Pros: Solid battery backup Handy LED display

Cons: Tripped the integrated circuit breaker running both my space heater and the startup of a 1U rackmount server, which is a pretty huge load so less of a con and more of an FYI.

Overall Review: The LED display is nice, and I had the opportunity to test the battery backup when I blew the circuit breaker on the UPS by trying to start the server it's protecting while I was running a space heater through one of the non-battery backed outlets. That's a pretty massive load and way above the rated capacity so I don't consider it a real flaw, but I wanted to mention it. Resetting the breaker was as simple as pushing the button back in, so this was not a big deal at all. And as I said, the battery backup worked perfectly and maintained power to the server. I'm very happy with my purchase and wouldn't hesitate to buy another one if/when I have need of another UPS.

Pros: Not terribly expensive, provides a bunch of different card reader slots, although I only used the SD and MicroSD ones. Works fine for transferring photos off my digital camera card and to my phone and tablet cards. Added a USB 3 port to my old case that didn't have one.

Cons: The same stuff everyone else has complained about. Not very well built, which probably explains a lot of the early deaths of these readers. Uses up the only USB 3 header on my motherboard, which is unfortunate now that I have a case with USB 3 ports on the front. I have an adapter on the way to allow it to connect to a USB 2 header instead though, so that's not the end of the world.

Overall Review: There's no point spending a lot of time talking about this reader. The other reviews pretty much cover what you need to know. The main reason I'm even bothering with this review is to share what I had to do to get mine working again when I swapped it to a new case and it stopped reading cards. Basically what I think happened is that in the course of doing cable management I jiggled the cord too much and it loosened the connection inside. Note that the cord for the card readers is not soldered down - it's just a male USB plug that connects to a slot on the circuit board. And a very cheap slot at that, which I think was the source of my trouble. To fix it, I pulled apart the case, breaking the left tab on the face plate like everyone else (as long as you're not pulling on the face it stays in place fine anyway), and pulled the plug out of the board. Fortunately the glue holding it in wasn't especially robust either. I then took a small screwdriver and pressed in on all of the little connection tabs around the slot that make contact with the outside of the plug. After that I carefully put it back together, reinstalled it, and as of this writing it's still working. I'm crossing my fingers that it stays that way. Hope this helps someone else out there.

Pros: - I like the keyboard a lot. Backlit, feels decent for the price, and Lenovo finally built a laptop where the Fn and Ctrl keys aren't backward. :-) - Nice, clean, attractive design - Thin and light - Solid performance once you replace the spinny disk with an SSD - 1920x1080 resolution is nice and smooth on a 14" display. - Matte display. Glossy screens on laptops make no sense to me. Because it's mobile, I'm almost certainly going to use it in a place where reflections would be a problem at least some of the time.

Cons: - The screen colors and viewing angles suck. To be expected at this price point, but something to be aware of. It's fine for web browsing, email, and such, but don't expect to be doing any meaningful graphic work on this. - Performance is underwhelming with the included hard drive. Just order an SSD too when you order the laptop.

Overall Review: - I'm running Fedora 23, and even with only 4 GB I haven't felt limited. In KDE with a couple of LibreOffice docs, a few Firefox windows and Thunderbird open all at once I'm using less than half of the available memory. I thought I might need to upgrade the memory, but at this point I'm not planning to. - Suspending works pretty well in Fedora. I've had it lock up a couple of times, but only when I did something like plug in an SD card in while it was resuming. Other than that I've suspended and resumed dozens, maybe even hundreds of times with no trouble. I'm pleased with how well it works. - Battery life is fine for me, but it's not going to break any records. I wouldn't call it either a pro or a con. - Touchpad is okay. I miss having separate physical buttons, but the multi-touch capability makes up for a lot of that. The ability to click the pad itself is also handy sometimes. There may be nicer touchpads, but I have no major complaints about this one. - Build quality is good for the price. You're not going to get a super rigid metal body or anything for under $500, but it's a pretty solid chunk of plastic that feels decent in the hand. - No touch screen. I don't consider this a con because I hate fingerprints on my screen, but some people might want one. - Seriously, upgrade to an SSD. I picked up a 240 GB Mushkin Eco3 for about $60 to go with this. Not the fastest around, but it does the job. I've had this laptop for 2 or 3 months now and couldn't be happier. I've already used it more than I had used my aging previous laptop (a Thinkpad SL500) in the last 2 or 3 _years_ that I had it. I wanted something more portable and this fits the bill while also performing better (mostly thanks to the SSD, granted). As long as you keep in mind that this isn't a $1000+ ultrabook and upgrade to an SSD right away, I think most people will be happy with it.

Pros: Works fine with compatible memory. Nice compact form factor that was easy to work with in the case.

Cons: I'm not docking it any eggs because it's my fault for not checking the compatibility list, but I wanted to note here that this board doesn't seem to like Mushkin memory. I made the mistake of buying some for it, and the system was horribly unstable (could not even boot consistently to the BIOS screen). I swapped in an 8 GB stick of ADATA RAM from my desktop system and it works fine. Looking now at the compatibility list, I see there is almost no Mushkin memory listed, and given my experience I would avoid that combination if at all possible.

Overall Review: Bought this to go with an A8-7670K in my DVR system. Very happy with it aside from the memory issue (which, again, was my fault). Over HDMI it outputs 4k to my new TV no problem.

Pros: -Looks great -Lots of internal hard drive bays -Good cable management features -Tons of fan mounts for ventilation -Included fan is nice and quiet -Bottom PSU mount -Probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting because there's so much good about this case. :-)

Cons: -Not tool-less (see Other thoughts for more about this) -Only one fan included. But who uses stock fans anyway? -No window. But I have a dremel, so... ;-)

Overall Review: It's been at least five years since I last bought a case, and I was shocked by how much better this case is than my much, much more expensive full tower that was my last purchase. It's not tool-less, but it's superior in pretty much every other way. There are fan mounts on essentially every flat surface, and even the PCI slot blanks are mesh to allow extra airflow. For the moment I'm going to stick with the single fan because I'm not too concerned about heat buildup with the system in this case, and I like how quiet it is right now. The one real gripe I had while doing the build was that the paint makes some of the screw holes sticky. For the most part, not a problem because it's not a tool-less case, so having to use a screwdriver to remove the thumb screws the first time (after that they were loose enough to do by hand) was not a big deal, but it was a hassle not being able to install the motherboard standoffs by hand. I put screws in them so I could use a screwdriver there too, but then I had to pull out a wrench to take the screws back out so I could install the motherboard. That said, this is by far the cleanest cabling job I've ever been able to do, thanks in large part to the generous cable management features on the case. It has ample space behind the motherboard tray and cutouts in all the right places. Random note: It wasn't obvious to me from the pictures, but the front panel is asymmetric. I like the way it looks, but I briefly thought something was wrong when I first opened the case. Overall, the sticky screw holes were the _only_ complaint I had with this case, and everything else about it was an absolute joy. I still smile every time I look at this thing, which I think tells you all you need to know about it. :-)

Pros: Inexpensive 80+ Gold rated PSU

Cons: Not modular, but for the price I'm not complaining

Overall Review: This series is highly rated in reviews by people who know more about power supplies than I do. Seems to be good and stable in my system as well, so the only possible complaint would be that it's not modular. But I'd rather have the 80+ Gold (this system runs 24/7) than modular, and at this price I don't think you can get both. It even came with thumb screws for mounting in the case (I'm pretty sure they came with this and not the case...). I also like the textured finish, not that I'll see it once I put the side panel on. :-)