Coolermaster Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler
Designed with passive cooling in mind for total silence, the size of the Coolermaster Hyper Z600 CPU cooler is monsterous. It weighs in at a massive 1Kg and features 6 nickel plated copper heatpipes, and a copper base with a mirror finish. There are mounting backets  included which allow the addition of 2 extra 120mm fans for increased cooling performance. Find out more.

Interview with Gigabyte United's Vice President CPU3D brings you an exclusive interview with Gigabyte's Henry Kao, Vice President of Gigabyte United. We talk about Gigabyte's future plans for 2008/2009 and also their stance on the mainstream and enthusiast markets. Gigabyte has a complete tower as their head quarters in Taipei. There's a total of 10 floors not including basement levels. Read more ...

Antec NeoPower 650W PSU
Nowadays, mainstream power supplies in the 500-700W range, are now regarded as an essential part in any mid-range/mainstream PC. The Antec NeoPower 650W PSU falls into this category. It's cerified SLI-Ready and features 3 x 12V rails @ 19A each. It should be more than enough for the mainstream gamer. Our CPU3D review team takes a closer look.

Xigmatek HDT-D1284 CPU Cooler
Ultra quiet heatpipe CPU coolers are now everywhere. The Xigmatek HDT-D1284 CPU cooler features a new technology called Heatpipe Direct Touch. It consists of 4 ultra-thick copper heatpipes which are exposed at the base of the heatsink unit. This allows direct contact with the processor. Furthermore, the whole heatsink is cooled by a large 120mm fan. Find out more.

Thermal Paste Shootout (May 2008)
Thanks to our CPU3D review team, we take a look at 3 thermal paste products from Antec, OCZ and Xigamatek. Does the quality of thermal paste really improve cooling performance? We put these products to the test using our Q6600 processor and various looping benchmarks. Find out more.

Abit AX78 Motherboard (AMD 770)
Using AMD's 770 chipset, Abit AX78 is aimed at the mainstream/budget market. It's compatible with all AM2/AM2+ processors, and offers support for DDR2 ram and Hyper Transport 3.0 technology. We put it through the test and compare this chipset against its other sibblings ... the AMD 790FX and the AMD 780G chipsets. Find out more.

OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Thanks to OCZ Technology, we'll be taking a look at the Vendetta 2 CPU cooler. It's an improved version of the award winning original Vendetta. The new Vendetta 2 features the same cooling technology as found on its predecessor, but this time round, the heatsink unit is a little larger in size and comes with an ultra quiet 120mm fan. Find out how well it cools our CPU.

Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler
We take a look at the Thermaltake DuOrb CPU cooler. This cooler looks mighty impressive and features an all copper base with 6 cooper heatpipes, that fan out into 2 orb-shaped arrays of pure copper fins. The whole unit is then cooled by 2 x 80mm fans with red and blue LEDs. It just looks fantastic ! Will it be enough to cool our CPU?

Inno3D Geforce 9800GTX (Overclock)
Over the past few months, Nvidia have relentlessly attacked the gaming market with so many new products ... it's hard to keep up! Today, we take a look at the Inno3D Geforce 9800GTX (Overclock Edition). We put it through the test with some GPU intensive DX10 games. Find out more.

QNAP TS-409 Turbo NAS Storage
Network Attached Storage (NAS) is now becoming widely available. The TS-409 Turbo NAS from QNAP, is an easy to configure storage solution that can be used for network sharing, backup, FTP, and even Bit Torrent. We test it using 4 x 500Gb SATA hard drives configured to RAID-5, with 1 hot spare. Find out more.