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System & Components Reviews

OCZ’s new ZT Series units are fully modular and come in 550 W, 650 W and 750 W flavors. We got the 750 W unit to play with. Of course, by “play with” I mean test brutally, inspect closely, and dissect.

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Aimed at the budget-minded consumer who doesn’t want to sacrifice performance, the Corsair Carbide 500R includes the great cable management, easy drive mounting features and solid airflow that we’ve come to expect from Corsair.

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We’re back with another SSD review for you today. The last OCZ Drive we looked at was the Vertex 3. We’ve seen one other SATA 6Gb/s drive since – the Crucial M4. Today we look at the purported IOPS powerhose, the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS.

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We review the Antec Solo II – a case designed for enthusiasts who want a quiet machine. Does it live up to expectations?

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Headset? Check. 7.1 Surround? Check. USB only? Now wait a doggone minute! I looked forward to the Rosewill headset as it promised comfort as well as surround sound which I’ve never tried in a headset before. Now on to the star of the show, the Rosewill RHM-6308 headset!

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Today, we are looking at the Merc Alpha ATX case, a new budget offering by BitFenix.

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NZXT has sent us a brand new just-released power supply known as the HALE82 850w. If the HALE branding sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of NZXT’s HALE90 series of PSUs. The only downside to the HALE90 units is that 80+ Gold parts and designs are expensive! The HALE82 series is 80+ Bronze rated and should cost significantly less than the HALE90 units, while maintaining the excellent NZXT quality.

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Crucial’s M4 SSDs are popular amongst computing enthusiasts, so we’ve put the 256 GB model to the test….

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Antec was kind enough to send Overclockers.com a shiny new HCP-850 W power supply to review, this is Antec’s second model in the High Current Pro (HCP) series. While it is in related to the HCP-1200 W in name and efficiency the internals are almost certainly significantly different. We will, of course, check!

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Antec has been in the PC enclosure game for quite some time now, putting out gems like the full-tower Twelve Hundred and the Nine Hundred (now on V2), as well as some uniquely designed cases such as the LanBoy Air and Skeleton. They have given us a chance to review their brand new case as it is brought to market: the Antec Eleven Hundred. This case is designed to fill the gap between the mid-tower Nine Hundred V2, and the full-tower Twelve Hundred.

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