A well-featured package with some unusual tricks that falls just short of a first-rate performance.

Very much a case of average performance for an average price

Lighter than ever, but its all-round performance isn’t quite first class.

Expensive, but eye catching and very powerful.

A great desktop drive but you can get this capacity and similar performance for less

After the disappointment - perceived or otherwise - of Windows Vista, many are pinning their hopes on a revival with Windows 7. And from our first impressions of the pre-beta code, that's exactly what they can expect.

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A slightly bare but affordable media-centre board

A diverse family including some stellar CPUs and numerous also-rans.

A diverse family including some stellar CPUs and numerous also-rans

Several manufacturers this month have sought to distinguish their products through design. None, however, has gone so far as Seagate to challenge our expectations of an external hard disk.

The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

Highly efficient PSU keeps things cool and quiet.

A solid, assured drive with plenty of interfaces and enough style to justify the price.

Intel’s new range of desktop processors has been a long time coming, but at last it’s arrived - and it leaves all others in the dust

How important is RAM size to the way we use 64-bit Windows? And are there other ways to get around the problem? We offer a couple of tips to get you through your 64-bit RAM blues.

A mighty dual-GPU board that makes light work of even today’s toughest DirectX 10 games.

A mighty dual-GPU board that makes light work of even today’s toughest DirectX 10 games

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

External hard disks are a great way to add storage. We test 13, from sub-$130 portable drives to mighty terabyte desktop units.