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The latest 2.5” hard drive generation ships with SAS 6Gb/s and delivers up to 600 GB of storage space, narrowing the gap with much larger 3.5" disks. Today we're comparing the latest 2.5" drives from Seagate and Toshiba to see if they're faster, too.



Seagate Technology - Hard disk drive - Toshiba - Hardware - Storage

Do you carry around large amounts of data? Do you need to transfer it between devices in a hurry? We're examining five new USB 3.0-based portable storage solutions that might fit your needs. This time around, the focus is on maximizing portability.



Universal Serial Bus - Hardware - Storage - Data - hard drive

Intel arms its Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs with Turbo Boost. AMD's hexa-core Phenom II X6 chips sport Turbo CORE. Both technologies dynamically increase performance based on perceived workloads and available thermal headroom. Which one does the better job?



Intel Corporation - Intel Turbo Boost - Intel Core - Intel Core i7 - Advanced Micro Devices

The GeForce GTX 460 has already proven itself an excellent value as a single card, but can two of them offer superior performance at similar cost to Nvidia’s flagship GTX 480? Let's just say that there's a good reason to buy an SLI-compatible motherboard.



Nvidia - GeForce - Motherboard - Scalable Link Interface - Video card

The professional space is peppered with products derived from the desktop. Today we're looking at Intel's Xeon X5680 CPUs, which look a lot like Core i7-980X, only they're optimized for dual-socket platforms. We're also introducing new Adobe CS5 tests.



Intel Corporation - Intel - Xeon - Central processing unit - Intel Core i7

In order to set their products apart, third-party vendors take reference GPUs from AMD and Nvidia, then make their own tweaks to layout, cooling, and performance. We're comparing a tuned-up card from MSI to AMD's reference Radeon HD 5870 to measure value.



Graphics processing unit - Radeon - Nvidia - Advanced Micro Devices - Video card

Better late than never, right? Our top 20 must-haves from E3 include a list of upcoming hardware and software that every gamer will want to sample, regardless of whether you’re a hardcore PC gamer or a console junkie. Check out our pictorial tour.



Hardware - Video game - Personal computer - Games - Electronic Entertainment Expo

When installing AMD's current northbridge drivers, the "success" confirmation message, installation log entries, and info in the Device Manager might lead you to believe that everything was installed just fine. Too bad the Catalyst setup says otherwise.



Advanced Micro Devices - Device Manager - Northbridge (computing) - Device Drivers - AMD