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Once the domain of external, bus-powered hard drives, these days the market for external storage has been almost completely consumed by portable SSDs. Rapid technological advancements in NAND flash technology (including the advent of 3D NAND) has allowed their capacity to eclipse 2.5-inch HDDs, all the while multiple improvements in host interface speeds (such as the move from USB 2.0 to 3.0, and onwards to 3.2 Gen 2 / Gen 2x2 / USB4) has made portable SSDs faster and more reliable than the hard drives they replace. All of which has helped to make portable SSDs the go-to solution for external storage, both big and small. For our latest storage buyer's guide, we've rounded up some of the best portable SSDs we've looked at in...

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: July 2001 2nd Edition

Intel prices remain steady this week while AMD prices continue to fall. We also see some much needed price drops in the high-end NVIDIA cards and a new Matrox...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 7/13/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: July 2001 1st Edition

Intel prices remain steady this week; AMD prices continue to fall; we see the first Athlon Palomino MP in our price guide; and NVIDIA video cards become more affordable...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/29/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: June 2001 2nd Edition

Memory prices are still on the fall in this week's guide along with some new DDR modules added to the list. Not much has changed with motherboards but...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 6/22/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: June 2001 2nd Edition

AMD CPU prices fall dramatically this week, along with a few surprises in the video card market all in this week's CPU & Video Card Price Guide.

0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/20/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: June 2001 1st Edition

Memory prices keep falling, new motherboards, and much more all in the this week's Memory and Motherboard Price Guide.

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 6/11/2001

Buyer's Guide: High-End Systems - June 2001

Looking to build a powerful new system, but can't quite figure out what should go in? Let AnandTech guide the way with the Buyer's Guide for High-End Systems...

0 by Mike Andrawes on 6/11/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: June 2001 1st Edition

Although we find only slight changes in price this week on the CPU side, we do welcome a new AMD Athlon processor to the guide. More exciting price changes...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 6/1/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: May 2001 2nd Edition

RAM continues to nosedive in price with DDR leading the way hitting record lows. Read all about it in this week's Memory and Motherboard Price Guide.

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 5/27/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: May 2001 2nd Edition

Prices continue to fall on both Intel and AMD CPUs, the GeForce3 gets cheaper, and the Kyro II enters our price guide for the first time. See what is...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 5/20/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: May 2001 1st Edition

Just when you thought things couldn't get any cheaper, prices drop even lower. That's the theme of this week's Memory & Motherboard Price Guide.

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 5/11/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: May 2001 1st Edition

The Pentium 4 prices come crashing down, Athlons are more affordable than ever and the NVIDIA GeForce3 makes its debut on this week's CPU & Video Card Price Guide.

0 by Manveer Wasson on 5/4/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 3rd Edition

RDRAM is falling again and Athlon boards continue their downward trend in price in our latest Price Guide closing off the month of April.

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/27/2001

Buyer's Guide: Value Systems - May 2001

The long awaited return of the AnandTech Buyer's Guide is finally here! We're kicking it off with value systems that will give you the most bang for your buck.

0 by Mike Andrawes on 4/25/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: April 2001 2nd Edition

The Pentium 4 and Athlon are continuing to drop in price while video cards remain relatively stagnant. Could it be the quiet before the storm in the graphics sector?

0 by Manveer Wasson on 4/20/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 2nd Edition

Falling RDRAM prices, cheap DDR, and new Socket-A motherboards are all a part of this week's Memory & Motherboard Price Guide.

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/13/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: April 2001 1st Edition

Unlike the NASDAQ, you'll want to see these numbers fall and they most certainly do. This week's CPU and Video Card Price Guide has all of the latest...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 4/6/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: March 2001 2nd Edition

The downward trend continues, as CPU prices for both Intel and AMD are headed south and NVIDIA products become more affordable with the announcement of the GeForce3. ATI and...

1 by Manveer Wasson on 3/23/2001

VIA's KT133A - Overclocking w/ the 133MHz FSB: The "Issue"

While some have reported outstanding success with overclocking their Athlon CPUs using the 133MHz FSB courtesy of the VIA KT133A chipset, there have been a surprising amount of failures...

0 by Mike Andrawes on 3/20/2001

Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: March 2001 2nd Edition

More motherboards than you can imagine and memory prices on the rise again. Have you missed the perfect time to buy more memory or are lower prices on...

0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 3/16/2001

Weekly CPU & Video Card Price Guide: March 2001 1st Edition

The Athlon hits 1.3GHz and takes your wallet with it, the Pentium 4 continues to drop, and we see a new card from ATI. That, and much more...

0 by Manveer Wasson on 3/9/2001

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