Pros: + 256GB (238.47 GB formatted capacity in Win 10) SATA 3 Decent data access speeds Sturdy metal construction Cool to the touch operation Sips power: rated for just 3.1 W for max power consumption, just .58 W idle. Durable life expectancy: an impressive 165TB write endurance rating (for the 256GB model). 3 year warranty mounting screws are included. The HP SSD 700 pro is a fast, cool running drive that has performed flawlessly throughout my testing. I have used this drive as a boot disk, a storage drive, and as a gaming drive. During the testing of this drive it has met or exceeded my expectations of speed and performance. This drive has not disappointed in speed or reliability, and I would go as far as to say that it performs as well as any of the SSDs in the mid-range segment do.

Cons: - No included cloning or partition management software.

Overall Review: ~ Here’s where this drive really shined: I used this as a system disk for my 6 year old dinosaur HP laptop, and this drive was a night and day refresh to the speed and response over the standard 7200 rpm drive it replaced. (i5, 4GB DDR3, Win 10 Pro). Boot time was significantly reduced, battery time improved and overall a much more snappier feeling laptop. Although my laptop is an aging relic, it is still is pretty decent for general work use, it is not a gaming laptop by any means. Even though my laptop is only capable of SATA 2 transfer speeds (300 MB/s max throughput), it was still clearly faster and more responsive. Some of the performance increase is likely due to how windows 10 seems like its constantly reading and writing to disk cache. I run my laptop lean with no third party programs or apps launching with the system boot, and I was quite satisfied with the resulting start up speed of this drive. Non-scientific testing using the stopwatch on my phone, timing from the pressing of the power button to loading into the desktop on my laptop at an impressive 14 seconds total boot time. I would like to mention that this was a cloned image of the platter drive, not a fresh installation of windows 10. So all the existing junk from the original platter drive was transferred to the SSD, and nothing altered in testing. If you do this method yourself, then I would recommend having a windows recovery thumb drive ready, so you can see windows start up repair actually work for once. In my case it just had to change the drive letter to C:. Using this as a game drive on my desktop PC had some noticeable improvements as well compared to the platter drive it replaced. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds saw the greatest increase in performance. The stuttering associated with disk cached textures is now gone and the game is the smoothest it has run yet. Games like Fallout 4, Dying Light, and Dark Souls 3 have much faster map load times, and feels much more responsive than loading from my platter drive, and overall a much more satisfying experience. Crystal diskmark 5 benchmark test results: Win10 pro, i7 5820k, X99, 16GB DDR4. First test performed after initialization: Sequential Read : 562.633 MB/s Sequential Write : 510.096 MB/s Random Read 4K : 260.421 MB/s (63579.3 IOPS) Random Write 4K : 328.053 MB/s (80091.1 IOPS) (Q= 32, T=1) After 1 month use: Sequential Read : 562.388 MB/s Sequential Write : 511.641 MB/s Random Read 4K : 259.906 MB/s (63453.6 IOPS) Random Write 4K : 294.189 MB/s (71823.5 IOPS) (Q= 32, T=1) Laptop, Win10 Pro, i5 520m, 4GB DDR3, SATA 2 speed cap: Sequential Read : 257.172 MB/s Sequential Write : 236.570 MB/s Random Read 4K : 120.938/s (29525.9 IOPS) Random Write 4K : 104.253 MB/s (25452.4 IOPS) (Q= 32, T=1) Overall this has been a fantastic drive, it has a plenty of space and its performance has exceeded my expectations. I would easily recommend this drive to anyone looking for a SSD in the mid range segment.

Pros: No sharp edges decent airflow with cable management. Room for 2 front panel 120 mm fans. plenty of space for my 270x. Front panel control buttons have a nice feel with decent response.

