Pros: + Includes full versions of entire Office suite upgraded as new versions come out with active subscription + Enables use of full iOS versions of Office on iPad Pro 12.9" models (still don't know why it's free on all the smaller iPads...) + 5 users each receive Office along with 1TB each of OneDrive space (a total of 5TB of cloud storage) + OneDrive is easy-to-use and works flawlessly

Cons: - It's Microsoft Office. If you don't like Office, you won't like this. - OneDrive only uses a single folder and its subfolders for syncing. Services like Carbonite allow you to select multiple folders in different locations on your PC for cloud backup. A nice feature for a future update, please, Microsoft?

Overall Review: I have my desktop, my laptop, an iPhone, and an iPad Pro, and I use them all for my business. I was looking at G Suite and Dropbox to store my files in the cloud for easy access on all devices when I realized I could just buy Office 365 and get 1TB of OneDrive space for significantly less money than the annual subscription costs for either of those two services. It's like getting the Office Suite for free! I always thought 1TB of cloud storage wouldn't be enough space for me, but when I truly scrutinized my documents, it turns out I'm using less than 300GB leaving 700GB of future-proof storage available for me! In addition, Microsoft Office apps aren't free for the 12.9" iPad Pro, so I now have access to all of my files and the entire Office suite on my iPad. Office for iOS is actually quite a robust suite for a tablet-version meaning I can leave my laptop at home if I'm not intending to do any desktop publishing or photo- and video-editing on-the-go. So very nice. I've been incredibly pleased with the OneDrive service, automatically syncing files between my desktop, laptop, iPad, and iPhone through the cloud and being able to make changes that propagate to all my devices easily and seamlessly. In addition, the OneDrive app for iOS and Android can be set to automatically upload the pictures you take on your smartphone to the cloud - a great alternative to Apple's iCloud or Google Android's online backup services. The initial setup to copy your files to the OneDrive is time-consuming, of course, but that's because of ISP upload speeds, not the OneDrive service. Getting five different licenses of Office was also exactly what I needed for my household. in addition to my laptop and desktop, my wife owns two laptops and a desktop (don't ask me why she needs so many computers). Plus, I have a mix of Windows PCs and Macs. Being able to have access to five copies of EITHER version is an outstanding feature, and dramatically increases the value of Office 365. One big money-saving suggestion: Keep an eye on pricing and wait for a deal. Newegg and other online resellers regularly put Office 365 on sale for much less than it's $100/year MSRP. You can buy additional keycards and add them on to your new or existing Office 365 subscription, extending your Office 365 service a year per card and saving a bit of money off MSRP in the process. Overall, I can't stop raving about OneDrive. Sure, the Office suite is nice, too, but the key element to this subscription for me was the cloud storage - a total of 5TB between 5 users - for much less than G Suite or Dropbox. Fantastic stuff!

Pros: * Lightning Fast * Quieter than the Sahara Desert

Cons: * System freezes resulting in the BIOS not seeing the drive * Blue Screens of Death with no automatic reboot

Overall Review: I like OCZ products, particularly their PSUs and RAM, and have never had a problem. I bought this drive in July, and it's too unstable for my needs. I leave my computer on at all times so I can access it remotely for my job, and having a drive that freezes is unacceptable. It's been a little over a month since I purchased the drive, and I've already RMA'ed it once to no avail. I've updated the firmware, tested it in a completely different system, and nothing works. Doing a quick Google search reveals the never-ending problems OCZ has had with this drive. The most recent firmware (2.11) didn't help at all. In fact, I never had BSODs before, just system freezes, and now I have both. Stay away from this drive. SSD performance is outstanding and the silence is bliss, but I want silence from a quiet drive, not because my computer's frozen. My system: i7-2600 8GB DDR3 OCZ 700w PSU Gigabyte GeForce 460 GTX OCZ 60GB SSD Western Digital 2TB Green

Pros: - Easy to install - Almost all drivers recognized by Windows 7+ - Not badly-equipped for the price

Cons: - Incredibly sparse documentation - No IDE cables included (but who uses those anymore) - Only two SATA cables included - No other accessories (outside of the backplate)

Overall Review: I bought this motherboard to replace the one in my HTPC running a Core 2 Duo with DDR2 and was nervous about its capabilities (we're talking old hardware here). Despite running my own computer repair business and building machines left and right, I've never had any experience with ASRock before. I must say that I'm seriously impressed. I plugged in the 3.0GHz processor, my 4GB of DDR2, and we were off to the races with no BIOS updates needed or anything else. A great board for the price, especially given the limited LGA 775 selection we have thanks to the eventual passage of time. Go ASRock, go!

