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OCZ Branded NAND Appearing in SSD Products

OCZ Branded NAND Appearing in SSD Products

By Carl Nelson on February 7, 2012

The latest version of the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD comes equipped with OCZ branded NAND flash, which we’ve never seen before. Usually it’s from Micron, so this is interesting.

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HCW is on the move again!

By Carl Nelson on January 29, 2012

HCW is on the move again! This time we are coming down from the clouds, and moving to a semi-VPS-semi-Dedicated server. Best of both worlds? We shall see!

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Fractal Design Define R3 Case Review

Fractal Design Define R3 Case Review

By Carl Nelson on January 25, 2012

When choosing a case to build a PC in, there are quite a few things to consider. First and foremost is the design, for most people. Do you choose a case that is highlighted by fan shrouds, lights, moving parts, and bells and whistles? Or do you want one with a more subtle aesthetic. One [...]

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Protect the Internet

By Carl Nelson on January 18, 2012

As you can see, we are participating in the protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills. If you want to know why, just watch these quick 4 minute videos. They should make things pretty clear

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Crucial M4 SSD hit by bug, fix coming soon

By Carl Nelson on January 5, 2012

A product we awarded last year has been hit with a bug, but a fix is coming soon. Here are the details.

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AMD Radeon 7700 Specs

AMD Radeon 7700 Specs

By Carl Nelson on December 30, 2011

If you are intrigued by an AMD video card based on 28nm “Southern Islands” architecture, but don’t want to drop $550 on a card, you might be interested to know what the specs of the lower-end $150 cards will be…

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AMD Radeon 7970 Reviews

AMD Radeon 7970 Reviews

By Carl Nelson on December 22, 2011

AMD Radeon 7970 reviews are in, and it’s FAST

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Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Motherboard Review

By Carl Nelson on December 14, 2011

Today we look at the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, a $200 motherboard that has one major goal – to bring your Sandy Bridge CPU as far as it can possibly go. Does it succeed? Read on to find out!

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OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120GB Review

OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120GB Review

By Carl Nelson on November 28, 2011

Today we look at the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS edition, which pairs the SandForce SF-2281 controller with 32 channels of Toggle Flash goodness. Check it out!

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Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Review – Sandy Bridge E is Here

Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Review – Sandy Bridge E is Here

By Carl Nelson on November 14, 2011

Intel has unveiled their latest hotness – a new Extreme Edition CPU based on improved Sandy Bridge-E architecture. If you like the idea owning the fastest desktop CPU to have ever existed, you will want to read this!

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  • Mathias: I have a question about the SATA3 connectivity. Are there also some native SATA 3 controllers included on...
  • Sherlock: Hi I have manged to do everything that was told to be done by this article, and I did get the controller to...
  • bearmon2010: Hi! I am in Windows 7 x64 and I followed your instruction and all was set and it works perfectly for the...

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