"Whether you are interested in lifecasting, video conferencing or simply chatting online with friends or family on the other side of the planet, it all starts with a webcam. I tried using a webcam several years back and quickly gave up because the quality was horrible. It was like watching a photo slideshow in slow motion. Things have certainly come a long way since then and I am excited to try a "newer" webcam to see just how much improvement has been made over the years."

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The Akasa Integral PNES is one of the first 2.5 inch external enclosures which can either utilize an IDE or SATA drive. This also results in a USB 2.0 or eSATA connectivity, which makes the P2NES perfect for anybody with na eSATA equipped PC at home or work and a USB 2.0 equipped notebook.

The Samsung BD-P1200 supports BD-ROM, BD-RE and BD-R media as well as DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW. Also supported is Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW. However, DVD-Audio is not supported, neither is HD-DVD, although Samsung will be releasing a combo Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player this Fall.

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“Looking over the specifications, the VX450W has just about everything we would expect from a PSU of this caliber, although there are some interesting aspects which should be noted here. The power supply’s rated 85% efficiency is a great selling point, as the industry’s focus on “green” power supplies has taken root with consumers.”

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Over a 5 year period, nearly $70-$100 can be spent on wasted electricity from one power supply. Many in today's digital lifestyle have multiple computers, or computerized appliances, so even a 5% improvement over all of your equipment can mean hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars over time. I'm not an Al Gore-wannabe; I'm just pointing out that a slow leak of money adds up after a while. And it doesn't make sense to buy an exhorbitantly expensive power supply to combat the problem, because that's money out of your pocket, too.

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Who rules the roost when it comes to DX10 graphics cards? Thanks to our new User Hardware Stats page, important questions such as the one above can be easily answered.

'Designed by Pininfarina, the very same design firm that gives Ferrari sports cars their stylish lines, SimpleDrive Portable hard drive is the easiest way to add fast, reliable storage to any desktop, laptop or notebook computer. With USB 2.0 setup is a snap and data transfer speeds up to 480Mb/second.'

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I was on the Thermalright website looking for more information on the HR-05 SLI when I saw the latest version, the HR-05 IFX SLI. It wasn't listed on any online stores, and I didn't see any published reviews, so we contacted them and they agreed to send over a review sample of this brand new chipset cooler. The IFX version is fairly similar to the original HR-05 SLI, but the new "Wild Fire" design catches your eye as something different right away.

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"Today, we take a look at ASRock's latest ConRoe-1333-DVI/H micro ATX board aimed at the budget minded and put in the lowest priced Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 for a test drive. Hopefully, we can get some free performance by overclocking!"

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"Over the years heat has progressively been an issue for
computer enthusiasts. It still seems like yesterday that Intel's Pentium line was using brute force to keep up in the "Gigahertz War" and a massive amount of heat was the by product. Many companies have wised up in recent years by developing cooler and more effecient products (ie Intel and their C2D line of CPUs). While this certainly helps, heat continues to be an issue and always will. As more cases fill up with intake and exhaust fans, they quickly learn that a cool case has it's trade-offs. The more fans you add, the closer your case gets to sounding like a jet engine. This is where your friendly fan controller, like Zalman's ZM-MFC2, comes into play."

"As water cooling is one of the most popular methods for cooling, some manufacturers like Cooler Master are introducing simpler and simpler systems to allow everyone, no matter the level of skill, to take advantage of the water cooling craze. One of the most recent additions to the Cooler Master water cooling line up is the Aquagate S1. The Aquagate S1 is a preconfigured, turn-key water cooling solution that doesn’t require any real formal knowledge of water cooling and associated components. Simple installation is one thing, but the measuring stick for cooling has always been temperature. In this review, we’ll see how the Aquagate S1 stacks up against some higher end air cooling."

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“Surely you've heard of Sunbeamtech by now. Sunbeam and I go back a long ways, over 5 years. My first CCFL was by Sunbeam, which was the product that got them started. They were by far the best on the market, and still are. Today, I am reviewing the Sunbeamtech Freezing storm. As you might imagine by the name, the Freezing Storm is designed for some extreme cooling. We'll see during the course of the review what Sunbeamtech has done to help keep your rig cool.”

