PC Components
Review: Intel Sandy Bridge-E
CPU range
Monday, 13 February, 2012 As if Intel didn’t have a big enough lead in the CPU performance stakes with their Sandy Bridge family of chips, it’s gone ahead and released a new series named Sandy Bridge-E (the ‘E’ reportedly standing for Enthusiast).
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD
Motherboard
Thursday, 12 January, 2012 Gigabyte and Intel have teamed up to roll out yet another hybrid solid state storage technology that promises great performance at a moderate price.Editor's rating: 
Thermaltake Level 10 GT
PC case
Wednesday, 28 December, 2011 For those of you who like big, ‘look at me’ PC cases, your eye might have been caught in 2010 by the Thermaltake Level 10 which was co-designed by BMW DesignworksUSA. At $1,499 NZD it was eye-wateringly expensive, but damn did it look cool. In 2011 Thermaltake offered a cut-price version of that case in the form of the Level 10 GT.Editor's rating:
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5
Motherboard
Friday, 23 December, 2011 This mid-range board from Gigabyte offers a lot more features than other basic X79 boards, without costing a whole lot extra.Editor's rating:
Fractal Design ARC Midi Tower
PC case
Monday, 19 December, 2011 Fractal Design has quickly made a name for itself as a purveyor of fine PC cases. The ARC shows fine design doesn't have to come at a premium price.Editor's rating:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD10JPVT)
1TB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive
Monday, 5 December, 2011 Smaller 2.5-inch disks used for laptops normally can’t fit in as much as their bigger 3.5-inch desktop cousins, but Western Digital begs to differ here with its new 1TB Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT model.Editor's rating: 
Review: AMD FX 8150 Black Edition
CPU
Monday, 21 November, 2011 | 1 comment October marked a special occasion for CPU manufacturer AMD – it released its first completely new processor design since 2003. Paul Urquhart reviews the FX 8150 Black Edition.Editor's rating: 
Thermaltake TR2 800W
PSU
Friday, 21 October, 2011 Thermaltake is best known for its PC cooling components and cases, but it also sells a lot of power supply units and has recently added another to their range – the TR2 800W.Editor's rating: 
Kingston HyperX PnP series
Laptop memory upgrade kit
Thursday, 8 September, 2011 Eight seems to be the magic number when it comes to RAM these days, and even notebook users can easily achieve this with the likes of Kingston’s 8GB DDR3-1866 SO-DIMM memory kit from their HyperX Plug and Play (PnP) series.Editor's rating:
Asus Rampage III Extreme Black Edition
Motherboard
Wednesday, 24 August, 2011 We can only assume that an Asus exec woke up one day and decided to release the best motherboard money can buy. Every aspect of this ATX board designed for the Intel X58 platform is just flat-out awesome.Editor's rating:
Deepcool V6000
Graphics card cooler
Thursday, 11 August, 2011 The V6000 is an excellent, well-priced cooler which is easy to install -- but pitched at the last generation of graphics cards.Editor's rating:
CM Storm Enforcer
PC case
Monday, 1 August, 2011 Cooler Master’s Storm Enforcer is an all-black case (inside and out) with an armour-like design on the front panel - joining the fierce competition in the sub-$200 computer case market.Editor's rating:
Fractal Design Define R3
PC case
Wednesday, 15 June, 2011 | 4 comments The Define R3 from Fractal Design is a high quality PC case with minimalist stylings, great cable management and impressive noise dampening capabilities.Editor's rating: 
Raidmax Blackstorm
PC case
Wednesday, 8 June, 2011 The Blackstorm is a standard ATX form factor case. However, it boasts one distinguishing feature: a fold-down motherboard tray. Awesome? Yes, but there are a couple of design flaws to watch out for.Editor's rating:
Intel 510 SSD
Solid-state drive
Thursday, 5 May, 2011 Code-named Elmcrest, Intel’s 510 series drives use 34nm flash memory and come in 120GB and 250GB variants.Editor's rating:
Thermaltake SpinQ VT
CPU cooler
Wednesday, 6 April, 2011 | 1 comment Keeping your computer’s processor running cool is an important and difficult job – particularly when we have scorching hot summers like the one just been in New Zealand – and if my old high school electronics teacher is to be believed then lowering the operating temperature of an electrical component doubles its life expectancy.Editor's rating:
Foxconn G-007
PC case
Wednesday, 16 March, 2011 There are many things I appreciate in a computer case – understated design, solid construction, sleek black lines and curves, and ease of use. Happily, the Foxconn G-007 delivers on most of these fronts.Editor's rating:
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