Price + Performance = Value
588875
These fans are awesome.

They are slim, quiet and concealable.  Great for cases that need 120mm fans that need to fit.

They fit perfectly in the front of my case and at the top (where I only had about 1/2 inch clearance from the motherboard).

For this price and for the performance I am going to upgrade all my fans in my rigs to these.
1135228
As performance: excellent
As price: not really.

I own this processor for 2 years now. And it processes everything it comes across; never gets slower.
Always fast as you expect it to be.
1143329
Meets the expectations in all fronts .

Have bought one more on similar specs that product also meets the needs.
Now it is upto me to extract value and extract full potential

Delivery + Performance
2675028
Very fast processor. I have no complaints so far. The other reviewers had great benchmark testing results so I gave it a shot. Not disappointed. Windows Experience score is 7.7 out of 7.9 on my rig. I'm sure I could have spent a little more to get the 7.9, but I seriously doubt I would have noticed the difference. I tend to run a lot of business software on a dual screen setup. I'm not a gamer so I cannot comment on performance on that side, but for a business machine, the processor packs some serious value and performance. My processor never maxes out for more than a half second, most of the time is is in the 5-10% range once my apps are open and in use.
3481278
The quality, performance, and reliability, delivered at a price that won't make you go broke, is difficult to beat  amen.
1592932
I like this monitor with a reasonable price and great performance so far. But, if one who tries to look for many application are willing to buy, take into account for its specification closely.
76410
At the cost I paid for it I am extremely pleased with the performance of this device.  If you have any doubts about the quality don't worry, it's definitely something that will last several months to a year until you can get something better.
3041567
Outstanding solid state performance for the price.  Grab one while they're still available.  I'd buy the last one if my wife wouldn't kill me.
3814506
Price..Price..Price you can't beat the price, speed, and the quality. Very surprised. Upgraded all my corporate tablets, and what a difference in production, with a faster drive.
3576008
High performance at a sweet price. I use it to upgrade my T400s and find the laptop work much more swift.
925542
User friendly,  cost effective,  excellent investment. NO regrets.
4601009
This is my 1000th review on Amazon and I was saving it for a product that I am excited about.  I think this one qualifies - its groundbreaking (to me) price and decent performance make it worth looking it.  I have been testing WIFI repeaters for a year or two now, and have tried them from most of the major brands.  Until now, the repeaters I have tested have been in the $80 and $125 range so I was curious about the performance of this device since it is half the price of others I have seen.  If this were in those higher price points I would give it less stars - but I am taking into account that this is not very expensive and therefore should not have the performance of something 4 times the cost.  I found that the 2.4 MHz network has better range (like all 2.4's) but still dropped off pretty quickly when I got outside my house in the yard -- yet I could still pick up my other router's network, just not this one.  Inside the house the 2.4 MHz gave good coverage.  Speed was decent at 10 mbps but dropped off as I got farther from the device.  The 5GHz network, like all 5's, drops off very quickly when you get away from the router (say more than 30 feet, or if you go into another room and close the door).  I did look in the settings and there is a transmission power setting, which was set at full.  Performance seemed to improve when I changed the "channel selection" setting to "auto" instead of the default.  A little unsettling as that after you make a change to the settings in the (very good) user interface, the router reboots (like other routers) but there is no message telling you it's rebooting so all of a sudden, poof, it's gone.  It does have the capability to update firmware but when I went to the Coredy website I got a 404 error so I don't think they've built that page yet.

Setup was a snap - I literally had this up and running within 4 minutes.  I plugged it into a wall outlet, found the wireless network that it creates in setup mode ("Wireless-N") and logged into the router (admin, admin).... then it walked me through the screens where it found my existing wireless network, let me put in the password, and it rebooted and was connected.  It was that simple.  The interface is clean and easy to use, just needs a messsage when it is rebooting to let the user know to wait 60 seconds and reconnect.

This product is brand new, I'm the first reviewer, and I imagine there will be firmware updates that will further improve the decent performance of this router.  If that happens I will update this review.

Pro's:
+ Easy to set up
+ Only consumes 2 watts of power according to my watt meter
+ Runs slightly warm but seems normal
+ Compact - could easily fit into a closet or tight area
+ Creates two wireless networks which can (or cannot, depending on your choice) use same SSID as existing network
+ Comes with ethernet cable in case you want to use this as your main wireless router or if you to use it as an access point for a wired ethernet device (a device that does not have wireless that's not located near an ethernet port).  This device has two ethernet ports on it.
+ Device is attractive in a wall socket, for what that's worth

Con's:
- Range is just decent, but falls off when you walk 20 feet away or if you go outside
- Status LED's tell you if it's working.  More expensive models also give you guidance on whether access point is too close or too far from your computer / other WIFI router.  This one does not.

Sample provided in exchange for an honest and fair review.  I write these reviews for you, the reader, not for the sellers.  Feel free to ask a question in the comments and I will do my best to answer within 48 hours.

Hope this helps.
4289508
I currently have four of these, with purchases of 45 or so more in a short time.

