High-capacity desktop drives have never been so affordable. Darien Graham-Smith puts 23 to the test to find the best

We test and rate 9 of the best portable presentation devices around.

We put every current model from ATI and NVIDIA through its paces to find out which offers the best performance and value.

Play your video, photo and music files on your TV from a networked PC. We put five network players to the test

Speed up your home network with these wireless routers, including faster speeds, better gaming and VoIP handling and automatic security.

We put seven NAS drives from the likes of Maxtor, Netgear, Synology, Thecus, Western Digital and Iomega to the test to find out which is best for storing your files

Next to the printer, flatbed scanners are proving the next most popular PC add-on. With confusing technical claims and price points starting from around $100, what sort of capabilities are you paying

The 19" LCD fits now represents outstanding value for money, and is so much nicer to use than a 17" screen. We round up and test the best.

With online services easier to use and cheaper than ever, there’s now no excuse not to back up your files, says Stuart Andrews.

Pocket-sized digital camcorders are becoming more capable all the time. We round up ten of the best

If your PC is less of a speed demon and more of a dinosaur then it's time to upgrade your CPU. We put the latest low, mid and high end processors to the test.

Mike Jennings tests a selection of laptops that offer stunning power and fantastic features in a dozen luxurious packages

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam

Stuck for storage space? Upgrade to one of the latest disks and you’ll benefit from better performance too

With free video services like MSN and Skype, you’re missing out if you don’t have a webcam.

If you are serious about getting great sound from your computer - and putting sound into your computer - you need to make sure you are packing the right hardware to do the job.You can now buy any numb

Enlarge your workspace with a widescreen monitor: We round up 13 LCDs from 20in up to 24in, with prices you won’t believe

With no sign of the end of the format war coming to pass anytime soon, prices continue to fall and we’ve got the latest models to take a look at.

Hard drives used to be the coolest thing - in the olden days, when all home PCs were slow, a hard drive was often a measure of how 'good' your computer was. For quite sometime, however, processor and graphics technology stole the limelight. Hard drives have been taken for granted - an ambient component that accompanies your sparkling graphics card and gi-normous heat sink.

Buying a digital video camera is a tough task, but you’ll be well prepared with our comprehensive guide.