Week of October 12, 2008

"If there was ever a lesson in not being complacent and assuming a particular result before testing a unit when seeing the same basic power supply design redressed by yet another brand, this was it. The Xigmatek NRP-MC851 came into testing as a promising candidate for your enthusiast dollars as it shared a CWT PSH pedigree with such units as the Corsair TX750, Thermaltake Purepower RX 600w, Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 650w, and so on. All of these previous related units have been, if not award winning, at least good units in our testing. However, whereas the last Xigmatek unit we reviewed, the NRP-HC1001, stumbled slightly in relation to other CWT PUC based units in its review; today's NRP-MC851 fell flat on its face, twice."

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"With the laptop market growing in leaps in bounds over the last few years, the call for mobile external storage is sure to grow with it. SunnyTek has attempted to bridge the gap with its Mini Mobile Back Plane. As SSDs become more commonplace in laptops, the call for larger external storage will grow even more. For those early adopters of the SSD technology, we are often pigeon-held with small hard drives, which for the most part can only store the operating system, so an external hard drive is a must if you want to store more than a few documents. SunnyTek has set the bar high with its mini mobile back plane external hard drive caddy, offering many useful feature and also carrying the title of the first mobile mini back plane currently on the market..."

" Today I've got two gigs of DDR3 for review, it's a pair of Kingston HyperX, and it runs at 1600MHZ, so it's pretty fast stuff! I've decided to put it up against a kit of fast DDR2 and see how it fairs, and to find out if it's worth it to upgrade to DDR3 or not."

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The introduction of the Nvidia 790i chip set gives new meaning to SLI. With scaling running as high as 60-70%, SLI is becoming a more attractive option. With a feature rich board, easy to set up SLI, a really sweet bundle, and easy overclocking, it's hard to overlook the 790i for true enthusiasts.

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At over £175 including VAT, the Asus VK222H on the expensive side for a 22-inch widescreen monitor if you don’t factor in things like the webcam and HDMI port. However, when you do, it’s a reasonably priced HDMI-equipped 22-inch monitor with a webcam thrown in for kicks. If the webcam isn't on your list of requirements, there are cheaper 22-inchers with HDMI on the market but they don't appear to be as stylish as the VK222H's unassuming lines.

"The unit carries no approvals for SLI or Crossfire on the packaging or in the user manual. The Nvidia website however, does list the Toughpower 650W (Model W0104RU), the one supplied to me is the Toughpower QFan 650W (Model W0163RU), so please do not confuse the two. The W0163RU is a relatively new addition to the power supply range according to the Thermaltake website and, at the time of writing this review, carried no certificates for SLI or 80 Plus. It would come as no surprise to see this power supply certified for both SLI and 80 Plus some time in the near future. With excellent DC load voltage regulation, good DC quality and efficiency of over 80% I would highly recommend the Thermaltake Toughpower QFan 650W power supply. I have no doubt it will easily power most mid to high end systems with a single graphics card but if you are considering a dual card set-up do your research first and ensure compatability with your intended system."

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"Rocking up with the previously reviewed SideWinder X5 mouse, I was lucky enough to receive an X6 keyboard to complete the desktop of evil. This keyboard boasts a full backlight and letter illumination with a built-in dial to adjust the intensity.

The coupe de grace, however, comes with the hot swappable numeric keypad module that can be changed up, left or right depending on your preference, or if you want to add more macros to the left hand side."

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We will be doing our testing on Vista 64 and also seeing how well it works with our E8400 test rig. We know that OCZ has shown to offer some outstanding memory in the past and hope to see the 4GB kit hold up.

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In terms of overall graphics performance, the GeForce 9300 is in a class by itself on the Intel side of things. While the G45 struggles to maintain any kind of playable frame rates in the games that I tried and crashed 3DMark Vantage altogether, the GeForce 9300 was able to finish the test and have decent frame rates throughout. The GeForce 9300 chipset is 20% faster than the Intel G45 chipset across the board. By this performance metric, it is likely that the faster 9400 boards will outstrip the G45 chipset by 35% or more across the board. This is a very impressive feat for an integrated graphics card to say the least. Had the GeForce 9300 and 9400 come out when the G45 launched, Intel might have had a real problem. Intel is rumored to have a new CPU coming out for the high-end and we'll see how that translates with integrated graphics at that time.