Yeah, that's a pretty extravagant amount, but the plan is to use these in our business (obviously).

I am evaluating them solely as internet kiosks which will run our in-house developed photography viewing and ordering web application. Currently, I use 50-ish 15" 1024x768 screens which are running a Windows virtualization/thin client solution on Windows XP and are about 10 years old. The march of web progress means this hardware is hard pressed to deal with modern web apps in a fast and responsive manner, prompting me to replace all of it.

So far, the ChromeBase has performed extremely well.

The most striking contrast is the size - these are HUGE compared to the 15" screens I am used to. Currently, on a 6' table, I put three 15" screens there is at least a foot between each screen. However, with the ChromeBase units, there is only about 3-4" between each.

The displays are sharp and have good color - I love the fact that they are not glossy. Keyboards are "meh", don't care for them so much. If i had to type on them all day, I'd replace them with a high quality wireless one in an instant, but they won't be used a whole heck of a lot so I can work with them. Of course, more and more displays are coming out with higher resolutions, but full HD at this size and viewing distance looks very, very nice on this screen. Almost too nice. My staff have concerns - we already have issues with people photographing our screens to steal the photos rather than purchasing them ... with larger, sharper screens and better color we don't expect the phenomena to go away.

System boot times are nice and fast: 10 - 15 seconds at a guess and the system's overall responsiveness is great. I have experienced some occasional sluggishness from time to time on two of the units which I am looking into. It usually goes away after a few minutes, but I would like to know what it is to begin with.

Web page responsiveness is very good - fades, transitions and animations all render very well.

I cannot speak to sound quality, as I do not use it. Likewise video playback performance on sites like Netflix.

All in all, it's excellent for what I need. I wouldn't mind a $30 - $50 price drop though. :)
4239397
If your the kind of person who would prefer a hybrid Prius to a Corolla, then this machine may be for you.  HP has basically crafted a "hybrid" PC that incorporates new liquid-colling technology and the energy-saving technology of a laptop with the power and versatility of a desktop.  Many users will find the payback in electricity savings will makes the purchase price a lot more attractive (more on that later).

The Firebird is as close to "plug and play" as any Windows machine has ever been. It's very simple to set up set-up and is immediately compatible with the vast majority of devices out there. I purchased the 803, which is basically the 802 with a blue-ray burner.  Here's what it took to set it up:

I plugged the HDMI output into a 42" LCD HDTV, connected the fiber optic audio cable to a surround receiver, plugged the power supply in, pulled the plastic film tabs out of the back of the keyboard and the mouse and connected it to the network. Then I booted it up and it was ready to go. The Bluetooth mouse and keyboard worked immediately. It took a couple of minutes to "set itself up" and after a few tweaks to the desktop it was ready to go.

In terms of performance, the machine more than adequately powers current games running at 1080 wide-screen mode and it does it efficiently. How efficient? Well the answer is: "Amazingly!"

Next, I plugged the computer into my Kill-a-Watt Meter ($25 from Amazon) and was amazed at how low the power consumption was. At idle the Firbird uses 67-72 watts. To test it at load, I loaded two instances of Stanford's "Folding at Home" (FaH) applications, both the CPU and GPU versions, and ran them simultaneously at "Average" process priority. At load the Firebird uses only 124-133 watts. The power drops by about 7-9 watts when the HDMI feed to the monitor goes into standby.  I noted a similar draw rate when playing games.  This amounts to about half the electricity cost of a typical desktop with similar performance benchmarks.

So, what's that amount to in electricity costs? Well, the average price of electricity in the US in November of 2008, according to the US Dept. of Energy was 11.5 cents per KW-Hr. If you're a hardcore geek like me, you leave your computer on all the time and it's probably doing something while it's sitting there.

At idle, the Firbird will cost the average consumer $70.33 in electricity over a year. If you run distributed apps, like I do, Firbird will raise your bill only by $130. A comparable desktop will consume more than twice that amount.

So, over two years, the Firbird can provide a payback of over $260 in energy costs. The liquid cooled system keeps the processors running at consistent temperatures and does it quietly.

The machine is also spouse-friendly. It is quiet and attractive enough to put in the living room right where everyone can see it and doesn't require all sorts of cables.  The Firebird's internal LEDs can even be color-coordinated to match the decor.  I can finally can sit in my lay-z-boy chair and check my e-mail and WoW auctions while the significant other knits or reads and doesn't mind. How much is that worth? Answer: Priceless.

Alas, the machine is not perfect. I'd sure like a front USB slot. It's hard to cram some of these new keychain card readers into the back of this computer when the outputs are all so close. The machine does have a front card reader slot, which is handy for reading cards from cameras and phones.
970459
Product works very well!  Great performance for the value!
1891640
Build quality, performance, OS & apps installed - all is pretty enough for this price. No obvious disadvantages worth mentioning
4357895
A solid product with good price/performance ratio. Install 6x4G on 5 CAD workstations with i7 processor.  Smooth operation from day 1.