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Xigmatek are an interesting company who always look to push the performance and design boundaries of every heatsink they produce. One of the first heatsink manufacturers to successfully implement an effective H.D.T. (Heatpipe Direct Touch) design base, they have taken this feat one step further with the use of a D.L.H.D.T or Double Layer Heatpipe Direct Touch design on their …

The OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCI Express SSD contains eight SandForce SF-2281 processors, 128 pieces of NAND flash memory and a Superscale Storage Controller. If ever a MONSTER storage device was created, the R4 definitely answers that call. In fact, a simple review just doesn’t seem appropriate for the OCZ Z-Drive R4 (Z-R4).  Let’s throw it in the ring against FUSION-IO’s …

As much as we had the first scoop (albeit an educated guess) on this story months back, we have to give complete credit to VR-Zone for having the true inside track on all Intel news as they have shown themselves to be the leader in Intel document leaks! VR-Zone has recently learned that the date for the new Intel Series …

OCZ has recently announced their new Synapse  Cache line of SSDs which are a SATA III family of SSDs available in 64 and 128GB. The intent of the Synapse Cache is to appeal to the hard drive crowd that absolutely needs that extra capacity by optimizing caching applications and leverages DataCache software which will be included with the SSD. It …

I actually had to go back to SilverStone’s own pages to find the history of the original design concept of this case. I knew it existed as I had seen it many times looking around at their site over the past three years, but I never really took a deep look at the chassis. That is until now! No offense …

Recently, I had the opportunity to look at two NAS devices from two different manufacturers, QNAP and Drobo. Both devices received high praise and  Thecus thinks that their N4200PRO can steal the thunder. NAS storage is nothing new and it is becoming harder and harder for manufacturers to differentiate themselves from one another. Thecus thinks they can not only outperform …

Over the last couple of years, we have seen ASRock move from a small player in the budget sector, to a fully fledged manufacturer of some of the industrys finest products, proven time and time again in our review analysis. The A75 Extreme 6 is another board marketed for the discerning enthusiast audience. Full story at Kitguru.

A good headset is an essential part of your gaming experience. Not only for the immersion into the environment but it also aids in that pinpoint accuracy when trying to locate your enemy. Tt eSports has sent us their Shock Spin headset, a lightweight set which produces good audio. Read our review to find out if it passes our inspection. …

With two S-Flow 120mm PWM Viper Yellow fans in push and pull configuration, six all-copper 6mm heatpipes and H.D.T technology the latest Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler by Akasa is a definite improvement over the original Venom. Full story at Real World Labs.

If you wait long enough, sooner or later all technology trickles down to a point where price is no longer an issue. The HighPoint RocketRAID 272X Series of products is a very good example of this. The 272X Series is a low cost product line that delivers a large amount of technology at a reasonable price. Today we are looking …