"The new Zune 3.0 from Microsoft just might be the best alternative to the ever-popular Apple iPod. It includes some really neat new features, such as FM radio song tagging, an updated user interface, direct wireless downloading from the Zune Marketplace online store..but does it is all worth it? Read TechReviewSource.com's full review to find out."

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With the card itself, I was a little let down by the fact that the card only had 1 DVI output and when I realized Biostar didn't take full advantage of the 900MHz capable memory chips. However, there's a silver lining in the grey clouds. While I didn't have success in overclocking, your results may differ as there's plenty of potential headroom to be had. As well, once you find out that this card retails in the 70 dollar range, you suddenly realize all the potential it holds. It's for the budget conscious and it's a great budget upgrade for an older PC. When paired with a 19" LCD monitor at 1280x1024, you can still play some of the newer titles on the market. It may not provide the fastest framerates, but it'll do.

"The Rogue from NZXT is a well built case. If you're looking for a smallish cube case that can handle large video cards and a tower cooler, then the Rogue should be on the top of your short list. "

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"Many of the PSUs we've reviewed recently have been mid-range units, and I think it's time we upped the game. Thankfully Ikonik have been kind enough to send through their latest Vulcan PSU. It comes with a host of connectors, and a large 1200w capacity. Let's see how it compares to the lesser watted units we've reviewed recently."

"Qnap has created a hard drive enclosures that utilizes 256bit AES encryption to truly secure your data, it's called the QBack-35S and it also features a one-touch or automated backup system as well. The Qback is quite possibly the best option for a hard drive enclosure on the market today if you need to secure your data, but yet remain portable at the same time. "

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The most notable "gamer friendly" feature the OCZ Technology Alchemy Series Elixir I keyboard offers is the set of programmable macro buttons which allow users to use a single keystroke to send a multi-keystroke sequence to the computer. Five of these macro buttons can be found on each end of the keyboard (for a total of 10), with each being colored in a contracting blue hue and labeled "L1-L10".

It comes down to whether you’re looking for pure performance, or a good mix of performance and style. If all you’re after is a case that’ll cool your system to its fullest potential then look no further – the HAF 932’s acoustic and thermal performance are simply awesome and if that’s all you’re after, stop looking, because this is the case to buy.

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GIGABYTE has been on the forefront of motherboard technology for some time; not only were they the first to introduce dual phase voltage systems on their boards to allow voltage phases above 8, but they were the first company to introduce the RoHS motherboards as well as being able to implement any sort of power saving technology on their boards. While others claim to save more power, GIGABYTE can’t be knocked for starting this power saving revolution and it continues today.

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I got on the electronical horn with my Antec rep and quickly requested the new Antec Fusion Remote Max. The FRM as I will call it throughout this review has the demeanor that speaks luxury and class. Besides great looks the FRM does not limit the builder to small mATX motherboards as this new enclosure can house standard size main boards. And if that small feature doesn't sell this box then lets try mentioning the large cooling fans that are ultra quiet and the four 3.5" bays that can help to store your precious media collection. I am not going to spoil the rest of the review by telling you everything about the Fusion Remote Max. So you will have to read through the pages to find out more.

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MSI takes what ATI started, and clean up a few rough edges. There's no doubting the performance potential of any Radeon HD 4850, but taming the beast within has been another story. All too often the industry produces a product a little too hot to handle, and the RV770 GPU is one fine example. Plagued with high heat output, it takes the daring minds at MSI to calm fire with ice. Benchmark Reviews has already tested the high-performance cooling options dedicated to the Radeon HD 4870: Sapphire has their Toxic and Palit has their Sonic, but it seems that the big names have overlooked the warm-blooded 4850. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the MSI Radeon HD 4850 video card R4850-512M SKU- MS-V803-285.