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One of the most popular CPUs on the market right now is the Q6600, thanks to the fact that it offers four cores at 2.4GHz. But what about the Xeon's? Their prices are also more affordable now, with their X3210 2.13GHz retailing for $260. Read on as we pit this Quad-Core against the rest of our fleet.

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Zalman first showed their compact ZM-DS4F headphones at Computex. The headphones are designed in an Apple white and can be folded together for easy transportation. Inside you will find two individual audio drives per ear cup which improves sound quality a lot. Actually, it will be hard to find a better set of headphones in the sub-$30 price range.

"Intel’s P35 chipset has already made a huge impact on the market, turning the Core 2 series of CPU into King of the PC platform. 1333MHz FSB, DDR3 memory and Crossfire already have it going strong. When X38 makes its debut, we will see Intel move into extreme performance with extreme memory, extreme turning and dual full-speed x16 PCI-Express lanes for Crossfire graphics, and hopefully SLI as well.

Today we are looking at GIGABYTE’s first DDR3 offering for the high-end market. Under the Dual Quad 6 series of boards, the P35T-DQ6 is designed to carry on from the P35-DQ6. The big difference? Let’s have a look and find out."

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We’re writing to let you know that we’ve just posted a new P35 chipset-based motherboard shootout at HotHardware in which we pit the Asus P5K3 Deluxe against the Gigabyte GA-P35T-DQ6. The P5K3 Deluxe is positioned as a premium product, with a price tag to match. And we put it up against another heavyweight, the Gigabyte GA-P35T-DQ6. Both boards feature elaborate cooling hardware and overclocked well past the 2GHz FSB mark.

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"Building a Core 2 Duo based system is becoming more affordable by the minute, today we check out a new motherboard from Jetway based on the Intel P965 chipset and priced well below $100. Can it stand a chance against the newer P35? How high does it overclock? Find out in this review."

5.25" bay devices are like high tech Swiss Army knives, and the capabilities have grown to the point where the number of functions that can be squeezed into a small patch of real estate on the front of a case is really rather crazy... The item up for review takes multi-tasking to a new level by incorporating a digital display with controls/alarms for three fans and three temperature sensors, with a 55-in-1 multimedia card reader, a USB port, and an eSATA connection. In my opinion, one of the best things about it is that all of these items fit into just one 5.25" bay without looking cluttered.

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First person shooters are pretty much the principal genre for a PC title these days. Although this means that there are numerous poor efforts on the shelves, it also means that at some point a real gem will get released. YouGamers and Futuremark visitors voted on what they reckon are the best FPS single player titles of all time - here are their Top 10 choices!

"FANG was engineered and built as a training tool that lets military personnel instantly learn lifesaving tasks under combat conditions, but we have always known that the awesome functionality of FANG also had immediate applications in the gaming market," said Chris Rathgeber, president of Ideazon Inc. "While FANG has been used successfully for serious training purposes, we predict that gamers are not going to want to let it go."

By now even casual gamers are familiar with Ideazon's Zboard. Its interchangeable keyboards, keystroke anti-ghosting features, vast selection of pre-defined key layouts and extremely easy learning curve has made it a favorite among the gaming community. I've been using one for several years now and it has elevated my game from average to ...well ...um ...slightly better than average. It's a keyboard not a miracle worker. There is a great deal I like about the Zboard and a few things I don't."

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Fujitsu’s latest notebook offering that we have the chance to review is the LifeBook E8410, a full sized and fully featured notebook packing some serious power.

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We would like to introduce to you a truthful embodiment of the Origami concept. It is small, but offers high performance and a large selection of input and positioning devices. It’s got a lot of wireless interfaces as well.

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"The idea behind thermoelectric cooling (TEC) is that you can use energy to actively move heat from a cold place to a hot place. Generally, this isn't the case: the temperature in a room will reach equilibrium unless you do work (spend energy) to change that; if that sounds familiar, it's because it's a law of thermodynamics. A Peltier device is a cool (no pun intended) little gadget that facilitates this kind of cooling. When you send current through this white plate, one side becomes very cold and the other very hot."

