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07/22/2008 The Year of Serious Storage: 1.5TB Hard Drives and Mainstream SSD
With the jump to a full one and one-half terabytes of disk space, Seagate has increased capacity by 50% compared to top-end 1TB drives, and raised the bar for desktop storage. That's not the only news, as mobile hard drives continue to get bigger and faster, while vendor adoption rates have increased in solid-state drives, helping to move these closer to the mainstream.
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03/26/2008 Speed and Capacity in an Affordable Package: Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB Review
The selection of 1TB SATA hard drives may have received the majority of attention, but moving down one level to the 750GB range can offer a much better value. In the case of the Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB, we're still taking 3/4 of a Terabyte - with high-end features and specifications, and at a very attractive price.
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03/19/2008 The Value of Sound: Diamond XtremeSound 7.1 and 5.1 Review
Adding a new dedicated soundcard doesn't have to break the bank, and there is a nice selection of low-cost PC audio options. Both the Diamond XtremeSound 7.1 and 5.1 models sport excellent features for the price, and offer a budget-oriented step up from onboard audio.
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03/12/2008 Handy Size, Rugged Design & Huge Capacity: Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB Review
USB flash drives have come a long way in a very short time, and it seems like just yesterday that 4-8GB was considered large. Now we find ourselves looking down the barrel of a 32GB "thumb drive" from Corsair, and although we're impressed by its data capacity, let's see how it stacks up in terms of performance, reliability and value.
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01/31/2008 The X-Fi Goes 3rd-party: Auzentech Prelude 7.1 Soundcard Review
Auzentech may not be an everyday name brand like Creative Labs, but their Prelude 7.1 soundcard shares a direct lineage to the Creative X-Fi audio processor. This is the first 3rd-party soundcard based on Creative Labs technology, but we'll have to see if Auzentech is up to the task.
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10/19/2007 Speed at a Cost: Iomega StorCenter Network Hard Drive (1TB Gigabit Ethernet) Review
Network storage devices are a great idea, but the concept has suffered a bit from difficult configuration, limited expandability and lackluster performance. The Iomega StorCenter Network Hard Drive looks to change all that, with 1TB of storage, a relatively simple user interface, and blazing fast data transfers - but it does come at a cost.
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10/08/2007 Seagate Ushers in Hybrid Drives, Adds 256MB Flash Memory to Momentus PSD Line
The storage player targets notebooks for its first Flash-and-disk hard drive.
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09/05/2007 One Hot External Drive: Iomega Silver Series eSATA/USB 500GB, Reviewed
The drive offers a great contemporary look and boasts a fast eSATA 3.0Gb/sec. connection, as well as USB backup -- not to mention an impressive 500GB capacity. So what's not to love?
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