brand that most people are happy with. Starts with an M.

Pros: Environment: I reside in a 1 story 1600 sq ft home in a typical suburban neighborhood. My Wi-Fi router is a Netgear Dual Band 11ac R6200. Installation: Driver installation was seamless. I followed the instructions provided and my Win7 x64 systems (laptop and desktop) received the driver and the adapter came to life. Also, I really like the USB extender it comes with, might actually use it for other purposes. Function: When transferring a single large file (3.2GB .iso DVD disk image) I was able to obtain speeds of 25MB – 30MB per second. On average I was seeing 24MB per second. With 802.11n I was seeing an average transfer rate of 18MB per second. I was able to stream music on Spotify while watching an HD video on Netflix and browsing the internet. None of those actions seemed any different than my hard line connection.

Cons: Annoying blinking blue LED if it is within eye sight. Which is easily fixed with some electrical tape. A bit large and bulky for laptop use. Not sure where the 1.2Gbps claims come from. The most I got was 240Mbps.

Overall Review: Wireless 802.11ac is the future for Wi-Fi. In my opinion though, if you have a good 802.11n Wi-Fi environment you will only ever see a substantial improvement when moving large single files. In typical everyday use I doubt anyone could tell the difference between 802.11n and 802.11ac.

Pros: Simple easy to use. Interface allows for many configurations. Can be used as a repeater. Has been very handy in a corporate environment.

Cons: Configuration starts out as a Access Point. That just means that it will get it's IP address from a DHCP server and for most it may not be easy to figure out what that IP is to configure it.

Pros: Fans seem like simple devices that don’t need much concern as to which fan you will use for your computer build. In some ways the fan is one of the most noticed item, or not noticed (my preference). This particular fan is designed for CPU heatsinks. That is what the High Static Pressure part is about. Basically this means that the fan does a better job at forcing air through the fins of your heatsink. This is critical for overclockers like myself. Upgrading to this fan reduced my CPU temps by an average of 3*C. Which is pretty good considering my noise level did not increase and I only changed a fan! I like that it has built in rubber vibration absorption. The hydraulic bearings are pretty sweet too. Super smooth, quiet, and seems like they will last a very long time. The voltage step-down adapter works well at making the fan super quiet and does not kill the fan’s performance.

Cons: Well as much as I liked the rubber vibration absorbers, they made it difficult to connect the fan to my particular heatsink due to their thickness. Also, while I like the short power cord, others may find it is too short for their needs, so just keep that in mind. The cord is about 12 inches from the fan. If you use it for a CPU fan (like you should) this won’t be a problem.

Overall Review: It may seem gimmicky that you can change the colored ring, but if you have a theme going it’s nice that Corsair considered this. Just make sure you use one of the colored rings because they do serve a purpose. If you want to make your own custom color get some RIT dye and dye the white ring in whatever color you want. Use a pot over stove top to heat some water (hot but not boiling). Turn off the heat, add the dye, stir (be careful what you use to stir, you may dye it too), then put the white ring in and let set for 30 min. Last thought, this fan is primarily for use with a CPU heatsink, use it for what it is designed for and you’ll be happy. Though it could be used as a case exhaust fan as well. If you are looking for an intake fan I would suggest the Corsair AF120 Performance Edition CO-9050004-WW. That fan spins slower and moves just as much air, but doesn’t do as good of a job forcing that air through an object. It does well at pulling air in.

Pros: Surprisingly fast for a 2.5” drive. I ran CrystalDiskMark on it and got 120MB sequential read & write. On the random 512K it did 45MB read and 53MB write. Using HD Tune 2.55, I also ran a complete disk scan to see if there were any bad sectors and there were not. One of my favorite things about this drive is that it has this nifty connection where you can disconnect the hard drive portion leaving you with a SATA power and data connections so that you can connect another hard drive if you wanted to. So this allows you to, well, use the USB3 connection with other SATA 2.5” drives. The Seagate Dashboard 2.0 installer was nice enough to realize it was out of date and automatically download the new version and continue on with the installation.

Cons: I tried to look for a con and just could not find one. The drive does what it says it does.

Overall Review: Unfortunately for me the Seagate Dashboard 2.0 software seems to require Microsoft .net 4.0, which normally is not a bad thing for most people, but for me this sucks because my .net is corrupted and the only way for me to fix it seems to be a repair install of the OS. Which I’ve been too busy & lazy to deal with yet. So I’m just using it on my laptop for now.