Pros: These babies move a lot of air Almost completely silent

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: The 140mm size allows these to run at relatively low speeds and move lots of air due to their large surface area. I installed 5 of these as case fans in my Define R4 case (2 front, 2 top, 1 rear). I rewired the case to that the 2 top + 1 rear are running off a molex and controlled by the front panel 3 position switch, and the 2 front fans are controlled by the MB BIOS. I figured that I'd want the quieter fans facing the front, but that actually wasn't necessary. These fans are so quiet that I can barely hear them running. The blade area is so large that they run at very low speeds most of the time -- less than 500 rpm. In fact, the case is running so cool that one of my 2 fans on my Noctura cooler actually shuts down every now and then. The CPU and MB temps are around 30 - 35 C. Granted, the case has awesome airflow, but these fars are part of the equation. I am running an Asus Maximum V Formula MB, an i5 3570k, 16 GB GSkill Ripjaws, EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, Samsung 250 GB SSD, 4 TB Seagate HD.

Pros: - Good performance

Cons: - Drive completely died within 1 year

Overall Review: I have purchased about 5 of these drives in the past, and have been pleased with their performance and track history. Being an enterprise-class drive, I was willing to pay a little more. A drive that's less than 1 year old just completely failed with absolutely no warning. I turned on my box the other morning, and noticed that the computer was booting VERY slowly and realized that something was wrong. The drive was making a clicking sound -- once every 5 sec or so. The assigned drive letter had disappeared, and when I tried to load my RAID controller management console, XP bluescreened. I am very disappointed that this happened, and will now start using WD green Caviar drives -- no more Seagates for me. Good thing I had my data backed up. BTW, I am using this drive in an Antec P180 case with dedicated 120mm fans for each bank of drives -- 8 case fans in total. I know that heat wasn't the problem -- internal temps never rise above 34C.

Pros: - wicked fast - great price when on sale

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: This drive was purchased for my 6 month old Lenovo Ideapad Z710. The OEM Seagate drive (5200 rpm, SATA3) was a major bottleneck. I could see that the disk I/O was low, preventing the computer from running like an i7 should. This drive is a hybrid -- it contains a traditional mechanical drive for capacity, but has an embedded SSD that is used as a real-time buffer/cache for SSD-like performance. I imaged my old boot drive with Reflect, formatted the new drive, installed it, and restored the image. After about 3 - 5 boots (allowing the cache to populate with data), the machine now takes 5 seconds to boot from a powered-off state to the Windows 8.1 desktop. It used to take 30 - 45 seconds. I have used Toshiba drives in the past, and expect this to have the same excellent reliability that those drives did. Highly recommended.

Pros: This is an update to a previous review -- I can't figure out how to edit my original post on 3/15/2014.

Cons: As stated prior, I am running Windows 8.1 and Start8, mimicking the UI of Windows 7. I can't stand Windows 8. After installing a slew of MS updates about 1 month ago, the machine attempted a warm boot. After the logging in, Window's UI hung, displaying a black screen with a functional mouse pointer. After 4 hours of troubleshooting, I was forced to reimage the drive with a recent backup prior to the updates. A week later, I tried the updates again, and the exact same thing happened. I figured it must be something low-level -- either a BIOS or graphics driver issue. I went to Nvidia's website and downloaded a newer driver package. The machine hung again at the same spot upon reboot after updates. I am now in the position of owing a $1500 laptop that cannot be upgraded. I went to Lenovo's website and updated the BIOS. I have not yet tried to update the OS again, as I do not have an afternoon to devote to this nonsense. I searched the web, and haven't found any problems like mine -- the closest thing being a BIOS-related issue regarding running off of battery. Lenovo's website doesn't offer any contact options, despite this machine being under warranty. I will continue to use the laptop without further updates for the time being, and will post again if I ever figure this out. Too bad -- this is a nice machine, marred by a horrible trackpad and BIOS/driver issues. Stay tuned.

Pros: - fast - very clear and intuitive configuration UI - decent logging options - DMZ - metal case acts like a heatsink -- unit runs cool - painless firmware updates

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: I purchased this to replace an aging D-Link DGL-4100, which suddenly started giving me problems recently. This unit seems pretty well-made for the price, and reminds me of what Netgear was like 20 years ago, when they made good stuff. Indicator lights aren't as bright as most others are, which is a good thing. Data throughput is great -- I saw a 10 mbs download increase and a 5 mbs upload increase to my broadband speeds by replacing my old router with this and no other changes - seriously! I am running a gigabyte 8-port switch, a LinkSys WRT54GL (acting as a WAP only), a Roku 3 via a Netgear wireless bridge, 2 laptops, 2 servers, a Samsung ethernet laser printer, and a Verizon Network Extender through this and the switch. With media streaming on my server, Roku, and massive downloads via uTorrent, this router purrs like a kitten. For the price, I would consider this an outstanding value for the money. So far very stable with latest firmware. Less than 20 minutes to configure -- the UI is simple, but well organized, easy to understand and navigate. Recommended.

Pros: - smaller in length than the previous USB 2.0 generation of XT drives - fast read/write speeds - good quality memory - fair price

Cons: none

Overall Review: I had been using a 32 GB XT (USB 2.0) for the past 5 years. This drive has gotten heavy daily use -- I am a professor, and use the drive to keep home and work machines in sync. I am syncing about 100 files/day on 3 machines using synchronization software. I was very pleased with my old drive, but when I saw the price of the USB 3.0 version, 64 GB no less, I jumped on it. This drive is significantly faster than the previous generation -- I would say 2.5 - 5 times faster. That is when it's connected to my new rig with 6 GB SATA III drives via USB 3.0. The drive is almost identical in construction to the other XT drives (rubber housing, cap can be easily lost). Did I mention that it was fast? Recommended.

Order arrived early, in condition advertised.