Cons: The first major con is the metal is THIN, and surprisingly thin for a name brand case. Seriously feels as thin non branded knock offs. I would say the sheet metal used is 30 gauge or less in thickness. This is clearly apparent when examining the Power Supply retention tabs. A Jaw Dropping Flaw is the Front panel dust filter is GLUED into place, it is not removable all all. The filter material is just nylon screen, (that was cut sloppy on this case, the screen is not even squared to the cutout vent it was cut for, it was glued at a slight diagonal leaving a gap of unfiltered space.) This is unacceptable. Looking at the Photos, it appears to have enough room for large CPU coolers from the bumped out side panels, but it really doesn't. The side panels bump out is deceiving in the photos; the windowed panel only protrudes from the case about ¼ of an inch. More than Half of the windowed bump out is used to secure the brittle plastic window. You're left with less than ⅛ of an inch tolerance for larger coolers. I have a Cooler Master V8 that is actually hitting the side panel, and had to struggle a little to get the window panel on.. I may have to get out my dremel and grind down the top edge of the plastic window, as I fear it may actually be adding to the stress on the motherboard. Yes the V8 is a Huge cooler, but I had fit it with ease in my last case (NZXT). The opposite panel protrudes from the case ⅜ of an inch, however the margins for the bump out are so far from the edge of the case that the bump out is a bit useless for cable channeling. I have a Modular power supply, and I only ran 4 rails besides the 24 pin main connector, zip tied everything possible without going overboard, kept everything tight as possible and it was a struggle to get the panel on. I used enough pressure trying to get the panel on that I actually dented the upper bezel of the bump out with my thumb, that THIN metal coming into play. I dented it right on the outer bezel crease of the panel, I was able to bang out most of it, but I'm stuck with a permanent pea sized dent, if it was on the flat of the panel, I would have been able to smooth it out no problem. Getting the side panel on over the wiring was such a struggle it took me around ten attempts to get all catches in properly, I had to set the case down window side (without the window panel) to apply enough pressure evenly to get the panel on correctly. Another oddity here is the case feet: they are all plastic, no rubber, no foam, so the case will slide around on a smooth surface. I have my PC on top of my glass desk, and it only takes a little pressure to slide it around... I'll have to get some foam craft sheets from the craft store to put under the feet to prevent it from sliding around, another fix that the user shouldn't have to do. The Front panel plastic grill in front of the 120mm fans is not solid, it's injection molded, and is absolutely not durable.

Overall Review: I bought this from another retailer only because I had received a gift card. Normally I would have made this purchase from Newegg. There are better cases in this price range from other manufacturers, do not listen to these other reviews that suggest this is a good case for this price range. I have many times found cases at this price point that are 10x better, I would not consider this case for a client build whatsoever. The fact alone that Corsair believes this product deserves their name, is enough for me not to consider Corsair cases in future builds (although that 780t is sexy... looking). If you absolutely must have this case, I could only suggest that it should be used for a light build. Don't even look at this case if you're planning on water cooling. What you're paying for here is the name brand, and receiving a low-end case. I assure you that any 5 egg ratings on this case are from newbie builders with very little building experience.

Pros: Photoshop Elements: Non-subscription based, doesnt expire.. the title year just indicates the version. nearly all of Photoshops image functionality in an easy to use and learn package with three primary modes: Quick, Guided and Advanced. In Quick mode the user is presented with a series of predefined filters and color options to quickly clean up the look of your images with quick actions and a few Ai color and image quality edits. You can also apply image texture, or add a frame to the image. Guided mode is kind of like a wizard mode where it walks you through a set of predefined choices for your edits. Advanced mode is a standard version of Photoshop, filters, layer controls, text editing, cropping, blending options (Styles) Obviously this is not the full version of Photoshop, but there is surprisingly a large portion of the core functionality here. What surprised me the most was how much of the same core functionality is available in this version as the big brother Creative Cloud version, without requiring a subscription. You can even set the Ui to light or dark mode within the preferences menu. Pretty much everything most folks will need to edit images, for the most part. You have most of the major core features like most of the same user tools, Filters, Layers, History control, Selection tools, Image Size, Transform Image, Text, Color adjustments (Hue, Saturation, Color Balance, Lightness, Replace Color and more). You can even install Photoshop plugins for even more artistic Filter fun. It also features some nice extras like generating moving photos or elements in photos. ________________ Premiere Elements: Non-subscription based. Easy to use and navigate. Timeline is simplified for easy understanding of what youre looking at and working with. Output renders in standard and web friendly formats. Pretty much the standard video editing tools for general use you would expect like setting key frames, fade in and out, intro and outro titles, scene fades and effects, with some nice extras like artistic filters and of course audio track controls. Premiere Elements will also allow you to easily convert a set of images into a video slideshow, with some nice options of fairly standard transition effects, Title and Scene text, fade in/out options and you can specify the length of time for each image individually, including transition and fade effects. Just as with standard video editing you can choose the output render format. I can definitely see this feature being used for family photo albums around the holidays. I was also surprised at how quickly this was able to render video on my Mac Mini. It really didnt take long to render at 1080p from 1440p images.

