You will have to trust me when I relate that I have had more than a few laptops throughout the years. I never really cared about the way they looked or ran, so long as I could check e-mail, play a few games and access Facebook.
That was up until Les handed me this Lenovo U265 clementine orange Ultra with an SSD; now I am up an running in seconds. This, of course, means that I no longer have time to walk away while it starts, and again, when it is shutting down.
If you haven’t an SSD yet, you are missing out on a totally different experience in computing. Truly, words alone cannot fully describe the performance upgrade!
HIGHLIGHT REVIEW
Over the past year the SSD market has exploded with more companies producing these drives almost on a daily basis. In the past only a few names, which included Intel, Kingston and OCZ, were the only game in town if you wanted an SSD. Well times have changed and there are numerous brand choices…
Verbatim SATA II 2.5″ 128gb SSD Upgrade Kit @ TestFreaks
OTHER GREAT REVIEWS AROUND THE NET….
SSDS
- ADATA S396 30GB Value Solid State Drive Review @ TweakTown
CHASSIS
- Sharkoon T9 Value Edition (Red) Case Review @ HardwareHeaven
- NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case Review @ RWLabs
- Bitfenix Raider Mid Tower Review @ Kitguru
- NZXT Source 220 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
COOLERS
- Noctua NF-F12 Focused Flow Fan Review @ Ninjalane
- Noctua NF-F12 120mm PWM Fan Review @ DragonSteelMods
- Overclockers: Kingpin F1 Extreme Dark Cooling Pot Review @ Overclockers
- Sapphire HD 7950 Dual Fan OC Review @ Hardware Canucks
GAMING
- EAs Battlefield 3 for the PC Platform Reviewed @ Futurelooks
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) PC Review @ TweakTown
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 (XBOX 360) Review @ HardwareHeaven
- The Xbox 720 Rumors @ Futurelooks
- Gear4 Angry Birds Speaker “ Red Bird @ TestFreaks
GRAPHICS
- XFX Radeon R7950 Black Edition Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
- Updated AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ ocaholic
- Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB OC Video Card in CrossFire @ TweakTown
- Sapphire HD 7950 OC Graphics Card @ Modders-Inc
- Updated XFX R7970 Double Dissipation @ ocaholic
- XFX HD7950 Black Edition Overlocked Review @ Kitguru
- Sapphire HD7950 Overlock Edition Crossfire Review @ Kitguru
- XFX R7950 DD Black Edition Overclocked @ LanOC Reviews
- HIS HD7950 Review @ Kitguru
- AMD Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti Pro DirectX 11 GPU Review @ HotHardware
LAPTOPS or NOTEBOOK or IPAD
- Dell XPS 15z Notebook PC Review @ Futurelooks
- VooMote Zapper Universal Remote for the iPod/iPhone/iPad Review @MissingRemote
MEMORY
- Kingston HyperX 2400mhz Review (8GB KHX2400C11D3K4/8GX) @ Kitguru
- Patriot Memory Division IV Viper Extreme 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel Memory Kit Review @ Future Looks
MOTHERBOARDS
- ASUS P9X79 WS @ ocaholic
- ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT Mini-ITX Motherboard Review @ Kitguru
- ASUS Maximus GeneZ Full-power, half-pint @ techReaction
OTHERS
- David vs Goliath: Can AMD Stand and Fight? @ Hi Tech Legion
- Ubuntu 12.04 ARM Performance Becomes Very Compelling @ Phoronix
- Plextor PX-LB950UE External 12x Blu-ray Writer Review @ PCStats
- Five Years With Blu-ray – Part Two @ TweakTown
PERIPHERALS
- ASUS VG278H LCD Monitor 3D Vision-2 Kit @ Benchmark Reviews
- Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 Thumb Drive Review @ TweakTown
- GeiL Epicgear MEDUZA Mouse @ Hardwareoverclock
POWER SUPPLY
- Thermaltake SMART 630W Power Supply Review @ APH Networks
- Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 850W PSU @ Hardwareoverclock