Pros: Gets the job done pretty well consideirng the net cost of $45 (after rebate) for a budget drive. (Could not resist the price tag to test a brand I have never used.) Very respectable performance!

Cons: None for the price paid.

Overall Review: It's unclear to me why the last 3 reviewers were having issues with this drive. Installing SSDs isn't as easy as mechanical hard drives. There is some preparation the needs to be made before that installation for trouble-free operation. (Research online for the process!) After playing with over 15 brands of various SSDs, the effort to get the drive up and running is about the same as most others based on my experience. The drive package comes with screws - pretty uncommon practice as most low end drives come with nothing else. The housing is light despite having a all-metal top casing. It is built with a Phison PS3108 controller. Majority of the reputable online reviews I've read before purchasing gave it above-average value. The drive was not supposed to be introduced in the U.S., but somehow made it here none-the-less. (The package insert directs all warranty claims to either Hong Kong or Taiwan.) Corsair still warrants the drive in the U.S. however. Performance-wise it is not as fast as OCZ ARC100 (Best vlaue drive out there at the moment!) when it comes to booting up and normal usage, but the difference is minor in day-to-day operation. Cloned my main rig SSD to this drive using MiniTool Partition Wizard freeware (unclear why cloning using Macrium Reflect freeware will not work yet.), went into Windows Disk Administrator to make sure my hard drive partitions are configured with drive letters again, and it was up and running in little time. Installed the Corsair SSD Toolbox, and made sure the drive had the latest firmware installed. The drive has since been functioning perfectly for over 7 days now continuosly. From my understanding, Corsair has a solid reputation when it comes to SSDs, so I am pretty comfortable in recommending this product. Good luck!

Pros: Works as advertised.

Cons: Performance seems to be average to below average, when compared to models 1-2 years older.

Overall Review: Bought this to contrast against refurbished OCZ Agility 3 and Vertex 2, the cheap $70 price, and the 3 year warranty (instead of the 180 day for the refurbs). Was disappointed that the performance was not up to par based on usage experience. The Agility 3's performance simply outclassed this model. It does work however.

Pros: 4 DIMM slots. 4 SATA 3 ports. Highly configurable.

Cons: Memory tops out at 1400MHz. Still trying to figure out if that can be bypassed.

Overall Review: Replaced previous MSI B85 board (with fewer resources), and totally impressed with its ability to overclock. I use a Pentium G3258 unlocked CPU and have overclocked it to 4.7GHz stable from the designed 3.2GHz with stock cooler by upping core voltage to 1.5V. Maintaining it at 4.5GHz however so temperatures run under 60C. Both board and CPU are impressive products!

Pros: Chugs along nicely without any hiccups.

Cons: No longer price-competitve given current new SSD market pricing.

Overall Review: Since 1st put into use in Dec 19, 2013, never had any issues with this refurb. **NOTE; This drive is not compatible with Intel Haswell chipset motherboards. My experience is that it works intermittenly with SATA 2 ports, but not with SATA 3 ports.**

Pros: Wrote the 1st review of this product back in Feb 2014, and almost a year later, it performs beautifully.

Cons: I have been having issues with the Scope software that Transcend provides on its website. So far, have been able to update the firware only once as a result, but the SSD runs perfectly none-the-less.

Overall Review: Having own and run over 10 different SSDs in my home environment, I always come back to this stable and reliable SSD. It is now the primary SSD in my main laptop again, and I doubt I will switch it out except for testing other SSDs. Top notch product!

Pros: Boils fast - 2-3 mins for a cup of water. Large base for stability. Works as advertised.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Save some energy heating water with this appliance.