Pros: It's fast! Like 90mb/s sustained transfer rate write on my HP Elitebook 8570p fast Connector is awesome and can help you out in a jam with a regular bare laptop hard drive

Cons: The case is mostly plastic

Overall Review: So I have an old USB 2.0 Seagate 320GB drive. It is still working and I am a segate fan boy to an extent because they don't let me down like the WD's I have owned. I chose this because the Toshiba external has connector problems; and the other brands use who knows what drive inside; more often than not a hitachi (not impressed with those 2.5 inch drives at all... I am an engineer and I have seen massive failures with those) or a Western Digital which I do not like at ALL. It is a real speed demon for what it is. These comments come from a guy who is accustomed to large NetApp, EMC, Hitachi, IBM, and HP sans with multiple terabytes of SSD's serving mixed workloads.

Pros: It was reasonably cheap Reasonable Performance

Cons: Runs hot Failed 22 months in (1 failed--bought 4... in an array thank goodness) Loud Support is DREADFUL

Overall Review: Stay away from this one... I am using in in an IBM Thinkserver TS140... Failed after just 22 months... Always hot, a huge power sucker, They are also VERY LOUD! The worst part... I tried about 15 times in 6 different browsers and 2 OS's to do an online RMA... No luck (I am a datacenter architect so this isn't my first rodeo)... Sent an email with receipt... No response... Called in... Was on hold 11 minutes and disconnected... Been on hold for over 16 minutes this time... Replacing with a locally sourced drive to ensure my array doesn't puke... However, I am not pleased... This isn't just someone ranting... I expected much better.

Pros: Bass output Smooth highs Wonderful mids Great sound Handsome looking

Cons: Not really a con but they are big

Overall Review: These speakers were an ULTIMATE upgrade at a paltry sum I fancy myself an Audiophile; so these are just office speakers as I have a dedicated two channel listening area. However, they replaced some modified Polk T15s. The T15s had been fitted with Dayton AMT tweets and the crossover rebuilt however, they were getting old and I needed a set of speakers for the garage. Enter the XT20! I was truly shocked to acquire them for $169 I couldnt say no so glad I did! Now listening in pure audio on the Onkyo TX-NR656 instead of using the sub they really dont need it Would recommend highly to anyone needing a budget set of bookshelf speakers for a good listening experience.

Pros: It works... It does it's job It does not crystalize over time and by over time I mean like 5-7 years

Cons: it does not come out of white carpet very easily. Yeah so that's not a con rather than overall stupidity.

Overall Review: Ok so I am a virtualization engineer and I do this stuff professionally and have for several years. When I can open up a 5 year old Dell server that had a proc upgrade and has been in 24x7 service running VMware vSphere and take off the heatsink and the compound is still pliable and fluid like I just applied it; I buy that product again. If a tech comes to replace a bad proc for me and pulls out some ceramic junk; I hand him a tube and tell him no; use this and a grain of rice per core please. If he gives me the deer in the headlight look; He gets instructed to leave the part.

Pros: So I admit I'm not a gamer. But I might just become one now. This is the entry level to what I consider to be the NVIDIA ridiculous line. I started to go with a 9800 gtx. I'm glad I did not. This thing play call of duty on max settings at 1440x900 perfectly. So impressed with this card. My buddy has close to the same rig as me with the exception of the aforementioned 9800 GTX; lets just say someone was not a happy camper once they used my pc with a video card that actually came in cheaper than his.

Cons: Its big and eats 2 slots

Overall Review: My Little System: XCLIO A380 Case XCLIO X14 550 watt power supply GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX OCZ Reaper 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Intel Quad Core Q9300 2.50ghz overclocked to 3.375ghz EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 2 X Seagate 500gig 7200rpm Sata 3.0gb/s in raid 0 Windows 7 (x64) rc1 all this fits together nice and snug and would suggest this particular rig to anyone. If you want more overclocking potential go with the Q6600 proc; it has a much higher multiplier.

Pros: Looks really cool Huge!!! But still fits where my minitower did. Lots of drive space Cool HDD light in front Fans adequately move air. Does not feel cheap at all... really nice no sharp edges Quiet as silk. Much quieter than my previous optiplex gx280 tower. A seriously nice case filled with all sorts of gadgets.

Cons: While the 250mm fans are nice.... There is NO exhaust fan I found my case temp creeping up way above my CPU. So, I bought myself a 120mm thermaltake blue led fan and installed it in the rear. Problem solved!!! For extra reinforcement, I installed one on the top too. Now my beast is as cool running as it is looking.

Overall Review: Just make sure to order one or two 120mm exhaust fans. You will need them as the big guys are intake only. I really think xclio should have included them. My Little System: XCLIO A380 Case XCLIO X14 550 watt power supply GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX OCZ Reaper 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Intel Quad Core Q9300 2.50ghz overclocked to 3.375ghz EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 2 X Seagate 500gig 7200rpm Sata 3.0gb/s in raid 0 Windows 7 (x64) rc1 all this fits together nice and snug and would suggest this particular rig to anyone. If you want more overclocking potential go with the Q6600 proc; it has a much higher multiplier.