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"Considering the fact that modules run at cas 4 DDR2 800(400 FSB) at lower than the specified 1.9 volts with no issues, the overclocking potential looked promising. Getting to 900MHz(450FSB) was just a matter of adjusting the voltage to the voltage specified by G.Skill to run the modules at the stock speeds. Looking better! Pushing to 1000MHz (500FSB) required a couple of things from these modules. First was an increase in the vDimm to 1.95 volts and adjusting the CAS latency to 5 was needed to even boot. Still looking good at under 2.0 volts. Now pushing up to 1066MHz (533FSB) was where the drama started for me. I adjusted the timings to 5-5-5-12 to see if the modules would allow a boot at 2.0 volts! No go! 2.1 volts was still a no go, so I had to push 2.2 volts for 1066MHz to become a reality. Pushing higher even with 2.3 volts did not yield any additional increase in memory speed. So with my max speed set at 1066MHz at 2.2 volts, I went for the timings to see if they could be coaxed down any further. 5-5-4-12 at 1066MHz (533FSB) was the best I was able to achieve with the G.Skill Black PI modules."

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" ECS GF9300T-A Black Series is a socket 775 motherboard based on the latest chipset from nVidia, GeForce 9300, which features on-board video with a DirectX 10 engine and is the first nVidia chipset for the Intel platform to support Hybrid SLI. In this review we will compare the performance of GeForce 9300 to GeForce 7100, Intel G31, Intel G33 and Intel G45. Check it out."

Today is the release day for the new NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series motherboards. We will be looking at the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 based MSI P7NGM Digital mATX motherboard, which aims to bridge the gap between onboard graphics and game playing frame rates, something that can come in handy if you're on a budget or perhaps looking to build a Multimedia PC such as an HTPC. It doesn't stop there though, as the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 gives the MSI P7NGM Digital more than one trick up it's sleeve.

“Catering to discerning consumers and demanding enthusiasts with all-aluminum construction, sleek designs, and superb features, Lian Li's newest PC-A70101 boasts a Hot Swap hard drive system, washable air filters, and a sexy black anodized aluminum exterior. But you're only as good as your last success, so let's find out if the A7010 can continue a winning trend.”

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With the large number of case manufacturers on the market, we here at Rbmods.com don’t get a chance to review every case on the market. But it’s still exciting when we get to evaluate a new company’s case, especially when they offer features that stand out amongst the crowd. Today we get to look at a case from NZXT, a provider of a wide range of computer and gaming accessories, called the NZXT Guardian 921 Case. Will this case turn a build into a computer rig everyone will want? We will find out in this review.

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Today we have the chance to review the latest water cooling kit from Thermaltake, the PW850i. This unit makes use of a combined tank and pump and a radiator and fan combo which means not counting the supplied tubing or flow indicator the unit is composed of only four major parts. Installation is very easy as our review will show. So come visit our site and check this review out.

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"Computer cooling is becoming a much more widespread topic with extra emphasis on silence in comparison to the past where this aspect of cooling was more or less disregarded in an attempt to produce maximum performance. The challenge that faces most manufacturers nowadays is the perfect combination between the two. Today at XSReviews, we have a whole series of Arctic Fans up for review. However, the question is will this latest series of fans be able to meet both the demands of performance and silence?"

“Modern processors produce a lot of heat and it requires large heatsinks with fans to keep everything running to specification. Thermal paste is one of the most critical components for keeping your processor cool, especially for those of us who overclock. The surfaces of processors and heatsink bases may appear to be completely flat to the naked eye but on a microscopic level there are many imperfections. These imperfections create air pockets between the cooler and the CPU which can have a great effect on thermal performance. This reduces the size of the contact area and air is a poor heat conductor.”