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"This ultra-portable notebook model we are reviewing today that comes with a wide 12" display is not very cheap. It is a business model that comes at a business price. The ultra-portable class of notebook PCs is gradually becoming more popular, as there appears to be more business users who need notebooks for constant short-term trips, where a small notebook and light weight play an important role. Although this class of notebook PCs is growing, the sales volume of ultra-portable notebooks is still far from the sales of regular notebook classes."

"Cooler Master is very well known with their coolers, cases and power supplies; their product line is literally huge. CM also benefits from a huge distribution network, which means you can find their products everywhere. This new cooler is made to be "Universal" so that it can be used on both ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards."

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Noctua is aiming to deliver high quality computer products and proudly proclaim their products are "Designed in Austria". Their answer to the chipset cooling problem is the Noctua NC-U6 chipset cooler, which is a high-rising copper and aluminum heatsink with heatpipe technology that looks rather impressive.

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Watching video on an iPod is nice, but sometimes it can be difficult. The Myvu Personal Media Viewer allows the user to view video by looking through a set of glasses, putting the display up in front wherever the user looks. Add in a set of noise-reducing earbuds and the Myvu Personal Media Viewer is the perfect iPod accessory for the frequent traveler or a college dorm.

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For some the jury is still out as to whether a power supply should have multiple 12-volt rails or is it better for it to rely on a high current single 12-volt rail. Ultra Products has opted for the single 12-volt rail, which provides 70-amps of current for your system to draw from. Come on along as we look at this Ultra Products X3 1000-watt power supply and see how well it performs.

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SFF (Small Form Factor) enclosures are great for space management, particularly for HTPC (Home Theater PC) enthusiasts, but they always seem to trade limited space requirements for an equally limited amount of enthusiast fanfare. More often than not, they cramp our style with
poorer cooling than our desktop counterparts, leaving them better suited for mainstream users than the average system tweaker. But does it have to be that way? Today HardwareLogic takes a look at In Win’s Mt. Jade chassis, a SFF case co-developed by Intel. Can these two companies fuse together and create a miniature sized case with mammoth cooling potential, and will it ultimately end up another ‘also ran?’

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"ASUS R1F is by the specifications a combination of mobility and performance. While most of the Tablet PCs are targeting either users with specific needs or the ones who want an attention-grabbing computer, ASUS R1F seems to successfully hit both target markets."

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Most air CPU cooling solutions rely on a combination of copper heatpipes and large aluminum or copper fin arrays to pull heat away from the processor. While this is a proven and tested technique, it does leave a lot to be desired in terms of creativity, uniqueness, and overall design. CoolJag has taken some of the best CPU cooling methods available and designed the Falcon 92-CU with a little twist. This heatsink uses large copper fins on top of a small array of aluminum fins to try and increase heat dissipation.

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“Liquid-Cooled computers used to be DIY projects involving many hours of labor to patch up different cases and cooling components from various manufactures. ThermalTake LCS (Liquid-Cooled System) is designed to be an all-in-one approach to reduce head-ache and frustration during building a liquid-cooled system."

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A couple of years ago 500W power supplies were considered very high-end but these days ultra high-end gaming PCs use a lot more power. Dual-core and quad-core processors along with a SLI or CrossFire setup of NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 Ultra or ATI's Radeon HD 2900 series can use a lot of power, especially when these components are all heavily overclocked. In this review I'm taking a closer look at the ThermalTake Toughpower 1000W power supply with modular cable management. ThermalTake's Toughpower PSU lineup is available with standard and modular cables with max outputs ranging from 550W to 1500W.

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Anyone over the age of twenty-one might remember a fun commercial for a doublemint gum whose message was double your pleasure, double your fun. It showed two young twin ladies, two young puppies, etc. Basically, things were better in two's This idea has been adopted by the computer industry with open arms. Two cores in a CPU, two sockets in a motherboard, two video cards in tandem. Heck even hard drives are getting in on the double action with RAID. Sadly though heatsinks have been left out of the party (How would you fit two Tuniq Towers on a CPU anyway?). Well today we are going to have a bit of fun. We are going to see what two Corsair Nautilus 500 kit's can do for us when it comes time to party. We recently reviewed the Nautilus 500 here and found it to be an exceptionally easy unit to install and offered excellent cooling and value.

