"We sometimes forget that not everyone has the money or the need to use these higher end cards. So that’s what we’re doing today, we’re going to look after the people on the other side of the fence, who don’t need big 3DMark numbers or 200FPS in Half Life 2 at 2560 x 1600.

Today we’ll simply have the two cards together. We won’t be comparing them against each other as such, but rather just simply looking at exactly how they perform and how much extra performance a HD 3650 gives you over the HD 3450."

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"When speaking of technology, only rarely does the name Mozart ever come up in a conversation. Thermaltake has decided to use his namesake as the next step in entertainment based enthusiast enclosures. Just as Mozart has his everlasting music, will this become a hit for eons to come or is it doomed to be hidden in some server room pulling triple duty?"

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The new Classic series from A-DATA keeps the trusted and true design of traditional flash devices. The new C701 is aimed at the budget user, looking for simple and cheap flash storage.

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Introducing the Project X DDR3-1800 memory modules from Super Talent. Designed by a company known for producing some of the best RAM in the industry you can be sure you are protected for years to come as they include a lifetime warranty. What's that you say? You want more? What if I told you this RAM costs significantly less than many slower performing kits on the market? Interested yet? I know I am.

The world is cluttered with the dead and dying remains of poorly designed, mass-produced OEM pc cases, but you won’t find one at my place. As a hardware enthusiast I expect more from my cases. There has to be plenty of space inside them. They have to be well-made. Cutting edge innovation isn't necessary, but I do prefer to see some thought going into the making of a case. To be honest, I'm quite tired of the cookie cutter cases some of the industry has been churning out over the last few years.

Today I'm reviewing the Silverstone SST-KL03B-w. Will it make the grade? Silverstone is well-known for making quality enclosures, particularly for its high end cases, in both the full-tower and home theatre pc format. Given this pedigree, I expect this case will be no different.

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Where routers are concerned, TRENDnet may not be the first name to come to mind, but their popularity is quickly growing. On our test-bench is a perfect example as to why that's the case. If you are looking for a feature-rich N-based router for a reasonable price, the TEW-633GR is worth a look.

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"The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT graphics card based on company's newest G94 GPU pushes the GeForce 8600 GTS down the price line. The new solution ranks in between the 8800 GT and the 8600 GTS. The GPU itself differs from the G92 only by fewer unified processors and texture units, bringing the 256-bit bus into the sub-$200 price range."

"I seem to be testing a lot of thermal pastes lately, so it will be nice when I have a roundup of the major performers (which after today should be most of them!) The NT-H1 paste from Noctua is a relatively new entry to the thermal paste market, so let's take a look Noctua's offering to the market."

Here is a list of some of the 9600GT review from around the web. More are sure to come in the upcoming days.

Tweaktown
OCC
TechPowerUP
EliteBastards
HotHardware
LegitReviews
HardOCP
Motherboards.org

"Right on the heels of our Cosmos 1000 case review comes the totally revamped Cosmos S from Cooler Master. Although the Cosmos is really a nice case, there are a handful of things that could be done to make it better. We'll be taking a close look at the new Cosmos S today to find out if Cooler Master has made this latest version better than the last."

"Don't get Juked by the Samsung Juke, the phone looks neat but has cheap speakers and a poor camera."

War. Huh. Yeah. What is it good for? Well apparently its good for selling tons and tons of videogames to obsessed FPS fans. Say it again now. Unless you've been living in a foxhole for the past few years you have probably heard of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty series.

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The word vendetta makes me think of the recent movie, V for Vendetta. It makes me think of a challenge and rebellious behaviour against the establishment. So what does this mean in regards to OCZ's Vendetta CPU Cooler? I'm guessing it refers to OCZ's fight against the heat eminated within from processors: OCZ's Vendetta against heat! Sounds corny? Yes it does. BUT did OCZ win the bitter feud? Let's find out.

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"... Powercolor has done a good job trying to attract the gamers with their HD3870 PCS. It's very appealing with that impressive ZEROTherm all copper cooler."

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“External options still seem to be the best because of all those factors. Millsy has been checking out some huge back planes from Thecus which are perfect for the hardcore data fiends. Smaller scale users tend to benefit most from single and dual drive external enclosures. These include USB 2.0 and eSATA enclosures like the Rosewill RX81-MP Storage Enclosure. Why eSATA you ask? Read on see the two versions compared.”