Cons: Photoshop Elements: It does not have advanced features like 3D tools, Generative Ai Fill, Video controls, Workspaces, user definable Actions (batch automation), image Variations picker, support for CMYK color space. All of which are part of the bigger brother, Photoshop Creative Cloud. It does feature Actions, but you cannot customize them inside the app, it will however allow you to import and install Actions created externally in Photoshop CC. One minor annoyance I had was that the layers and styles panels do not pop out, and only one panel can be shown on screen at once which can lead to a little fumbling switching back and fourth. The tool panel is static as well, but stays in view docked to the left. The other panels (history, swatches, etc.) do however pop out and can be placed anywhere in the canvas area. ________________ Premiere Elements: Possibly too simplified for users that do a lot of video editing. Render time is not as fast as the Creative Cloud big brother.

Overall Review: ~ Overall Photoshop Elements 2024 is easy and fun to use. I would definitely recommend to people that want a feature rich and palatable image editor that sticks to the core tenet of image adjustment and editing. It can also be used as a stepping stone for folks wanting to learn the basics of Photoshop before jumping head first into the more advanced big brother Creative Cloud version Or perhaps just the right fit for someone that just doesnt need all of the extras. I was able to use this version effectively having had previous Photoshop experience, with little to no difficulty. Quick and Guided modes were a little too simple for me, but I can see them being very useful to novice or casual users. The Ai edit features were fairly decent, the quick action Object Select did a fairly good job of selecting my birds, minus a foot and some tails (the grid of the cage theyre perched on made it difficult to define). I also used the Ai Edit Add Blue Sky which does a good job with outdoor photos, not so much with indoor photos. __ Premiere Elements 2024 is also easy and fun to use. Adobe really made this app intentionally easy to use, perfect for those that want a no nonsense video editor or that wish to learn video editing. If youve had any video editing experience, the controls are set up in a very intuitive fashion, making lead time a quick process. The video and audio tracks, effects, transitions and text effects are easy to understand and intuitive to use. Rendering an image collection to video was surprisingly easy to use; import your images to app, then just drag and drop to the timeline, sort the order, add optional transitions between each or all images you can even set the length of time for each effect and transition, add an optional title and then render as video. __ What I really like about both of the apps is that Adobe made them both very user friendly. They recognized that people of varying skill levels would likely be using these apps, and set out user modes that enhance varying skill levels. 4.5 Eggs for the individual merits and usability of these apps.

Pros: 2TB (1861.79 GB formatted capacity in Win 10) Blazing data access speeds Sturdy heat sink Supports Microsoft DirectStorage ( game texture decompression ) Durable life expectancy: an extrodinary 1200TB write endurance rating (for the 2TB model). 5 year warranty The Crucial T700 is a blazing fast drive that has performed flawlessly throughout my testing. To get the advertised speeds you will need to pair with a PCI-e Gen 5 processor and supporting motherboard. However, even on previous gen setups, this drive stands out as a solid upgrade. I have used this drive as my primary boot disk, for storage and as my primary gaming drive. During the testing of this drive it has met or exceeded my expectations of speed and performance, most surprising was how easily it runs circles around a different brand NVMe on my system. This drive has not disappointed in speed or reliability. It is by far the fastest drive Ive ever used. Currently I have this set as my boot drive and it does exactly what I want: fast, reliable operation that disappears from my attention. Start up is fast and smooth. File transfers are almost instantaneous between drives. Games, Apps and media load super fast, without delay.