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The Xbox 360 is arguably the hottest-running console ever created, and as such has been subject to shutdown and overheating problems. I have replaced two consoles myself, due to damage caused by overheating. Fortunately there are a few aftermarket solutions to help cool your Xbox 360, and each offers several advantages and disadvantes, which will be discussed in this article.

A thermo-electric cooler (TEC), also known as a Peltier Cooler, is a solid-state active heat pump capable of transferring heat from one side of the device to the other. The Ultra ULT33186 ChillTec CPU cooler uses a TEC, sandwiched between two copper plates, each plate with four heat-pipes leading to a large fan cooled radiator. Ideal for hardcore cooling, Benchmark Reviews will discover the potential advantages over standard air cooling solutions, and weigh the ChillTec against a large collection of competitors.

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Samsung has just released their newest light weight camcorder the SC-DC173. The SC-DC173 DVD Camcorder is one the first new camcorders from Samsung to use a Schneider Lens. Combining this lens with Samsungs leadership in digital technologies, gives consumers the performance of German optics while providing a premium product at a reasonable price.

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“In Win's Mountain Jade microATX case is the Taiwanese manufacturer's improvement on its BK623 case. The Mountain Jade is well-suited for an HTPC, promising only 30 dB(A) outside the case when combined with a stock Core 2 Duo cooler. ThinkComputers investigates this case to see if its fashionably black exterior and partitioned interior are as awesome as In Win purports them to be.”

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"Small, wireless, and packed with a plethora of useful features. These are some of the more common traits in the keyboard that most people desire. For me, it has been an ongoing search for the perfect keyboard, but I still haven't found the keyboard of my dreams. Could Logitech's diNovo Edge be the keyboard that many of us are looking for? Will it prove superior to other popular keyboards on the market? Let's go ahead and see what this keyboard offers that others don't. We'll be examining this keyboard very thoroughly to get a good idea for what type of user the keyboard is ideal for and just how practical and useful it is."

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If you are looking for a lightweight MP3 player, Samsung's K3 2GB or 4GB player is worth your consideration. It weighs just 200g, includes a bright OLED screen and proves simple to use.

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"D-Link's sassy new "Limited Edition" 802.11N router has a swank OLED display and tantalizing performance."

"Samsung’s latest family of BW monitors have hit the shelves boasting some impressive new specifications for a monitor in this price range. The one figure that undoubtedly sparks interest in this monitor is the 2ms GTG response time."

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"In today's article, we are zeroing in on the ASUS GeForce 8800 Ultra, a card which turns out to be identical to the reference NVIDIA 8800 Ultra board. ASUS provides only the box, the bundle, and stickers. And that's it. By the way, in case you are still looking for a famous ASUS quality video card, please try to understand that there is nothing to pay extra money for."

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"Today we will be taking a look at a powerful unit from their newest line, named X3. Ultra has taken all of the best features from their previous models and packed them in the X3. On paper, this power supply looks to have everything a hardcore enthusiast could want, and more. But, will it be able to deliver on those promises?"

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"Antec Sonata-series cases have been popular amongst the enthusiast for years already and now the series has reached its third version. It's interesting to see if and how Antec has managed to futher-improve the already pretty through-tought product."

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Nowadays a lot of people have a dedicated home server for data storage, downloads or both. The TS-109 Pro is the latest fully featured NAS server by QNAP, it allows you to house everything your home-serving heart requires in a little box without making your energy bill go through the roof. Among the included features are Gigabit Ethernet, BitTorrent Downloader, Apache+PHP+MySQL Server, FTP and more. Since the system is based on Linux it can also be customized to suit more advanced users.

It was bound to happen, a musician in Nigeria by the name of Nkem Owoh has made a music video and posted it to YouTube about the whole Nigerian 419 Scam thing... cause inevitably ex-Minister what's-his-face always fails to transfer that $28,000,000 he stole from his government to your neighbourhood bank account... I wonder why?

"Abit IP35 Pro is high-end motherboard based on the latest Intel mainstream chipset, P35, featuring several extra features like passive cooling with two heat-pipes (called Silent OTES by Abit), two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two Firewire ports, on-board optical SPDIF inputs and outputs, two x16 PCI Express slots, two eSATA ports, diagnostics display, solid aluminum capacitors and several other minor features. Let's see the features and performance from this new release from Abit."