Network Attached Storage (NAS) is slowly emerging as a single storage unit that could be easily attached to your home or business network, and could be accessed easily over your local area network. Today at Benchmark Reviews we have the QNAP TS-109 Pro Turbo Station All-in-one NAS server. QNAP TS-109 Pro comes with laundry list of features and the ability to expand the storage capabilities through the on-board USB and eSATA ports. Please read on to explore the performance and capabilities of TS-109 Pro as we compare it to the previously tested NAS products from other manufacturers.

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But which one should you buy and what CPU overclocking result can you expect? Ocinside.de ordered 3 x AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ socket AM2 CPUs and overclocked these very inexpensive CPUs. Without betraying too much - all three processors could be overclocked from original 2100 MHz (X2) up to far over 3000 MHz (X2), whereby not only the benchmark result was increased, but also the power consumption.

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"The mobo turned out to be working great! The Intel C2Q Q6600 worked perfectly on 3.4 GHz with a voltage of 1.41 V. This is a fantastic result considering the cooling system and CPU limits. All in all, the 6-phase voltage unit proved more than adequate even for a quad-core processor. The board does exactly what you tell her to, not what she decides to, which is a rare case nowadays."

The ECS A770M-A (V1.0) AMD 770 motherboard should not be overlooked by anyone looking to build a reliable, low cost system around the latest AMD processors. Those in the market for a highly configurable, overclocking motherboard should keep shopping, but if you want modern features and solid performance right out of the box, this is a good choice.

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"Noctua improved the design of the original NH-U12 to make it fit more motherboards, at the same time they decided to bundle it with a low noise 120mm fan. Can this refreshed product stand a chance against heavy competition? We find out."

"It's dubbed E�CS, which is short for "Enhanced Easy Connecting System" and the entire series is supposed to have +80% power efficiency, which will satisfy the tree huggers. The E�CS is ranging from 400 to 750W via 450, 500 and 600 Watt versions, and we've been handed the 500W version with the part no. ECS 5001."

“Sigma's new Shark line of power supply units combines a functional, stable supplier of required electricity with a stylish, finned, dual-fan cooling design, resulting in a silent but powerful device. It's also one of the most stable devices we've seen in a while. Combine that with a sub $100-price and it looks like we've got quite a nice unit on our hands. Read on for the review.”

Some people may mistake this MP4 player from Super Talent as an iPod Touch, but what you won't confuse is the money you will save when you go to purchase one. If you want to know what really wowed us about this product come read our review and find out.

"Most cooler reviews are of products designed for the latest, greatest and usually hottest GPUs. But what if you have an older system, with a once powerful 6600GT or x800? The fan dies or you want to squeeze a few more MHZ in your OC, where do you turn? Well, Gigabyte of all companies have made the Cyclops, which comes with changeable front covers, RAM sinks and a solid aluminium core. Let's see how our 6600GT feels with it attached."

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A-Data continues to innovate the USB Flash Drive segment with new and unique designs. The Sport series features a sturdy metal frame with rubber padding, to make it durable for use during outdoor activities. A-Data's Sport S702 will sure go well on any key chain.

SilverStone opened its doors in 2003 and quickly became known for its stylish and quality system enclosures (that’s fancy for “computer cases”). Headquartered in Taiwan, they also have corporate offices in the USA and Germany. Along with diversifying their location, they have diversified their product line. SilverStone sells hard drive enclosures, CPU coolers, system fans and, you guessed it, power supplies! We have one of SilverStone’s PSU on the bench today in fact.

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"The Vice President of Business at Aeneon said that the, “new XTUNE DDR3 memory series… will leverage the enthusiasts’ performance experience and demonstrate the DDR3 main advantages as one of the first products in the market: offering high-speed computing as well as limiting power.” Rated at 1.5V, these modules certainly run at lower energy consumption than recent DDR2 modules that have been released at 2.0V stock, but as one of the first kits on the market, can it provide the performance we’re hoping for? Continue on as we find out…"

Bgears has been hard at work to bring new products to their line over the last year. Today we are going to take a look at one of their latest power supplies. The Bgears b-Tarantula 650 Watt.

