We're finally ready to bring back hard drive reviews, and for good this time. Read on to see what our new test suite is like and how the latest and greatest hard drives stack up against what you have in your system today.

Plextor floored us with the first retail 8X DVD+R recorder six months ago. Today, we see if they can do it again with the first retail 12X DVD+R device.

Here it is, the first look at a soon-to-be popular first DVD+R Dual Layer drive! DVDR-9 is here, but is it worth the premium?

We tested half a dozen DVD burners to determine which burner is, in fact, the best drive before DVD DL hits the market.

ASUS' DRW-0804P is another revision on today's most popular DVD recorder.

Before our 8x dual DVD roundup, we decided to show off one more 8X DVD+R that should have received more attention than it did...

Sony and Phillips both unveiled DVD DL (Dual Layer) drives in recent weeks, but it will probably be several months before we have sample drives to provide an in depth analysis. If DVD DL still mystifies you, read on...

Now that recordable DVD drives are breaking the sub $200 (and sub $100) level, virtually anyone who has ever made an optical product is pushing their recorder to be the hot holiday seller. Today, we take a look at eight burners and determine which burner and forum comes out ahead.

Nu Tech recently made a few waves for itself by introducing an 8X DVD+R/W burner for under $160. Although it’s not based on the traditional Ricoh DVD+RW chipset, Nu Tech shows us that they can pack a punch for the price.

Since both the DVD dash and plus forums failed to become a unified standard, manufacturers and consumers have been forced to adopt both. Fortunately, creative manufacturers continue to develop more and more innovative multi-format drives. Get ready as we take a look at ASUS’s newest and highly anticipated DVD-/+R drive.

Philips spearheaded the DVD+R forum into 8X DVD+R speeds back in July, but today, we get to see the first actual 8X DVD+R drive in action. Who wouldn’t want to burn 4.38GB of data in 8 minutes? Oh, and you can do it on 4X media too.

CDRWs are still finding their niche in many developing countries, but in the US, they are starting to show their age. MSI’s newest CR52-M produces solid performance, but is it too little, too late?

This is our first week of actively tracking hard drives. Today we take a quick look at some SATA solutions, along with IDE and DDR memory.

Less than a week after we took a look at Western Digital's Raptor we received a production drive. Let's just say that the performance improvement is just shy of astounding...

In our first storage review in years, we take a look at one of the most highly anticipated hard drives in recent history - the world's first 10,000RPM Serial ATA hard drive - Western Digital's Raptor. Find out how the Raptor performs against the top five ATA drives and the top two 10K RPM SCSI drives. We also answer some very important questions about Serial ATA and its impact on performance, as well as the impact of Parallel-Serial ATA adapters on performance.

Many people are claiming CDRW drives won't get any faster than 52X. This really is the end of the line for the CDRW drive, although it will be some time before they are phased out entirely.

ASUS takes a stab at the mobile market with their 40X USB 2.0 burner but are they successful? Find out as we take a look at the ASUS CRW-4012A-U CDRW.

5 RAID cards, 48 different configurations, over 110 hours of benchmarks. For what you ask? Only the most comprehensive IDE RAID article to date. Find out what IDE RAID chip is best for you, what RAID configuration you should run in, what stripe size fits your needs and more.

We have all heard the age-old tale, "backup your data". The number of personal backup devices out there now makes the decision of which one fits your budget/needs a difficult one. In this article we take a look at OnStream's USB 30GB removable storage drive.

AnandTech takes a look at the popular IBM 75 GXP hard drive. It boasts an impressive list of features, but does it have what it takes to steal the crown away from the reigning champion, the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40?? Follow along as we find out if the IBM 75 GXP lives up to its promises.