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“The Sonata III is the third chapter in this series of enclosures from Antec. Over a year ago, I had the opportunity to review another case from this line: the Solo. Now I'm getting the chance to review the Sonata III. The Sonata III is marketed to the quiet users, and I'm one of those people. New front panel connections, along with a 500W Earthwatts PSU, add to the enclosure's improvements along with many more features.”

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"Corsair has made a huge impression in the power supply market in a relatively short period of time and the VX450W carries on in this fine trend today. Users looking for a midrange power supply at a competitive price that will give them quiet but solid performance throughout its rated output need look no farther than the Corsair VX450W."

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It works just like any other flash-based USB thumb drive, but features a keypad for entering a PIN code that locks or unlocks the data stored on the device.

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As a reviewer and Editor I rely heavily on the test software used in our daily benchmarking and stability tests. That said it takes a bit of time and effort to learn the in and outs of the testing software and what compatibility issues it may have and how to workaround them. SYSmark from BAPCo has been a staple software program in our test bench almost since we started testing motherboards back in 1999. The SYSmark battery of tests has always been the test software that gave errors however as well and SYSmark 2007 is the worst yet.

"With the ECS P35T-A being a solid mainstream board we can only hope that ECS does something special with the Intel X38 Express Chipset to give the gaming enthusiast community something to look forward to! When the ECS P35T-A becomes available in the market it will offer the best price versus performance ratio of any Intel P35 Express boards on the market, but make sure it has the features you want as to get the price this low ECS had to trim some of the features off..."

Years ago most people used a ball mice, in most cases together with a crappy cloth mousepad that you got somewhere for free. Together with the rise of optical mice, plastic mousepads become more popular among computer enthusiasts and gamers because these pads generally offer much better tracking and last much longer. It was more than five years ago since I've last had a cloth mousepad in my hands when I got the opportunity to test Steel Series's QcK mousepad, a premium cloth mousepad with a non-slip rubber base.

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Xclio was one of the first manufacturers to incorporate oversized fans in their cases when they released the A380 Super Tower Case with two 25cm fans. Now they have released the 3060 Plus, a mid-tower case with a 36cm fan on the side panel! Let's take a look at this case, and see whether the incredibly large case fan offers any benefits.

"Starting out with the basics, the Radeon HD 2600 XT is based around AMD's 390 million transistor, 65 nanometre manufactured RV630 core, and is basically a shrunk and reduced version of the massive R600 core that powers the company's flagship Radeon HD 2900 XT part. Compared to the 320 shader processors which make up that high-end part, RV630 features 120 shader processing units, split into three arrays of forty processors (compared to four arrays of eighty in R600). The number of texture units and ROPs are also reduced compared to R600, to two and one respectively against four and four in AMD's flagship core. Finally, RV630 finds itself with a good old 128-bit memory bus, utilising a ring bus memory controller, compared to the 512-bit behemoth on R600. Some pretty hefty cuts there, particularly with regard to the ROP count - Of course, we'll see how that affects performance in due course."

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"For the enthusiast, those numbers bring the hope of increased performance and higher clock speeds from the CPUs that we chose. Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo CPUs feature a 333 FSB instead of the 266 FSB we have grown accustomed to. Built using the same 65 nanometer process as its predecessors, it includes a shared L2 cache of 4 megabytes with 64 bit support on a socket 775 platform. Many motherboards currently on the market have the capability to use these new CPUs, while some need just a simple BIOS update to gain the capability. So why not jump in and take a look while we see what the latest from Intel has to offer."

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In terms of performance the Gigabyte GV-NX85T256H can handle DirectX 9.0 games at resolutions of 1024x768 pretty well. DirectX 10 titles like Call of Juarez and Lost Planet are a bit too much for it though. If you're a big time gamer you might be better served to save up a bit more to get something that's one or two classes higher. If you're just a casual gamer though the GV-NX85T256H should be sufficient. It's also perfectly suitable for running a Windows Vista PC, with all of the eye candy that operating system allows for menus, explorer windows and navigation.

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"The author of this article came to love ABIT brand in the time of nForce2 motherboards, when the already legendary model NF7 presented a perfect motherboard by standards of that time. Many years after, Abit is back with another legendary board based on nForce 680i chipset. Does first love last forever?"