As its name implies, this 2GB (2 x 1GB) memory kit is rated for operation at 1800MHz with a CAS latency of 7. But it is also one of a select few memory kits to support Intel’s Extreme Memory Profiles, or XMP.

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"Today a 1000GB hard drive is commonly available for the power users while a few months back 750GB was the largest capacity. Although hard drive failure is low at less than 2 percent, certified repaired hard drive could be had for much less. Geeks.com stocks both new and certified repaired hard drives; and if backing up your data and system are your priorities after HDD failure, a second large capacity HD may be your best friend."

"There's no mistaking the EOS 40D for one of the zillions of point-and-shoots or entry-level D-SLRs like the Nikon D40 or Canon Rebel XT."

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"Oh my god, I've gone "Green." What can I say about the GA-X48-DQ6? Well, performance-wise, it stacks up quite well against many of the motherboards out on the market now. In the gaming benchmarks the X48-DQ6 was just dominating. In the scientific benchmarking phase of the testing, it came out on top in well over half the tests and was a close second in most of the others. If the X48 chipset is just a better binned X38, than I am sold on the binning process. The performance gained during most of the testing was a nice plus to a chipset that I was not expecting much more than the capability to overclock a bit better than the last gen chipset. Support is there for the latest 1600 FSB processors, so picking up that QX9770 and putting it into the DQ6 should prove fruitful during the next benchmarking session."

“Buffalo's routers have always wowed this writer, especially the WHR-G54S. However, this time around, Buffalo sent ThinkComputers a different kind of networking product: the LinkStation, Buffalo's foray into the network-attached storage device market. Buffalo markets the LinkStation EZ to the home user and touts its easy setup and backup software. ThinkComputers investigates.”

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Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2008 is a program suite from Paragon that promises to make everything around the hard drive easy. It can defrag your hard drives, make it easy to take an image and restore it and even make sure that any data you want removed stays removed. After using it for over a month my personal feeling is that this is a great toolkit for both novice and experienced users. Read on to find out why.

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"SOYO was established around 1999 at the time when computer hardware was easy to list off in your head. Their Dragon series of motherboards were excellent and many enthusiasts employed their boards for computer builds. Today, SOYO is a vastly different company. Gone are the motherboards but SOYO has reinvented itself and now produces displays. They have a partnership with Honeywell for dual branding. Today, we are looking at the Topaz S 24" LCD Widescreen Monitor."

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"You wouldn't know by looking, but Intel's a little new at the chipset business. It's not that they haven't been doing it for decades, but just that they've never made a business out of it. Until recently. Intel's 975X did well; i965 blew doors off hinges. And, though it's a little long in the technospheric tooth, i965's footprint is almost too big to fill. Without presuming that its successor, P35, is shiny and better, I've tested what looks like a crowd-pleaser: Asus' P5K-E WiFi-AP. For less than $150, it's priced right where everyone can reach it, and comes with the right amount of flash to nab attention from the rest."

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" Arctic Cooling makes some of the best GPU coolers on the market and they are about to unleash their newest model, fortunately, we were able to get our hands on the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800 Video Card Cooler. This cooler is designed to fit the nVIDIA 8800Ultra, GTX, GTS(G80) model graphic cards. Arctic Cooling has garnered a reputation for making excellent products that provide superb performance with whisper quiet operation. Let's see if they can continue the trend with the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800 Video Card Cooler. Let's get started…."

"While the relatively new line of Extreme Edition memory products by A-Data still carry the Vitesta model name, the EE modules offer very aggressive timings, more comparable to other manufacturers of high-end performance memory. It is one of these sets of memory sticks I will be taking a look at today, the ADQVD1A16K 2x1GB PC2 6400 Extreme Edition DDR2-800+ Dual Channel Memory Kit."

"HX620W (also known as CMPSU-620HX) is a power supply that Corsair claims can deliver its rated power at 50º C, and featuring a modular cabling system, a big 120-mm fan, active PFC, high efficiency and two video card power cables for you to feed your SLI or CrossFire system. We completely disassembled this power supply to see the components and design used and also tested to see if it can really deliver its labeled 620 W."

