Traditional copper heatpipes and aluminum fin array heatsink arrangement can only cool the CPU so much that is why Cooler Master has invested into researching vertical vapor chamber heatsink designs for their upcoming generation of tower-style heatsinks. See More

Horizontal Vapor Chamber Technology

Chino, California – July 31st, 2012 - Cooler Master announces further integration of Vapor Chambers into its retail Heatsinks.

OCZ's Enterprise Z-Drive R4 PCI-E SSD series has achieved VMWare Ready Status, the highest level of endorsement from VMWare. This means that the Z-Drive R4 SSD has met specific interoperability standards within the VMWare cloud infrastructure. See More

OCZ Technology and Z-Drive R4 PCIe Solid-State Drives Achieves VMware Ready™ Status

SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 31, 2012 — OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ), today announced that its enterprise Z-Drive R4 PCI Express (PCIe) SSD series has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement, and can be found on the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) at vmware.com

Sapphire's latest video card is a Radeon HD 7750 aimed for HTPC and ITX users who are looking for a powerful graphic card that is able to fit in small spaces. The Sapphire HD 7750 Low Profile video card also comes with a full-sized bracket so users can install it in a regular form-factor system. See More

SAPPHIRE Low Profile HD 7750 suits HTPC or ITX chassis

SAPPHIRE Technology, a leading manufacturer and global supplier of graphics solutions has just announced a new low profile card in its successful HD 7000 series.

Jul 31, 2012 - The SAPPHIRE HD 7750 1GB Low profile model is based on the highly acclaimed Graphics Core Next  architecture from AMD, and retains all the features of the HD 7700 series but in a truly low profile format. Many low profile cards use a cooler that is actually larger than the PCB format, and cannot be used in slimline cases. The SAPPHIRE solution uses a specially developed single slot cooler with an efficient ball bearing fan and heatsink design that truly follows the low profile format.  This makes it ideally suited to applications like HTPCs or installation in even the slimmest styles of mini-ITX cases.

Microsoft announced today a successor to the long standing Hotmail web-based service, anticipating that a revamped UI, and better integration with social networks, will attract users from rivals like Gmail.

Has anyone ever been concerned about the list of videos that they rented over the years with a Netflix account? What if some of that that information was shared to just about anyone for the asking? While some may not care, others do, and did....like Netflix.

Microsoft announced the introduction of several new devices to celebrate not only the software giant's 30th anniversary, but also the pending launch of Windows 8 on October 26th of this year.

"We conducted a reader survey a few weeks ago, and one of the tech topics that received a surprising amount of interest in was HTPC coverage. You, our awesome readers, wanted to know more about the hardware and software behind them. I'll admit that I was ardent about the prospects of talking HTPCs with you. As a relatively new entrant to that area of tech myself, I was excited to cover it, and give you more coverage on a topic you wanted to see more of!"

PC Perspective

"The market is rife with hardware video transcoders and software that can take advantage of them. However, making sense of that jungle of disparate offerings can be tough. We've tried to make sense of it all, comparing the latest transcoding logic from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel in three major video conversion applications."

The Tech Report

"The Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II is a video card cooler with five heatpipes and two 92 mm fans. Let's test it and compare it with some of the best VGA coolers we have tested so far. Check it out!"

Hardware Secrets

"Today we take a look at the Water2.0 Pro 120mm sealed loop water cooling from Thermaltake. The WATER2.0 Pro utilizes a much thicker radiator, 49mm compared to 25mm found on the Performer model, to increase the heat-dissipating surface area for better performance. Join us as we see how the Water2.0 Pro handles the heat on our Intel Core i7 3960X processor against other units like the Corsair H80."

Legit Reviews

"Only a couple weeks ago we took a look at the OCZ Vertex 4 128GB and we were extremely impressed with the direction OCZ was moving in with the Vertex line of SSDs. Today, we'll be revisiting that review by reviewing a different capacity of the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD, the 256GB edition...."

Custom PC Review

"The iHome IHM2BC is designed to work with pretty much any MP3 player, as long as it has a headphone jack. We received this iPod speaker from Geeks.com for testing, so we hooked it up to see how it performs."

MegaTech News

"Thanks to the new price reductions, the vanilla RADEON HD 7970 from AMD still remains attractive, can deliver quite good performances even at high resolutions as 2560x1440 and when overclocked it becomes a serious competitor even for the Nvidias' flagship, the GTX 680."

Madshrimps

"The Maximus V Extreme is ASUS' flagship Z77 motherboard, and that's reflected by its £310 price tag. That's actually about £45 more than you can spend on the most high-end Ivy Bridge CPU. Fortunately you do get something for your money. ASUS has pretty much added any feature that could be even remotely useful for overclockers, which is also the intended audience for this board."

