Cooler Master Cosmos II: Large and in Charge
The Cooler Master Cosmos is more or less legendary among top-of-the-line enclosures. It's not hard to see why, either: it's big, it has loads of expansion, and it looks...
52 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/23/2012
ASUS F1A75-M Pro Review - Micro-ATX Llano at $110
Llano is still selling strong for AMD, as shown by the relatively recent reports of representing a major aspect of their CPU profit margins. Building on our Llano and...
32 by Brendan van Varik on 1/22/2012
Capsule Review: GeChic's On-Lap 1301 Laptop Monitor
Recently Taiwanese vendor GeChic got in touch with us about a new product set to appear on American shores, the On-Lap 1301 laptop monitor. The concept? A portable 13"...
30 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/19/2012
Samsung Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich Review
The evolution of Google’s Nexus line is an interesting one. Each year, Google chooses both a silicon partner and an OEM to make a unique hardware archetype which it...
187 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2012
The Best of CES 2012
CES is all wrapped up and everyone is back home, and one of the questions I’ve been asked repeatedly by friends and family is, “What was the coolest thing...
84 by Jarred Walton on 1/17/2012
ECS X79R-AX (Black Extreme) Review
Over the past 12 months I have covered a number of ECS boards, from the Sandy Bridge and Fusion range, including one with a Hydra chip. Looking back...
36 by Ian Cutress on 1/13/2012
CES 2012 Recap: The Week in Review
Tomorrow will be our last day at CES but we've still got a lot more to cover. If you haven't been following our extensive coverage on Pipeline, I've grouped...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/12/2012
Intel's Medfield & Atom Z2460 Arrive for Smartphones: It's Finally Here
It's here. Intel's first smartphone SoC that you'll actually be able to buy in a device before the end of the year. The platform is called Medfield and Paul...
163 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2012
Imagination's PowerVR Series 6 “Rogue” GPUs Released To Licensing, G6200 & G6400 First Out The Door
With the emphasis on smartphones and tablets at this year’s CES, it should come as no surprise that the various SoC IP developers are focusing their announcements around the...
20 by Ryan Smith on 1/10/2012
XFX’s Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation: The First Semi-Custom 7970
Traditionally the launch of a next-generation high-end video card has been a staggered process. In the name of getting cards out as soon as possible the first cards are...
94 by Ryan Smith on 1/9/2012
Introducing the 2012 Mobile Benchmark Matrix
Testing computer hardware can be a difficult process. On the one hand there’s a desire for more information and benchmarks, and on the other hand there’s a desire for...
48 by Jarred Walton on 1/6/2012
Google TV Goes ARM with Marvell's ARMADA 1500
It wouldn't be far off the mark to call Google TV as one of the unmitigated disasters of 2010 - 2011. Through the failure of the Logitech Revue, it...
36 by Ganesh T S on 1/5/2012
Nokia Lumia 710 Review - T-Mobile's Nokia WP7
Yesterday we took a look at the flagship of Nokia’s Lumia series - the Lumia 800. Today we’re looking at its younger and more entry-level sibling, the Lumia 710...
48 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2012
Nokia Lumia 800 Review - Nokia's Brave New Foray into WP7
The Nokia Lumia 800 is without a doubt one of the most interesting devices produced by the iconic Finnish smartphone manufacturer in a long while. Expectations are high for...
120 by Brian Klug on 1/4/2012
SilverStone Precision PS07: Temjin For Less?
We were big fans of SilverStone's Temjin TJ08-E when we reviewed it back in August. Who wouldn't be? Even SilverStone was surprised at just how effective the little enclosure...
27 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/3/2012
ViewSonic V3D231 3D Display - The Passive Approach
Almost all of us have gone to see a movie in 3D at the theaters at this point. Unlike most 3D designs at home, movie theaters use a passive...
41 by Chris Heinonen on 12/30/2011
Intel Core i7 3820 Review: $285 Quad-Core Sandy Bridge E
If you are a normal desktop user or even a power user with plans to run at over 4GHz, the vanilla LGA-1155 Sandy Bridge platform is good enough. You...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/29/2011
OCZ Octane 128GB SSD Review
Earlier this year OCZ acquired Indilinx, one of the first SSD controller makers to really make a splash in the enthusiast community. Ever since OCZ entered the SSD business...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/28/2011
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Review
Over the years, Gigabyte has given us some interesting products. More recently in the past 18 months, Rajinder gave their H55N-USB3 motherboard a well deserved recommendation, and more...
40 by Ian Cutress on 12/26/2011
Updated Smartphone & GPU Bench DBs Live!
We've been running our public performance database tool, Bench, for a few years now. Bench allows you to have direct access to the performance data we use in our...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/24/2011
