In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss the MainGear SHIFT do-it-yourself case kit, should game consoles be upgradable(?), the used game debate and game devs locking down DLC content for new game buyers only, the new Intel SSD 520 series built on SandForce technology, details of our upcoming contest …

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss highlights from the CES 2012 show in Las Vegas, including OCZ's new blistering fast PCI Express and SATA SSD technologies, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, Intel Medfield Smartphones, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF700T, Samsung's Galaxy S …

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss AMD's hot new Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0, HotHardware's Liquid Cooler Lineup with Intel, Corsair, MainGear Tested, the Lenovo IdeaPad U400 Notebook, and hints of our next sweepstakes where yo…

http://hothardware.com - If you've been paying attention to Android smartphones lately, you know there's one phone that people have been eagerly anticipating for a few months now. That phone is the Galaxy Nexus. The reason this phone is so hot is because it is the first smartphone in the US to run Android 4.0, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich.…

http://hothardware.com - The Motorola Droid RAZR features a slim body that measures 7.1mm thick. According to Motorola and Verizon Wireless, the Droid RAZR is the world's thinnest 4G smartphone. And while thin is definitely a key feature in today's competitive smartphone market, we all know horsepower is equally important. Motorola has given the Dr…

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Marco and I*** discuss Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, HotHardware's Holiday Gift Guide for PC Components, Dell's XPS 14z Notebook, Tablet Gaming Today and a Look At the Future, as well as our MSI/NVIDIA Gear-Up and Tablets of the Season Sweepstakes Winners an…

http://hothardware.com - To summarize the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus’ purpose in a crowded field is easy enough, though: It’s specialty is giving you all the perks of a WiFi-connected device (email, Web browsing, social networking, etc.) along with some impressive home media functionality--more on that in a bit--and also offering ample offline ent…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime with NVIDIA's Tegra 3 SoC, OCZ's Octane Series SATA III Solid State Drive, Amazon's Kindle Fire: Insight and How Not To Get Burned, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core graphics card, and details of the HotHardware Gear-Up Giv…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3 and the advantages of PC gaming, Corsair's GT 240GB SSD and firmware updates for Crucial's M4, the PCAudioLab's Rock Box, and details of our curr…

http://hothardware.com/News/HotHardware-Giving-Thanks-System-Sweepstakes/ - There aren't many system builders that can say they've worked with the likes of Peter Frampton, the Grand Ole Opry and Eric Clapton. PCAL builds what folks in the music biz call a "DAW" or Digital Audio Workstation. Today we're looking at the PCAL Rok Box MC 7xs, a mini-tow…

http://hothardware.com - The Photon 4G features a 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor along with 1GB of RAM and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Although the Photon 4G has been out for few months, it still has some compelling features that other phones don't offer. For example, the Photon 4G is the first WiMAX equipped phone from Sprint to feature glob…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco takes us through the component selection and build process for the grand prize of HotHardware's Labor Day Giveaway contest - a custom gaming PC decked out with the latest technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and many more! Congrats RRPlay for winning! By HotHardware Tags : A, Gaming, Geek…

http://hothardware.com - We've been testing the Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, otherwise known as the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for a couple weeks now, and we like what we see. In fact, we'd go as far as saying this is one of the best smartphones we've seen in the US this year. By HotHardware Tags : 4G, ATT, Android, Cell, Cellp…

http://hothardware.com - The Droid Bionic is the first smartphone from Verizon Wireless to offer 4G LTE connectivity paired with a powerful dual-core 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. This smartphone is currently the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless at 10.99mm, though other phones in the pipeline will steal this title soon. Was it wort…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, I***, Marco and Dave discuss Apple's new iPhone 4S, OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid PCI Express HD/SSD, the Asus Zenbook UX21, our huge round-up of Z68 motherboards, and details of our next sweepstakes where you could win a high fidelity multimedia PC! By HotHardware Tags : 4S, ASRock, Apple, Asus,…

