Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT review By Simon Crisp published 9 November 12 A reasonably priced and feature-packed motherboard that performs well and shows some intelligent design choices.
KingSpec Pro E3000 240GB SSD review By Simon Crisp published 1 November 12 The name KingSpec may be new to you, and indeed us, but the company has been in the flash storage business since 1995.
KingSpec Multi Core 1TB PCIe review By Simon Crisp published 31 October 12 With the current crop of solid-state drives already knocking very hard on the door of SATA 6Gbps bandwidth limit, we might have to start looking elsewhere for speedy SSDs.
ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid review By Simon Crisp published 30 October 12 ARCTIC has taken the bull by the horns and released a DIY liquid cooling kit, but this time not for a CPU - instead it's for keeping a graphics card cool.
Crucial v4 128GB review By Simon Crisp published 26 September 12 Can this latest Crucial drive compete with its SATA 3Gbps connection when it's competitors are chucking around the 6Gbps standard?
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB review By Simon Crisp published 17 September 12 The Plextor M5 Pro comes sporting Marvell's new firmware and Toshiba's new NAND memory to deliver some seriously quick SSD speeds.
Lian Li PC-Q03B review By Simon Crisp published 18 August 12 The first thing that catches your eye when the PC-Q03 is unboxed is just how good the build quality is and, in the case of our review model - the PC-Q03B - the quality of the black anodised finish.
Spire TME III review By Simon Crisp published 29 July 12 The third generation Spire TherMax Eclipse (TME) III is the latest CPU cooler to come out of the Spire manufacturing plant, and it's a decent little chiller.
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme review By Simon Crisp published 28 July 12 The Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme is the flagship model in Thermaltake's new all-in-one cooling line-up. But does it perform?
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB review By Simon Crisp published 23 July 12 The Kingston HyperX 3K is a serious performance drive with a price tag that makes it hard to ignore.
ARCTIC Freezer i30 review By Simon Crisp published 21 June 12 The ARCTIC Freezer i30 CPU coolers have been designed to support wattages up to a staggering 320 Watts. So, they're not just a clever name.
Transcend SSD720 128GB review By Simon Crisp published 5 June 12 There's no doubt that 2011 was the year that SSDs hit the mainstream, and 2012 is certainly going to cement their place.
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB review By Simon Crisp published 4 June 12 The win-win nature of the latest Marvell SSD controller
Crucial Adrenaline Cache Drive review By Simon Crisp published 3 June 12 Wouldn't it be great if you could somehow combine SSD speed with traditional HDD capacity? Well, Crucial's latest effort, the 50GB Adrenaline Solid State Cache Drive, aims to do just that.
Asus RT-N66U Dark Knight review By Simon Crisp published 12 April 12 A feature-rich router ably catering for the beginner and advanced user alike. Though that comes at a price.
Zotac ZBox ID80 Plus review By Simon Crisp published 28 March 12 Rapidly becoming as well-known for its mini PCs as it is for its Nvidia-based graphics cards, Zotac has released yet another version of the ZBox.
Sapphire Edge HD3 review By Simon Crisp published 27 March 12 When Sapphire launched the first Edge-HD mini PC back in early 2011, it claimed it was the world's smallest PC - and at under half a litre in volume, it was hard to disagree.
Asus P8Z68-V Gen3 review By Simon Crisp published 20 March 12 The launch of yet another Z68 board is puzzling with Intel's new Z77 chipset imminent, but this is all about PCIe 3.0 now.
AMD Memory Entertainment Edition 8GB review By Simon Crisp published 20 February 12 For the launch of its AMD Memory branded modules it has decided to cosy up to Patriot Memory for this dual 4GB stick kit.
Plextor M3 256GB SSD review By Simon Crisp published 6 February 12 We looked at one of Plextor's first 6Gb/s rated drives last year (the PX-128M2S) and barely nine months later, the next generation is upon us in the shape of the M3 series.
Fractal Design Core 3000 review By Simon Crisp published 8 January 12 The Core 3000 is the first in a new range of budget cases from the award-winning Swedish manufacturer, Fractal Design.
Asus P9X79 Pro review By Simon Crisp published 6 January 12 It may not have the looks, but it's got it where it counts
ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 6990 review By Simon Crisp published 17 December 11 An absolute must for any HD6990 owners
Deepcool Fiend Shark review By Simon Crisp published 15 December 11 Freaky name, chunky design, weak cooling. Shame.
Sapphire HD 6970 Dual Fan Edition review By Simon Crisp published 13 December 11 We're big fans of the big fans keeping this Cayman XT GPU nice and chilly