Pros: This keyboard has some very nice features for its price point. It has 3 zones of selectable back-lighting / illumination. The keys, while not mechanical, all feel very uniform and consistent to type on. The wrist rest is detachable and works well. The media keys, volume control, and macro keys are all nice to have, especially the volume control and macro keys. Also the windows key lockout is a feature I have been in love with on this keyboard and others I have tested, it's a real lifesaver when you are gaming, especially with keyboard intensive games.

Cons: Before I go into the cons section let me note I have tested Corsair's K70 keyboards and some of my notes here are more about comparing it to something that does cost more at the end of the day. This keyboard while nice does have a bit of a cheaper feel compared to other Corsair keyboards I have tested. The switches are not mechanical, and the whole keyboard is plastic. The lighting is in zones and is not per key. The wrist rest is a lot cheaper compared to the wrist rests that come with other Corsair keyboards.

Overall Review: While I had some things to put in cons, it's because I have tested higher end Corsair keyboards, the K55 here is not a bad keyboard at all, in fact I was rather impressed with it once I got it and started using it, the simple fact that, for a non-mechanical keyboard, the key presses felt very uniform was enough to let me know that this unit was built for quality at an entry level price. While I would like to see more options with the lighting I do realize this is not a K70 and does not carry a K70 price tag. Overall my experience with the keyboard so far has been good. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a nice keyboard but doesn't want to spend $$$ on a mechanical unit. It's geared to be an entry gaming / power user keyboard with the lighting, macro keys and extra functions. I am impressed.

Pros: This is a very simple little router. Sleek styling with very non-invasive status lights. Unit supports media streaming from a USB port, which is a nice feature for a basic router. The USB storage feature actually works pretty well once you get past setting it up. The interface on the unit's dashboard is fairly thorough. The firewall features are easy to understand for a standard user. The unit appears to have been very stable so far, testing for about 3 weeks. The unit comes with a small card on the bottom that contains the unit's default password and some other information. Setup was easy and painless. Some of the included apps may seem useful to some users. The unit has a guest network option that can be used out of the box.

Cons: The unit feels a bit cheap. The ports on the unit are 10/100 not gigabit, so if you have a small network with modern computers and the internal switch on this unit is your backbone it will bottleneck your network. There could use to be some more status lights on the unit ( mostly for the network ports ). There is no option to lay the unit flat, it has to stand on the permanently affixed pedestal. The Ethernet jacks on the back of the unit re-inforce the budget construction factor by only including 4 of the 8 pins found in a normal rj-45 jack ( yes it works because you only need 4, but it seems more like it's an unnecessary cut corner ). The Ethernet cord the unit comes with is as cheap as the ports on the back of the unit. There could be more DDNS provider options, or the option to choose your own. Some things are hard to configure, such as the usb mass storage device when the unit is in AP mode. The wireless connection could be a bit stronger, it's fairly average and for most that is ok, though others may find it to be lack-luster and annoying.

Overall Review: I was a bit more critical of this unit, because I normally enjoy Belkin products, but this one made me feel a bit luke-warm. The lack of gigabit and cheap construction is a real turnoff for me, especially with a unit claims 300 / 433 mbps data rates. Some other reviewers knocked the unit for not having USB 3.0, however, unless the unit has a gigabit connection, there is no point in having USB 3.0 given USB 2.0 can move data at 480mbps which is FASTER than any interface on the unit. This unit is a good little starter router for someone who is looking for something that is easy to setup and just works, however a power user might find the unit rather disappointing.

Pros: The bulb was fairly easy to set up, I was able to install the APP to control it and get the bulb configured to work on WiFi in just about 5-6 minutes. The APP and bulb were quick to respond to changes in settings and colors. For being a 60 watt equivalent bulb, the amount of cool and warm white light that the bulb produces is decent. The APP for the bulb has some interesting features, such as being able to use you phone camera to try and have the bulb match a color. Its worth exploring the other features in the app, I would be curious how multiple bulbs are handled and what you could do with them. It was not hard to link the bulb to my Alexa and it worked as expected, like other smart bulbs I have used in the past.

