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Mod of the Year 2019 - In Association with Corsair

The nominations are in, it's time to decide who deserves the crown for 2019!

January 24, 2020 | 12:00

Intel Core i9-10900X Review

Intel's latest 10-core has received a hefty price cut, but is it worth the cash?

January 23, 2020 | 14:00

Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master Review

We take a look at Gigabyte's sub-£500 TRX40 board to see if it can compete with the excellent ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming.

January 17, 2020 | 12:00

Synology DiskStation DS211j Review

The successor to the excellent DS210j doesn't disappoint.

January 23, 2011 | 10:50

Seagate launches its 3TB external drive

Seagate sets a new capacity record for hard drives with its FreeAgent GoFlex featuring a single 3TB disk.

July 1, 2010 | 10:30

Adata Nobility N002 128GB SSD with USB3 Review

An internal Indilinx SSD with a USB 3 port: external storage has never been so fast!

June 9, 2010 | 08:31

iSCSI Storage: What it is, and why you should be using it

We explain why iSCSI might be the ideal way to add network storage to your PC.

May 25, 2010 | 10:44

WD's 600GB, 6Gbps Velociraptor launches today

WD's next gen 6Gbps Velociraptor arrives today, with double capacity of up to 600GB, a SATA 6Gbps interface and 10k RPM spindle speed.

April 6, 2010 | 13:10

The Facts: 4K Advanced Format Hard Disks

We detail the facts, correct the fiction, and understand what 4K Advanced Format really means for you when it comes to buying a hard disk today. We show you how to make the disks compatible with Windows XP, test whether the new disks are faster and tell you what the benefits really are.

April 1, 2010 | 10:40

All new hard drives will be "4k advanced format"

Western Digital were the first to introduce the new, larger sector, however Seagate tell us it will be uniform across the industry

February 2, 2010 | 13:14

Investigating SATA 6Gbps Performance

We add Seagate's latest Barracuda XT hard disk with new Gigabyte and Asus P55 motherboards featuring SATA 6Gbps to see what performance potential, if any, the latest SATA standard offers.

November 16, 2009 | 10:00

First Look: Corsair Obsidian 800D

Corsair's first foray into the chassis market drives a stake into the heart of the usual contenders and rips the market wide open. Is this our next upgrade, or has Corsair over-thought this matt black behemoth?

July 27, 2009 | 10:51

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Win an Icy Box Multimedia Player

bit-tech once again teams up with Nanopoint to give you the chance to win some swag. Enter our latest competition to be in with a chance of winning a fantastic Icy Box IB-MP309HW-B Multimedia Player!

June 23, 2009 | 06:48

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Super Talent launches “affordable” 512GB SSD

It still costs almost £1,000, but the new MasterDrive RX SSD offers some interesting features like an internal RAID system to boost performance.

April 10, 2009 | 10:45

Corsair launches 256GB Performance SSD

Corsair reveals its latest P256 SSD, which promises a faster maximum sequential write speed than Intel's X25-E, while also offering 256GB of storage.

April 8, 2009 | 17:20

OCZ to use Indilinx controller in Vertex SSDs

Indilinx's Barefoot controller is reportedly forming the backbone of OCZ's new SSDs.

February 16, 2009 | 16:29

Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B Network Storage

Got a pair of SATA hard drives spare and want to backup your critical software? Icy Box's IB-NAS4220-B network storage just might be the solution you're looking for.

February 1, 2009 | 11:12

G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD

G.Skill is back with its latest SSD and it's a whopper, the 256GB Titan. However, this drive isn't just big - it uses two drive controller chips rather than one to try and solve some of the issues that are common with SSDs, as well as speed things up too. Does it succeed? Read on to find out!

January 20, 2009 | 10:24

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB

Solid State Drives might be speedy, but for most of us the traditional mechanical drive is still king. We take a look at Samsung's Spinpoint F1 1TB hard disk and see how it faces up against the competition.

December 9, 2008 | 09:49

G.Skill, Intel & Patriot SSD group test

With promises of hugely improved read speeds without compromising on write speed, has the Solid State Drive finally come of age? We take a look at three of the best from the current crop of 2.5" SSDs and see if it's time to put that mechanical hard disk in the bin.

December 3, 2008 | 08:25

Seagate FreeAgent|XTreme 1TB

Hard Disk space: You can never have too much. At least, that's what Seagate is hoping with it's new range of stylish FreeAgent external hard disk drives. We take a look at the high end FreeAgent|XTreme 1TB and see there's more than just a solid drive behind the sleek exterior.

September 28, 2008 | 00:18

Cyberlink, Realtek, Gigabyte fix HD audio problems

Cyberlink and Realtek have now fixed the audio downsampling problem that means you'll finally get full HD quality sound from Blu-ray discs.

June 12, 2008 | 11:49

Researchers create photonic jet storage

A team at Northwestern University in Illinois has published results of work into creating removable optical storage based around photonic jet technology with massive capacity.

June 4, 2008 | 10:06

Solid-state disk capacities set to soar

American memory manufacturer, STEC, has launched a massive 512GB SSD drive after it developed a novel new memory controller.

December 5, 2007 | 12:19

Bizzare Creations talks about PGR4 disc space

Yesterday it was revealed that day and night cycles had been cut from Project Gotham Racing 4 because of space issues on the DVD. Today, the developer says that isn't the case.

August 2, 2007 | 09:39