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“Asus saw the need for an enthusiast-class motherboard based on the P35 chipset, but with a more flexible PCI Express configuration. And leveraging what they undoubtedly learned from designing the PW564-WS , engineered the Blitz Extreme and Blitz Formula motherboards, complete with a PCI Express switch that allowed them to connect the P35 Northbridge's PCI Express lanes to not one, but a pair of PEG slots. Asus didn't stop there, however, and also outfitted the Blitz boards with a hybrid air / liquid cooling apparatus and a number of other features that are sure to please.”

When we looked at Arctic Cooling's Accelero S2 GPU cooler a month ago, we couldn't help but be impressed. It certainly looked the part, courtesy of its hefty construction, but more importantly it delivered on the performance front too - The Radeon X1650 XT board we used as the guinea pig for our testing enjoyed not only higher overclocks than those seen using the reference cooler, but the GPU also ran substantially cooler as well. All of this, and with a completely silent cooling solution.

With variety of cases we are faced with today it isn't easy to pick one. Companies tend to outclass each other in design, latest trends, comfort and price. We see more and more enclosures that take the shape of our hi-fi systems -- size and style wise. Beige and white aren't the only colors being used anymore. Todays scheme concentrates more on black and silver tones with various tints and shades.

"The Gigabyte GV-NX86T256H GeForce 8600 GT Silent definitely earns the title of being the best value. Its price is low, its performance is solid and rather close to the GTS, and it comes with a very fun and addicting full version game. We can ask nothing more of a mainstream-level video card. If you have the cash though and want better overclocking and cooling, go ahead and get the GeForce 8600 GTS if you are in the market for a silent video card. There is no question that either will provide a solid gameplay experience in this price range, and they both will do it without making a sound. Both cards are great but the GT is simply the better value at a mere $124. In fact it can be said that is probably one of the best video card values we have ever seen at this price point."

The enormous amount of heat produced by today's dual and quad-core processors makes purchasing a third-party CPU cooler almost a necessity for any user building a performance computer system. Most quality heatsinks will cost around $50, but Zerotherm's CF800 and CF900 heatsinks won't break the bank at $29.99 a piece, and should provide PC builders with a cost-effective solution to cool today's hottest CPUs. The real questions to answer in this review are if the copper-based CF900 can outperform the aluminum-based CF800, and whether there is a big enough difference between them and the stock Intel cooler to warrant the expense. We'll let the results speak for themselves.

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CoolerMaster is one of the oldest companies who have a good reputation with enthusiasts mainly because of their high end cooling solutions and chassis designs. They also offer many other products however, including high end power supply units. Today we will take a look at their best power supply product, the M1000. The M1000 is a high class modular unit capable of delivering 1kW continuous power and has a peak power rating of 1.2kW. Although we reviewed several 1kW units lately, the M1000 kindled our interest because of its weight and the fact that it has no less than six 12V power lines, the largest number of 12V lines we have seen on a power supply.

"Only a few weeks ago we compared the new 8500 GT to the cheaper and older 7300 GT video card and found the new NVIDIA budget card to be average at best. This week we compare the mid range offering, a Sparkle 8600 GT 256Mb which can be found at ~€100 in stores, to a ~€100 XFX 7600 GT 256Mb which comes with higher clock speeds. To round up the comparison we threw in a factory overclocked Calibre 8600 GT with 512Mb. Let's see if the new cards can beat the revived price/performance champ."

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This is a Hybrid tuner, which means that it can tune in both analogue and digital DVB-T TV programs. GIGABYTE also has a digital only version, the U7000, which is a physically smaller model. Both models are based on a Dibcom chipset and if this doesn’t say anything to you, then what you should know is that this is one of the best DVB-T chipsets on the market for PC applications.

"For those of you who don't know what a thermal compound does allow me to explain. Its job is to transfer heat as efficiently as possible between a heatsink and a processor (or any other such similar setup). Without a thermal compound in place CPUs would overheat, as there are far too many micro imperfections in the base of a heatsink (and top of a CPU) to be able to effectively transfer heat (not to mention that air trapped between the two would hinder this already poor performance)."

