OWC Mercury Extreme SSD - First Look at a 50GB SandForce Drive

OWC sent us its 50GB Mercury Extreme SSD based on the same SandForce controller in OCZ's Vertex LE. We try to find out if the 50GB drive is really...

New MSI Classic Notebooks

AMD’s Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price

To close the 5850/5770 gap, today AMD is introducing the 5830, a further cut-down Cypress. Today we'll see why this card embodies the idea that there is no such...

Windows Phone 7 Series Takeaway

Microsoft has finally unveiled its platform to return to feature competition in the smartphone space. Is it enough to hang with the likes of Android, iPhone OS and webOS?

Choosing the Best H55/H57 Motherboard, Part 2

As promised, we're back with part 2 of our H55/H57 coverage. Find out which boards come out on top in our user experience based review.

NVIDIA's GTX 400 Series Gets A Launch Date: March 26th

OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition Review & SSD State of the Union

The first SandForce SF-1500 SSD has arrived in the form of OCZ's Vertex Limited Edition. Only 5,000 drives are being made with MSRPs starting at $399. We...

Sapphire’s Radeon HD 5850 Toxic Edition: Our First Fully-Custom 5850

With the supply of AMD's Cypress chips picking up, we finally have our first fully-custom board. Today Sapphire is releasing the first such product, the overclocked and overcooled 5850...

Databases and power management, not a perfect fit

The Patriot Box Office Review: A Portent of Great Things to Come

Patriot sent us its first foray into the streaming media market. This tiny little box will let you stream everything from ripped movies to full blown Blu-ray images to...

Quick Look: MSI’s GeForce 210

Today we're looking at MSI's N210-MD512H, based on the last 40nm GeForce 200-series part we have yet to see: the G210.

What's New: AMD's Catalyst 10.2 & 10.3 Drivers

Some big changes are coming for AMD's Catalyst drivers. We have everything you need to know about what's new today with 10.2, along with what's coming next month with 10.3.

The RV870 Story: AMD Showing up to the Fight

After the RV770 ATI surely must have had an easy time building the RV870, right? Wrong. While we now know that the RV770's strategy paid off, the...

System Buyers' Guide: PCs for Under $1000

Old system got you down in the dumps and you're tired of sinking more money into a black pit of despair? It's time to start fresh, and we've got...

The Final Word on the Best Radeon HTPC Card

Since we published our reviews of the Radeon HD 5450 and the Radeon HD 5570, we have been going back and forth with AMD over the results of our...

NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf

NVIDIA's new Optimus technology is set to change the way we interact with our laptops. The information has been under tight wraps for the past couple of months, but...

AMD’s Radeon HD 5570: Low Profile, Higher Performance

With the bulk of the 5000 series launched, AMD is now launching products to fill in the gaps in their product line. Today we look at one of those...

AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?

AMD shared some more details with us about Llano. The 32nm processor will feature power gating and a host of other power optimizations that lead us to believe...

Intel Core 2 CULV Roundup: Who Needs Atom?

If you could get twice the performance for only a 50% increase, would you be willing to fork over the extra money? Compared to Atom, Intel's current CULV products...

AMD’s Radeon HD 5450: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards

Cedar, AMD's final Evergreen chip, launches today with the Radeon HD 4500. What does bringing Evergreen, audio bitstreaming, and DX11 do for the low-end of the market? We find out