Pros: ** CLEAN ** Definitely. This case has a very minimal design and I love it. There are two 5-1/4" bays in the front with a backport light, two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, a microphone jack, and a memory card reader very elegantly placed down the side. What's the "backport light?" Well, NZXT has kindly installed a small LED light over the exterior of your expansion cards for easy plugging in. Unfortunately, the light only turns on when the computer's on, so it's not super useful (I like to plug in my monitors with my system off). At the top of the case, there's your power and reset buttons. That's it. An incredibly elegant design, really. **Modern** I choose to look at the inside of the case when I think modern. This case is HUGE (both physically and in terms of interior space). Do you remember the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey with the giant black monolith? Yes, this case is THAT big. It's got nine 3.5" drive bays as well as two 2.5" SSD bays on the backside of the motherboard. Speaking of motherboard, you can fit pretty much any motherboard you'd like in here (I went with the ASUS Z87 Deluxe for my Haswell build). Cable routing is outstanding as you can guide all of the cables behind the motherboard and completely out of space. There's room for TEN (10) fans in here as well as a variety of radiators for almost any liquid-cooled application you can imagine. As a special trick, NZXT created a single header with ten 3-pin fan plugs on it so you only need one power source for all ten of your fans. Very, very nice. In addition, the system takes two 200mm fans on the front and a 140mm fan on the back, but has holes drilled for a nearly limitless variety of fan sizes to fulfill your heart's every whim and desire. I absolutely loved building my system into this case with all of the space and features NZXT thoughtfully added to make the build easier. I loved it, that is, until I turned it on...

Cons: "SILENT" Sadly, this is where the case in its stock form falls short. I bought this case exclusively for the fact that it was advertised as silent in magazines such as Maximum PC where it received outstanding ratings. The stock 200mm and 140mm fans aren't just NOT silent - they're LOUD. The 7mm of sound deadening material on each side of the case does deaden my incredibly noisy data drive (a Seagate Barracuda 3.0TB), however, the fans, oh, sweet jebus, the fans! The computer sounds like my Honeywell Air Cleaner with the constant wooshing of air being pushed around the room. "But, you're being too picky," I hear you say as you read this review. Not so. This Haswell build replaces a Dell XPS 8300 Sandy Bridge I7 system. In the Dell, I replaced the video card, power supply, and case fan (installed a Nexus) and made the XPS system virtually silent. I mean, WHISPER SILENT and that was a Dell budget build with their own proprietary CPU cooler on the thing. And lest you think I'm overpowering the Haswell build by comparison, I brought over the same RAM, SSD, HDD, video card, and PSU. Plus, I added a super-quiet liquid-cooling CPU cooler. All of the noise in this new system comes from the fans that NZXT shipped it with. In my opinion, it's so noisy that it's nearly inexcusable. If you're going to call your case "silent" then it better be, and you better ship some super-quiet fans with the stupid thing otherwise it'll be disappointing out of the box (like the H630 is). **MODIFIED** I ditched both the NZXT 200mm and 140mm fans to try and make the computer silent. First, I swapped in a Cooler Master 200mm to the front of the case. It's not the fault of the CM fan, these 200mm fans are just so big that they'll make noise when they move air around. In fact, I determined for a silent build you really won't want to put a fan of any kind in the front of the case as I tried both 140mm and 120mm Nexus fans in the front to no avail. What did make the system virtually silent was using three Nexus 140mm fans and a new Corsair RM-series power supply. Thanks to NZXT's design of the case, I placed two Nexus 140mm fans dead-center in the case, blowing air from the front through to the Nexus 140mm exhaust fan at the back. That, in combination with a quiet CPU cooler (I used both a Zalman and a Cooler Master 212), the case was almost silent at idle and low loads. One of the best decisions I made was to experiment with Corsair's new RM series power supplies. These PSUs are outstanding - at 0-40% load, the cooling fan does NOT turn. I can't describe had awesome this feature is - it made the case almost perfectly silent..

Overall Review: *Overall* Overall, this is a spectacular case for any builder looking for a huge case with tons of options and a very clean, very well-designed look. If you're looking for a "silent" case out of the box (pardon the pun), you'll want to plan new fans into your budget. NZXT's fans simply aren't going to impress you for silence

Pros: The best improvement in sound card technology since the advent of the original Soundblaster. 24-bit Crystallization will improve any MP3 to a point that it's virtually impossible to listen to "just" CD-quality sound anymore. Video games are amazing. This card brings the games closer to reality than I'd ever want to be -- Battlefield 2 sounds downright terrifying, it's so real!

Cons: A fairly serious driver conflict with my DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR motherboard would crash my computer repeatedly during gaming sessions. A quick email to Creative's decent technical support suggested a BIOS update and now everything's back on track. The X-RAM sound memory is an interesting concept but $280 is way too much money to risk the industry not picking it up.

Overall Review: If you feel that sound isn't important, this card will change your mind. If you do feel sound is important, why the heck don't you have one of these yet?