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Intel took the SSD realm by storm this week with the long awaited release of their first 510 series SATA 3 SSD. Although consumers were anxious for the news, reviewers had to remain tight lipped having received their pre-release sample a day or so prior and being sworn to silence until Intels release date of 29 Feb 11. . We can …

INTERNAL COMPOSITION We almost feel like there should be some type of warning with respect to the pictures below of the PCB, a warning that might assure the reader of photograph authenticity.  The simple truth is that we were left speachless on first observation of the internal SSD components. The Intel 510 Series 250GB SSD is controlled by the Marvell …

CRYSTAL DISKINFO ATTO DISK BENCHMARK V. 2,46 ATTO Disk Benchmark is the quickest and simplest method to determine transfer speeds and utilizes the same test methodology as manufacturers in arriving at performance results.  It simply measures raw seguential transfer speeds for both read and write access at various transfer sizes and produces a very easily understood result.  These results are …

HDTACH V. 3.0.4.0 WIN7 EXPERIENCE INDEX The Win7 Experience Index represents Microsofts method of rating computer systems and, more specific to our usage provides a storage evaluation which provides a rating up to 8 on the PC components and system as a whole.  Our system produce a HDD score of 7.9 out of 8 and, for the first time, we …

PCMARK VANTAGE 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 tests …

Today we look at Zotacs take on the Hunter “ the GTX 560 Ti. Running at stock speeds (822/1000) this is Zotacs entry level GTX 560 Ti card. They have three GTX 560 Ti cards on the market, the basic version which we have for review today, as well as the factory overclocked AMP! and OC editions. Using the GF114 …

Featuring a good looking custom cooling solution, nice factory overclock, lower noise/power consumption levels than the reference board and a good headroom for even higher overclocking the Radeon HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo 1GB by HIS might just be the sub $200 graphics card you’ve been looking for. Full story at rwlabs.com.

The mouse is the one thing that most of use take for granted, not for how its used but for what can happen to you with long terms usage. For those of us that use a mouse everyday for hours on end we can be susceptible to RSI or repetitive stress injury.  Sure there are companies out there that have …

Sealed, all-in-one water coolers seem to be the fastest-growing segment of the CPU cooler market today. Air coolers are reaching their physical limits: given the room inside existing cases, and the (frequently ignored) weight limits defined for CPU coolers, something like a Prolimatech Megahalems is about as big as you can get without running into problems. Water cooling systems work …

Lets begin this article by conceding that it is abound with speculation and based upon much more balance of probability than concrete fact. In fact, the closest we have come to confirmation is that all to familiar echo of silence when we posed the question to in the know SSD industry associates, many of whom could have simply provided a …

When you hear the name Nexus, no doubt one of the first things that comes to mind is silence without compromising performance. Nexus has a long line of products from cases, power supplies and heatsinks. Nexus designs these products with one over arching principle: performance should be silent. Today we are reviewing a first for Nexus in the the 7000B …

In Win are a Taiwanese based company founded in 1985 whose product focus includes cases, power supplies and rackmount solutions. Over these years, In Win have adhered to the latest industry standards and have developed some industry leading products. More noticeably as of late have the company been creating cases with unique styling and the latest features and functionality. Today …

Antec has dominated the computer chassis market for more than a decade, and with many of their customers slowly converting to portable platforms it makes good business sense to diversify the product portfolio. Enter soundscience, a subsidiary of Antec, that is dedicated to audiophile-level products for use on multiple platforms. The soundscience rockus 2.1 speaker system features 3Dsst sound technology, …

After several weeks testing and trying out Intel’s Core i7-2600k Sandybridge processor, there isn’t a whole lot to say other than it’s relatively cheap, it’s fast and it’s extremely overclockable. When a  processor comes in just over US$300 and is this fast, NO ONE can complain. Full story at Tweak News.

This is a classy looking product that offers Thermaltake’s touch of flare to make it stand out.  It has a couple of very quiet fans to keep even the hottest drive cool and offers pretty insane speeds thanks to the USB 3.0 interface.  It’s darn fast, but it’s not darn cheap.  Full story at bcc Hardware.