Zippy $100 Solid Series SSD

THE OCIA is reviewing what is dubbed a 'value' SSD line from OCZ, the Solid Series (30GB). Yes, it's budget and no, it isn't slow at all. For a $100 drive, this does lower the price bar on the whole SSD matter.

Lenovo's StinkPads continue to be the company's trademark lappie. Inside HW has an inside look at the StinkPad X301, a lightweight workhorse with some interesting new add-ons.

PCPerps is doing a round of professional graphics testing with AMD's FirePro and Nvidia's Quadro kits. Quadros do short work of FirePro in 3D Studio Max, but that's about it.

Sunbeamtech's eSATA/USB Hard Drive docking station might come in useful if you're like us - heavy HDD switchers. OC Modshop has one under review if you're interested.

OCaholic has an Asus Radeon HD 4870 Matrix 512MB card on review. Asus has upped the clocks on these cards and given users dynamic control over them. The custom cooler looks good too.

The Leadtek Winfast GTX 260 Extreme is being tested in SLI mode at TweakTown. Despite costing a fair bit more than an HD 4870, Shane thinks it is well worth the money if you can spare it.

Xbit Labs is looking at a bit of affordable NAS in the form of the D-Link DNS-313. It does the job, doesn't cost much but lacks a couple of run-of-the-mill  features like USB hosting and event logging.

TechGage reviewed the Evga Geforce GTX 285 SSC Edition graphics card. This version comes factory-overclocked and will run you some $60 more than a reference 285.

Modders Inc is teaching how to stick some MNPCTech spring-loaded heavy-duty carry handles on your rig, just in case you need to carry it somewhere like, say, a LAN Party.

Hardware Secrets is testing Silverstone's Raven RV-01 computer case. Some strange odds and ends like a 90º rotation on the motherboard allow for unique setups.

Gamers looking for some better weapons to snipe with might be interested in taking a look Bit Tech's roundup of gaming mice. Squeek!

Cooler Master's V10 CPU cooler is being tested at the Hardware Canucks. This cooler has the odd habit of controlling itself and pulling its cooling weight only when things get hot - and then it does it admirably.

Tweaktown is looking at Mtron's latest professional SSD, the Pro 7500 32GB SSD. This drive is SLC-based (quite expensive) and best suited for the server rack, says Chris.

A forum member at Overclocker.net has come up with a nice discovery. Dasparx, that's his name, cut open a PCIe x1 slot and stuck in an 8400GSO. This let him fold@home at full power. µ