Hardware Info

"Gigabyte's HD 7970 SOC introduces a new cooling concept. Instead of placing the fan(s) on the large surface of the heatsink like on all recent graphics cards, the company chose to position five small fans along the top edge of the card. Our review will investigate whether the card will be too noisy and too big, or if it can truly provide some benefit."

techPowerUp

"Today we are looking at the latest Solid State Drive from ADATA ... the XPG SX910. This SX910 has native 6Gb/s support and ships with a 3.5 inch adapter and free migration software. The XPG SX910 uses a new optimised firmware to maximise the utilisation of the NAND flash. We are reviewing the 256GB version and will test it against a wide range of leading drives available today."

Kitguru

"The Sensei gets stripped to its essentials with the release of the Sensei. Get your game on without all the "professional gaming" clutter and a cheaper price."

TweakTown

"The killing and bloodshed never ends, and why should it!? An incursion of ghastly Orcs, Trolls, Ogres, Kobalds and just about every other kind of hideous incarnation are breaking through the rifts, and it's your job to stop them... again. This time with help! Read on as we review Orcs Must Die! 2. There can never be enough traps."

Techgage

"It's been almost a week since our last contest/giveaway closed its curtains and so since many of you have expressed their interest on the Josh Chadwick Watch (after reading our review) we decided that aside the 40% discount coupon offered by Cadence to all our readers (NIKK40) it would be nice if we also made one of those innovative watches available up for grabs by a single lucky winner (this time over securing 3 prizes was not possible). So as always in order to be eligible to win the Josh Chadwick watch you need to take 3 very easy steps:"

NikkTech

"For the past several days we have been testing out the lasted gaming mouse from Sharkoon - the DarkGlider. Read on to find out if cramming that many features into a mouse without impacting the performance is possible."

eTeknix

"Need a gaming mouse? Check out this review to read what we think about the Savu gaming mouse recently released by Roccat. This is a light weight mouse with LED lights and they claim this is the worlds fastest optical gaming mouse. Are they lying? Let's find out!"

Rbmods

"The performance of a USB Flash Drive is probably the biggest factor when someone is making their buying decision. When buying a 32GB or larger drive chances are good you are going to be transferring some larger files to it and we found the Marvel M60 was the fastest when it came to large file transfers and actually exceeded the numbers that Silicon Power claimed (that never happens). . ."

BCCHardware

"A couple of years ago, Google introduced its Nexus line of smartphones. Nexus branded phones feature a pure Android experience without the customizations and tweaks we generally get from smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers. Nexus-branded products also come with an unlockable bootloader which provides for further development and end-user modification. This year, however, Google expanded its Nexus line to include more than just smartphones. At the Google I/O conference in June, Google unveiled its first ever Nexus tablet, known as the Nexus 7. In keeping with the tradition that Nexus devices are among the first to run the latest versions of Android, the Nexus 7 is the lead device for Android 4.1, also known as Jelly Bean..."

Hot Hardware

"Even though the original Corsair HX850 power supply received the 80 Plus Gold certification, Corsair decided to downgrade it to the 80 Plus Silver certification, as the manufacturer felt the 80 Plus Gold levels couldn't be sustained at high temperatures. (Wouldn't it be great if all manufacturers had this kind of concern?) Now Corsair is releasing a revamped version of its HX850, the HX850 Gold. Let's see if this new version is a good product."

Hardware Secrets

"Seasonic is a company held in high regard by enthusiasts and today we can see why. The Platinum 1000W unit, which unit is most likely to serve as the base design for many other Platinum units where Seasonic will be the OEM behind, is unquestionably a remarkable platform capable of delivering outstanding overall performance to enthusiasts, professionals and overclockers alike..."

Legit Reviews

"So your computer has seen its heyday and now it seems that it is slower than it once was. Your computer is "hanging" when opening relatively simple applications, it takes what seems like a lifetime to finish loading into Windows, and often you get issues trying to do anything at all that could be considered intensive. This guide is here to help you revive your computer and restore it to a level of performance that you may feel is lost to you. We'll start with in-Windows tools, moving on to third party software, and then finally, hardware changes or upgrades."

Think Computers

"A 'measuring stick' seems to have evolved in the SSD arena where performance can be separated by the type of data being tested. Some SSDs excel in transferring compressible data while others in incompressible data, such as we might see in music, video and photography. Our report today will evaluate the new OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD which houses the Indilinx 'Everest 2′ platform, a platform that has been a true leader in incompressible data testing as seen in our Vertex 4 review this past April."

The SSD Review