Cons: I feel that the cool-white color the bulb produces is a bit off, the color temperature or balance is a bit weird ( to me, it seems to have a slightly green hue to it ). The red, green, and blue lights in the bulb seem significantly dimmer than the warm and cool white. I would expect them to be just as bright when I set them to full brightness but they are not. I am always leery of having to install more APPs on my phone, but at least I can control what they can and cannot access, it would be nice if the bulb would let you access a settings panel via a locally hosted web page (from the bulb) once its connected to WiFi ( this is something that used to be more common, then you didnt have to use an APP to talk to the device, which made it a bit more future proof as well). Trying to import music to the APP on my phone would not work, I would be alerted that the DRM on the music would mean that I would have to jump through more hoops to make it work. The real-time features like the MIC and Cinema options were a bit laggy, more than likely its because its not controlling the bulb locally or its just slow.

Overall Review: The box the bulb came in was a bit beat up (see pictures). Not sure if that was shipping, the warehouse, or something else, the bulb at least was intact and not damaged. I do wish that the RGB LEDs in the unit were as bright as the white LEDs but try as I might, the colors other than white would not get might brighter that say a 25 or 40 watt incandescent bulb. Some of the APP features feel a bit gimmicky, like pointing it at the TV and letting it watch whatever you are watching to set the ambient lighting in the room to match the scene on the TV. Which while it was a neat idea, the response time is slow. I did remove 1 EGG in my rating because of the brightness issues with the RGB part of the bulb. I would say its an ok smart bulb with some hiccups, but its also in the budget realm so I am not going to knock it too hard for its short comings.

Pros: Simple memory if you dont want RGB lighting or anything flashy. Has a very clean look with a slightly angular heat spreader. Packaging was secure and easy to open. Installation was a breeze and the memory worked with my system out of the box. The memory ran stable under the Expo Profile 1 ( DDR5-6400 ) without issue. Noticed slight performance increases over the DDR5-5600 I had in the machine previously. This kit supports both Intel and AMD systems with XMP and Expo profiles. Lifetime warranty. Being a 2 x 32GB kit totaling 64GB is nice, allowing me to upgrade to even more memory down the road as needed, the extra capacity is great for my gaming, streaming, and video editing workloads.

Cons: Theres not too much to say in the cons department. However in my system the nicer looking side of the memory faced towards the CPU / heatsink and the larger Crucial logo could not be seen ( you can see the backside of the ram sticks facing towards the front of the case in my picture ). I only saw minor increases in read speeds ( vs DDR5-5600 ) but write speeds went up quite a bit. Latency could be a bit better being at CL40 in my case with this kit. The packaging for the memory stated that I needed a 9000 series AMD CPU but I was able to get my 7700X running the memory at the rated DDR5-6400 with the latest bios and enabling the Expo profile.

Overall Review: System Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7700X Mem: Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 (2 x 32GB 1.35V 40-40-40-84) Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WiFi Storage: Samsung Evo 980 1TB I was able to get this running at DDR5-6400 on a 7700X with the Expo settings on the latest motherboard bios. I tested the system under full load for multiple days, different tests and types of workloads. I saw no instability and I am quite impressed and happy with this memory kit. System reports the memory chips that are on these memory sticks are made by Micron Cinebench Multicore Score on this machine went up slightly from testing at DDR5-5600 speeds to DDR5-6400 from 19578 to 19870 and write speeds under Aida from non expo settings were up about 7000MB/s Aida64 Memory Benchmark DDR5-6400 Expo Profile 1 Read: 57140MB/s Write: 79282MB/s Copy: 57331MB/s

Pros: After installing it was quick and easy to start the software and get into using it. From what I remember with older essentials style Adobe products the UI feels a bit more refined. Both pieces of software have guided modes that let you chose very common actions and edits, then steps you through the process of doing them. I especially liked the guided mode on Premier Elements as it shows you how to do the processes step by step. Photoshop Elements has a lot of presets, effects, and filters as well as some fairly decent options for adjustments, including some auto modes that are good for quick edits. Overall the software was very easy to get into and understand, I was editing RAW photos in under 10 minutes of finishing the install. These are both lighter versions of the main Adobe programs and they lend themselves to quick, easy, and powerful edits and content creation. Premier has some built in music to use with your videos, which is always appreciated. Premiere has multiple presets to render video for various social media and video platforms. The UI has both light and dark modes which is a nice little touch. Another part of this software is the Organizer, it appears that it can be very useful, I look forward to using it more. The mobile Photoshop Elements app, while in beta, was able to offer some quick edits to photos I took with my phone.

