AMD's next-gen Opteron platform packs a punch - dual-socket setup will see 24 cores, 96GB of DDR3 memory and anywhere between 68.2 and 85.3GB/s of system bandwidth.

OCZ launched its Z-Drive PCIe SSD during CeBIT 2009 in March. Five weeks later, three models appeared at French e-tailer: 250GB will set you back for 1400 Euro, 500GB for 2200 and a big "daddy", 1TB model for 3400 Euro.