Pros: This little drive brings along Intel's reliability and performance in an otherwise affordable packaging. After spending many months of debating this over Mushkin's or Samsung's relative drives, I decided to go with this for my second gaming rig (for my spouse) / server. It's been installed as the OS and programs/games drive for 6 months and working flawlessly and quickly. It definitely revitalized the old P45 motherboard with the Intel Q9400 processor to the likes of amazing again!

Cons: May be 'slightly' more expensive than alternatives. I more-often-than-not believe in "you get what you pay for", and this drive bridges that with affordability pretty handily, but it is a consideration to weigh.

Overall Review: My primary rig operates with this guy's bigger brother: Intel 750 400GB. Given the amazing performance and reliability from that drive (running for about 2 years now without any issues at all), I ultimately decided on giving this one a try. It's done exceptionally well so far. It's not quite as fast as the big boy, but it's pretty close!

Pros: These things move a lot of air. I installed 2 of them to replace the Cooler Master SAF-B82-E1 80mm's in the front of my case and temperatures are as low as with the side cover off my case.

Cons: -Very loud. -Constant whirring high pitch sound. -Since these fans are NOT speed variable you'll have to run them at full speed the whole time.

Overall Review: Computer specs: MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @3.3GHz (2.66GHz) Heatsink: Xigmatek HDT-S963 PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB DDR2 1066 996599 Primary HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gbps (not in HDD carriage - in 3.5" slot above) Secondary HDD: Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB USB 3.0 (via Buffalo Technology DriveStation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express adapter) GPUs: MSI R6870 Twin Frozr II Radeon HD 6870 1GB(Crossfired) @920MHz / 1050MHz[x4] Case: Lian-Li PC6070

Pros: Ample space for ATX systems, AIO coolers, multi-GPU setups, RAID arrays. Easy adaptability of layout inside the case with sufficient cable management routing holes. Beautifully crafted aluminum panels. For its size, surprisingly light weight (due to the all aluminum construction). Sleek, subtle, beautiful, and unique. Just what I like in my products. Not supersized, and not cramped. This case finds itself right at the perfect size to accommodate a wide array of configurations.

Cons: The front door latching mechanisms on top and bottom are kinda finicky and don't match up well with the door. I'm not opening and closing the front door very often, so this isn't that big of an issue for me. One [minor] con (more as a warning to those that need it): The lock for the front panel is really moot. I'll never need it, but for someone purchasing a case for that sort of security, its placement renders its function useless since the front panel can be removed by pulling it off, even while locked. I was aware of this purchasing the case, but did want to mention it.

Overall Review: I had deliberated on many things in my recent build, the case being an important starting point. I wanted something large enough to sufficiently fit an AIO CPU cooler, 2-3 GPUs, an eventual array of SSDs, capable of being somewhat sound dampening, with easy to clean filters for ingress ports, but not technically be a full tower (asking a lot, I know). With how much quality, adaptability, and just the right amount of engineering this case has, I'm glad I stuck with Lian Li for my case choice. This beauty did not disappoint and it was worth the extra $50-150 over the other choices I was considering.

Pros: -As with the HD6870 in general, the price point / performance is one of the best cards available -Overclocks without needing to adjust voltage to 930/1075 -Downclocking works great to reduce power consumption if you DON'T overclock at all, otherwise it's a severely buggy PITA or doesn't work at all (core/memory 'should' reduce when not in use) -Small PCB length -Power connections on side instead of the end

Cons: [Note that I'm running these in Crossfire!] -Shroud design primarily disperses heat into the your case instead of through exhaust vent -Runs VERY hot: top card at idle 52°C (2 monitors with different resolutions 63°C), loaded 93°C [@stock clocks] -Odd checkered artifacting when running CF in games when 2 monitors with different resolutions are connected -The fans are unbearably loud when at 100% (which is constant if gaming since they run so hot); slight whine when at idle

Overall Review: I actually decided to upgrade my system fans, CPU HSF, and get a PCI slot fan due to how hot these cards ran in hopes it was poor air flow in my case. It helped, but didn't solve the problem. These cards just run hot and loud. Power draw total for overclocked GPUs and CPUs = 409watts (comparatively low) Unigine v2.5 benchmark @1680x1050, DX11, default settings = 55.0 average FPS, min 25.7, max 82.5 (score 1386) 3DMark Vantage GPU score 19118 Computer specs: MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @3.2GHz (2.66GHz) Heatsink: Xigmatek HDT-S963 PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB DDR2 1066 996599 Primary HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gbps Secondary HDD: Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB USB 3.0 (via Buffalo Technology DriveStation SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express adapter) GPUs: XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB (Crossfired) Case: Lian-Li PC6070

Pros: -Capable of playing most 1080p content with little jitter, tearing, and zero artifacting (tested with several 9Kbps+ bit rate BDR rips; MPCHC, full float point processing enabled, color enhancement enabled, shaders disabled, 10bit output enabled) -Completely silent -Total power draw at [streaming] load of ~25watts -Twenty dollars after rebate! Amazing deal

Cons: -None so far

Overall Review: Not very capable for 3D gaming. Any advanced effects processing this card won't be able to handle with higher resolutions (beyond 720p).

Pros: -Excellent solution for air cooling; proven and tested through many reviews to be effective and useful -Helps air flow throughout your case (ability to aim the fan directly to the rear of your case) -Reduced loaded temperatures by 9°C on my Q9400 OC'd to 3.2GHz (compared to stock Intel cooler @2.6GHz) -Comes with mounts for both Intel and AMD -It has a spoiler, yo!

Cons: -It has a spoiler? Wanna-be heat-sink! :P

Overall Review: I usually only mildly overclock to try to maintain lower TDP, lower temperatures, and allow longer life with my components (while achieving some performance increase). I recently upgraded my GPUs (Crossfired) and temperatures inside my case rose dramatically (no side fan; Lian-Li PC6400) and I also wanted to push my CPU further since it's starting to show some bottlenecking in some benchmarks or games. I wanted a simple solution that was tried and tested to keep my CPU going strong without fearing it'd die from a heat stroke. This was it. Even if you're not into overclocking at all, I highly recommend this HSF combo to extend the life of your CPU.