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"Zalman introduced its ZM-MFC2 multi fan speed controller last year at CES, and the reason we're reviewing it today are three-fold. For starters, the Zalman ZM-MFC2 digitally monitors four fans to +/- 10RPM and displays that data in real time on a nice multi-coloured backlit LCD display. With it, you can set any speed from 60RPM to the maximum supported by the fan with a turn of the dial, for three 3-pin fans and one PWM fan."

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"We take a look at the newest DFI Intel motherboard, based on the X38 chipset, the successor of the high end version of the P35. Can DFI work their magic and produce a tweakers dream X38 board? We find out."

The HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 comes with a high end dual slot cooler, 512 MB of fast GDDR3 memory and increased clocks at a price tag of $199. This winning combination gets very close in performance to the much more expensive HD 3870 and can even surpass it when overclocked.

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"We’ve seen a collection of various Noctua fans conforming to the standards of 80mm and 120mm, but nothing in the lesser-used 92mm size.

Fortunately, 92mm fan mounts can now use bevelled blade tips and vortex control notches, but more importantly, have a MULNAZ PC. Lets have a look whether it lives up to our previous experiences with Noctua blowers."

"I listened to a radio program recently discussing the impact of "Phantom Load" on the electricity grid. Small amounts of electricity are constantly being consumed by devices that are plugged in but appear to be shut off. These "sleeping" devices constantly draw power from the grid, twenty four hours per day, seven days per week. With more and more high-tech devices becoming commonplace among modern homes, this load continues to increase. Being a geek and PC enthusiast at heart, I suspected more to the electric load in my energy efficient home than just compact fluorescent bulbs. I was really intrigued by the thought of this and decided to conduct some testing of my own."

"The Gigabyte EX38-DS4 utilizes the X38 chipset from Intel. The motherboard features a silent cooling system with rather large heatsinks on both the PWM and the northbridge. Notice that the southbridge is not connected via a heat pipe to the northbridge but rather, it is cooled by its own heatsink. On the back of the motherboard, you’ll see a copper backplate where the northbridge is. This setup allows the northbridge to dissipate heat in multiple directions."

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Palit is a relative newcomer to the GPU market in North America, but we are sure to see more of them as months pass. Our first look at a Palit card is courtesy of the 8600GT "Super+1GB". Though equipped with loads of memory, we found that it added little benefit over our 256MB competitor.

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Benchmark Reviews has been hard at work trying to ride the wave of innovation into the next big technology. While Solid State Disks can now finally promise the best of both worlds (speed and capacity), they are still extremely expensive. OCZ is very well known for their drive towards high performance, yet in this article you will see a different side to them with their SSD product line. We have tested and used the new OCZ 64GB SATA Solid State Drive OCZSSD64GB, and we're ready with the results.

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Kingston is a market leader in the memory market, and it wasn't luck that got it to that point. As we've seen in our past reviews, Kingston has good quality products that perform well. It's HyperX line of products exemplifies this, as the HyperX portfolio contains some of Kingston's highest performing products. In our series of upcoming DDR3 memory kit reviews, I thought I would start off first with our Kingston 1375MHz rated kit. Its rated speed of DDR3-1375 is the lowest of the kits we have lined up to review, so we'll if it has anything up its sleeve.

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"After looking at the new 9600GT just the other day, it became clear to us that the HD 3870 really does still have some life in it. It’s not dying off anytime soon thanks to the aggressive pricing that has been implemented recently.

It did get us thinking though; with an MSI HD 3870 OC sitting around doing nothing, it was time to see what would happen when we put overclocked part up against overclocked part. It’s really going to come down to how well the HD 3870 is able to make use of the increased clock speeds that MSI have offered."

"EarthWatts is a series of power supplies from Antec with a Spartan look and relatively low cost, but able to deliver 80% efficiency and nominal power labeled at 50º C, also featuring active PFC and two video card connectors for your SLI or CrossFire setup. Let's take an in-depth look inside the 500 W model and see if it can really deliver its labeled power."

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"You don't need to go to outer space to visit Venus, just hit up your local Verizon store. Other than a fancy name this phone is pretty average."

ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card proved to be a really popular option for performance-mainstream market. But AMD wants to target the high-end using the same technology, but this time with two ATI RV670 chips. Let’s find out whether the new ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 is actually faster than its rivals from Nvidia camp.

