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Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB

Slow secondary storage has been the biggest persistent gripe about PC gaming for quite a while now. While CPUs, RAM, graphics cards and system busses have all been improving at a steady rate; hard drives have stayed more or less stagnant for the past decade. Enter the solid state drive. At its most basic level, a SSD has the same basic structure as a USB flash drive: a bunch of NAND flash memory chips, a controller to tie them together, and an interface that talks to the outside world. Where a SSD pulls ahead is, naturally enough, in the performance of those three components. Today we'll be looking at the RealSSD C300 256GB SSD from Crucial. Taking advantage of the still-uncommon SATA 6.0 GBps interface, this drive promises to deliver blisteringly fast performance.

Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 2400MHz 4GB Kit

Patriot is definitely a powerhouse contender in the RAM world. With the release of Intel's new unlocked processors, Patriot stepped up their game too. Introducing the Viper II Sector 5 edition. This is the same ram that helped Patriot make the world record during Computex 2010 for overclocking. We hope to show you if the Viper II Sector 5 can help unlock your system's potential.

Wicked Lasers – Spyder II 300mW Green Laser

I remember being a young kid, taking that $5 red laser pointer with the different end caps to school. I would shine it on the white board and annoy the teacher, or even mess with pets while at home. I thought that it was bright, and that beam seemed to travel forever. I remember watching star wars and laughing at the fact that they could use “light sabers” to cut limbs like butter. There was no way that a laser could do that. I was wrong. Although not the most powerful laser produced by Wicked Lasers, the Spyder II is a force to be reckoned with. The model we will take a look at has an intense 300mw beam that can run constantly for up to 80 min. Is this just an over rated toy, or a truly awesome tactical laser? Join us as we find out.

MSI Big Bang XPOWER Motherboard

Enthusiast motherboards are designed to squeeze every bit of performance out of your hardware. MSI releases their Big Bang XPOWER motherboard. Does it have the power to impress us, or will it just be another flash in the pan? Read on to find out.

Sparkle GTS 250 Graphics Card

With home media computers finding their way into many people's living rooms a need for high-powered hardware in smaller form factors is on the rise. Sparkle has answered the call for more power in a smaller size with their low profile sized GTS 250 nVidia GPU graphics card. Maintaining a larger cooling setup for performance and designing the overall card to fit in a low profile scenario makes this card the perfect graphics workhorse for a media computer or slim desktop computer.

M-Edge Guardian Kindle Case

Believe it or not, people still like to read. Some even like to read by the water. For these people M-Edge has their Guardian case for keeping your Kindle 2 dry. So is this case your next must have Kindle accessory? Read on to find out.