Pros: Silent, very cool running, large capacity and good performance. It's obviously not a screamer at 5400 RPM but unless you're working with exceptionally large files you won't notice it in day-to-day use. I use Eclipse, Netbeans and Sparx Enterprise Architect and even on very large commercial projects (5000+ classes) it's impossible to tell whether I'm running them on a 500GB or 640GB 7200 rpm Samsung drive or this 1TB drive. The only way you'd know it's slower is to measure it very precisely because on small/medium sized files the difference in speed is going to be found to the right of the decimal point.

Cons: It wasn't free, it didn't come with a complimentary set of encyclopedias and it won't stop my cat from meowing at me. Well, it might if thrown accurately, but if I know that cat he'll whip out a catchers mitt, grab it and fling the thing right back at me.

Overall Review: I've purchased more than 10 Samsung drive over the years, from the 20GB IDE ones back in the day to the 1TB and 1.5TB ones of today. Way back when, one 40GB drive went bad shortly after I got it. I went to their website and was given an RMA # just by clicking on a button, shipped the drive back and received a new one that still works today. None of the other drives have failed. These are a good value.

Pros: The device itself works well, records workout info pretty accurately and doesn't get in the way. The heart rate monitor strap is fairly unobtrusive. Hardware quality is typical Garmin which is to say excellent.

Cons: The software. Like other Garmin products they go out of their way to prevent you from using your data in normal ways. They give you what looks like a spreadsheet view of your workout data but if you want to sort a column to see what your maximum heart rate was - well you're out of luck. There's no option to export data as a .csv file either, only .xml that doesn't import into other apps. Watch itself has hideous interface design. Many other faults in the software and firmware.

Overall Review: I've used it quite a lot and I'm surprised how little annoyance the chest band causes. That part pleases me. The software is a major pain. I've got a PC, it synchronizes its clock with the internet - so why the heck do I have to fiddle around with tiny buttons and a tinier screen to set the time on a device that will connect to my PC? Even my digital camera will do that much for me. This thing won't even print my workout data so I can discuss it with my doctor!

Pros: Specs are good, performance is as expected.

Cons: The track pad started acting flaky within 2 days. The only software installed was skype, then firefox, then malwarebytes. Something either already installed on the computer or installed surreptitiously as part of the "get Skype" link installed the driver updater malware which proceeded to take control over the browser and wouldn't allow any other use of the browser. Malwarebytes nuked driver updater successfully. The wife spent 3+ hours with Dell tech support remotely controlling machine, video drivers and track pad drivers (and apparently other drivers/software) all updated to the latest and greatest, same thing, the track pad just flakes out. The track pad acts just like the Logitech trackballs and mice when then switches go bad, it falsely detects button downs and double clicks, and simply moving a finger to move the cursor will suddenly start selecting icons or drawing selection boxes on empty desktop. Not even vaguely usable.

Overall Review: It seemed liked a good idea, but RMAing this one and will go pick up something else at a big box store where we can just take it back to the store rather than wasting time and losing money on shipping like this.

Pros: I'm running mostly old-school games (UT3, UT2004, L4D2, SR4 and all the Bioshock and Crysis games) The only modern game I have is Carmageddon Reincarnation. They all play very smoothly with settings maxed out @ 1920x1200. I replaced an R7-260x with this, the 260 required backing off on the settings and even then UT3 and Carmageddon weren't smooth. With this they're glass smooth even when all settings are maxed. I've got 2 Samsung 1920x1200 monitors plugged in to it.

Cons: Hardware is great but the drivers are very buggy. Saints Row 4, Crysis and Bioshock games all freeze/crash within 10 to 30 minutes. I never had any problems with the 260x. I've tried the beta drivers and the certified drivers, currently using 16.4.1 and crashes are guaranteed if I try to play them. I'm not overclocking, all the settings are defaults/standard. I'd be really annoyed if gaming was my primary use.

Overall Review: Running this in an Asus Z87 PRO with i7 4771 and 32GB of RAM

Pros: I'm using dual 1920x1200 monitors, handles it without any effort. I play older games UT3, SR4 and the like, handles those at the highest settings @ 1920x1200 using standard setup. It was pretty quiet.

Cons: I'm getting really tired of replacing video cards because the fans fail and they make it a complete nightmare to figure out which hardware revision of which card you've got to ensure you order the correct replacement. It's simply not worth the hour or two of research and repair time plus all the down time. The first manufacturer to sell spare/replacement fans with the card or as an accessory will get my business. This one also has major issues with the combination of RDP and VirtualBox if you use the Catalyst drivers. I'm using the generic Windows drivers and it works fine, but if I install the Catalyst drivers it will freeze the video every day or two. All of the event log entries point to the ATI drivers (ccc.exe) The display won't unblank even though the card is supplying some sort of video signal because the monitor status lights are on steady. The only resolution is to reboot the computer, which is incredibly annoying. My computer isn't configured to sleep, it stays on 24x7 so it's not a matter of coming out of sleep, it's simply screen blanking/display turning off that causes it to freeze.

Overall Review: Bought an MSI R9380 to replace this one, I'll just keep cycling through the brands until I find something that lasts.

Pros: Solid, fits the case well. I've bought several Siig components, keyboards, expansion cards and such, going back to the days of 3 printer port ISA bus cards. Everything I've ever bought has been good quality and none of it has ever died or had driver issues. This adapter looks to be more of the same.

Cons: All minor issues, but bits I wish I had known before I ordered it: One-shot use, uses self-tapping screws into plastic. Doesn't work all that well in an old Antec Sonata case in the front-facing 3.5" bay, which is what I got it for. It would have been fine in the side-facing bays, but the way it mounts in front it leaves the back of the SSDs recessed waaaay in there and difficult to get cables on/off. Very minor nit, the provided screws for the SSDs are too long for Samsung EVO drives. The bottom drive rattles even with the screws tightened down. I had to replace them with some shorter screws I had laying around.