Reviews & Articles

The GIGABYTE E350N-USB3 is one of the first motherboards using the new AMD Fusion APU, combining the CPU and the GPU in one package. Does it have what it takes to take on the Intel Atom/NVIDIA ION? Read on to find out.

OCZ RevoDrive is a PCI-E storage SSD that brings excellent performance with its SandForce controller in RAID 0 configuration. Read on to see just how much extra performance this card packs.

HornetTek’s Showcase is an update of the earlier Phantom, adding support for 3.5” hard drives and Component output. We are taking a quick look at the player and the new firmware.

The Sapphire Edge Mini PC is a tiny computer with an Intel Atom D510 processor and NVIDIA ION graphics. It is lightweight and consumes very little power, and we’ll see how it stacks up in utility.

Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic delivers great performance worthy of its price. It is an ideal graphics card for any gaming enthusiast.

The Thermaltake Max5G Active Cooling 3.5 External Enclosure enhances Thermaltake’s enclosure lineup with USB 3.0 to SATA 3 compatibility and two 80mm fans for added cooling.

The CM Storm Inferno is the second gaming mouse from Cooler Master. Can it perform as well as their first mouse, the Sentinel Advance? Read our review to find out.

Could the GIGABYTE GTX 480 be faster than even the new Nvidia 500 series? We’ll take a look at that in this review.

Hard drive manufacturers are working hard to maintain good performance while reducing power consumption, so we put the 2TB Seagate Green to the test.

  The ASUS HD6970 is not only a beast in specifications, but in size and stature as well. 2GB of GDDR5 and a factory overclock provide the power to crunch through the toughest games.

The ASUS HD 6950 2GB OC Edition is a solid video card that offers very good performance, using little power and producing low noise, though there are better cards available.

The ASUS ENGTX560 Ti DirectCU II demonstrates incredible overclocking stability and astonishing performance, making this card a serious contender on the market.

The MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II / OC delivers top performance and quality versus cost.

The Zotac ZBOXHD-ID34BR-U is a small laptop-sized All-in-One Mini-PC designed for watching High-Definition Blu-Ray 1080p videos straight on your home HDTV.

NVIDIA’s release of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti comes with a new chip (the GF114). The card is intended to replace the old GTX 460 (GF104), and fill the lowest high-end slot for the GeForce 500 family.

Kingston’s latest KHX2133C9AD3X2K2 features a gray heatspreader, and is designed to support the new Sandy Bridge architecture. The memory runs at speeds up to 2133MHz with 9-11-9-27 timings at 1.65V.

The ASUS RT-N56U is a nice looking router that comes with support for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, a lot of useful features, and an excellent user interface.

The Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 is the first motherboard from Gigabyte using the new AMD Fusion APU’s. We have posted a first look at it with images and some specifications while we are working on the full review.

  A final post-CES 2011 overview of the show floor and some of the latest products showcased this year.

Patriot Xtreme Viper Series features a custom aluminum and copper-core heatshield for greater heat dissipation. Made for the Intel P55 chipset, the memory runs at 2000MHz at 1.65V.

Equipped with latest features, Dragon Rider is bound to satisfy any enthusiast looking to create a computer worthy of admiration.

The G1 Killer lineup of motherboards will be the ultimate weapon for gamers, with its built-on Creative audio chip and very low latency Bigfoot Killer network card.

We tested the SLI performance of the ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme board’s Lucid Hydra chip.

Patriot Memory just announced their new Javelin S4 Media Server NAS, capable of up to 12TBs of storage for a massive home theater movie/music/photo collection.

Cooler Master showed us some of their new products at CES 2011, including a new CM Storm case and a couple of new CPU coolers.

Day 2 at CES2011 we visited PowerColor to get a view on some of their upcoming products including a passively cooled HD6850 and a water cooled HD6970.

The PowerColor PCS+ HD6870 1GB GDDR5 is a factory overclocked HD6870-card with a interesting cooler. How does it compare to the regular HD6870 and the GTX460? Read the review to find out.

Zalman unveiled some new products today at CES 2011, including cases, coolers, and more.

Nvidia has announced the Tegra 2 chip, which will bring in a new generation of superphones like the LG Optimus 2X.

The GIGAYBTE P67A-UD4 motherboard is designed with mid- to high-end users in mind, providing enough performance and features that an average user would want in a motherboard.

The P67A-UD7 is GIGABYTE’s flagship motherboard, running the P67 Express Chipset with 3-Way SLI and CrossFireX support, and plenty of overclocking potential.

The Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition clocks in at 3.6GHz and provides an unlocked multiplier to aide in easy overclocking from the factory.

ASUS kicks off 2011 with a total of eight Sandy Bridge motherboards based on the Intel P67 Express Chipset. We will examine two of them: the P8P67 Pro and P8P67 Deluxe.

Intel’s latest processor microarchitecture, Sandy Bridge, is finally here. The processor promises greater performance, and we put it to the test.

  The new 32nm Sandy Bridge Intel processor microarchitecture hits stores today with exceptional performance and a lower thermal output that previous Quad-Core CPUs couldn’t achieve.

I-NA215U USB 3.0 enclosure with maximum transfer rate of 5 Gb/s is an excellent choice for anyone that is looking for a light and stylish casing for their 2.5” format drive.

Gigabyte’s lush Aivia K8100 provides more than just smooth looks.

The Vantage A.L.C. from CoolIT Systems is a liquid cooled, close-looped CPU cooler that is designed to cool well without breaking the bank.

Kingston has recently launched the SSDNow V100 based on the updated JMicron JM618 controller. How would the new controller from JMicron fares against the other SSDs? Let’s find it out.

The GIGAYBTE P67A-UD4 motherboard is designed for mid-to-high end users in mind, providing enough overclocking performance and other features that an average high end user would like to see in a motherboard.