The Consumer Electronic Show is now done and overwith for this year, but the technology showcased, especially in the storage division, extends much from the drive we have on hand today. We are going to take an in-depth look at the Intel 750, the world’s first consumer drive featuring NVMe at 2.4 GB/s! The Intel 750 features Intel’s latest storage …

Taking ownership of a Chevrolet Corvette, much less ones first Vette, is an unforgettable experience. If you’re like myself, it may have been a lifelong dream always on the back-burner, pushed out of the way by any number of life’s realities, until one day you just say, “What the heck!”. Such is the case with our 2015 Corvette Z06, a …

Some time ago, Essentially Tech Media, of which The SSD Review is a part, purchased a new ‘business’ vehicle that seems to have gained much more attention than ever expected. It is a 2015 Corvette Z06 with 650 horsepower as it rolls off the line. Pictures taken as we traveled across Canada and The USA have gone viral, and as …

As far as optical gaming mice go the Castor by Mionix doesn’t appear to be the mouse you’d grab first off the shelf. The packaging is basic and the mouse itself seems like your general run of the mill. We thought so to, until we got into researching and playing with it.PACKAGING The Mionix Castor comes in a very basic …

With all the fancy expensive cases out there, we always have to look at the full spectrum of chassis’. Today we will dip into looking at the budget chassis brought to us by Bit Fenix, Nova. Coming in under $100 is quite a feat for a case. In doing so you’re always going to be left wishing there was a …

Our much anticipated meeting with Cooler Master was just as great as we could have hoped for and the products we learned about excited us for the future. As we walked into this beautiful suite, the first thing we got a look at was the newest prototype for Cooler Master. We were able to take pictures of the outside, but …

With the gaming industry constantly being oversaturated with fancier and fancier gaming peripherals it’s very easy for the everyday consumer to get confused with what to purchase. What features make or break the product? What should they spend? Fortunately enough, Thermaltake has heard everyone’s pleas and have produced one great pair of gaming headphones for the gamer on a budget: …

We made our way through the Las Vegas Convention Centre Halls where we met with Life N Soul, a headphone and speaker manufacturer who was displaying their latest bluetooth headsets. First up was the BN302, these noise-reducing bluetooth headphones come in fantastic bright colors and feature bluetooth technology. You can simultaneously pair two devices to the headset allowing for calls to …

Our first CES meeting on Thursday was with Taiwanese Company In Win Development, a leading designer of some of the most innovative PC chassis on the market.  In Win is celebrating their 30th anniversary, and had on display several limited-edition chassis, as well as new offerings in power supplies and power banks. For those of us who get into PC …

We made our way over to the Phanteks suite to check out their latest chassis. As you’ve noticed, we have had the pleasure of taking many in-depth looks at several various chassis’ lately, so the opportunity to take a look a the latest generation is very exciting. The first thing we were introduced to was the new line of ATX mid-towers, …

Our coverage of CES 2016 continues as be quiet! the insanely silent case fan, CPU cooler and power supply manufacturer has release their latest power supply! The be quiet! Pure Power 9 is set to replace the existing Pure Power 8, which previously was only a fixed cable version. The Pure Power 9 will have fixed cables as well as …

As CES continues one of the topics that we frequently discussed with memory and motherboard manufacturers is the on-going issue of unstable Skylake builds. This topic seems to be rather ‘hush-hush’ throughout the industry, and if not ‘hush-hush’ than it is a topic not readily discussed.  As seen in our latest Z170 build, we found that with clock frequencies ranging up …

Technology X made their way to the Zotac suite where they witnessed new SSD’s, both 2.5″ form factor and their new PCIe SSD, new prototype mini PC’s and smart home gadgetry! First off on display was Zotac’s new entrance into the solid state storage industry with their 2.5″ form factor SATA f3 6 Gbps SSD’s. These feature Toshiba MLC NAND …

Xbox and HTC, Kingston’s two new technological brethren. When we heard this we were very excited and couldn’t wait to explore what they were brewing up. Xbox has joined up to launch Kingstons CloudX headset, the new generation of Cloud headsets you’ve seen. Launching sometime around the start of Q2, and should come in somewhere around $120 USD.This is great …

The much-anticipated Pepcom was held today and boy did it impress. From the food to the tech it was all in all a great outting for the Technology X crew.  As soon as you walk in you are given sun glasses and a beach bag, looks like we have a theme to run off. There was beach volleyball going on …