Pros: Improved boot times by over 60% (see below)! Typically excellent NewEgg bare drive packaging Hybrid drive technology provides the best of both solid state (speed, reliability) and spinning media (capacity, price) drives. Very large 64MB cache improves performance! 8GB Flash improves performance for frequently accessed files, reduces power & disk wear Trusted brand, 3rd generation hybrid technology Very quiet operation

Cons: Not as fast as a pure SSD Not as inexpensive as a pure 5400 RPM HD Really bare drive: no cable, screws, software, mounting bracket: just the drive Not the best choice for external storage/backup applications Low throughput rate of averaging 18MB/ps

Overall Review: Used this to upgrade an IBM/Lenovo T61 w/4GB RAM booting Ubuntu 64 bit 12.04 LTS Used remastersys to move the existing HTS541612J9SA00 Hitachi drive contents to a bootable DVD, and then on to the ST1000LM014 Cache sizes are quite different: 8 MB vs 64 MB - a big plus for this Seagate drive Boot times improved from 45 seconds to 28 seconds on average! No longer need to carry an external hard-drive for media, virtual drives, etc Buffered read: 100 MB/sec on average Random read/write: 19ms If you want quicker boots AND a terabyte of storage at a very reasonable price, this is your drive. Yes, there are faster and slower drives, but this one is in a sweet spot that will appeal to many.

Pros: This is a compact 2.5 inch 500 GB drive with fast read/write times. I measured 30 MB/Sec write and 33 MB/Sec read over a USB 2.0 connection. Requires no external power as it runs off the USB connection. Comes formatted in NTFS which is great for Windows. It's housed in an attractive brushed plastic case. Comes with a short USB cable. When formatted to HFS, it automatically integrated itself into Time Machine and begins a full backup.

Cons: Comes formatted in NTFS which is read-only on OSX 10.7. Tried several times to install the supplied Paragon NTFS drivers for OSX, but they never worked. So I uninstalled them and the installation program. Then I reinstalled the installer and use it to reformat the drive to HFS and use Time Machine - which it did flawlessly. However, formatting to HFS erases the cloud software. Comes with a short USB cable. Will support eSATA and Thunderbolt, but requires purchase of an adapter that can't be purchased!

Overall Review: This product is a fine light, quick, and very portable external drive with decent capacity. It makes a nice back-up drive for my MBP with 125 GB SSD. However, trying to make it work for both Windows and OSX, Seagate has severely compromises its value added features. Also, the promise of interface support beyond USB 2.0/3.0 is just that - a promise.

Pros: It is Samsung B-Die It over clocks like crazy It has low latency

Cons: Pricey

Overall Review: Overclocked first time to 3600 14,16,16,32,54 1T on an ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (wifi) running an OC Ryzen 3900X. Used Thaiphoon and Ryzen DRAM Calculator SAFE settings. All running great Passes Memtest86, stable on Prine95, etc. Pretty sure this memory could go faster, but will probably just hold this Ryzen infinity fabric sweet spot.

Pros: Best value I could find for the performance

Cons: - One stick failed after a year of 24x7 operation - The PCB where the pins are located is very uneven. Looking at 7 other DRAM sticks I own from DDR1 through DDR4, all the other DRAM has a straight cut edge. Both of these are not straight. They are longer in the middle and taper to the edges. Very obvious once you notice it. - Ordered TeamGroup TLZRD44G3000HC16C01 as a replacement stick

Overall Review: Used this for handling both media streaming to a TV and also serving up files for the family. No OC this time as the goal is to run quietly as possible. Plus, really no need to OC as it will stream 4K video at stock speeds on an ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac with included fan. AMDAMD RYZEN 3 2200G Quad-Core 3.5 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W YD2200C5FBBOX Desktop Processor, and AMD RYZEN 3 2200G.

Pros: Great value for a hundred dollars

Cons: Had a bit of a snap into the AM4 sock moment. Never had this happen before and I thought some pins were bent (and before that I thought either the MB or chip was defective.

Overall Review: Used this for handling both media streaming to a TV and also serving up files for the family. No OC this time as the goal is to keep run as quiet as possible. Plus, really no need to OC as it will stream 4K video at stock speeds on an ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac with included fan. 2X8 GB sticks of 24MHz Patriot Viper PV48G300C6K DRAM. Been running 24X7 since June with no issues

Pros: Good price for an ITX board Reliably and quietly runs 24x7 with a Ryzen 3 2200G 4K integrated video with the right APU Intel ETH port 7.1 CH HD Audio with high S/N ratio Realtek ALC1220 Plenty of latest spec USB ports PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 interface on the back of the board Decent fan control

Cons: WiFi antenna seems cheap and fragile. But I'm using Ethernet so... Finding advanced AMD features in the BIOS was non-intuitive: no problems with MSI and Gigabyte boards, so...

Overall Review: Used this for handling both media streaming to a TV and also serving up files for the family. No OC this time as the goal is to keep run as quiet as possible. Plus, really no need to OC as it will stream 4K video at stock speeds with a RYZEN 3 2200G and included fan. 2X8 GB sticks of 24MHz Patriot Viper PV48G300C6K DRAM. Been running 24X7 since June with no issues