The OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD is available in 60, 120, 240 and 480GB capacities. Specifications list the 240GB as having 556MB/s read and 523MB/s write with 60,000 IOPS at 4k random write aligned disk access. The Drive comes with a 3 year warranty. OWC is so confident that you will love the drive they [...]

The best of 2011 in the tech industry, from Sandy Bridge to the HD 7970.

*The Roccat Kave 5.1 surround headphones have all the features that anyone should need. The Kave 5.1 surround gaming headset, from Roccat, has a removable microphone that rotates 360°, three speakers in each cup, for true 3D surround sound, as well as an adjustable base speaker that vibrates for some extra added immersive gaming. Roccats [...]

*The Roccat Kave 5.1 surround headphones have all the features that anyone should need. The Kave 5.1 surround gaming headset, from Roccat, has a removable microphone that rotates 360°, three speakers in each cup, for true 3D surround sound, as well as an adjustable base speaker that vibrates for some extra added immersive gaming. Roccats [...]

SandForce is back in town and its here to stay. Intels 520 Series is a full replacement for the 510 Series, but utilize the SF-2281 controller and custom Intel firmware to deliver one of the best SSDs we seen to date. If you already want an Intel SSD but dont know which to get, we [...]

The Intel 520 Series SSD 240GB arrived Technic3D. Available in 60GB, 120GB, 180GB, 240GB and 480GB configurations. Results in extrem e performance with up to 550 MB/s sequential read and 520 MB/s sequent ial write speeds? We will check this and more against the SSDs from Co rsair, OCZ, Western Digital and G.Skill.

*Quote:* So its time for my next review. What have we got? Today its the Cooler Master Gemin II SF524. A mixture of high performance and top down cooler. Weve seen quite a few companies try this style of cooler and they have some real advantages such as being able to cool RAM modules or [...]

Today Ill be reviewing the BitFenix Raider ATX case. BitFenix has only been around a couple of years now, but has been churning out many great cases (such as the Colossus or Shinobi) at a frequent rate. This case is a mid-tower, in comparison so some of its bigger brothers, however I have high hopes [...]

Quote: he heart of the performance of the Intel 520 series drive is the LSI Sandforce 2281 NAND controller. Intel partnered with LSI to develop a robust firmware specifically for this drive. Along with the firmware are AES 256-bit encryption and end to end data protection. Specifications for the drive mirror many of the Sandforce [...]

For the past several years, consumers searching through the available selection of Solid State Drive (SSD) storage devices have noticed that capacity continues to favor the hard disk drive counterpart. While it could be a few more years before any SSD matches terabyte capacity with the HDD, Intels NAND Flash produced at 20nm is closing [...]

SNIP: This drive has been advertised as the fastest SSD to date. Does it really pack the punch Intel claims it does?

Intel are today releasing the new 520 series based on SandForce technology. Today we have one of th ose new drives on our test bench and will be comparing it in real world and synthetic tests agains t drives based on the latest Sandforce, Indilinx, Marvell and Samsung controllers.

Quote: Intel has been one of the mainstays of the SSD world and are one of the most trusted names and respected leaders in the computer industry. Their gr oundbreaking X25-M SSDs were the gold standard for which all other drives w ere judged for quite some time. That said, the SandForce SF-2281 controller has [...]

In keeping with their budget-oriented heritage, NZXT has the Tempest 210 mid-tower chassis, a more lightweight version of what we saw in the Tempest 410 Elite. Looking to maintain some similar aesthetics and functionality, the Tempest 210 is a more affordable alternative. In truth, the Tempest 210 is looking to grab the budget-minded gaming audience. [...]