Solid state drives not only offer an enormous reliability advantage over traditional hard disk drives, they offer great performance increases as well. Most people operate under the assumption it takes great money to get great performance. The Agility 2 claims to be the exception. Let's see if the Agility 2 has the moves to keep up with its boasts.

OCZ Agility 2 SSD @ TechwareLabs

"Patriot's Bolt series of flash drives prove that file security doesn't have to come at a premium price. $25 for the 8GB model is easy on the wallet, and it performs just as well as any other flash drive out there and has a sleek look to boot. The AES 256-bit hardware encryption will keep your files safe in the event the drive gets lost or stolen, and the built-in software is straightforward and works great right out of the box."

Patriot Bolt 8GB Hardware Encrypted USB Flash Drive Review @ Tweaknews

Mini-ITX motherboards are typically designed for low power consumption and cherished for their compact form factor. So what happens when you replace a low powered system with an Intel H55?

Gigabyte H55N Mini-ITX Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane

Today, Puget Systems in announcing a new revision to our wildly popular aquarium PC.  Our new Aquarium Computer V3 Kit represents a number of exciting improvements.  The system is larger, allowing for full eATX motherboards. It allows the power supply to be mounted on the motherboard tray, making it much easier to maintain the PC. It also has more than twice the cooling power!  We built a test system with the most extreme hardware available, with impressive results.


New Aquarium Computer V3 Announcement

OCZ Technology has once again brought cutting-edge high-speed SSDs into the value storage segment with their Agility 2 series. Based on the SandForce SF1200 controller, the OCZ Agility 2 SSD delivers up to 20,000 IOPS with incredible bandwidth speed. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the 120GB OCZ Agility 2 Extended OCZSSD2-2AGTE120G against some of the fastest storage solutions on the market. Just when PCs were starting to seem irrelevant in this fast-paced world of mobile gadgets and smart phones, along comes a new product that changes the entire landscape. SSDs, or more formally Solid State Drives, have finally lifted computers beyond the age of spinning metal magnetic platters. Delivering a boost in speed that no memory upgrade or new processor could ever dream of, solid state drive technology has sent hard disk drives packing.

OCZ Agility-2 SandForce-Driven SSD @ Benchmark Reviews

Are your readers looking to make the jump to SSD for their next storage solution?  Neoseeker looks to deliver the hard dirt on Corsair's solid state hard drive, the Force 120GB.  Can this beefy drive match its beefy price?

Corsair Force 120GB SSD Review @ Neoseeker

"ASUS  Crosshair IV Formula is undoubtedly an original and interesting product. Its features, like GameFirst and ROG Connect, are actually useful and may come in handy. The bundle includes everything you need, and then a bit more."

iXBT Labs Review: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard

A major area of concern for any software vendor is maintaining a platform that is secure and safe from vulnerabilities. Time spent analyzing patch code and implementing updates is frustrating. Jeongwook Oh presents his latest attempt to reduce the workload with his tool DarunGrim v3.

TechwareLabs BlackHat 2010 Event Coverage

We all trying to acheive faster speeds with pretty much
everything we do. Just last week I have timed myself depositing some cash in
to my bank account from ATM. The whole process took nearly 3 minutes and
even that puzzled me as what can be done to speed up the process. The same
applies to the hard drive speeds. We are at the point where the bottle neck
in the average PC is the hard drive and its speed but everything comes with
a price. Buying a SSD could be an expensive task. Depending on the capacity
you easily can throw down 300$ for 128 Gig SSD hard drive. Sure the
performance is unmatched to the mechanical hard drives but the capacity sure
doesn't sound so appealing. Thankfully our friends at Seagate have came up
with a hybrid solution, Momentus XT.


UMLan Article Release: Seagate Momentus XT - Review

Razer is mostly known for their expensive gaming mice, however, this new mouse changes all. Dubbed the Abyssus Razer is offering a gaming grade mouse at only $49 MSRP. We test the mouse and see if it stands a chance against some fierce competition.



Razer Abyssus @ techPowerUp

When you start to run out of space on your computer, you don't have a lot of options. You can either replace your hard drive, or add another. If you elect to add another you again don't have a lot of options - internal or external? While adding an internal drive negates the need for an enclosure, sometimes this is not an option. If you have a laptop or a small form-factor desktop you probably simply don't have the internal space for another drive. This only leaves you with the option of adding an external drive. Today we're looking at the Macally G-S350SUAB hard drive enclosure. Styled after the Mac Pro, this device certainly looks sharp, but how does it perform?


