Introduction: Solid State Drives are becoming faster and faster. With the advent of the SandForce controller, drives quickly started maxing out the capabilities of the SATA 3 Gbps interface. A quick fix was doubling the speeds SATA operates at and along came SATA3 operating at 6Gbps. Most motherboards have included SATA3 ports for about a [...]

The Sentey GS-6500 Burton High Tower is trying to make a name for itself with options galore, such as a built-in memory card reader on the top of case. We have six LED fans to help light up the Burton like the 4th of July, and a removable hard drive cage for easy installation, or [...]

Built with a strong “shield” concept in mind, the BUC’s strong SECC steel construction and a hard-wearing, stylish black interior and exterior is aesthetically pleasing. With the clever EZ-swap HDD drive bay and a lockable door, it allows access to three HDD’s without having to remove the whole side panel. With the tool-less installation and [...]

Introduction: Today we are reviewing Swiftech’s latest and greatest in air cooling, the Polaris 120. The Polaris 120 is Swiftech’s comeback to the mainstream air cooling market. Swiftech had its very successful debut into the air cooling market in 2001, and the company became public in 2005. Swiftech was founded in 1994 by Gabriel Rouchon or [...]

Thermaltake brings the world’s first dual bay docking station on the top of the V9 BlacX Edition case. Coated in black from the inside to the outside, this case adds overall quality and a rugged construction in combination with SECC material, increasing the durability and reliability. The innovative dual bay docking design allows you to [...]

Building off the successful GD04 and GD05, SilverStone created the Grandia GD06 to again raise the expectation enthusiasts have for HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) chassis.  These improvements were made with the compact depth maintained (340mm) and exterior visuals enhanced as the GD06 fits perfectly in the living room. Its five hard drive storage includes [...]

At first glance, the SteelSeries Xai mouse looks like an ordinary run-of-the-mill type budget mouse. Not until further investigation did we really understand what makes the Xai a high quality gaming mouse. The ability to program buttons and create your own macros with precisely timed key press sequences would be a start to figuring out [...]

ASUS has sent us their version of the Radeon HD 6950 to run through the paces today. The ASUS HD 6950 2GB is factory overclocked right out of the box by 10MHz, which really is not anything to write home about, but it’s there nonetheless. ASUS does include their voltage tweak software to help gain [...]