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"The DXG-569v can record in HD up to 1280, it's got a 5mp CMOS sensor, and a 3″ TFT screen as well and it includes a nice bundle of software from ArcSoft so you can edit and create your own movies. So read on to find out if it's worth your hard earned cash… "

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The ECS GF9300T-A Black Series GeForce 9300 motherboard is hopefully a BIOS update away from being an incredible motherboard. It seems well conceived and well designed, but there are just too many issues and limiting factors to get overly excited about it as is. The performance was respectable in many tests anyway, and it makes me wonder just how good this board could be (at stock speeds or overclocked) if it wasn't being held back.

Memory manufacturers in the computer market. Over the last few years though, OCZ Technology has started including other computer components to their product line such as power supplies & CPU coolers. Today I am going to show you one of their newest additions to their line-up of CPU coolers, the Gladiator Max, which uses a newer method of utilizing copper heat pipes, by making the heat pipes contact the CPU directly, that's dubbed HDT (Heatpipe Direct Touch). Let's go see how this cooler performed.

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"The Palit HD4850 Sonic is an overclocked card built on a purpose built PCB. That purpose is to provide a card that is both stable and overclocks like gangbusters. It delivered clock speed increases of 15% on the RV770 core and a hefty 26% on the memory. OverclockersClub has done a few reviews on the ATI based HD4850 cards to show a wide range of performance with non reference cards with unique heatspreaders to just your basic reference video cards. Of the seven tested to date the Palit HD4850 is the cream of the crop. The three phase power design helps to get the most from this card. It just rocks. When pushed to the maximum this card gave the HD4870 and GTX260 a run for their money and and won in most instances. You just normally do not see that from a nice mid-range card. I have got to give Palit props for this card."

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"Feel that strange sensation? No, it’s not rug burn, it’s your notebook burning holes in your legs! Chances are if you are a laptop road warrior, you are well versed in just how hot your portable friend can get. No doubt you have felt the fiery dragon breath of your notebook sitting on your lap as you feverishly crank out that overdue TPS report. Well, the good folks at LapLogic have a solution for you! The W800 Aerogel Extreme is aimed at professionals and enthusiasts alike that abhor having to suffer a notebooks hot exhaust on their laps. By utilizing the latest in space-age materials, the W800 lap desk is primed for consumers that demand a better cooling solution for their mobile lives."

For the last few years Thermalright's video card cooling products were centered around the gargantuan HR-series of heatsinks which offered incredible performance but had an Achilles Heel: their size. In order to achieve their performance, coolers like the HR-03 relied on an upright design which made attaching a fan and running a second video card in SLI or Crossfire all but impossible. Enter the T-Rad² which is slim enough to have a standard 120mm or two 92mm fans installed on it without demolishing your dreams of a dual card setup.

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Microsoft has sent me a whole box of goodies to review recently and in amongst the pile of goodness is something sinister looking; something very black and very evil...The SideWinder X5 Gaming Mouse.

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"When it comes to a cool feature packed Network Attached Storage device you'll be hard pressed to find anything more versatile than the TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS. It comes with a whole laundry list of features specific to the task of serving up files but also for serving up other things like web applications, multimedia content, dynamic database content and even downloading files over BitTorrent."

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The newest addition to the HFI headphone lineup from Ultrasone is called the HFI-680. These new mid to high end cans should effectively fill in the gap between the old Ultrasone lineups 650 and recently launched HFI-780.

"Accelero Twin Turbo is a VGA cooler from Arctic Cooling compatible with a myriad of video cards, including Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 from ATI/AMD and GeForce 9800 GTX+ and GTX from nVidia. We tested this cooler with a Radeon HD 4870, a card that is famous for heating a lot. Let's see if this cooler can really cool down this the hot VGA."

“Razer are one of the oldest companies who focus entirely on producing gaming peripherals and products, such as keyboards and mice. We reviewed several of their products in the past, and they have always fared well in our labs. Today we will have a look at one of their cheapest gaming mice, the Salmosa. Even though the Salmosa is an entry-level gaming mouse, Razer boasts that it has the fastest optical sensor in the world. How this translates to real world situations we will find out today.”

