An Update to Our Hardware Comparison Charts

By Marcus Yam
published

Another month rolls by and we've updated our hardware comparison charts. Click through the links to view all the relevant data matched up against the new additions listed below.

CPU Cooler Charts 2010

  • beQuiet Dark Rock Pro C1
  • Prolimatech Armageddon
  • Prolimatech Genesis
  • Prolimatech SuperMega
  • Xilence M612
  • Zalman CNPS11x Extreme

2009 3.5” Desktop Hard Drive Charts

  • Samsung Spinpoint F3R HE103SJ , 1000 GB, 7200rpm, 32 MB Cache

Enterprise Hard Drive Charts 2010

  • Seagate Constellation.2 7.2k 2.5" 1000GB
  • Seagate Savvio 10K.5 10k 2.5" 900GB

Multi-Bay NAS Charts 2011

  • Thecus N5200XXX RAID 5 ext4 (5 HDD)
  • Thecus N4200Pro RAID 5 ext4 (5 HDD)

PSU Charts:

120V

230V

  • Silverstone Strider Gold 750W
  • Seasonic X-760
  • FSP AU-700
  • Antec HCP-850

2011 SD Cards:

  • Kingston UltimateXX 233x (8GB, UHS-I)
  • Kingston UltimateXX 233x (16GB, UHS-I)
  • Kingston UltimateXX 233x (32GB, UHS-I)
  • Lexar Professional 133x (8GB, Class 6)
  • Lexar Professional 133x (16GB, Class 10)
  • Lexar Professional 133x (32GB, Class 10)
  • Patriot Class 6 (16GB, Class 6)
  • Patriot LX (8GB, Class 10)
  • PNY Optima (32GB, Class 4)
  • SDXC C10 (64GB ,Class 10, SDXC)
  • Pretec SDHC 233X (16GB, Class 10)
  • Pretec SDHC Class16 (32GB, Class16)
  • Samsung Plus (8GB, Class 6)
  • SanDisk Ultra II (4GB, Class 4)
  • SanDisk Extreme (16GB, Class 10)
  • SanDisk Extreme III (4GB, Class 6)
  • SanDisk Extreme Pro (16GB, UHS-I)
  • Silicon Power Class 6 (16GB, Class 6)
  • Silicon Power Class 10 (16GB, Class 10)
  • Adata Turbo (8GB, Class 6)
  • PNY Optima (8GB, Class 4)
  • OCZ SDHC (4GB, Class 6)
  • OCZ SDHC (8GB, Class 6)
  • Transcend Class 6 (8GB, Class 6)
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
3 Comments Comment from the forums
  • iam2thecrowe
    Toms, I would really like you to review some low end PSU's just to show people why you shouldnt buy cheap crap.
    Reply
  • WyomingKnott
    Why update 2009 hdd charts? Aren't they still making HDDs in 2011?
    Or is it just a really bad title?
    Reply
  • The_Prophecy
    9281452 said:
    Toms, I would really like you to review some low end PSU's just to show people why you shouldnt buy cheap crap.

    Agreed. This is one of the biggest mistakes people make when buying computers. Everyone I build systems for gawk at the price of the power supply, but I keep telling them (tongue-in-cheek of course) that a $30 power supply may have a great price tag, it also has great features like keeping you on the cutting edge of hardware because you are constantly forced to upgrade due to failed components.

    I then tell them (more seriously this time) that no one should ever spend less than $70 on a power supply, because most of the one's (I know there are a few exceptions) priced below that have crappy components that will fry their more expensive hardware.

    A site like this doing some much needed myth-busting would be wonderful.
    Reply