Pros: Fast multi core design

Cons: Not as overclockable as other CPUs but then I really do not plan to do anything extreme.

Overall Review: I was looking at the E8400 for the longest time with a desire to OC to 3.4GHz or something. Then I started reading several forums and while there are few softwares and even fewer games in the market that uses the potential of Quad cores, the combination of options such as multitasking and possible future software taking advantage of it, made quad core more appealing. While I read that q9300 have several limitations compared to q6600 I was really interesting in q9300 advantages and I'm not currently planning to OC the processor more then to perhaps 3.0GHz at the most. It's nice that my new computer starts up in something like 30 seconds and that I can enjoy playing games, downloading and doing other things on my dual monitors without breaking a sweat. The only time I've seen the processor using more then 70% processing power was when I was trying out the old Game Homeworld Cataclysm. q9300, Zalman 9700, 9600GT, 2x2 A-Data DDR2 800, 250+500 SATA HDD

Pros: 51-1 media reader

Cons: Tried to get it to read a XD memory but it feels like the whole inner case is out of alignment and it won't insert properly. probably need to return.

Pros: Back in the 80's my 20MB seagate fetched cost hundreds of dollars on my first PC, today I can get 320x times as much storage space for maybe a fourth of that original cost. Boggles the mind.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Perfect for a shuttle build

Pros: Very compact and stay relatively cool.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I've backed up one PS3, 1 laptop and 3 PCs. Very affordable sleek design with enough space to keep older computers clean.

Pros: Solid

Cons: A little noisy compared to other drives that I own. Might have something to do with the case it's in but I don't think so.

Pros: Bought it to upgrade my original PS3 60GB harddrive.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Took over an hour to back up 36GB of data, 10 minutes to replace the hard drive and another hour to restore the data. Easy.