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Some people believe that the X58 chipset is dead and buried. While it is clear that many enthusiasts are heading towards Z68 and P67 based motherboards, like some mass exodus, there are those who still believe that X58 still has a lot to offer. GIGABYTE have been at the forefront with regard to X58 motherboards releasing some excellent examples such …

The TT eSPORTS Shock One Gaming Headset by Thermaltake are the flagship model in their line of sound solutions for the gamer. They meet or exceed my criteria for comfort, construction and sound quality. The TT eSPORTS Shock Ones are a must try if you constantly find yourself popping up in the Spawn since you cant hear what is creeping …

All of us have goals in life. Some we meet, some we don’t. So what stops us from reaching the goals that we fall short on? Poor memory? Patience? Concentration? Intelligence? But what if there was a drug that could overcome all of these? That’s the premise of Limitless, one of the smartest and intriguing thrillers I’ve seen for some …

HP runs out of the PC market It would be great to say Told you so, but we did not actually nail this scoop on the head. KitGuru spent much of the past 2 weeks analysing the available (and unavailable!) data on the PC market and we came to the published conclusion that HP was completely and utterly stuffed. Full …

Todays review is going to take a look at a SandForce controlled SSD which is being sold by a UK based company who are hoping to push low SSD prices in worldwide sales. The SSD itself is ‘SandForce Driven’, assembled and shipped from the USA for North American sales. In fact, our sample SSD shipped with 32Gb Toshiba NAND flash …

ATTO DISK BENCHMARK VER. 2.46 ATTO Disk Benchmark is perhaps one of the oldest benchmarks going and is definitely the main staple for manufacturer performance specifications. ATTO uses RAW or compressible data and, for our benchmarks, we use a set length of 256mb and test both the read and write performance of various transfer sizes ranging from 0.5 to 8192kb. …

PCMARK VANTAGE X64 HDD SUITE The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of …

The second 990FX board weve had the pleasure to review is here, and once again, its a special one. The ASRock 990FX Professional marks the pinnacle in ASRocks AMD lineup and is designed squarely for gamers and overclockers. Designed as part of the Fatal1ty range of products with Jonathan Fatal1ty Wendel, this board aims to provide not only top end …

Who knew Plextor made SSDs? Well they do and theyre sitting pretty with a new SATA III drive. Its part of the M2 range and is known fully as the Plextor PX-128M2S. Theres plenty of shelf life improving features that are all well and good, but youre here for the performance numbers. So without furtherado, I present to you my …

While some of you may be using routers provided by your ISP, such as BT or Virgin Media for instance, there are still many people, myself included, who own routers. The market for networking devices might have peaked a few years back but it is still one of the major sectors within the computing industry and as thousands of people …

Everything USB is pleased to announce our latest review on Logitech N600 Touch Lapdesk. Logitech has once again extended and expanded their laptop Lapdesk accessory lineup. This time, instead of adding in speakers or cooling fans, or other miscellaneous features, their latest creation comes with a much more usable feature: a large 5″ pullout touchpad. The N600 Lapdesk still is …

New heatsink review for those looking for a low profile solution and are not concerned with overclocking. System cooling can be handled in a variety of ways. Most enthusiast systems take a brute force approach by using oversized coolers and extensive case modifications to get the best airflow possible. Unfortunately not every system is built like that so you have …

The ways to share and store that media have brought with it a plethora of new storage devices. The move to “the cloud” has also allowed people to access virtually anything from anywhere and from any device. Today, we look at a device that looks to meet all of those needs in a fairly  simple, plug-and-play solution – the Buffalo …

Not even a week after discovering the root cause of their recent 320 Series SSD issues, Intel has already made a firmware fix to the public which can be uploaded here. The update addresses issues experienced by some where their SSD was left in an almost totally unusable 8MB state and the new firmware version is 0362.  Update instructions can …

This morning is Samsungs official unveiling of the long awaited SSD 830 Series SATA 3 SSD family. Capable of performance expectations of 500MB/s high sequential reads and 350MB/s write, the new SSD 830 will be available in capacities of 64, 128, 256 and 512GB. Dabbling lightly in limited consumer markets with the 470 Series that we reviewed here some months …