Cons: You will need to activate this software with an Adobe Account, which you will also need to sign into to install the software. Some features are not explicitly installed (like raw photo support) and will want to actively connect to the internet and download them. It is a minor inconvenience that some parts of the software are not installed by default, and you have to wait for them to install on the fly (if you don't have an internet connection this could become annoying, say if you are working on a laptop away from Wifi), however that does save some drive space so its not a completely bad thing. The beta mobile app definitely needs more work, initially opening it, some of the text and menus opened in space I could not read or access off screen, hopefully that will change.

Overall Review: I was able to install this software on two of my computers without any trouble, one of them is my desktop and one is my laptop. I also did some messing around to see if it would work without an internet connection and it appeared to work, it did make note that there was no internet access, and I was not able to add extra content without it, however I suspect you only download that stuff once and its installed after that point ( example being RAW photo support or the music in Premiere ). The screenshots I shared, one is is doing some quick video edits, I tried out transitions, music, and some other video effects. I worked with Photoshop Elements quite a bit and in the shared screenshot I used multiple tools, I was really happy with the object removal tool, there are multiple things I removed from the photo before I changed the colors and applied that style to the photo. This is the first Adobe product I am reviewing, and I can say there is quite a lot of things to explore that I hope to use as I work with it more. I was able to install the Beta Photoshop Elements on my iPhone, the UI could use some work, but I was able to do some basic adjustments on some of my photos. I have also included a screen captured video of using one of the guided modes in Premiere Elements. Overall I would recommend this software for those that want to do quick on the fly edits, have access to some powerful tools that are more convenient and quick than that full Adobe products or might want to get their feet wet with Adobe products.

Pros: I Installed this DDR5 Ram kit into a new machine I am building while it is on my test bench, this is the first machine I have had that uses DDR5 and I was very happy with the compatibility, stability, and performance of this memory kit. Out of the box it ran at its rated speed of 5600Mhz (2800Mhz in dual channel). During my testing this memory was stable under synthetic, real world, and gaming loads. The memory is compatible with AMD and Intel systems that use DDR5. The physical height of this memory does not look like it would interfere with normal tower coolers, the cooler I am using would have no problems if I had all 4 slots populated with this memory. The memory stayed fairly cool during testing. The physical look of these sticks lends itself to multiple aesthetics, its not to flashy or bulky which is nice for more professional geared builds or those who do not want RGB lighting on their memory. Crucial offers a lifetime warranty with this memory. This kit is a good value for the performance, trading frills for quality.

Cons: No RGB, however that is not much of a con, not everyone likes RGB and I do rather like the matte black look of these ram sticks, which matches the look of the motherboard I am testing them in. In my benchmarking I didnt notice any major gains with Expo enabled or disabled, I only saw about 1000MB/s write speed gains, however that might just be with the platform I am testing, and its not really a con either in my opinion.

Overall Review: I ran this memory in a new build as I was stability testing it for the last week and a half. The memory worked well out of the box and didnt require any tweaking; it just ran at its rated speed. The platform I tested on is running an AMD Ryzen 7700X on a MSI PRO B650-P Wifi motherboard. Aida (as well as the specs) reported the memory chips being made by Micron. Stability testing outside of running some games was done with Memtest, AIDA64 Extreme, and Cinebench all under Windows 10 Pro (except Memtest of course). I didnt seem to notice too many gains with AMD Expo on or off, save for about 1000MB/s write gains with it enabled. Aida benchmark numbers from my tests are below. AMD XMP and Expo profile 2 had faster timings but ran at DDR5 5200 speeds instead of the DDR5 5600 speeds I would see with Expo and XMP profile 1 or with it disabled. Without all the RGB lighting or shiny heat spreaders this memory is offering good performance for cost without all the extra frills. I am very happy with the performance and it has been a very nice first step into platforms that run DDR5. For those that are curious, the machine posted a Cinebench R23 score of 19578. Aida with Expo 1 enabled: DDR5-5600 Read: 58229MB/s Write: 72687MB/s Copy: 57745MB/s Aida with profiles disabled DDR5-5600 Read: 58127MB/s Write: 71909MB/s Copy: 57719MB/s Aida with Expo 2 enabled: DDR5-5200 Read: 57309MB/s Write: 67049MB/s Copy: 56695MB/s