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World Memory Speed Record with Kingston HyperX

Well a lot of world records in computer speed seem to be up on the chopping block in recent months. Two Swiss overclockers, Roger Tanner and Marc Voser from Ocaholic.ch broke the previous world record by stablizing their Kingston HyperX RAM to 3095 MHz at CL6 and 3175 MHz at CL8 timings.
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MSI X79 Lineup Ready for the Camera

Among the first to show off what seems to be finalized versions of their entire board lineup is MSI. While there is no information provided just yet about features and specs, a picture is worth a 1000 words. I will try to keep this shorter than that though.
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Olympus Has Been Lying to Investors for Two Decades

They have been doing well for the past 20 years considering the ups and downs of the market including several major acquisitions to their company over the last 8 years. While that all seems well and good, it is also a massive 1.5 billion dollar lie.
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GIGABYTE Comes to the UEFI BIOS Party Late (But with the Best Goodies)

Recently I have see a trend of legacy ports not being included on newer boards and the UEFI GUI based BIOS replaced the traditional style BIOS. While ASRock and ASUS were quick to jump on the UEFI bandwagon, GIGABYTE still insistent on using their out dated BIOS setup. Well GIGABYTE has finally moved to UEFI and in a big way.

Hard Drive Prices Reach Stratospheric Heights, Not Coming Down Any Time Soon

The flood destroyed two entire floors of their production floor at the largest mechanical hard drive manufacturing plant, Nidec. They make roughly 80% of the motors for every major HDD maker. They are also responsible for a large percent of other components needed to make your standard hard drive. To keep a long story short, the price of a standard HDD will not be 200% to 300% higher than they were a few months back.
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NZXT Unveils Source 220 Mid Tower Case

It would seem that NZXT has been much busier than I first thought as they seem to have a new case to show off every other week. To complete the quartet of sub-$100 cases, NZXT now brings to you the Source 2... Continued
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Corsair Announces their new Vengeance Gaming Keyboards & Mice

As the way you interact with your computer and the only part were tactile feel is important, peripherals are a unique design challenge. Corsair has taken this challenge with their first peripheral line of keyboards and mice with the introduction of their Vengeance Gaming Mice and Keyboards.
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NZXT Releases the Tempest 210

Still allowing for distinction in their various styles, NZXT further expands this market with the Tempest 210. At the MSRP of $54.99, I think the NZXT Tempest 210 is priced just right for those who need an affordable case with plenty of cooling.
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Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-Unit Keyboard Debut

Thermaltake's sub-division Tt eSPORTS are continuing to build an area of peripherals center around PC gamers. While they are backed by a very large PC company, Tt eSPORTS is still looking to stamp its name ... Continued