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Case In Point: Navigating The Upgrade Minefield

Case In Point: Navigating The Upgrade Minefield

Whenever I build a system, I always build it with one eye towards the future. I like to think that I’ll upgrade the system... Read More

Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

One of the sub-categories cropping up amongst OEMs are videos cards which feature highly customized cooling along with special... Read More

Case in Point: The Best CPU Under $300

Case in Point: The Best CPU Under $300

I’ve recently built up two midrange Core i7 based systems, which I discuss on my blog at Improbable Insights. One is based... Read More

CyberPower Gamer Extreme 3000 Core i7 860 System

CyberPower Gamer Extreme 3000 Core i7 860 System

The enthusiast scene is filled with consumers with do-it-yourself attitudes who regularly build their own systems from scratch.... Read More

Canon EOS Rebel T1i DSLR Camera Review

Canon EOS Rebel T1i DSLR Camera Review

In the last year, a handful of camera manufacturers have added HD video recording capabilities to their DSLRs. Nikon initially... Read More

Case In Point: THX on Wheels

Case In Point: THX on Wheels

I once bought a car because of its sound system...Okay, so I didn’t buy the car only because of the sound system, but it... Read More

Case In Point: Multi Browser Man, Editorial By Loyd Case

Case In Point: Multi Browser Man, Editorial By Loyd Case

The current crop of web browsers are total crap. Let me explain...Today's web browsers seem to be still mired in the Internet... Read More

Core i7 Extreme Overclocking with LN2

Core i7 Extreme Overclocking with LN2

Enthusiast level hardware is exciting, especially if you can make use of its full potential. When Intel released the monster... Read More

Corsair Ice T30 Memory Cooler Review

Corsair Ice T30 Memory Cooler Review

How cold can you get your PC? It seems like enthusiasts and overclockers constantly find new and creative ways to cool down... Read More

Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Case

Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Case

Innovation seems to be sporadic at best in the PC case market. We tend to see many more copycats and trend followers than... Read More

Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR

Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR

Whether you’re an amateur photographer or someone who’s more serious about photography, a D-SLR can provide a lot of benefits... Read More

CES 2009 Highlights and Photo-Report

CES 2009 Highlights and Photo-Report

On our yearly jaunts to the Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronics Show, we meet with numerous companies and see a... Read More

CES Pre-Show Sneak Peek

CES Pre-Show Sneak Peek

We've got a couple of editors out in Las Vegas currently at the whirlwind that is the Consumer Electronics Show (myself included),... Read More

Cooler Master COSMOS S Chassis

Cooler Master COSMOS S Chassis

It's not very often that we see innovation in a PC chassis. Of course, just about every other component in a typical PC is... Read More

Corsair Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN G DDR3 Memory Kit

Corsair Dominator TWIN3X2048-1800C7DFIN G DDR3 Memory Kit

A few months ago, we rounded up some of the fastest DDR3 memory kits that were available and came away impressed by how well... Read More

CES 2008 Photo Report

CES 2008 Photo Report

Like giant, transformable robots, once a year a contingent of editors from HotHardware change form and morph from our typical,... Read More

Corsair VX450W 450W Power Supply

Corsair VX450W 450W Power Supply

It’s a fact that extremely large, high-wattage power supplies tend to get the most press online, as the vast majority of... Read More

Corsair Flash Padlock USB Drive

Corsair Flash Padlock USB Drive

Data. Can't live with it, can't live without it. We're sure you can all understand why we can't live without it, but you... Read More

Computex 2007: Thermaltake, ABIT, Corsair, Sapphire

Computex 2007: Thermaltake, ABIT, Corsair, Sapphire

Over the last few years, Thermaltake has had an increasingly greater presence at Computex. The company has used Computex... Read More

Computex 2007: MSI, VIA, and ASUS

Computex 2007: MSI, VIA, and ASUS

One of the more interesting items MSI had to show at Computex wasn’t even on the show floor. MSI had a back room showing... Read More

Computex 2007: Intel, Kingston, Foxconn, Gigabyte

Computex 2007: Intel, Kingston, Foxconn, Gigabyte

While inspecting Hall 2 today, we saw Gigabyte’s cartoon mascot and decided to take another walk through their booth, this... Read More

Computex 2007: ASUS Crosslink, MSI Dual Radeon 2600 Pro

Computex 2007: ASUS Crosslink, MSI Dual Radeon 2600 Pro

Last night in our Pre-Computex coverage, we saw that ASUS had some interesting looking displays set up at the front of their... Read More

Computex 2007 Preview: Shuttle, Gigabyte, X38 Motherboards

Computex 2007 Preview: Shuttle, Gigabyte, X38 Motherboards

Yesterday we ran through the Taipei convention center to see how construction of the booths for this year’s Computex trade... Read More

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-10000C5DF

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-10000C5DF

In PC enthusiast circles, Corsair is a name that needs no introduction. For years, the company has consistently produced... Read More

CES 2007 Photo Report

CES 2007 Photo Report

Last week a few members of the HotHardware crew hopped on a plane and headed out to sunny Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2007... Read More

CES Report - ASUS

CES Report - ASUS

Showcased by none other than our own Dave and Marco, we see the upcoming refresh of the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 notebook which... Read More

Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core Kentsfield Performance Preview

Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core Kentsfield Performance Preview

