Pros: Every 3 years I buy a new computer, on a cycle - so this time it's my wife's pc, next time will be my own pc. Now that I own two Lian Li cases, I doubt I'll ever need another case for us. These cases are designed to fit practically any motherboard - at least it seems that way. Plenty of standoffs for supports, plenty of room for expansion and alternate configurations. Very light cases. The rubber washers for the drives are brilliant - makes for a snug, quiet fit. I don't see any 'bulging' or bowing with the case - you need to give the cable routing some thought - not everything should be or needs to be forced behind the motherboard. Even with all the cases I've wired up before, I still found myself unplugging again and rerouting cords to make for a more efficient/better fit. The drive case locking mechanism is simplistic and efficient. I like that a lot.

Cons: The aluminum for this case has sharper edges to the sides - this might be an issue as they use thumbscrews, so while screwing/unscrewing your fingers brush up against the sharp edges. I'm not sure for what or when I would use the top mounted SATA port - I thought it was a USB 2.0 port. You may need help installing the mainboard into this case, as the back faceplate sticks a bit when trying to screw the mainboard in place.

Overall Review: As far as 'fingerprints' go - wash your hands, make sure they are dry, and who really puts hand prints or fingers on the case all that often? These cases aren't intended for hauling around to LAN parties or the beach. They are aluminum and can be damaged by too much force or impacts - they are a professional looking work of art that belongs near your desk, and requires the slightest care when working inside to keep them in good shape. Always carry the case on the long sides - not the front and back. The front bezel should only ever need to be removed in order to clean the fan dust liners - and depending on how clean your home/office is that should not need to be done very often (I'd guess every 3-6 months for where I live - with hard wood floors).

Pros: 16X bluray - Sata, black, matches everything else in the case, nifty blue activity light.

Cons: Reads approximately 75% of my DVD collection and reads all blurays. Oddly enough, the prior model BW-12 is a much better product. The BW-12 reads every disc I put into it - the BW-16 reads 'most' but not all.

Overall Review: BluRay playback software would have been great as that is $60+ to buy separately. The included software for these drives sucks - you'd be better off downloading CladDVD, DVDShrink, DVDFab, WinX DVD Ripper, Freemake, etc etc - any decent BluRay Playback software will run you a lot of cash, but for just ripping blurays or reading/writing files and discs it works fine when it can recognize a disc is in it.

Pros: Low cost per GB Brand name that has existed almost forever 3 year/5 year warranty advertised

Cons: Damaged in shipping and warranty will not be covered by Seagate Seagate didn't retain the box after a momnth and a half so they couldn't send the box to me USPS will not honor Insuance claim without the original damaged box

Overall Review: Bought a 24TB Barracuda from AnandTech on newegg back in January. Formatted it, copied 18+ TB of data to it and then noticed it was running extremely hot when the computer booted. Sometimes it'd do the 'checking disk for errors' on boot which indicates it is a failing drive. So, AnandTech says they don't accept returns, Newegg said the 30 days return/exchange policy expired, so I checked with Seagate and it was covered by a 3 year warranty. I sent the drive, the receipt, with all the original packaging in the box I received it in to Seagate after opening and getting an RMA claim approved. Seagate didn't contact me back for 2 or 3 weeks so I used their online chat support with a live agent and he said the box was damaged and the drive had a dent but that they would send out a replacement to me anyway, as it could have happened during delivery to them. Another week went by and I had to contact them again as I hadn't gotten a shipment confirmation, and the next person I spoke with said that because there was physical damage they won't cover it. So I opened a claim with USPS as they have $100 insurance included by default. USPS said they would like the USPS receipt, the proof of purchase order, and materials to support my claim as well as asking me to take all that in as well as the drive (which Seagate still had) in to a post office for visual in person inspection for the $100 insurance claim. So fine, I asked Seagate to send the packaging and drive back to me, after a month and a half, seagate said they didn't have the original packaging I had sent anymore but hey, they mailed back the drive. USPS in person says they will not honor the claim because the original box is not available. And now, when I plug the drive in, it just doesn't pass the post as if the platters are shattered inside. So I'm out $500. . You read the reviews for the drive and yes, about 50% are dead on arrival, and other 10-20% fail after a few months, but you figure as the price per GB is fairly low, and you have a 3 year or 5 year warranty to back it up, and they always say at the post office $100 of insurance is included for free, those are fairly good odds? Just save yourself the hassle and spend a few dollars more to get something more reliable like Western Digital instead of putting yourself through this hassle.

Pros: Large storage capacity in small physical footprint - quiet

Cons: Sometimes when copying between devices the speed is 13MB/sec - other times it is instataneous to copy 4GB+ files. Very strange performance in real-world situations.

Pros: This drive just won't die. Have been using it since day 1 as a readyboost drive - always on, always connected to windows, just upgraded the pc, and any speed issues with this were resolved with a simple full reformat and it's back to new quality. Remarkable product from Corsair.

Cons: Too bad it's discontinued but then with USB3 drives out now, this is rather slow by comparisson.

Pros: Excellent performance and benchmarks - was a 'snap' to install.

Cons: If you need to unravel the fan cord for the cpu, be sure it doesn't impede the fan movement.