Macally G-S350SUAB HDD Enclosure @ Rbmods

"With the growing trend of governments cracking down on people using their phone while driving, it's never been more advisable to pick up a bluetooth headset of some sort. Today we're looking at a device with not only hands free functionality, but also music streaming and external storage connections. Let's see how it does. "


Tunebase FM Modulator Review - XSReviews

New York, NY (July 29, 2010) – iWave Audio, designers of trend setting electronic accessories, announces the availability of product from its much-anticipated eco-friendly Grass Roots Collection at retailers nationwide beginning August 1st  2010.

Consumers can feel even better about their electronic accessories by purchasing products with the “green lifestyle” in mind. Through this new Collection, customers are offered a selection of “popular priced” and “affordable” accessory options which include:  headphones, ear buds and cases for the iPhone/iPod - all made from reusable, environmentally friendly and recyclable materials.  Even the innovative egg crate designed packaging is manufactured from completely recyclable materials.

Join us for a new round of performance vs. price scatter plots, this time featuring the latest and greatest DirectX 11 graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia.

News: GPU value in the DirectX 11 age

Slow secondary storage has been the biggest persistent gripe about PC gaming for quite a while now. While CPUs, RAM, graphics cards and system busses have all been improving at a steady rate; hard drives have stayed more or less stagnant for the past decade. Enter the solid state drive. At its most basic level, a SSD has the same basic structure as a USB flash drive: a bunch of NAND flash memory chips, a controller to tie them together, and an interface that talks to the outside world. Where a SSD pulls ahead is, naturally enough, in the performance of those three components. Today we'll be looking at the RealSSD C300 256GB SSD from Crucial. Taking advantage of the still-uncommon SATA 6.0 GBps interface, this drive promises to deliver blisteringly fast performance.

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB @ TechwareLabs

"As part of Gelid Solutions Silent line-up, the implication is that the Tranquillo will be silent. In that respect, the expectation has been met and exceeded. One of the compliments I can bestow on this cooler, is that my son walked into the room and asked what was broken since it was so quiet in the room. Kind of an eye-opener once the white noise of high CFM fans used in air cooling are no longer there. Performance enhancements for the Tranquillo will be limited to adding a higher CFM fan to increase the cooling capacity of this cooler, since running a second fan on the back side is not supported due to its 'v'-shaped design. But then you step away from the concept of the Tranquillo."

Gelid Solutions Tranquillo Review @ OCC

Many years ago, overclocking was not limited by Intel/AMD like nowadays. As it is usual, when they see they can make extra money from the consumers by limiting their features to those who pay more, they don't hesitate to take advantage of that. In the last years, the Intel made it a little bit "impossible" for those who want to buy a CPU with unlocked multiplier. Intel was limiting that feature to the Extreme Edition CPUs. AMD took this as an opportunity to approach consumers with a feature their competition wouldn't give and so the AMD Black Edition CPUs appeared. AMD has been kindly enough to offer Black Edition products for each segment in the market, and that means you can find a BE (Black Edition) CPU for less than $100. Intel is striking back with a pair of new processors which feature an unlocked multiplier without the $999 tag. Today, Benchmark Reviews will analyze the Intel Core i5 655K Unlocked CPU which basically is a Clarkd! ale based 2-cores/4-threads processor with Intel HD graphics and specially aimed at overclockers. Is the unlocked multiplier good enough to pay that little extra or isn't it worth it? Is it better to overclock with multiplier or should I to raise the BCLK? Those answers and more will be covered as Benchmark Reviews tests the Intel Core i5-655K Clarksdale processor, model BX80616I5655K.


Intel Core i5-655K Processor BX80616I5655K @ Benchmark Reviews

"This model comes clocked 50MHz beyond stock and also has a improved cooling solution. However, what really makes this card unique is the manually adjustable Vortex fan. According to PowerColor the simple act of adjust the height of the fan can reduce back pressure, improving the efficiency and reducing the noise level."

PowerColor PCS+ HD 5770 Vortex Review @ Neoseeker

Sporting an APS-C sized sensor in an ultra thin body, this camera attempts to play with the entry level SLRs while at the same time catering to the higher sales volumes of the point and shoot crowd. This particular market segment is becoming increasingly crowed as amateur photographers seek to leave the confines of their tiny sensors in hopes of better photos at higher ISOs. Panasonic, Olympus, Sony, and now Samsung have chosen this demographic to wage war in. . .


Samsung NX10 Mini-DSLR Compact DSLR Camera