Today we have the privilege of taking a close look at the Zalman VE350 External HDD case and virtual drive enclosure. This sleekly designed enclosure is a great option for quick back up or serving as an option for your optical disk drive (ODD) replacement. Zalman entered the technology industry in 1999 and quieted down the noisy environment with their …

Here we are again taking another in-depth look at one of the historically well-performing CPU cooler manufacturers, Noctua, and their NH-D15S D-Type Premium CPU Cooler! As you may have seen, we recently reviewed their recent C-Type CPU cooler, the NH-C14S. The NH-D15S is a larger CPU cooler than the aforementioned version, with the intention of making your CPU ice cold, let’s see …

With the recent news of Skylake CPU’s being pushed up to 7 GHz, one can only begin to think of ways to overclock their CPU and take performance to the next level. Any easy way to do so is by swiping out your old CPU cooler for a new one. Without going to the extremes of custom liquid cooling and …

You may recall that earlier this week we posted a review of the PNY CS2211 SSD, specifically designed for gamers and enthusiasts. Today we are looking at the simpler consumer drive the PNY CS1311 SSD, designed to make upgrading from the lagging HDD a breeze. As PNY explains, this drive is an excellent option for replacing a hard drive, a secondary …

Today, we are reviewing one SSD that serves as an excellent upgrade from a slow and sluggish PC to a quick gaming rig – the PNY CS2211 2.5″ SATA III SSD. This is PNY’s latest storage product to enter their gaming and enthusiast line, XLR8. While some may still be digging their way out of a snow storm, others may be …

Before reading anymore, if you have a 100 series motherboard from ASRock, go to there BIOS download page (linked here) and update your BIOS. This was a topic we discussed frequently with memory and motherboard manufacturers at this years Consumer Electronics Show and we were told to wait, well the wait is finally over. For those who may not know, …

The Consumer Electronic Show is now done and overwith for this year, but the technology showcased, especially in the storage division, extends much from the drive we have on hand today. We are going to take an in-depth look at the Intel 750, the world’s first consumer drive featuring NVMe at 2.4 GB/s! The Intel 750 features Intel’s latest storage …

Our coverage of CES 2016 continues as be quiet! the insanely silent case fan, CPU cooler and power supply manufacturer has release their latest power supply! The be quiet! Pure Power 9 is set to replace the existing Pure Power 8, which previously was only a fixed cable version. The Pure Power 9 will have fixed cables as well as …

As CES continues one of the topics that we frequently discussed with memory and motherboard manufacturers is the on-going issue of unstable Skylake builds. This topic seems to be rather ‘hush-hush’ throughout the industry, and if not ‘hush-hush’ than it is a topic not readily discussed.  As seen in our latest Z170 build, we found that with clock frequencies ranging up …

Our next stop throughout CES brought us to the Patriot suite where we were introduced to new storage products, memory and peripherals. First up was new USB storage with the Supersonic Mega with capacities ranging up to 512GB, and throughout ranging up to 380 MB/s read and 70 MB/s write. Accompanying this was the slick Supersonic Magnum 2 that has …