Category - Hardware Reviews

SK Hynix Gold S31 1TB SSD Review

SK hynix, the world’s second largest memory manufacturer, has long been a supplier of OEM and enterprise SSDs and only recently began marketing its own drive to the consumer space. Enter the SK hynix Gold S31: A solid-state drive boasting...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster AE-7 Review

The last discrete Sound Blaster sound card to be released from Creative Labs was the Sound Blaster AE-5 about two years ago. We applauded its Xamp technology and on-board lighting system while lamenting the lack of Dolby Digital decoding. Now...

SanDisk Extreme II SSD Review (Hardware)

SanDisk’s line of Extreme II SSDs promise to provide users with lightning fast transfer rates, quiet operation, and low power usage. While many SSD manufacturers promise such feats, sometimes they come up a little short. Thankfully...

SanDisk Ultra Plus 256G SSD Review

When trying to integrate a SSD card into your system, you can easily get swallowed up in techno-babble.  If you like techno-babble, that’s great – dive on in, the water is plenty deep.  When I got my SanDisk Ultra Plus 256G SSD, all...

VisionTek R9 280X Review (Hardware)

VisionTek’s Radeon R9 280X is out on the market and we got the chance to take a look at one. Sharing the same card architecture as the Radeon 7970 family of GPUs, the Radeon R9 280X is basically a 7970 that has been optimized for...