Earlier this month, NVIDIA released their new powerhouse card, the GeForce GTX 580. ASUS has sent us their GTX 580 to put through our strenuous suite of testing. The reference design used by ASUS was somewhat surprising as they will typically use their own custom PCB. The GTX 580 is supposed to bring improvements in power consumption [...]

One of my co-workers is a hardcore gamer and power user. Since we’ve met, he’s become more and more interested in the hardware aspect of computing, and recently asked me to help build him a new system.

The Thermaltake Armor A60 comes with several great features, including some dust filtration features and USB 3.0. The A60 is the first case in the world to have a SideClick EasySwap hard drive feature, as Thermaltake calls it. They have even gone so far as sleeving their pre-installed fans wires. The front I/O ports include [...]

Extreme gamers continue to seek high performing gaming notebooks to keep up with the more demanding requirements of new games. However, notebooks tend to have cooling that is almost insufficient for the high-end hardware that they contain. Even performance notebooks from well known companies can overheat, which can lead to unfavorable game lag and can [...]

Using all of the portable devices we have in today’s marketplace is fun and exciting until we run out of power, then we find out just how dependent we are on such items. The Choiix Power Fort 5.5 Whr offers you an excellent emergency charging solution that will keep your portable devices ready to go [...]

Zalman has sent us their take on a Dual HDD Docking Station using the relatively new USB 3.0 interface. The MH200 U3 supports up to 2 SATA HDDS simultaneously with 2.5” & 3.5” SATA I/II (up to 3TB) and Port-Multiplier functionality. The Dual HDD Docking Station also comes with Hot Swap and Plug & Play, plus [...]

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