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"ASRock is stepping up the process of product introduction. 4Core 1600 P35 WiFi+ with overclocking features including DDR2/DDR3 surprises a few of us. Full featured with Firewire, Cross-Fire, WiFi and the traditional parallel port and eSATA, and the support of the upcoming to Intel Penryn, and Wolfdale"

Today we takes a look at the new Acrylic HTPC case from Sunbeam. Aside from the fact that this case is completely see-through and UV reactive, what really sets this case apart from other HTPC cases is that this case features a total of eight internal 3.5" bays. This feature makes it possible to have multiple terabytes of media storage directly in the HTPC itself.

Introducing the all new GA-X48-DQ6 from our friends over at Gigabyte, this is their flagship motherboard for the new Intel 1600MHz FSB CPU line and it looks like a winner from first glance. The motherboard comes in an all gold box that is so shiny it gleams and reflects in the light. Featuring support for ATI's dual VGA card CrossFire cards and DDR3 memory are just the tip of the iceburg on this one folks. Intel’s X48 chipset brings a lot to the table including support for the latest Yorkfield CPUs. Gigabyte has done a wonderful job with the chipset allowing the end-user to use DDR2 memory which has lower latency per clock than the newer DDR3 memory and is less expensive and more readily available compared to the newer memory. The GA-X48-DQ6 has all of the features that the enthusiast would want from a new motherboard and higher performance than the X38 to boot.

“The case isn't just a gimmick, because it actually does have plenty of useable features. There is the potential for excellent cooling all around given the number of fans included and the fans that can be added. The open rear chassis almost appeared a bit odd since I'm so use to a closed chassis. However, this means there is more than enough room for warm air to escape and it's completely concealed by the really cool looking rear door.”

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"Altec Lansing's SnugFit design does indeed provide great noise isolation to the user. As we used our various MP3 players from Apple and Cowon, we found the UHP336 to be one of the better headsets we have had in our ear. For me personally, I wanted better base response for the headphones and was annoyed by the amount of adjustment I had to keep making to hold the headphones in the "sweet spot" of my ear canal. This is most likely due to the weight of the headphone and cord..."

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Even though the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS comes with just 96 shaders and 12 ROPs it can easily compete with AMD HD3850 and HD3870. The card offers great price/performance and is very very quiet. With up to 30% overclocking this card is every overclocker's dream being able to surpass the much more expensive 8800 GT when overclocked.

Maxtor has a line of full-featured external hard drives, the OneTouch 4 Plus series, that offer a massive amount of external storage space and a suite of utilities to simplify the backup and recovery of your files. They have sent over the latest and largest unit for us to review, the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB External Hard Drive.

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Does a multi-GPU setup with one card interest you? You may want to take a look at AMD's latest high-end offering, the HD 3870 X2. We are taking a look at ASUS' version of the card which features a fantastic bundle, including an HDMI adapter and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.

"At times throughout this review I have referred to "my old mouse" and I think its time to come clean as to what mouse I was referring to, it was a Razer Copperhead. Compared to the Razer Copperhead the Ideazon Reaper Edge is slightly larger and slightly heavier which might put a few people off. But it is still just as accurate and easy to use."

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"As we went into the 4th quarter of 07, Toshiba and the HD DVD camp was certain they had this wrapped up. Their player prices were well below the Blu-Ray offerings, they had picked up several new studios and Sony's PS3 was looking more like an anchor on Sony's future than a help to Blu-Ray. In addition, they seemed to believe that Time Warner was going to go exclusively HD DVD shortly after the end of the year and had planned a massive announcement with Microsoft for CES."

"I didn't really realize how good the Warrior Gaming Pad was until I played a Deathmatch game in Unreal Tournament 3. For this twitchy, itchy trigger finger style of play, the Warrior proved itself to be a worthy gaming peripheral, offering a very quick response and increased comfort. In Crysis, I felt the comfort instantly, but the game is not quite as demanding as Unreal Tournament 3 for movement, so I didn't notice the advantage of the Warrior's shorter key travel compared to my regular keyboard."

