Pros: First 1TB Platter Hard Drive ever (Late 2011) Very Fast For a non-SSD (169mb/sec read, due to the higher density/area ratio) Outstanding Price/Performance ratio Runs cool

Cons: At the time of this review, only this model of the 1TB platters are on the market, the 2TB-5TB models aren't out yet.

Overall Review: I got this drive because it was the 1st 1TB platter, that means it's also the fastest 7,200 RPM drive on the market... Simply put, a 150GB platter 10k drive will beat a 150GB 7.2k drive due to faster RPMs, likewise a 500GB platter 7.2k drive will beat a 250GB platter 7.2k drive because more surface area can be read per second due to higher platter density, that's why this thing is a monster. Don't let the 64MB cache drives fool you, Velociraptor's only have 16MB of cache, why? Because 8-64MB of cache is no match for modern data demands, think about it. Want faster? Invest in higher RPM drives or higher density or just go SSD for more performance. Everyone else is still using at best 800GB platter/s or smaller at the time of this review Outstanding alternative if you aren't ready to spend the dough on a SSD but want a speedy big drive, or need more reliability than SSDs offer (Intel SSDs excluded)

Pros: Sometimes works

Cons: Was shipped 2 separate pairs of these in lieu of discontinued PC-8800 DDR2 kits under warranty, both DOA. First kit, one of the two sticks wouldn't POST, the other could only hit PC-5300 @ CL5 stable. Second kit, couldn't hit PC-6400 @ CL5. Terrible quality control.

Overall Review: I bought G.Skill since I originally got a great DDR-6400 CL4 kit, which still works awesome, you can hit CL4 @ 6400 or 8500 @ CL5 with it, figured I'd get 8800 and see what happens, it delivered the same performance, figured it was my mobo limit. Kit went bad after a month, been swapping with customer service since, they can't cough up a good kit to save their life. G.Skill just isn't what they used to be, I requested a PC-6400 CL4 since the 8500 they kept sending me were poor, it too failed. Steer clear for DDR2, I'm writing this review on non-GSKILL sticks, just fine. It shows when your concern for quality drops, I thought I'd raise the red flag for others.