Pros: The ram itself is solid. Probably works great many systems. Worked in my system since October.

Cons: This is likely my own fault. It turns out that my motherboard a Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX 1.x is only going to support the Trident Z G.Skill kits. I went with Flare X5 back in October as I needed a new PC and this was the best priced RAM at the time. But as soon as I updated my motherboard bios I had issues. Can't get the system to boot with expo and it will not restart, only cold boot. Other wise stuck at dram light.

Overall Review: I would reccommend this product, but not if you have the Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX 1.x mobo. Always check compatibility list with DDR5.

Pros: The cheapest 2230 m.2 I could find. Single sided SMD components so compatible with Steam deck. Found this drive was fine in the LCD deck.

Cons: Bluetooth interference causes keyboard and mouse interuptions and drop outs/disconnects (OLED Deck Only)

Overall Review: I worked around this by disabling wifi power management in the steam deck developer mode. I also had a 2nd ssd foil sheild so I doubled up on the SSD in the OLED deck. That seems to have resolved the disconnects but I still get drops where the mouse cursor from my bluetooth pereiferal would just stop moving. This drive didn't claim to be deck compatible and Valve doesn't reccomend any after market drives so I can't really count this against anyone but myself. I also double checked my results by dropping in a 64gb emmc drive in the OLED deck and reimaged steam OS. After updates I didn't have any of the same issues. So I'm rather confident it's the SSD not the bluetooth module in the deck. Get this if you have an LCD deck but not if you have an OLED deck.

Pros: Helped keep an old laptop out of a landfill. Way more responsive than old stock HDD Reliable, this is my 2nd system with this drive. 1st was bought in 2016 and still works today.

Cons: None with this drive

Overall Review: Dropped this in an old HP 15 AMD laptop. Way nicer to use now, upgraded the ram too. Leason learned, don't pitch old laptops, just add SSD and wow they're so much more useable.

Pros: -DDR3 is decently cheap again -Good for keeping older systems out of landfills. -Worked

Cons: None that I can see.

Overall Review: If you have an older laptop or mini PC that uses so-dimm DDR3. This is a good kit to use for increased capacity. Many of those devices back in 2007-2015 shipped with 1-4GB of single channel ram. So with the higher demands of web browsing, apps, games or today. More ram is better.

Pros: The mobo itself is solid. Worked great since October. The odd time or 2 it would get stuck booting or lose track up my sata SSD. Figured it was new platform woes. So I updated the bios.

Cons: This is likely my own fault. It turns out that my motherboard a is only going to support the Trident Z G.Skill kits. I went with Flare X5 back in October as I needed a new PC and this was the best priced RAM at the time. But as soon as I updated my motherboard bios I had issues. Can't get the system to boot with expo and it will not restart, only cold boot. Other wise stuck at dram light. So now I either Qflash version 1 of the bios and never update. Eliminating my reason for going AMD. Drop in CPU upgrades for generations. Or buy new ram. Well at least DDR5 is less expensive now then it was in October 22.

Overall Review: Good board, much IO, strong VRM, many features but... Check the memory compatibility list. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-1x/support#support-memsup