Pros: DDR3-1600 speed 9-9-9-27-36 1T with Athlon II X4 640 on ASRock M3A770DE in blue slots (white not populated). Set at 1.53V & NB memory controller at 1.20V. Single (as opposed to Dual) Rank memory as verified with RAMMon. Passed 6 hour burn in with MemTest86.

Cons: Trfc must be set at 300ns, not 160ns (default for most DDR3-1600 & lower speed dimms). Will not run DDR3-1333 at CAS 8 (not in specs, but had to try).

Overall Review: This dual channel kit replaced a GEIL Black Dragon GB38GB1600C9DC kit (also purchased from Newegg) that had a dimm fail after 5 1/2 years (currently have warranty request in with GEIL). I had been able to run the GEIL at DDR3-1600 speed indirectly, by setting it at DDR3-1330 & overclocking cpu/bus speeds, the GEIL would not run at DDR3-1600 with normal cpu/bus speed, but it would run at DDR3-1330 CAS 8 with no overclock. The GEIL kit was Dual Rank memory (same as all other DDR3 kits, from various brands, I have used on various builds). This specific Team Vulcan kit is Single Rank. Vulcan is running in Unganged, Dual Channel mode (same as Black Dragon). Vulcan can run DDR3-1600 at 1.53 V (Black Dragon needed 1.59V). Easy install, pulled out Black Dragon & popped in Vulcan; turn power on... frozen screen on boot... hit reset button & go into bios (nice feature of M3A770DE boot failure guard). Checked memory timings, changed CAS from 8 to 9 at (then current) DDR3-1333 speed & reboot... frozen screen on boot... repeat procedure & change Trfc from 160ns to 300ns & successfull boot into MemTest. Ran for 1 complete pass & went back into BIOS, set speed to DDR3-1600. Reboot successfull & ran MemTest for 6 hours. Booted & Running Windows 7 Home Premium just fine (no more javascript error messages from Firefox). As this is Single Rank memory, I may purchase another set to attempt to run 4x4GB in this build (some Athlon II's will not run 4 ranks of memory, some will run 4 at reduced speeds, & others can run 4 at normal speeds).

Pros: Low RPM, not real noisy. Nice cable wrap. White blades make it easy to see if it is spinning. Bearings are quiet.

Cons: Noisier than Vantec Stealth & Rexus NMB-MAT & both move more air; more noise probably attributed to fan blade shape. The noise is a distinct whirring sound of the blades.

Overall Review: While the Vantec & Rexus directionally push the air; the Gelid seems to disperse the air on its output. This may make for a good front or side intake fan, especially since the whirring blade noise is on the output side and would be directed into the case.

Pros: Quiet operation, easy cable management, reputable company. Single rail. Less standby power consumption. 2024 and still running!

Cons: white color?

Overall Review: Replaced an older (over 4 years use) Sparkle SPI350PFB2 2-rail unit. Mobo bios voltage differences, (PC P&C listed first).. Vcore 1.360/1.360, 3.3V 3.344/3.264, 5V 5.136/5.064, 12V 12.460/12.408. HWMonitor voltage differences.. CPU Vcore 1.41/1.40, 3.3V 3.36/3.30, 5V 5.04/4.92, 12V 13.10/13.05, Dram 1.68/1.65 (Dram set to 1.59 in bios). Added bonus, CPU temp went down from average 50C to 43C, so it must have lower operating temp and/or better cooling than the Sparkle. System includes AMD Athlon II X4 640, AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeIL Black Dragon 8G (2x4G) DDR3 1600, ASRock M3A770DE. The Sparkle did its job through 4 years, and it was time to retire it; here's hoping the PC P&C can do the same. UPDATE... 2024 and still running with the ASRock M3A770DE.

Pros: reliable memory! lack of heatspreader allows large cpu heatsinks with low overhang to be used. very affordable!

Cons: none so far...

Overall Review: still running these with the Athlon II X4 640; NB clocked at 2400, NB voltage 1.200, memory voltage at 1.59, timings 9-9-9-27-36 1T @ 1600. stable with memtest, occt, & aod stress testing; 4 hours each test. maxxmem2 v1.99 memory score 9.31 GB/sec & latency 47.2ns. memtest bandwidth at 9200 MB. memtest & maxxmem bandwidth very close to each other. cas 9 @ 1600 has 12% more bandwidth than cas 8 @ 1333 in my system. UPDATE January 2018, getting Firefox crashes last few months & tracked it to memory errors. Over 5 1/2 years of usage, still with original processor & motherboard (all purchased through Newegg).

Pros: low power consumption, quiet operation, small space requirement.

Cons: can't think of any.

Overall Review: i don't do heavy 3d gaming... this video card does what its supposed to do; plays all types of videos with no lag & has high quality. using a dvi-d dual link cable; amd ccc set for reduced timings @ 75 refresh rate 1440x900 resolution on old acer p223w monitor.

Pros: it was fast & quiet. newegg provided rma, good customer service.

Cons: installed win7 just fine; but then gradually had boot problems. did another win7 install with fresh repartition & reformat, same issue.

Overall Review: boot problems became worse... would not cold boot all the time, numerous restarts to get it to work... bios would sometimes recognize it, sometimes not; when bios did recognize it, sometimes win7 would not. seagate tech support said it was timing issues in the hard drive chipset. it would work if i did a warm reset or win7 reset. returned drive to newegg.