The last time, more and more of the database vendors are talking about the wonders that SSD can do for transactional (OLTP) databases. So I read Anand's latest SSD article with more than usual interest. If many of the cheaper MLC SSD's write small blocks 20 times slower than a decent harddrive, these SSD's are an absolute nightmare for OLTP...

Cooler Master announced the pending arrival of a luxury edition of... yes, of what exactly? Cooler Master couldn't tell us exactly what the full package will entail, but the manufacturer at least revealed a picture of a modified Cosmos chassis and some specs and information for a "luxurious limited edition bundle". Within the package users will get a...

NVIDIA has released a new driver that adds a few new PhysX and SLI features and should improve performance in some cases. There are also recent developments in PhysX and GPU computing that we will touch on....

Are you tired of all the 1000W power supplies? If so, Thermaltake's latest TR2 QFan series might have the cure for your extreme wattage blues....

AMD's new 45nm Shanghai CPU launches today and we ran tests using database workloads. What changes, and what remains the same?...

Silverstone's new Fortress FT01 is a classy looking chassis that doesn't rely on flash to compete. Find out if this case might make a good home for your next computer build....

Nehalem can be much more power efficient than Penryn and it can overclock quite well. What follows are some of the side quests that we didn't get to complete for this week's launch of Intel's Core i7....

Enermax has now officially launched their Revolution 85+ power supplies, boasting some of the highest efficiency scores in the market. We are happy to report there's some substance behind these claims....

12.3 Megapixel, Fast 11-point dual-cross Auto Focus, 2.7 inch tilt-and-swivel LCD, Art filters, and fast Live View autofocus with new high-speed imager 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 II lens....

BenQ recently launched their new 1080P "FullHD" LCDs, available in 22" or 24" trim. Is there truth behind the FullHD marketing, and should one of these new LCDs be on your short list of display upgrades? That's what we aim to find out....

It's called the Core i7, but we knew it as Nehalem. We go through the entire micro-architecture and explain the new developments from IDF....

Intel reinvented itself with Conroe two years ago, could the sequel possibly live up to expectations? Later this month Intel's Core i7 processors will be shipping and you'll find that they'll offer anywhere between 0 - 40% better performance compared to Penryn. An unexpected side effect? The i7 is Intel's most energy efficient Core microprocessor yet....

It's time, once again, for our AnandTech Community Update. It's been a busy week on the site testing and preparing for some launches next week, and this month is chalk full of awesome upcoming games. Let's take a look at the discussions going on in our forums about all the fun. All About Apple houses a fantastic guide to Hackintoshery including not only...

After last week's review of Rock Band 2 and this weeks launch of Guitar Hero World Tour, we had some unanswered questions to ... well ... answer. So here it is, GHWT. Does it stack up?...

After last week's review of Rock Band 2 and this weeks launch of Guitar Hero World Tour, we had some unanswered questions to ... well ... answer. So here it is, GHWT. Does it stack up?...

These two stylish all-in-ones do battle and believe it or not, it's not as clear cut of a Mac vs. PC debate as you'd think. Faster gaming on the Mac? A better media experience on the Dell? You better believe it....

Corsair sent us their second-most powerful PSU, rated at 750W, and we see how it stacks up to the competition....

Sometimes setbacks happen. I had been planning an article on top to bottom graphics hardware performance in Far Cry 2 for this week. This was already pushing it with a platform change, and it just got to be too much to get it all finished in time. In time for what? Well, in this case it was the fact that AMD just released a new hotfix driver for Far Cry 2 that fixes a...