One of the benefits of testing computer hardware is that you occasionally get to look at new kit before it’s introduced to the market. In my time at Benchmark Reviews, I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to review some cases and CPUs before they were generally available (or in some cases, before they were even announced). Recently Benchmark Reviews was given the …

The Kingston SSDNow V100 boasting speeds of up to 250Mb/s, we put it to the test to see if this drive can truly keep up with the claims of its manufacturer. Come see the results! Full report at Techware Labs

The Thermaltake Armor A30 gaming case is essentially an updated version of a Lanbox case. The Thermaltake Armor A30 gaming case can fit either a micro-ATX or mini-ITX motherboard. Since the A30 is part of the Armor case series, it takes on the scalene aesthetic of its siblings.  The Thermaltake A30 has a USB 3.0 front panel port as well …

Today we are going to look at the Lian Li PC-C50A HTPC case which is designed to house a powerful media system in a convenient form factor.  Unlike some more compact HTPC cases, the PC-C50A has room for a standard size power supply and a reasonable amount of headroom for installing CPU coolers.  It also boasts a number of other …

BitFenix and Vortez have teamed up to give 3 lucky winners the chance of  winning some truly fantastic prizes. BitFenix have had phenomenal success with the launch of the Colossus and Survivor chassis. The Colossus has been that much of a success that BitFenix released additional versions of this case in the VENOM Edition and Window. The Survivor, Colossus and Venom Edition each achieved our …

If you are in the market for a power supply for your new media center, then today we might just have the perfect partner for review. Cooler Master have just released their GX 450 power supply which features a strong 12V rail, double layer EMI filter and an intelligent 120mm controllable fan. We have looked at several Cooler Master power …

The factory overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti Golden/Good Sample by Gainward combines the best price/performance ratio currently in the market along with support for DirectX 11, CUDA, 3D Vision and PhysX resulting in the most complete package in that price range. Full story at rwlabs

Now we are going to take it a little further with the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid drive. This little guy is a standard 2.5″ 7200 RPM laptop drive with 32MB cache and a beautiful 4GB SSD attached.This SSD brings the performance up considerably. So, what are we going to do with it? Well Seagate gave us two, so we are …

Kingston, being one of the most prolific memory manufacturers in the world and more specifically in the UK, haven’t missed out on the Sandy Bridge bandwagon. Their latest release sees the ever popular HyperX series turn greyscale for a strategic assault on the Sandy Bridge P67 chipset. Full story at Vortez

Lack of mouse buttons getting you down?  Tired of having to remember  zillions of key combinations? Razer’s Naga Epic mouse might be of interest, with 17 buttons, including an array of 12 down one side that you can assign custom functions to. OCAU checked it out, along with their Ironclad mouse mat. Full story at overclockers