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From our front-page news:Regardless of what market we are dealing with, there is always going to be a product that screams 'ultra high-end'. It will cost a lot more than the rest, but gives certain perks that cause it to be drool-worthy for enthusiasts everywhere. One such case is with our CPUs...

From our front-page news: One problem with a new product being so successful is that it's sometimes difficult to keep up with the sheer demand, especially if you don't have the factory power to back it all up. Take Nintendo's Wii for example. Despite the fact that it was released two years ago...

Most do, I don't!

CPUs nowadays can go much higher than 70°C, but I'd definitely try to keep them around that mark for the sake of not turning your room into an oven.

The Raptors impress me even less when I see SSD's in a nice RAID setup. The differences are huge. All we need is for SSD's to actually become affordable... and hold more than 80GB...

I think most people are right there with you. When NVIDIA came out with the GTX 280... I was impressed. I mean sure, it was so high-end that most people didn't need it, but who cares... it's nice to have all that power. It was made funny when AMD came out with their HD 4870 X2 though... how fast...

Definitely... it would seriously be nice if that wasn't a requirement though. /me ponders about how much time that would save.

Seeing as how this storage forum hasn't had some activity for a while, let's drum up some interest by seeing if anyone here has a loyalty to a certain hard drive vendor, and if so, why? Personally, I started out as a Western Digital guy, but then I ran into bad issues with two drives in a row...

What's going to be interesting is seeing the ultra high-end kits for Nehalem.. since they have to be in multiples of three... and we don't have 3GB memory kits. 3GB, 6GB, 12GB... looks like we'll top out at 12GB, unless some board vendor releases a mammoth 6-slot wonder, or a memory vendor...

From our front-page news:SiSoftware, creators of one of the most popular benchmarks ever, have released version 2009 of Sandra. We've used Sandra in our reviews for as long as the site's been around, and it's likely easy to understand why. It offers a slew of different tests, from ones that...

From our front-page news: It took a little while before DirectX 10 games hit the market, but now there is at least 20 different titles that are either native DX10 or at least support it. The most notable might be Crysis, although games like Call of Juarez, Assassin's Creed, Gears of War...

From our front-page news: Early last month, there was a slow news day, and as a result, I had to scrape the bottom of the bucket to find something to post about. Of course, the natural thing to do was pimp our old content, which I think is a great idea since there are many people who may not...

From our front-page news: It isn't too often that Apple seems to make a poor business decision, and with the launch of their apps store, it was an incredible decision, evidenced by the fact that it pulls in around $1M in revenue every-single day. Well, Google also offers such a service, though...

From our front-page news: I tend to be a wannabe audiophile, in that I love audio, but can't even begin to understand half of the terms thrown around during a real conversation. Intermodulation distortion? Seriously? Well, I'm confident that one thing even audiophiles don't likely ponder over...

The way some shipping companies actually handle the shipments doesn't impress me, so the fact yours was DOA is not surprising. I have found FedEX to be pretty reliable, while UPS is not. It might be a completely different story depending on where you live, though.

From our front-page news: Search engine domination? Check. Web statistics software domination? Check. Free e-mail service domination? Check. Ok ok, without going any further, you are probably already aware that I'm talking about Google. But given that Google does publish a wide variety of...

From our front-page news: Top lists are a dime a dozen, there's no secret in that. But it's a rare occasion when I take a look at one and actually find something new I didn't know about before. The latest top 20 from Tech Radar is one such article though, as they choose a variety of different...

From our front-page news: If you happen to own multiple copies of Windows Vista, or prefer Linux, then purchasing a new laptop can be a pain in the side. The fact is, part of the laptop's price is the Windows' license, and on a good day, it's valued at around $130, but that may vary depending on...

From our front-page news:Early last month, I posted about upcoming Intel processors that would soon be launched, and that apparently wasn't going to take too long. Some of the new offerings are now becoming available through various e-tailers, although at a very slow pace. The budget Celeron 450...

I guess I'm just having a difficult time understanding what the point of putting a $150 block on a $400 video card is. What's wrong, exactly, with the stock cooler? For $150, I'd almost ante up the rest to get a second GPU. I just can't see any reasoning for such an expensive cooling solution...