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If you are a DDR3 aficionado or need a fantastic SLI platform then the EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM would be a great choice. Just keep in mind the upcoming Core i7 launch. Intel Core 2 processors will still be very competitive, but those of you making a large purchase versus simply a motherboard upgrade may wish to hold off. The EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM is a fantastic board that may simply be overshadowed by the death of LGA775...

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"Another addition to the PSU Roundup which we’re currently going through is the X-Spice Kira CS. This power supply comes in 3 available wattages: 430W, 530W and 630W. We’ll be reviewing the 530W unit, which for today’s standards, is quite a low output. Let’s see how it holds up to some of the pricier, higher wattage power supplies."

We have to say we really like the Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic - the cooling solution performs incredibly well and the PCB redesign has enabled Palit to keep the price of this card down at around £120 (inc. VAT), which makes it an attractive proposition considering the factory overclock. Of course, it would have been nice of Palit to overclock the memory a big further, but we understand why it hasn't done this - all of the Radeon HD 4850s we've seen have been able to run at clock speeds in excess of 685MHz, but memory is a little harder to guarantee to certain clock speeds without bumping the price up.

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"Evercool has built the Transformer 6 out of three individual aluminum cooling fin segments, toped by a glistening silver 120mm fan mounted on vibration absorbing rubber posts. The arrangement of the six heatpipes is fairly unique, but more on that in a moment."

"One of the perks of my job is getting to look at some of the coolest new computer and consumer electronics, often times before they are even released to the public. Back in January at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we got a sneak peek at Cooler Master's upcoming product line. There were several new and exciting products on display, from cases and power supplies to new CPU and GPU cooling solutions. Today we will be taking a look at one of the CPU coolers we saw on display, known simply as the V8.."

It's a great time for those in the market for a new video card, in just a few short months we've seen the debuts of over half a dozen different boards. At the high-end, high-priced segment Benchmark Reviews has showcased such great offerings from NVIDIA as the GTX 280 and ATI/AMD's HD 4870x2, while at the other end of the spectrum the mainstream budget cards releases are almost too plentiful and mediocre to mention. This brings us to today's review of the mid-range Palit GeForce 9800 GT Super+ 1GB video card NE/9800TXT302 from NVIDIA. In the recent clamor of releases NVIDIA has quietly slipped in the 9800 GT, seemingly from nowhere and without much publicity.

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"Battery Life: This is one of the most, if not the most, important factor to consider when shopping for a portable computer. For this test, I enabled every single onboard device, set the brightness to its maximum and disabled all the power saving options. It was left idling at the desktop for the whole time with the wireless connection used as a bridge so there was constant traffic going through the network adaptors. Using Windows XP, Asus' Eee 1000H managed to stay awake for over four hours, four hours and twenty five minutes to be exact. Turning to Ubuntu, things don't shine as much. The open source alternative can only manage three hours and forty-six minutes. It's still pretty good and longer than an average laptop, but it clearly is inferior to Windows in that category. Of course, battery life will vary depending upon your usage, but that four hour figure can easily be extended by quite a margin once you disable some peripherals, especially WiFi and Bluetooth. Another efficient way to improve your uptime is to leave power saving features on like they will be in a normal usage pattern and decrease screen brightness."

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"Today I am going to be looking at another product from a company that doesn't immediately spring to mind when talking about the computer hardware industry. The company in question is Pioneer and the product is one of their new Blu Ray / DVDRW combi drive the BDC-202BK. Coming from a household name like Pioneer I expect nothing less than the best, even though Pioneer isn't generally known for computer hardware."

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Being able to run two ATI cards in a crossfire setup until the release of the 3800 range of cards for those on a budget equaled some serious work related overtime to accomplish. Of course it was only a matter of time before either Nvidia or ATI made such high performance cards available to the masses with their small price tag. And so in late 2007 ATI made this a reality, much to the joy of everyone who wanted/craved a crossfire setup without the need to re-mortgage their homes in order to make this happen.

