Joined on 06/11/07
Low Power Server

Pros: Has 6 sata ports, integrated cpu/gpu and passivly cooled - cant get much better than that.
Cons: CPU does not meet requirements for WHS 2011 just fyi - look at other comments for solution. FreeNAS does not recognize the onboard NIC card (at least not in version 8.03) so a external card is required if you plan on using FreeNAS
Overall Review: To get around the WHS 2011 requirements, you can overclock the processor to 1.3ghz, install the os, and then downclock it back to original. Just make sure you have enough cooling to do this.
Case that was made to show off your Build

Pros: - Large case with multiple configurations. See other - All sides are interchangeable (I.E. the floor can be put on the side or top) - The front panel can be rotated in any direction you want (side mounted USBs are nice) - Great for watercooling as you can fit 3 240 radiators in this thing - A little heavy but that is because its actually glass and not acrylic - Lots of space for 3.5" drives as well as 2.5" drives - After buying RGB (3 fans, RAM, AIO, and string lights), the light show is amazing and looks just fantastic
Cons: - Air-flow needs work - see other - Cable management was an afterthought unfortunately - I spent several hrs re-wiring and zip-tieing cables in different spots so that they are harder to see - no RGB - this is real bummer cause the big 200mm fan is around $50 to replace for an RGB one - only 1 fan comes with it. Lets face it though, your going buy all new RGB fans with an all glass case anyway - no USB C on the front panel. not a huge con but it sure would have been nice
Overall Review: - I have seen a lot of people just use this case in its default configuration but it has so much more to offer. You can turn everything 90deg and use it like a normal vertical case or as an inverted vertical case. Since all sides are interchangeable, feel free to use your imagination and experiment a little on what works best for you. - Air flow is not great in the case but that should be understood as you have all glass everywhere. Having said that, I feel that more panels should have been raised up slightly like the top panel is to allow for better flow. For me, my computer is by a wall so I removed that side panel and put my radiator blowing out that direction. Decreased my temps by about 8-10C overall which is significant. - Since the frame is metal, RGB string lights that have a magnetic backing works wonders (I put 3 strings around the top edges)
Great Drive

Pros: This drive is so much faster than my old corsair usb 2.0 drive. When I plug this into my usb 2.0 slot, the speed is close to 25mb write speed (constant). When plugged into my usb 3.0 slot, the speed shot up to a constant 55mb with burst speed of 67mb.
Cons: Not a con of this flash drive but a con of FAT32 - I hate the 4G file limit
Overall Review: I did lots of research before i bought this drive to find out which was the fastest without breaking the bank. This one does not disappoint. I have seen faster usb 3.0 flash drives out there, but they are double or more in price. Side note: the usable space is only 29G (FAT32 and NTFS)
Made roommates jelous

Pros: this thing is fast. it copies over large files at over 220mb/s. The burst speed on this is over 450mb/s on smaller files, so much so that i recopied some files over again cause i thought they transferred too fast.
Cons: none that i can think of. price keeps going down which makes me sad on how much i bought it for.
Overall Review: used in older computer as sata II for a week until all parts came in for other computer. still worked great with good burst speeds, but moving it to my sata III mobo made a huge difference.
Perfect Server Case

Pros: Makes for the perfect server case. I have 5 3TB hard drives and the temp on the drives never reach over 30C. although i did change out both fans for hydrolic ones, its been a very quite computer (it was quite even before i changed the fans out).
Cons: only thing i can think of is it was a little pricey for a server computer, but thats the price you pay for looks and functionality.
Overall Review: Using AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo, corsair 450 psu, 128 crucial ssd, 5 3TB WD drives, and FreeNas 8.3 as OS.
Bright

Pros: absolutely gorgeous monitor. super bright, great looking colors, and true black. I say true black in the sense that when playing a movie with those black bars, the black in the movie is the same color as the bars (media player classic could help with this also).
Cons: not 1920 x 1200 but i knew that going into it.
Overall Review: only thing i wish this had was a auto dimming feature for the low lit rooms (or night time work/play).