Cons: the drive that I received did not include a mounting screw. The optional cloning software Acronis True Image for Crucial is great for transferring your old Windows installation, it did so flawlessly and quickly in my testing. Small caveat here is that the drive needs to be attached to your system for the software to work. The software works well for cloning however; its basically bloatware at a 1GB download, larger installed. The software also tries to up-sale its other services.

Overall Review: Performance: There are already a lot of benchmarks out there with accurate Gen5 test results. My system (Z370, i9 9900k) is capped at Gen3 speeds, I ran Crystal Disk 8 to show what users with less than bleeding edge specs can expect. (results in attached screenshot) I also used DiskBench to do some file transfer speed tests between my current drives. (DiskBench allows users to create their own file transfer benchmarks). However; I realized afterwards that this is not an accurate measure of this drives performance potential as there are other factors that limit and effect the results the only accurate way to use DiskBench in this scenario is to perform the test between two identical drives. Otherwise the results would only relate to the unique hardware and drive configurations used. I can say however in my experience in this testing, the transfer between my different brand NVMe and the Crucial T700 NVMe garnered the best transfer speed results. The highest temperature that was reported by Crystal Disk Info was 53° C, and that peak was only hit during file transfer that I made to punish the drive: a 103GB single file (multiple files compressed into a single .7zip transfer. At idle the drive sits at around 47° C. Overall this has been a fantastic drive, it has a plenty of space and although in my current use case its performance potential is capped by my Gen3 board and CPU, this drive has still exceeded my expectations and its the fastest drive Ive tested yet. The heat sink is a nice feature that should hopefully extend the longevity, it has a sturdy build quality that wraps around the whole board, and doesnt feel stuck on with tape. Absolutely would recommend this drive to anyone looking for or interested in a Gen5 NVMe. This drive is a true bleeding edge addition. 4.8 stars -missing screw, bloatware cloning software.

Pros: + ◦ 80 Plus Gold certification. ◦ Fully modular, only run the wires you need. ◦ Enough ports and cables for most configurations. ◦ Sleeved Mainboard, CPU and GPU cables. ◦ Ribbon style cables for SATA power and standard 4 pin molex type. ◦ Solid build quality. ◦ Magnetic Levitation fan bearings: No moving parts touch each other, which translates to long life with low noise operation. ◦ Outstanding 10 Year warranty. ◦ Includes zip ties for easy management.

Cons: - The only snag I ran into was that the modular CPU 8 pin cord: Both ends of this cord will fit into the motherboard connection, but only one end will plug into the power supply. An oversight on my part, I typically run from component back to the power supply with modular cables. The pins cuts are the same, but the clips are different on each end; only one clip is narrow for the power supply side. This is probably the most painstaking wire to run if you have large hands and a large CPU cooler with the motherboard installed into a standard ATX case. (XL-ATX would be quite a bit easier.)