If you look around some of your favorite online retailers you will see a listing for the Apevia X-Telstar case. The X-Telstar sports a large see-thru side panel and circular display that gives you all the details on what is going on inside the case. The light aluminum construction is a big bonus as well. Apevia has never been a big fan of the industry standard beige casing. This is Apevia newest case to market, but will it be as popular with us as the newest Q-Pack we reviewed a few weeks ago? Read alone with us and we will tell you.

"I’m sick of breaking a tooth whenever I try to have a drink of whatever I choose while I’m using headphones. Let’s face it, whether you’re gaming, using VOIP, listening to music or watching a DVD, headphones are an essential part of owning a computer. I find myself using them almost half of the time I’m at the computer, and the most annoying part is that microphone sticking out in front of me and causing some kind of trauma to my face at least 10 or 20 times a day."

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“Flash drives are nothing new, but finding one that will last is something that is hard to come by. So many flash drives are cheaply made and break easily. I think I went through a total of 5 flash drives while in college until I got the Corsair Flash Voyager drive. I've had that drive for over a year not and it's about time I upgrade. Corsair was nice enough to send me one of their new Flash Survivor GT drives. Read on to see if it is an indestructible as the Flash Voyager was.”

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I won't leave much room for surprise: this SATA RAID Gigabit NAS is one hot little number, with plenty of features and performance available at an incredibly affordable price. Are you looking to compare network attached storage devices, or ready to buy?

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Being first to the terabyte mark gives Hitachi bragging rights, and more importantly, the ability to offer single-drive storage capacity 33% greater than that of its competitors. Hitachi isn't banking on capacity alone, though. The 7K1000 is also outfitted with a whopping 32MB of cache-double what you get with other 3.5" hard drives. Couple that extra cache with 200GB platters that have the highest areal density of any drive on the market, and the 7K1000's performance could impress as much as its capacity.

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Building a silent PC or on the look-out for a quality mid-range graphics card offering? Gigabyte's 8600GTS includes the best of both worlds. In addition to including a passive cooler, a free copy of Supreme Commander can be found here also. Of course the important question is: Does the overall performance warrant your attention?

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The early generations of the Type R PSU have proved winners in the aesthetics field and certainly fared decent in terms of their performance. Given that this unit is their lowest wattage modular unit (and little brother to their popular 580W model) has Hiper brought anything new and improved to the table?

"The 520 has an entirely new design, superior noise cancellation technology, excellent sound quality, 8 hours talk time and 180 hours standby."

It is becoming increasingly hard to play a good horror game. The last decent offering was Condemned on the Xbox 360 and before that the latest Resident Evil on the GameCube (and later PS2 and PC). Sure, there was a plethora of semi-decent releases on the PS2 just a year or two back, but other than the Silent Hill series most of these games never made it big outside of Japan. Surprisingly enough the first Obscure, a game marketed primarily at the western audience somehow managed to slip under the radar, even though it was just as good as the Silent Hill games and offered some unique takes on how horror games should be done.

This is where Kingston Technology has come to answer the call. One of those kits could very well be the Hyper X KHX11000D3LLK2/2G Dual Channel Kits. It's based on their newest performance Hyper X DDR3 series intended for the upscale and more serious enthusiast who want to tap in to their processor's unseen performance. At 1375MHz, it operates at a frequency previous DDR2 modules just couldn't quite achieve mainly due to power requirements and related heat causing too much instability. Have a look at Kingston's latest signature Hyper X DDR3 1375MHz modules.

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"Although it wasn’t long ago we had a look at a pair of Zalman headphones, we’ve already got a new pair for you to check out. Well, new isn’t entirely the truth, as the ZM-RS6Fs arn’t new, they’ve been around for a few years now.

What Zalman has done to refresh them is to integrate a USB sound card and add a USB connector on the end of the cable."

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Today, more and more consumers are adding PCs to their home theater systems. With the goal of using it to watch DVDs, listen to music and surf the Internet, these consumers want something that functions well and looks great. The Thermaltake Mozart IP helps bring all those features to the home theater, with the added bonus of an iPod dock that works with or without the PC powered on. Using the included Media Lab display and iMedian software, many functions are at the user's fingertips with an infrared remote control.