http://hothardware.com - The Asus Zenbook UX21E is a new ultra-slim notebook by Asus, coined by Intel as being one of the new "Ultrabook" class of machines. The Zenbook UX21E is an incredible 3mm thick at the front and 9mm at the rear and has spun metal and hairline aluminum for a strikingly sleek appearance. It's also built with Intel's new low-po…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, I*** and Marco discuss Logitech's Wireless Bluetooth Boombox and the state of wireless connectivity, AMD's new FX-8150 8-Core Bulldozer CPU, id Software's Rage game, NVIDIA's 3D Vision 2 and the Asus VG278H 3D LCD along with hints of our next contest where you could win a high fideli…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss lots of topics from Steve Jobs passing to Samsung's new 830 series SSD the Asus Eee Pad Slider our 3D Monitor Shootout the Asus ET2011 All-in-One PC that sells for a mere $500 and hints of our next contest where you could win some great gear! By HotHardware Tags …

http://hothardware.com - Is a slate with a built-in slide-out keyboard right for your needs? Is it compact enough to consider over a netbook? Is Android 3.2 able to take on iOS? We hope to answer those questions and more as we explore every angle of the new Asus Eee Pad Slider. By HotHardware Tags : Android, Asus, Eee, Honeycomb, HotHardware, Pad, …

http://hothardware.com - Lenovo's first business-class Android-based tablet has arrived. The ThinkPad Tablet comes with many of the features business users want and demand from a tablet including full encryption remote wipe capabilities productivity apps VPN support pen-based handwriting recognition technology and more. We go hands-on in this video…

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss the many announcements and happenings at Intel Developer's Conference Microsoft's Windows 8 Developer Preview AMD's Guinness Book World Record-breaking 8GHz overclock of their FX processor the OCZ Z-Drive R4 and details of our Labor Day G…

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss the Asus G74SX 17-inch gaming notebook a round-up of 3 Terabyte hard drives from Seagate Western Digital and Hitachi AMD's upcoming Bulldozer-based Interlagos 16-core server-class processor the Zotac Zbox Nano AD10 small form-factor PC an…

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about Thermaltake's Level 10 GT Snow Edition full ATX gaming case Marco's AMD 990FX Motherboard Round-Up with Asus ASRock Gigabyte a sneak peek at the Alienware M18x mammoth gaming notebook the ASUS MARS II graphics card with dual GeForce GT…

Razer the world leader in high performance gaming hardware introduces the Razer Blade – a full aluminum chassis gaming laptop featuring true portability incredible performance and an all-new revolutionary user interface. With the introduction of the Razer Blade – a feat of modern-day systems engineering and technology Razer is reinvigorating techno…

With AMD’s FX-Series process due to arrive sometime in the not too distant future we thought it was a good time to check out a few high-end 990FX-based motherboards. We want to give you prospective AMD buyers a glimpse at some ‘boards designed with the FX-Series in mind. Here's a quick demo of their system BIOS utilities. By HotHardware Tags : ASRo…

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about Id Software's upcoming Rage gaming title and the tech behind the Id Tech 5 game engine the Alienware Aurora R3 gaming system Intel's Sandy Bridge-E chips reportedly shipping without heatsinks and HP's stockpile of tablets at Best Buy t…

http://hothardware.com - The IdeaPad Tablet K1 is Lenovo's first Honeycomb tablet to hit the market. The K1 is billed as a media consumption and entertainment device built for portability and performance on the go. Honestly that sounds like a lot of the Honeycomb tablets we've seen to date. So why should Lenovo's IdeaPad Tablet K1 grab your attenti…

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about the Kingston Wi-Drive that adds wireless storage to your iOS device Intel investing 300 large in UltraBook development the Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 and other things lurking in Dave's lab. We also answer a few interesting reader questions offer hints of a cool …

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about the Toshiba Thrive Android tablet Samsungs gorgeous Galaxy S II smartphone a new 1TB notebook drive from WD OCZ's new Z-Drive R4 PCIs SSDand AMD's Llano A6 desktop processor with integrated Radeon graphics. By HotHardware Tags : 1TB, A…