Joined on 10/12/09
It's a cable
Pros: it works and stays together
Cons: an end or two was bent of 10 but it was fixable
Overall Review: I have a buddy who's sweet new phone always seems to be dead. He says his issue is that he forgets to charge it, or when he thinks about it he realizes he doesn't know where his charger is.... I said you're a moron! Your "charger" is an inexpensive USB cord, it's easy to get more than one! He then said he tried but there are too many choices I don't know which one works.... So with that I rage purchased 10 of this size and 10 of another and had them all shipped to him. Now if he has a dead phone I figure I'm within my rights to use one of these cords to beat him senseless, you know just to make sure it actually gets used!
Not bad
Pros: cheap while on sale and free shipping, ratcheting, storage in the handle for driver bits, allows you to put more power on the bit
Cons: the case broke straight out of the box but oh well and I dunno how far behind the handle is... in some spaces it is just plain unusable
Super Duper
Pros: FAST! Stable, and so powerful I actually have to go out of my way to multitask it to death! The stock heatsink is not great but even after 10 hours of full load the temp topped out at 57 C, which is not great but on average it doesn't get above 42 C
Cons: heatsink could be better but it definitely doesn't need the sort that come with the new chips oh and it's not free!!!
Overall Review: heatsink can be a bit hard to click down depending on the board, luckily the biostar 970 isn't one of the bad ones
Not Bad, but there are better deals
Pros: quiet
Cons: a little slow even for SATA II
Overall Review: this actually runs a bit slower than my SATA I drive (which is 7200), I was hoping the higher transfer speed would be noticeable but no..... It is also not really that big, when all is said and done. I say this bc when i bought it I some crazy how thought I was buying a 500 Gb for $30. Ooops! I also had problems with the screws. All the hdd screws I had seemed too long. These screws work in all of my 3.5" drives as well as my 840 Pro (2.5 ssd) I used rubber washers on the outside of the drive cage to fix it but just a heads up. Maybe I need to buy newer screws...
Great Speed
Pros: good price (bought it black friday), fast, heat spreader not just for show, looks pretty well under load
Cons: wish it was cheaper, like maybe free? There were some hiccups during stress testing but no more than you would expect
Overall Review: puts my corsair sticks to shame....
decimal issues
Pros: pretty and inexpensive, which is kinda the point
Cons: not what you think when you see 17.0 ctw, but then again it's twenty bucks
Overall Review: Got them for my with bc she puts jewelry on and leaves it on until something happens and she haves to remove it and then she forgets and never wears it again. When I saw 17 ctw of the pendant I thought "awesome" but then as I looked at the piture I realized that probably wasn't quite right (unless it's hanging on a dog chain). Maybe they are counting the weight of the setting too. either way at the price it could be crystal and it's not bad.