Overall Review: ~ The 80 Plus Gold certification means that at around 50% load, this power supply should be 90% efficient. Ideally to achieve this efficiency rating, you should choose a power supply that is rated for double the average load of your PC. The typical range on 80 Plus rated PSUs is between 40 to 60% load for the best efficiency, with peak efficiency is typically right around 50% load. The system components dictate the total power consumption, regardless of the wattage rating of the PSU. However this is where efficiency begins to be meaningful in selecting a PSU, and a proper selection will result in savings at the meter over a lower efficiency usage or lower efficiency rated power supply. This power supply has enough overhead to meet most gaming PC or workstation demands, it should handle modern hardware configurations with ease, perfectly in most load scenarios. Many current graphics cards can range from 200 to 300+ Watts and higher peak consumption, for example an Nvidia 3080ti can peak at 350 Watts under load. If you need to get a general idea of how much wattage your system or planned build uses, Newegg offers a general voltage calculator: search [ Newegg power supply calculator ] There are more in depth voltage calculators out there, should you need to zero in on your specific needs. I was pleased with the number of cables and connectors, for example the SATA power cable has 4 connectors, which I was able to attach all 4 of my drives on one cable, without having to run a second one. I have my front panel fans running from a fan controller that I adapted to molex, along side a blu-ray drive also adapted to molex. This is so that I only have minimal cables run, for ease of management and a cleaner look. The 135mm fan is whisper soft, it even stops under low load for silent operation. The fan features Magnetic Levitation bearings that operate without physical contact, which should prevent any mechanical wear. Overall I have been very satisfied with this PSU, it has a really decent build quality and has exceeded my expectations. The ML Fan was a welcome surprise, the sleeved cables are a nice touch, and the ribbon cables tuck away nicely out of sight. The all black aesthetic matches my current build nicely. Building with a modular PSU is always a breeze, and this power supply is no exception, the build quality and attention to detail really helps this power supply stand out. 4.5 eggs.

Pros: + 32GB has become the standard level of capacity for most power users these days with more apps that love to eat RAM, and wider simultaneous use, the demand is here. This RGB is gorgeous, bright, evenly lit and has eye popping levels of customization. Nothing external from the RAM needed to run the RGB, just the Corsair iCue software for customization. You want a flashing strobe, a smooth color changing flow or a static hot pink aesthetic? Done. You can adjust color flow patterns, select static color of your choice, control brightness, or even turn it off. This kit is brighter than the rest of my components that have RGB, so it was really nice to be able to reduce the brightness to match the rest of my build. It fits: Even with the RGB, this kit has a low enough profile to fit under massive air coolers. I paired with a deepcool assassin II, but removed the front 120mm fan during testing so I can see this RAM in all of its grandeur.

Cons: - The RGB will revert to demo mode if the Corsair iCue software isnt running. Would like to see persistent settings without needing the software...

Overall Review: ~ although this ram is labeled optimized for Ryzen, it works just fine with Intel. I paired this ram with a Z370 board and an Intel i9 9900k. I did have some initial problems trying to pair this ram with my board, although this board has been stubborn with other RAM kits in the past. My motherboard didnt detect this kit even after clearing CMOS jumpers, popping the battery and pulling the power. It just wouldnt boot, until I paired 1 stick of this ram with 1 stick of my old ram (8GB). Once I mixed the RAM, it booted into the UEFI BIOS, both sticks were recognized and I could set the timings properly for this 32GB set. I removed the old stick and installed the other half of this kit, and from there I was able to select the XMP and this kit has worked flawlessly since. I chalked this up as my board being older, and this is RAM is not on the QVL of the motherboard... although just about every Corsair 16GB kit is, the board is listed as maxing out at 64GB of RAM, and the BIOS had been updated to the latest availble. My recommendation for Ryzen is that you may want to select the 3600MHz or 3800MHz kits for the performance sweet spot, plenty of information out there regarding this. 3200MHz isnt a slouch of performance, but slightly faster speeds have been shown to improve performance marginally in gaming. Other than the initial installation issue, Ive had no problems at all throughout my use. This kit has performed flawlessly, the RGB is some of the brightest and vibrant I have seen. Gaming has been great with the 32GB overhead, and I dont feel as guilty having 100+ browser tabs open 5 eggs.

Bought two cameras in just a few days time, one on a Thursday, another on a Monday. Both cameras were exactly as advertised. My orders were processed and shipped very quickly, securely packed, and shipped priority mail 2 day. I received both cameras within 3 days of each order, Monday and Wednesday. The pricing on the two cameras was too good to pass up.