Pros: -Price per GB (especially if you get it on sale) -User Friendly (easy to set-up) -Quiet -Efficient (low power consumption) -Reliable

Cons: -None

Overall Review: Be aware of what you need your hard drive for; the Western Digital Green series is for storage (i.e. music,video, documents and picture collections). It is not intended to be used for your primary OS drive or to run games. If you buy this hard drive for storage you will be very pleased (long life, low power consumption and quiet). If you buy it for performance - "you're going to have a bad time."

Pros: -Price -Performace -Reliability -Ease of Installation

Cons: -None

Overall Review: Best band-for-your-buck DVD burner. Been running it for nearly 2 years, no issues. Current system: CPU: Intel i5-3570 [Stock 3.4-3.8GHz] Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V LE [Intel Z77 chipset] RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series [2x8GB, 1600MHz, 9CAS] GPU: EVGA GTX770 SC [2nd BIOS, 1215 Core] SDD: Crucial M4 [128GB, SATA III] PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Disk Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST Case: Corsair Carbide 500R [Black] Mouse: Logitech M500 Keyboard: Logitech G15 Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431WM 24" 1080p

Pros: -Price -Reliability -Speed [Native USB 3.0 SATA III] -User friendly (GUI) -Easy Installation

Cons: -Compatibility [See "Other thoughts"]

Overall Review: This has been a solid motherboard and I am very pleased with my purchase. There have been a few compatibility issues with the board though. Most notably USB compatibility. My favorite mouse [GIGABYTE M6800] did not work no matter what I did (Mobo/mouse drivers, UPnP, etc.) so unfortunately I had to buy a similar mouse style and settle for that. Other USB devices such as card readers and keyboards failed to respond when plugged into the mobo USB ports. Again, different models would be fine - rather confusing, but still a very solid mobo. Overclocking is a breeze too, the GUI is very user friendly and intuitive. Been running the system below for 2-years with no trouble. CPU: Intel i5-3570 [Stock 3.4-3.8GHz] Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V LE [Intel Z77 chipset] RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series [2x8GB, 1600MHz, 9CAS] GPU: EVGA GTX770 SC [BIOS 2, 1215MHz Core] SDD: Crucial M4 [128GB, SATA III] PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Disk Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST Case: Corsair Carbide 500R [Black] Mouse: Logitech M500 Keyboard: Logitech G15 Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431WM 24" 1080p

Pros: -Reliability -Speed -Price -Easy of Installation

Cons: -None

Overall Review: Wonderful hard-drive (HDD)! It is a shame that Samsung in no longer producing the Spinpoint line of HDDs. I have both a 2TB and 1TB versions. They have lasted nearly 2 years with numerous reformats and are still running strong. If you can find these models anywhere then pick them up - worth their weight in gold.

Pros: -Price [FREE ^_^] -Works [Downloadable through steam] -DLC included :-O

Cons: -None

Overall Review: Not enough to dock an egg but I bought a graphics card with this bundled as a gift and less than a week later a holiday bundle was released making my card cheaper and including two additional games. Rotten luck, maybe Newegg will throw me a bone ;-) P.S. I had no trouble redeeming my code, it seems others have; I recommend checking out their reviews to see how they remedied that situation.

Pros: -Performance (excellent speed, 1600Mhz, 9cas) -Price (<$9 per GB) -Compatibility (quick install, immediately recognized) -Durability (been running for over a year without any issues) -Color (blue is a perfect color for Intel themed mobos)

Cons: -None

Overall Review: I personally never like using all four RAM slots on my mobo so I opted to get a (2x8GB) kit instead of a (4x4GB) kit. It's definitely more RAM (16GB) than I'll need for the next few years for sure. Very quick install and my Intel mobo immediately recognized the RAM and set its XMP (extreme memory profile) to 1600MHz, 9CAS. I have used this RAM, in my system below for over a year, without any issues. CPU: Intel i5-3570 [Stock 3.4-3.8GHz] Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V LE [Intel Z77 chipset] RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series [2x8GB, 1600MHz, 9CAS] GPU: EVGA GTX770 SC 4GB [2nd BIOS - 1215MHz core] SDD: Crucial M4 [128GB, SATA III] PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Disk Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST Case: Corsair Carbide 500R [Black] Mouse: Logitech M500 Keyboard: Logitech G15 Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431WM 24" 1080p