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"Enthusiasts can't ignore that fact that the Gigabyte GV-R487X2-2GH-B is not to be dismissed. The performance that it offers is as good as any Radeon HD 4870x2, while the price and the well established brand name ... makes it a serious choice worth considering."

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The ATI Radeon HD 4350 is an excellent card for the HTPC crowd. The ability to fit the card into a half height bay means It will fit into most cases without issue. The ability to run 7.1 HDMI Audio is a definite plus as the card can play audio without an audio card or even onboard audio. The ability to do full-screen Blu-Ray playback smoothly on the graphics chip is also a big plus.The 9400GT is more of a gamers' card than the ATI card. Its performance is higher across the board but again it becomes a matter of what do you want from a discrete graphics card. Do you want a card that plays the games with the highest resolution and settings? Then you'd be better off buying a more expensive card as the game play experience would be much more enjoyable. If you're a casual gamer that is looking to improve on the mediocre Intel integrated graphics then this is the card for you if you have $40 to spend.

"The ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hyrda SLI kit is a very innovative product that brings together SLI and water cooling very nicely. The bundle comes complete with everything you need to get started and that is very important for a kit of this size. Coming with the full version of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 video game is a nice touch as it is a $20-$30 game and not too many graphics cards come with games any longer. Installation was so simple the directions didn't even need to be used, so this kit will get you into water cooled graphics cards setup with SLI in minutes..."

"As you can probably guess from the rather interesting name, Monster teamed up with Dr. Dre to get some celebrity name recognition for this new offering. I'm not so sure Dr. Dre would be the first person to pop into mind when thinking of audiophile priced headphones, but he is in the recording industry and should be instantly recognizable to anyone slightly familiar with the Rap/Hip-Hop scene nonetheless. Let's get past the names involved here, though, and see if the Beats are truly worthy of your hard-earned cash."

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"Up on the review block today I've got a Radeon HD video card from Diamond, this card includes 1gig of ram to be able to easily play the latest games in all of their glory, but can it? I've put it up against Crysis and Crysis Warhead in my testing, running at several resolutions to give you an idea of the performance of this great card. So continue on to see the results… "

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“Today we’ll be looking at a pair of OCZ Reaper DDR3 modules, which are priced very attractively and sport some very slick spreaders. Good looks, good price….but what about performance? In our world, performance should speak for itself, so today we’ll found out if these sticks will brings shouts or silence.”

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"South Korea has the reputation for manufacturing the best coolers and cases. Looking at Moncase972 we can see why. This HTPC (Home Theater PC) case target to media PCs (i.e. computers to be hooked to your home theater system for playing movies and songs) from Moneual provides an outstanding quality using thick aluminum parts (not thin panels like more inexpensive products) and the looks of a home theater device, with a 7" LCD display with touch screen capability, remote control and a big volume knob, plus several other features. Let's take an in-depth look on this case, which is definitely the Ferrari of the HTPC cases."

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The Lenovo ThinkPad W700 is targeted as a graphics professional’s dream machine and even includes and integrated Wacom tablet and Digitizer pen. Powered with a Core 2 Duo T9600 processor (quad-core options available), up to 8GB of system memory, dual 160GB hard drives in RAID 0, a ThinkPad MaxBright 17” LCD screen and NVIDIA’s QuadroFX 3700M professional graphics under the hood, you know this machine means business.

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“NZXT are an American company primarily known for their unique looking cases geared towards the gaming market. NZXT is a corporation formed by gamers, for gamers, and with the NZXT Khaos we’re looking at today they’ve really made an attempt to mark their place in the high end of the market. We’ve reviewed quite a few of their cases in the past, but this is the first one to really foray into this territory. It is a fantastic looking case constructed from high quality materials, but with a hefty price tag of £270 and no extras such as a PSU, the NZXT has a lot to prove.”

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With the introduction of Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA), enthusiasts have been offered a chance to marry hardware and software like never before. Currently, on Nvidia based chipset motherboards, you can connect various components to the motherboard and through the Nvidia System Monitor the connected devices can be monitored through an easy to use customizable 3D interface.

