Accessories

Hitachi Rugged Portable Drive 500GB review The SimpleTough is inexpensive and its sturdy build will be reassuring if you travel a lot or specifically want a water-resistant disk.

LaCie Starck Mobile Hard Drive 500GB review LaCie's Starck Mobile looks and feels classy, but its captive USB cable isn't as well designed as the rest of the disk.

Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 1TB review The Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 is a fast USB3 hard disk, but it's pricier than the competition and a touch slow at writing small files.

Western Digital My Passport Elite 500GB review Western Digital's My Passport is a slender and quick portable hard disk, but there are better-value disks available.

Freecom Hard Drive Quattro 1.5TB review The 1.5TB Quattro looks great, performs well and has a variety of interfaces, but 2TB disks are available for only a few pounds more.

Moneual MonCaso 972 review The MonCaso 972 has every extra imaginable, but these added-value features also reduce airflow and create internal clutter.

Thermaltake WingRS 301 review This case does the job, but its only real benefit is that you can carry it around. If you don't need to, Akasa's Zen is a better choice.

Silverstone Grandia GD03 review The Grandia GD03 HTPC case lacks the bells and whistles of some rivals but is easy to build and very well made.

Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced review The CM 690 II Advanced is a well made and easy to build case with plenty of features, although it's not quite the best in its price category.

Arctic Cooling Silentium T1 Eco-80 review Arctic Cooling's attempt to reduce both noise and power consumption isn't a great success of either front.

Antec Nine Hundred Two review High quality construction impressed us, but the lack of sound dampening didn't.

Thermaltake Element S review The Element S is spacious and looks good, but flimsy construction and some unusual cable routing requirements failed to impress us.

Cooler Master Gladiator 600 review This sturdy, practical case is a good budget choice, but there are cheaper options of similar quality.