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We couldn’t go long without taking a look at another product from Kingston, and this time we see something with a difference. As users are scoping out for the fastest components available they have another thing in mind as well. They want the most efficient running components that money can buy, without suffering with performance and of course not spending …

In this review we will be looking at the Phantom Case from NZXT. This chassis is part of the Crafted Series designed for high performance cooling and expandability. The case comes in one of three color combinations, White, Black and Red with each case featuring black accent pieces that cover the fans and complement the overall design. Full story at …

Back at CES (during the G1-Killer launch) we were shown something pretty special; besides the G1 we mean. While Tim Handley was telling us about the virtues of the G1-Killer line-up, he flashed us a picture of a new board that was still under development. This was an early image of the X58A-OC. The concept was a streamlined product intended …

Many casual gamers dont appreciate the benefits of owning a proper gaming mouse as they may not have ever used one. Once you do decide to take the plunge and buy one, though, the decision gets even harder because there are so many different models on the market which are designed for slightly different purposes and will give you different …

Today Kitguru are partnering with YoyoTech to provide one lucky reader with a state of the art media center. Over the last year we have given away crates of hardware to readers and forum members “ this competition today is quite easily one of our best. Full Story @ Kitguru.  

We recently took a look at Razers first attempt at a mechanical gaming keyboard which left us with mainly positive impressions.  Throughout our review we compared it to SteelSeries existing mechanical keyboard, the 7G, which has been around for a good few years now and can be found on the desks of serious gamers across the globe. Full story at …

In anticipation of the release of several new SSDs in the near future, The SSD Review has a bit of a treat for you that comes in the form of an exclusive with respect to OCZ Revo 3 x2 PCIe SSD benchmarks. Its not an exclusive in such that that other reviewers couldnt have conducted the same testing while at …

Gigabyte are widely regarded as one of the biggest computer component manufacturers in the world, especially in the motherboard market. They cater for all of the latest AMD and Intel platforms including AM3, socket 1156, 1155 and 1366 and with Sandy Bridge taking over, we still believe that 1366 has some life left in it. Full story at eTeknix.

The last few times out, I looked at a couple of heatsinks from a companies not too well known here in the USA for building high performance cooling solutions, like Evercool and newcomer NZXT. This time I will be looking at the Zalman CNPS9900 Max heatsink from a company that has been in the performance cooling market for years. Zalman, …

Antec’s Six Hundred gaming chassis has proven to be a bit of a mixed bag.   I like the look and the few features that it has are quite good, but Antec touts it as, “The Ultimate Gaming Case.” I’ll take exception with them on  this point. Full story at Tweaknews.

Bringing affordable chassis designs to the masses is what BitFenix has been about since its inception. Not only have they been great at delivering wallet friendly designs, BitFenix has also delivered shapes, lighting, textures and all around good looking chassis’ so far. Up to now it seems they are well known for the Colossus in its many flavors. While that …

When Crucial released the C300 series of Solid State Drives last year they outperformed anything else available at the time. With read speeds around 340MB/s the Sandforce drives had a serious performance disadvantage, only offering around 280MB/s. The market today is in a very different state and the new SATA 6bps Crucial M4 has to compete against the stunningly good …

Yet another huge and affordable LCD monitor review! We know you love big monitors because we all do. That’s why Benchmark Reviews has today the ASUS VW266H 16:10 Widescreen LCD Monitor. Not long ago any LCD screen was cost prohibitive for us working class computer folks, and a stretch for even the well heeled. Well, enter the 21st century because …

Epic Games and shooters go together like few other combinations in the gaming industry. Even when Epic aren’t releasing shooting games directly themselves, their Unreal Engine technology is delivering the framework necessary to create usually very good shooting games for other developers and publishers to slap their logo on. In the case of  Bulletstorm, which is one such Unreal Engine …

The more data that the average home or power user collects, the greater the need is for some type of mass storage device to protect it all. The Thecus N32000XXX network attached storage server is very good at addressing this situation. With compatibility for Mac, Linux, and Windows, it makes sharing data and printers extremely easy. With its flexible configuration …