One of our readers asked us to look at the Seagate Barracuda ST5000DM000 5TB 3.5-inch internal desktop hard drive as he bought one off of Amazon and was having some performance issues with the drive. Continue reading “Seagate Barracuda ST5000DM000 5TB Desktop Hard Drive Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2015 at 3:49pm
Corsair Hydro Series H80i GT AIO Liquid Cooler At CES 2015, Corsair announced that in the first quarter of 2015, they were updating their AIO liquid coolers with a higher efficiency radiator, and a new Continue reading “Corsair Hydro Series H80i GT AIO Liquid Cooler Review”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Apr. 7, 2015 at 2:59pm
The CompactFlash memory card was introduced in 1994 and helped the digital camera market grow into a multi-billion dollar industry. Despite being around for 21 years, CompactFlash is still used by Canon and Nikon for Continue reading “Kingston HS4 Media Reader and 64GB CF Ultimate 600x CompactFlash Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 6, 2015 at 3:11pm
Cooler Master Silencio 652S PC Case Computer chassis are one of the few very subjective pieces of a computer system. What one person likes another may not. With that being said, today I have the Continue reading “Cooler Master Silencio 652S Mid Tower Chassis Review”. …more
By Dan Stoltz •
Apr. 3, 2015 at 2:12pm
Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC2350 WiFi Router with Quad-Stream X4 Architecture Today we are evaluating the newest Netgear 802.11ac router, the Nighthawk X4 R7500 that is the first high-end Netgear router to feature Quantenna’s QSR1000 4×4 Continue reading “Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC2350 WiFi Router Review – Quad-Stream X4 Architecture”. …more
By Ken Brown •
Apr. 2, 2015 at 2:12pm
The Samsung SSD 850 EVO Goes M.2 and mSATA When we reviewed the Samsung SSD 850 EVO drive last December we knew that different form factors were coming but we didn’t know exactly when. That Continue reading “Samsung 850 EVO mSATA and M.2 SSD Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Mar. 31, 2015 at 2:15pm
Gamers are more than excited about DirectX 12 coming to market later this year and after seeing what other low-level APIs like AMD Mantle could do with regards to lowering the API overhead we certainly Continue reading “Looking At DirectX 12 Performance – 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 30, 2015 at 4:25pm
Corsair H100i GTX Liquid CPU Cooler Introduction It’s an undeniable fact that the H100i Liquid CPU cooler, which was released two years ago already, was an absolutely giant success for Corsair and continues to be Continue reading “Corsair H100i GTX Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Review”. …more
By Brian Nyhuis •
Mar. 27, 2015 at 1:55pm
First Look at USB 3.1 Performance With ASUS! It took some time to get here, but devices supporting the USB 3.1 standard are finally coming to market. Besides the obvious new logo and SUPERSPEED+ name Continue reading “ASUS USB 3.1 Type-A Card Review – Add USB 3.1 For $39”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 25, 2015 at 9:24pm
The Vector Gets More Reliable Ever since OCZ went through a bit of a transformation after the departure of then CEO Ryan Peterson, they’ve renewed their focus to prioritize quality and reliability. Prior to then, Continue reading “OCZ Vector 180 480GB SSD Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Mar. 25, 2015 at 11:49am
HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe G2 x4 SSD HyperX today released the HyperX Predator PCIe SSD! This highly anticipated drive was supposed to ship in February 2015, but was delayed a number of weeks in order Continue reading “480GB HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSD Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 24, 2015 at 7:23pm
Seagate Wireless 500GB Over the past several years, many companies have come out with wireless storage options for the ever growing mobile community; Seagate released the Wireless Plus a couple of years ago. At CES Continue reading “Seagate Wireless Mobile Storage 500GB Portable Hard Drive Review”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Mar. 20, 2015 at 2:32pm
The GeForce GTX Titan X is The Baddest GPU of The Land Weve talked so much about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X video card lately that is feels odd to write an introduction for Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X Video Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:00pm
Are you looking for a simple and easy to use product that will allow you to hook up and utilize the real estate of a 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) display on your aging PC? Continue reading “Diamond USB 3.0 to 4K DisplayPort Video Adapter Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 12, 2015 at 3:13pm
DeepCool Captain 120 AIO CPU Liquid Cooler DeepCool was founded in 1996 producing cooling accessories for desktops and servers. With personal computers becoming one of the most important tools of our time, they expanded into Continue reading “DeepCool Captain 120 AIO Liquid Cooler Review”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Mar. 11, 2015 at 3:20pm