September 27, 2006 by Brad.

These guys look at the ten most expensive laptops, talk about what you really get for your money, and even have some good pics in there.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

This 160GB HDD matches Fujitsu’s MHW2160BH, but lacks the space found in Toshiba’s offering, though we’re certainly not ones to complain about more competition. The specs aren’t anything extraordinary, as it sports 8MB of cache, 150 MB/s transfer speeds,

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Thanks to a custom PCB, redesigned heatsinks, meticulously binned chips, a unique cooling apparatus and their patent-pending DHX Technology (Dual Path Heat Xchange), Corsair has created a 2GB memory kit that can run with tight 4-4-4-12-2T timings at an impressive 1.11GHz. This article details the tech and mechanisms at work in this impressive kit.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Seagate today provided an updated outlook on the future of the hard drive. The company nearly tripled today’s highest storage density and believes that 275 GB capacities will be realistic for future Ipods, while desktop computers will be able to store up to 2.5 TB on one drive.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Samsung’s been hogging the Solid State Disk limelight for months with their 32GB SSD first peeped at CeBIT. So it does our invisible hand some good to hear TDK launch their version of the 32GB SSD, albeit in sample quantities only for the time being.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Noise is always a concern with HTPC design because it directly impacts the living room media experience. We used passive cooling where possible, and the quietest components we could find. Cooling and power consumption go hand in hand, so we selected efficient, low-power components where appropriate. We didn’t want this HTPC to be a slug either.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Very good review highlighting the image quality differences between this card and ATi’s x1900XT. This passively cooled card overclocks to very impressive speeds, but ultimately falls short of the value offered by the ATi x1900xt options.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

From ExtremeTech: “ReadyBoost is Vista’s capability to extend the disk cache to USB flash devices. But not all flash devices are ReadyBoost capable. We grab nine high-capacity USB keys and see which ones work.”

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

Intel’s Core 2 Duo is clearly the processor to have, but what’s the best chipset to pair it with? The Tech Report has explored the features, performance, and power consumption of four of the most popular chipsets from Intel and Nvidia to find out. One turns out to be a dud, another a stud, and the other two reasonable solid options.

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September 27, 2006 by Brad.

A positive review by ExtremeTech on Norco’s DS-1220 storage box. Twelve SATA drive racks in one box and twelve 750GB drives are included (that’s 9TB of space people)!! Quite an amazing device, and somewhat reasonably priced at around $850. Come on you know you want one!

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