Pros: Very clean appearance with all parts assembled RGB is not at all garish Accommodates tall air cooler Seems like a 240mm AIO would not be any problem (don't have one) Really quiet with 3 case fans, Wraith cooler and GPU at idle, not bad at full tilt either

Cons: Instruction manual competes with Ikea for obscurity Best cable routing mandates modular power supply (but you can cram in the other kind) There is a reason why most reviews show a setup without hard drives or the hard drive cage--not suited for those with big internal storage needs.

Overall Review: I've built a bunch of computers, usually in larger and more expensive cases but reviews of this BeQuiet intrigued me. The instruction manual is nearly useless, common to many cases, so once you start putting it together pause and think about efficient cable routing or you will never get the side panel back on; a modular power supply would be easiest to use. The case will accommodate two mechanical drives but the price is that you lose an area for wadding up excess cable. Although technically there are additional SSD mounts besides the two seen through the glass window (be careful taking it off and storing it) running cables there will be challenging. When I pulled the case shell out of the carton I thought it would be a reverberating loud monster. I was wrong. With the three case fans, PSU, Wraith cooler and GPU at idle its quieter than a Fractal R5 sitting next to it. Of course that Fractal also has gobs of room for storage devices of every ilk. I also thought I would probably end up disconnecting the RGB but so far I find it unobtrusive if not downright tasteful. For the price I think this is a very good value but there are hard limits to how much storage you can realistically cram into this case.

Pros: When it worked right: easy to install device and drivers. Fast wireless and meh Bluetooth. Bluetooth range and consistency of connection were not great, possibly due to interference from the back of the computer case or because this unit never had properly functioning Bluetooth.

Cons: Bluetooth died and can't be resurrected after less than two years of use, which might explain why Bluetooth was so meh when it worked at all. I have an ancient ASUS USB Bluetooth nubbin that works better for Bluetooth than this thing ever did. Never heard back from Wavlink support, also not so good.

Overall Review: If you get one that works stably for the life of the computer all is good. Wireless speeds and connectivity are excellent with a Wifi 6 router/mesh. If you need to replace it in under two years as I am in the process of doing, or really need good Bluetooth, then overall not so great a deal.

Pros: Fast enough for routine tasks Screen is ok but a little dull and unsaturated regardless of viewing angle No real issues with trackpad or keyboard Adequate audio

Cons: Lightweight plastic construction will not likely stand up to abuse

Overall Review: This replaced a very similar but now ancient Haswell era Acer, so I knew what to expect and this laptop is pretty much what I expected, in a good way. The overall physical design is similar to the older laptop but the current iteration is thinner and lighter, the screen seems to have better viewing angles and obviously the throughput is significantly faster. Other than being used for any prolonged time for typing or streaming I'm not sure the cooling system will get much of a challenge. Since it will mostly be used on a desktop the battery will not be stressed. The previous Acer, which still works, was mostly used on a desk, and not transported around much, likely a factor in its longevity. But for how this newer Acer will be used, again in a stable location, its a great bargain. In a laptop package like this I'm not sure there is a reason to get an i7 over an i5: if you really need the compute power you likely need a laptop with more robust construction. I don't think this particular Acer SKU, regardless of processor is the right choice for someone who will be careless handling the laptop.

Pros: If the fit and cabling works with your case this is a reasonably priced PSU--Gold rated, 750 watts. It is packaged with a plug that makes it easier to identify where to test the power coming out of the main motherboard port, if you are voltmeter able, might keep some of us from frying the PSU or ourselves.

Cons: My reservations about this PSU are all mechanical: The plastic cover over the fan increases the overall height of the PSU making it a very tight fit in more than a few cases--it may be impossible to slide in through the back of the case into the PSU cage without manually depressing the plastic fan cover, withdrawing the PSU through the back opening of the case is even more problematic. The manual recommends inserting the PSU with the fan on the bottom, but if the space is tight the fan will be compressed by that plastic cover and the power supply won't even turn on (a safety feature?). Lastly, as many have noted, the cables are very rigid with all SATA and power cables having three heads, so folding those into any but a large case can be a BIG problem.

Overall Review: For the price, and if you have a largish case, this is a really good deal. For smaller ATX cases there are mechanical problems to deal with in how the PSU is positioned and running the very stiff and less than optimally designed sata and peripheral power cables.

Pros: Enough RGB headers to light up a circus tent. Enough fan headers for my uses.

Cons: Does not accommodate to RAM speed with manual adjustment even if on AMD list No USB C header No USB 3 header Chipset fan sits millimeters under back of full length GPU Misleadingly labelled as 8 channel audio

Overall Review: I revised this review after living with the motherboard now for a few weeks. The mobo is strictly meh, ok for what it is but lacking a lot. Except for RAM issues its been stable enough. It gets you the 570 chipset but not much else. Like many things Ryzen getting "approved" RAM to run at its rated speed can be a no go with ASUS and the RAM vendor pointing fingers at each other. This is really an inherent AMD/Ryzen problem so not all on ASUS. Mobo headers are limited, the lack of USB 3 and C is annoying. The motherboard is not capable of 8 channel audio because there is no way to get 8 channel audio out of the thing. The audio ports are fixed at stereo/line out and mic in. ASUS says that 8 channel audio can gotten out of the motherboard header but admits there is no case or accessory device with this feature. So unless you are going to use an accessory audio processor, USB or PCIe, no surround sound from this thing.

Pros: Price Capacity

Cons: Slow write times even for mechanical, read times are ok--obviously slow compared to 7200 rpm drives without having to run any benchmarks.

Overall Review: If you need to store/hoard large amounts of data without much ongoing I/O hopefully this thing will be reliable for enough years. Otherwise works about as expected.

The type pad cover that came with my Surface 7 never worked correctly, Microsoft would not replace it, and it got more onerous to use over time. Finally it died, the tablet might not even boot if the type cover was attached. I looked at the zillions of seemingly identical Bluetooth based knockoffs but they seemed even less appealing than a replacement Microsoft branded device. This replacement works better than the original in that the touchpad is sort of usable and the keys reliable (I did not think that was even possible) but the type cover itself, at its best, is on the marginal side of wonky. The 5 stars are for the seller, not the device. The Surface Tablet itself is a wonderful device which I recommend highly. And Microsoft pens.