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Hardware News & Reviews

Anands Hardware Tech - Great site, with excellent reviews and news links.
X-Bit Labs - A great news oriented hardware site.
ExtremeTech - A very good hardware site from Ziff Davis.
PenstarSys - Interesting commentary on the hardware scene.
The Tech Report - Technically good site.
Lost Circuits - A technically sound hardware review website.
Toms Hardware Guide - The original Hardware web site.
Hard OCP - A website for Overclocking extremists.
Digital Life - A good news site from iXBT.
RealWorldTech - Highly technical site.
Ars Technica - A great place for news with some good reviews too.
Sharky Extreme - A good place to visit for the latest news and reviews.
Firing Squad - A good Hardware and Games site.
Ace's Hardware - Very good technical articles.

General News

Virtual Zone - An excellent hardware news site.
The Inquirer - Register style news site edited by an ex-Register employee.
The Register - UK based, tabloid style news site.
Kenneths Tech - Intel and AMD roadmap information.
Slashdot - Frequently updated news site.
Silicon Strategies - A good semiconductor oriented news site.
CNet News - Good commercial news site.

Software News

WinInfo - Excellent Microsoft-oriented software news site.
Beta News - Good software news site, particularly for shareware application news.
Active Network - Good software news site.

Games News

Voodoo Extreme - A great games oriented site.
Blues News - An excellent games news site.

Storage

The Storage Review - The most reliable source of Hard drive information you will find.
CD Freaks - A great resource for CD and DVD writing, with an excellent forum.
CDR Info - An excellent DVDR/CDR resource.
CDR Labs - Another great DVDR/CDR site.
The Firmware Page - A good resource for those wishing to purchase region free DVDs.
SCSI Info Central - An excellent resource for SCSI.

Graphics Cards

3D Chipset - A great site for graphic card review links and driver update notification.

Overviews & FAQ's

Sandpile - A fantastic technical resource for x86 processors & their associated technologies.
PC Technology Guide - An excellent site which gives an overview of most PC technologies.
BIOS Optimisation Guide - An excellent guide to BIOS settings.

Shopping

PC Index - A great UK component search engine with data from most of the leading UK suppliers.
Pricewatch - The most popular component search engine on the Web (American).
Streetprices - An excellent American component search engine.
ReviewFinder - A useful hardware review index.

UK Suppliers

EBuyer - An excellent, but cheap, online UK supplier.
Dabs - One of the best online sites in the UK, offering good prices.
Eclipse - Great local shop with excellent prices on a number of products.
Micom - Excellent local shop with very good prices on OEM products.
CD-R Media - A selection of quality CD and DVD media at a good price.
SVP - An excellent supplier of DVD and CD media.
My Memory - An excellent supplier of flash memory and more.
Stak Trading - A great local shop.
Insight - A good UK online supplier.
Overclockers UK - An excellent place to purchase overclocked products and accessories.
Computer Manuals - A great site for purchasing computer books with knowledgeable sales people.


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