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"Today we'll examine new Low-End solutions from AMD, which can provide acceptable performance in most games for a relatively small price. All these solutions and GPUs are based on the RV7xx architecture, also a foundation for the popular RADEON HD 4800 series. For now, in the practical part of this review we'll focus on the fastest RV730-based card."

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“I'd have to say that the FX92 is definitely not a heatsink to pass up; though it does manage to make itself heard when spinning up to meet the load, it's cooling performance nearly matches that of the much heavier sinks, and even an upgraded watercooling kit. That's nothing to sneeze at. So, what we now have sitting here are a pair of products - one which is great, and one that needs work. On the plus side, though - they both work well enough, are accessible enough, and cheap enough to recommend, and that's a step forward.“

The HAF932 is another case from Coolermaster that is sure to be a big hit. The case offers a look that is unique from the masses and looks to be built to the point where it can take a pounding and keep protecting your prized components. The HAF stands for High Air Flow and it definitely is that as the unit has four large fans that measure at the minimum 14 centimeters up to 23 centimeters. Things have just got cooled in the labs so lets get on with the review before I give you all the details in the introduction.

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"Well known for blasting enthusiasts with eye crushing chassis color options, Apevia introduces their new X-Sniper series of enclosures. These enclosures come in five different colors and boast unique features not commonly found on competing products. With the X-Sniper, Apevia continues to leverage their popularity by offering a budget-level chassis solution with enthusiast level features. Or does it? Will Apevia’s newest offering be able to give the people what they want? There is only one way to determine that, and HardwareLogic is bent on finding out!"

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The latest slick offering from the big MS mob comes in the form of a rather miniature rodent, the Explorer Mini Mouse! The little gem is touting the latest all-surface tracking technology as well as power saving features and a sporty little bag, too!

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"The Cooler Master GeminII S Cooler is not only a great solution for someone using a smaller case or has other size restrictions, it also has a wide range of additional uses such as cooling other parts of your system like the RAM or North Bridge. The size to performance ratio of this cooler also makes it a great value, as it is quite small but packs a ton of features such as an pure copper base and 5 pure copper heatpipes running through the large array of aluminum fins located under a large yet quiet 120mm fan. The GeminII S does not stand quite a high as the TRUE nor the V8, however the temperatures the GeminII S was able to yield were very close within a few degrees of them."

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Every once in awhile a product comes along that makes you wonder why someone hadn't thought of it earlier. A product that makes so much sense yet is elegant in its simplicity. Today Benchmark Reviews takes a look at one such product, the Thermaltake BlacX. The BlacX is basically a very simple SATA to USB 2.0 adapter. What sets the BlacX apart from the typical cable style adapter is the docking station like design.

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What we have come to expect from Sapphire is that when a top tier graphics card has been released a newer and more powerful one will be on the way and branded with the Toxic name. They have done it again with the powerful HD 4870 by cranking up the numbers and by adding a heat pipe cooling system.

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Back in January of aught seven, the founder of this very site pitted two of the biggest and baddest against each other to see which of them rose to the top. Those two power supplies were the newly released Silverstone OP1000 and the PC Power and Cooling Turbocool 1kW.

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Back in January of aught seven, the founder of this very site pitted two of the biggest and baddest against each other to see which of them rose to the top. Those two power supplies were the newly released Silverstone OP1000 and the PC Power and Cooling Turbocool 1kW.

"Today I've got another from a company called N-Trance. The n-Tegrity USB drive uses biometrics to secure the drive, so it's as unique as you are, but it also uses military encryption as well on the data that's stored on the drive itself. That's not all this drive is good for though, it does include a few applications with it, and you can add more as needed. The real feature of this drive is the ability to use your fingerprint to login to virtually any web site out there, that is part of the technology for this device that the company, N-Trance, has developed. No more passwords to remember as they are stored on the drive itself, encrypted of course for further protection. "