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"Today we’re going to have a look at Razer’s most recent mouse, the Lachesis. Weighing in at 4000dpi with a 1000MHz polling rate, this mouse is sure to be an absolute beast. But, does a 4000dpi sensor provide noticeable improvement, and will Razer stay true to their well-earned reputation? Read on as we find out."

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“Back in September we took a look at the new R-Series ThinkPad the R61, now it is time for the T-Series. As we explained in the R61 review the T-Series is the pricier of the 2 ThinkPad series', as it has a more powerful processor and graphics. With ultraportables being all the rage now it is hard to pack all the power into a notebook that can be easily carried around. Lenovo is able to do that with the T61p at only 1.1-inches thick and weighing in at 5lbs, it is smaller than most mobile workstations. It is also the first widescreen ThinkPad mobile workstation, no more boring 4:3 screens! Lenovo was nice enough to send us both the 14.1 and 15.4-inch versions so let's take a look.”

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Motherboards are at the heart of every computer, and their importance is central to stable system operation. No matter if you are a low-demand office worker who plugs away on letters or spreadsheets or if you are a high-performance hardware enthusiast who demands extreme framerates from your video games, one component alone will determine your ability: the motherboard. Because everything rides on the system mainboard, it must be based on a solid and dependable foundation. Gigabyte isn't a new name to the industry, and for years now they have offered some of the most reliable and stable motherboard sold. In fact, over the past year there really only seemed to be two realistic options for motherboard manufacturer's when you shopped for new hardware; and Gigabyte was one of them. In this article Benchmark Reviews challenges our reigning champion against the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 Ultra Durable 2 DES motherboard.

"Leadtek ups the ante in the continuous struggle to deliver the best price/performance products to the end users. Their latest WinFast PX8800 GT ZL sets itself apart by a custom dual slot Zalman GPU cooler and improved specifications."

Construction of the case from the kit required no large amounts of time, skill or patience. Easy and quick to put together and no surprises is just what I like to hear with any build kit. Lots of room for up to eight hard drives, the ability to take extended PSUs, VGA cards and oversized coolers coupled with excellent ventilation spell out a real winner here. Congrats to Sunbeam on a new and fun take on the HTPC.

" The Sonos is a plug and play system with a beautiful remote control. They have released the Sonos Bundle 130 which includes a Sonos ZonoPlayer 80 (ZP80), a Sonos Zoneplayer 100 (ZP100) and a Sonos Controller (CR100). Using these devices will provide instant access to your entire digital music collection, along with millions of songs from music services and online radio. It takes literally ten minutes to get this setup up and running. It is basically an idiot proof setup. "

CLICK HERE FOR Sonos Bundle 130 Digital Music System SHOPPING & PRICING

"BFG, the traditional video card manufacturer, has recently entered into the Power Supply business. Their 800 W model has two 80-mm fans to cool down the unit and the PC and two PCI Express auxiliary connectors, to feed two video cards under SLI or CrossFire configuration. Let's take an in-depth look inside this power supply and see if it can really deliver its labeled 800 W. "

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"My point being, if you are still using an ancient CRT monitor, you owe it to yourself and your desk to upgrade to a slim LCD and there is no better time than the present. Today we will be looking at a "budget" 19" widescreen LCD monitor, the Black X2gen VGA/DVI TFT LCD Monitor w/Speakers, to see if it is worth the relatively low asking price."

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"Today for review I've got the b-Envi SFF case from bGears and it's a nice case overall packed with several cool features like a built in removable 2.5" hard drive enclosure, 58-in-1 card reader and quiet 120mm fan. The b-Envi is an all aluminum case making it very lightweight and portable with room for two hard drives and one optical drive. The first thing that struck me about this case was the fact that there are no buttons on it, it features a touch sensitive panel with 'buttons' that light up to be touched when you want to power of/off or reset the system, it even has an automatic locking mechanism so the 'buttons' can't be accidentally touched. "

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"The latest graphics card to make its way to the labs at TweakTown (and the public very soon) is the 9600GT. Generally speaking, any x600 form of card has never been that exciting really; sure the 8600GT and 8600GTS weren’t bad, but far from what you’d call exciting.

What makes this one any more interesting you say? Well, word floating around the interweb is that the card is supposed to be quite the performer. How much of a performer is it? It doesn’t really matter at this second because we’re only a few pages away from finding out exactly that!"