Though we're running the risk of sounding a bit platitudinal, this is definitely the IDF moment we're sure many of... Read More

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF

Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF

Over the years, Corsair has earned a solid reputation in the PC enthusiast community for consistently offering some of the... Read More

Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W PSU

Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W PSU

Avid readers of HotHardware will certainly recognize the brand Corsair as one of the most respected and reputable companies... Read More

Centrino Duo Whitebook: A Do-It-Yourself Laptop

Centrino Duo Whitebook: A Do-It-Yourself Laptop

One thing hardware enthusiasts love is customizability. We want our computers to be different, to stand out from the crowd... Read More

Corsair Introduces HX XMS2 DOMINATOR Product Line

Corsair Introduces HX XMS2 DOMINATOR Product Line

Corsair Introduces Revolutionary Dual-path Heat Xchange (DHX) Memory Technology Launches New DHX XMS2 DOMINATOR Product Line... Read More

Corsair TWINX2048-4400 Pro

Corsair TWINX2048-4400 Pro

Though DDR2 has been out for sometime, and both AMD and Intel have platforms supporting DDR2, there are still a large number... Read More

CrossFire Xpress 1600 Motherboards: DFI, Asus, ECS

CrossFire Xpress 1600 Motherboards: DFI, Asus, ECS

Right from its inception, ATI knew they had to build a solid platform if their CrossFire multi-GPU technology was to gain... Read More

Corsair Nautilus 500: Water Cooling Goes Mainstream

Corsair Nautilus 500: Water Cooling Goes Mainstream

Using water to cool the components in a PC was once considered and outlandish idea, and maybe even a little crazy. We all... Read More

Corsair TWINX2048-3500LL PRO

Corsair TWINX2048-3500LL PRO

As we've said in the past, Corsair's XMS (Xtreme Memory Speed) memory modules have been longtime favorites amongst the computer... Read More

CES 2006 Photo-Report

CES 2006 Photo-Report

As usual, the Las Vegas convention center, and a handful of the nearby ritzy hotels and restaurants, were overflowing with... Read More

Compaq Presario V4000

Compaq Presario V4000

Now that we've got some Dell, IBM, and HP notebook reviews under our belt, we are going to depart from the business oriented... Read More

Corsair XMS Xpert RAM

Corsair XMS Xpert RAM

Memory has come a long way in the past few years. What was once a nondescript PC component, consisting of nothing more than... Read More

Corsair's TWINX 1024-3200XL v1.2 & TWINX 1024-4400C25PT Memory kits

Corsair's TWINX 1024-3200XL v1.2 & TWINX 1024-4400C25PT Memory kits

Even though DDR2 memory may be the current talk of the town, thanks to Intel's platform upgrade, there are plenty of P4,... Read More

CES 2005 Photo-Report

CES 2005 Photo-Report

This years 2005 CES show, was certainly a whirlwind adventure for us as we literally ran from meeting to meeting in the two... Read More

Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPRO - Low Latency DDR400 RAM

Corsair TWINX1024-3200XLPRO - Low Latency DDR400 RAM

Corsair's XMS (Xtreme Memory Speed) memory modules have long been a favorite amongst the enthusiast community. Corsair has... Read More

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U Redefining the meaning of mainstream By Robert Maloney March 15th, 2004 When we last... Read More

Chaintech 7NJS and Leadtek K7NCR18DPro

Chaintech 7NJS and Leadtek K7NCR18DPro

The Chaintech 7NJS Zenith & Leadtek K7NCR18D-Pro Motherboards Nvidia's Nforce2 Chipset pushes out Dual Channel DDR By,... Read More

Chyang Fun CFS868 Small Form Factor PC

Chyang Fun CFS868 Small Form Factor PC

The CF-S868 Small Form Factor PC Shuttle's Got Some Competition... By, Marco Chiappetta August 28, 2002 After laying your... Read More

Chaintech 7VJL KT333 Motherboard Review

Chaintech 7VJL KT333 Motherboard Review

The Chaintech 7VJL Motherboard Review KT333 and Gold, Lots of Gold By -Chris Angelini August 2nd, 2002 Someone over at Chaintech... Read More

CrazyPC Biohazard Case MOD Review

CrazyPC Biohazard Case MOD Review

The CrazyPC Biohazard Case MOD Review Getting Crazy with Lian-Li By, Jeff Bouton July 23, 2002 As with any hobby, there are... Read More

Compex DynaStack DSR2216 16-Port Switch

Compex DynaStack DSR2216 16-Port Switch

The Compex DynaStack DSR2216 16-Port Switch It's Time for a "Switch" By Jeff Bouton 5/12/2002 In recent years,... Read More

Chaintech AGT61 GeForce 4 Ti 4600

Chaintech AGT61 GeForce 4 Ti 4600

The Chaintech A-GT61 GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Flashy Packaging with Substance! By - Robert Maloney May 2, 2002 There is an old saying... Read More

Compex Parallel Broadband Internet Gateway

Compex Parallel Broadband Internet Gateway

The Compex Parallel Broadband Internet Gateway Powerful, Flexible Connection Sharing Made Easy... By, Marco Chiappetta February... Read More

Clash of the KT266A Titans!

Clash of the KT266A Titans!

Clash of the KT266A Titans! Motherboards from Abit, Asus, Soyo and MSI Do Battle! By, Marco Chiappetta December 13, 2001... Read More