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Winner of Tom's Enthusiast PC with Vipre AntivirusOct 31, 2011 - in News
Win a hot gaming rig complete with protection.
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HDD Prices are Increasing Rapidly; 50% in One WeekOct 24, 2011 - in News
The hard drive market is reacting to the heavy floods in Thailand.
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WD May Have Rough December Due to FloodingOct 17, 2011 - in News
WD may not be able to meet customer demand for its products in the December quarter.
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Flooding in Thailand Disrupts Tech Supply ChainOct 13, 2011 - in News
The ongoing severe flooding in Thailand appears to have impact on the availability on the overall supply in the region.
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Q2 HDD, SSD and ODD Shipments Climb SlightlyOct 13, 2011 - in News
Hard drive (HDD), optical disk drive (ODD) and solid state disk drive (SSD) manufacturers shipped 248.8 million storage devices in the second quarter of this year, 4.5% more than in Q1 and 5.6% more than in the second quarter of 2010, according to IHS.
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Western Digital Reveals WD TV Live with Wi-Fi, SpotifyOct 6, 2011 - in News
This Wi-Fi device will stream content provided by Netflix, Hulu and even Spotify from a home network's Internet connection to an HDTV.
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: System Value ComparedSep 25, 2011 - in Reviews
Big changes to a few components radically alter the performance profile of every machine in this quarter's competition. We’ve already seen how these changes affect the value of each machine, but how will they compare to each other?
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $1000 Enthusiast PCSep 20, 2011 - in Reviews
This quarter's $1000 enthusiast-oriented PC gets a new lease on life with a 30 GB solid-state drive and a couple of GeForce GTX 460s. Does that make a difference over the last build and its conventional hard disk and Radeon HD 6850 CrossFire setup?
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $2000 Performance PCSep 19, 2011 - in Reviews
Falling memory prices make it easier to spend our $2000 budget on the fastest available components. How much faster is a pair of GeForce GTX 580s than two Radeon HD 6970 cards? Noticeably. But is the value any more compelling? You're about to find out.
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Four 3 TB Hard Drives, Tested And ReviewedSep 7, 2011 - in Reviews
Hard drives able to hold 3 TB of data need to be considered carefully because they might not always work as expected. This round-up of four high-capacity disks compares products from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital, then covers their caveats.
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167 Million HDDs Shipped In Q2, WD LeadsSep 7, 2011 - in News
Hard drive manufacturers shipped 167.1 million hard drives in the second quarter of this year, up 4% from 160.5 million units in Q1, according to market research firm IHS.
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Hard Drives 101: Magnetic StorageAug 30, 2011 - in Reviews
Even though we shun hard drives in this era of SSDs, magnetic storage is really quite remarkable. In this piece, we dive into the history of hard drives, dissect the technology that makes them work, and explore the advances that give us 3 TB drives today.
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System Builder Marathon, June 2011: Value ComparedJun 23, 2011 - in Reviews
With so little happening in the hardware world since the beginning of this year, our second-quarter System Builder Marathon sees only minor hardware changes. But each builder unquestionably comes closer to dialing in ideal setups at each price point.
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System Builder Marathon, June 2011: $1000 Enthusiast PCJun 21, 2011 - in Reviews
This quarter, we're keeping the Core i5-2500K processor from our previous build, but we're adding a pair of Radeon HD 6850s in CrossFire. How will those two boards stand up against the modified Radeon HD 6950 we used last time? The answer is within!
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Seagate to Control 40-Percent of HDD MarketMay 3, 2011 - in News
Following the acquisition of Samsung's HDD unit, Seagate will be holding about 40% of the global hard drive disk market, according to IHS iSuppli.
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WD Crams Two 3 TB Drives into One My BookMar 17, 2011 - in News
WD's new My Book external drive features 6 TB and four ways to connect.
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WD Acquires Hitachi GST for $4.3 BillionMar 7, 2011 - in News
WD has acquired Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and $750 million in stock.
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Study: Nearly Impossible to Delete Data on SSDsFeb 23, 2011 - in News
Researchers have discovered that many SSDs don't erase all the stored physical data.
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Core i7-2600K Overclocked: Speed Meets EfficiencyJan 31, 2011 - in Reviews
Most of Intel's Core i5 and i7 CPUs lock out overclocking enthusiasts, which we hate. But the K-series chips win us back over with insane scalability. Would you believe that cranking the dial on performance doesn't necessarily tank overall efficiency?
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Three 7200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives For 2011Jan 27, 2011 - in Reviews
Hard drives aren’t dead yet! And they won’t die out anytime soon. The latest 2.5” drives for notebooks deliver relatively high performance and ample storage for little money.
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WD Ships 750 GB 7200RPM HDD for NotebooksJan 5, 2011 - in News
The 750 GB WD Scorpio Black for notebooks is now available for $149.00.
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Build It: Half-Height Gaming PCs For The Living RoomDec 21, 2010 - in Reviews
PowerColor’s half-height Radeon HD 5750 launched a quest to build a tiny gaming PC. But things didn't work out the way we planned. We ended up building two half-height machines capable of cranking out playable frame rates, and put them both to the test.
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System Builder Marathon, December 2010: Value, ComparedDec 19, 2010 - in Reviews
New benchmarks, new test methods, and new hardware mark exciting updates to this month’s System Builder Marathon. Today, we cover the most exciting part of all: the value competition. Remember, we're giving all three systems away, so enter to win them!
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System Builder Marathon, December 2010: $1000 PCDec 13, 2010 - in Reviews
Although we were afraid of the results, this time around we decided to try something new, forgoing the Core i5 in favor of a dual-core Core i3 CPU in our build. Can the higher clock rate compensate for the loss of two physical cores in our $1000 system?
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Tom's Hardware's 2010 Gift Guide: Part 1, For System BuildersDec 7, 2010 - in Reviews
Welcome to Part 1 of Tom's Hardware's 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. This first installment is geared toward system builders planning to pool some Christmas cash to build a new performance- or value-oriented system. We have something for everyone this year.
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HDD Giants Sued Over Patent ViolationsNov 17, 2010 - in News
All (well some) of your hard disk technology are belong to us.
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WD's New Network Media Center Offers 1TB HDDOct 27, 2010 - in News
This "media hub" can only be purchased locally at Best Buy.
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Business Storage: A Look At The 3.5" To 2.5" TransitionOct 22, 2010 - in Reviews
There is more than one way to skin a cat. Several hard drive vendors have created transitional products to simplify the transition from 3.5" disks to more compact 2.5" devices in SMB-class servers. We cover three different options you can use.
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WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e CardOct 19, 2010 - in News
Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.
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WD: 1TB of Digital Content Per House By 2014Oct 13, 2010 - in News
Hard drives may still be the primary storage solution for digital media in the future.
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