“Whether you want a sub $100 budget card or a sub $200 mid-range card, either one of these will be a good choice. Both cards performed well and with the new PCMark Vantage benchmark tests, you can see the Frames Per Second in the gaming GPU test. The XD2600XT doubled the FPS over the XD2400XT in gaming, but in the video playback and transcoding, results are almost identical. Each card comes with a DVI to HDMI adapter and this makes either card ideal for a home entertainment setup.”

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" Our friends at USBGeek have sent over a USB Portable Paper Shredder that is obviously portable but works great, and it can be powered via USB or with standard 'AA' batteries. It's great for shredding that unwanted junk mail, and of course that stray private document that you might not want anyone else seeing..."

"Today HardwareLogic takes a look at a unique product from Thermalright: The HR-11 VGA Backside Cooler. Wait, backside VGA cooler you say?? Exactly! While we spent the better part of an evening trying to understand the value of the HR-11, we came away with an idea, even if we weren't overwhelmed by its performance."

The unit we will review is the 5M730 and comes from the Type-M product series, which consists of top performance but non-modular power supply units. With a 730W continuous output and 930W peak output, it surely is a very powerful high-class power supply unit. It only remains to see if it has enough features and performance good enough to justify the 140 (inc VAT) price tag. Let us have a closer look at it.

With the recent onslaught of 1000-watt and higher power supplies from various manufacturers, it is nice to see that many still take the time to cater to the PC enthusiasts that demand quality power, maybe just not so much of it. Sure, a 1000+ watt power supply may power just about anything a power-user can throw at it, many times this amount of power is just plain over-kill. If you aren't running top-of-the-line video cards in a linked configuration, quad-core processors and terabytes of hard drive space, a power supply of 600-watt proportions may be more up your alley. If that is the case, then the 600-watt version from the Ultra Products X3 line may be just what you are looking for.

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If you use a Home Theater PC, then you're no doubt familiar with the many PVR and HDTV cards available. Although Windows Media Center supports 2 PVR cards plus an over-the-air HDTV card, it would be nice if there were a single card that integrated all of these technologies into a single card.

Pinnacle has introduced their PCTV HD video capture card for the PC that not only integrates standard-definition decoding and FM radio, but OTA (over-the-air) HD receiption, in addition to QAM (unencrypted HDTV over cable). Pinnacle also claims full Media Center compliance for Windows XP and Vista. All of these features on a single card will certainly pique the interests of any home theater enthusiast, who have been looking for such a card for years.

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"The thing that impresses me the most about the A.C.Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN is the manual and the depths it goes into, even a novice to computer hardware could set-up the A.C.Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN. With one or two minor exceptions the manual is faultless and the software guides you through the procedures smoothly."

Patriot's Extreme Performance Low Latency line is engineered to expand your gaming options with modules designed to operate at 1866MHz with astonishing low 8-8-8-24 timings. The Patriot High-Speed DDR3 1866MHz PDC32G1866LLK 2GB RAM kit Benchmark Reviews has tested is equipped with their Aluminum Bladed Heat Shield Technology to improve module stability and performance, while operating under extreme overclocking conditions. Engineered with quality and performance in mind, This PC3-15000 set is the ultimate solution for extreme overclockers, gamers, and PC enthusiasts.

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"At roughly $299 USD, the TH-l1 supports HDMI and component pass-through and has iPod and USB memory key inputs."

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"The Sapphire HD 2600Pro is not a card that will break any benchmark records, nor will it allow you to crank up all the visual goodies. What it will do (and quite well) is allow a large segment of consumers the ability to stretch out the usefulness of their current systems. In today’s day, where you are overloaded with marketing and pushed into upgrading for no other reason than to have the latest greatest hardware, ATI has come to the rescue of the majority of users. The HD 2600Pro put up a good fight and with some tweaking, you can find a happy medium between image quality and performance. While we didn’t look at any DX10 games today, rest assured OCC will take a look at them very soon on this platform."

"There's no question that Valve packaged Team Fortress 2 and Portal with the initial release of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 to counter the long wait and brevity of the saga's continuation. Although they're all available as individual releases, it's quite frankly not worth it. Just by the darn thing and enjoy! Valve's biggest problem now is how the heck to they top this or even equal it?"

I really can't find anything negative to say about the card. Under DirectX 9 everything works amazing. DirectX 10 has some glitches, but that is new technology. It will take some patches and driver updates to get it 100% right. Overall I have no regrets about updating to Vista in order to fully take advantage of this sweet card. Now keep in mind that this is not top of the line, but a mid-ranged video card. If you expect it to perform on the same levels as your friend's $700 video card then you will be disappointed. If on the other hand you're upgrading from a 6 or 7 series card then you'll absolutely love this card, especially for the price.

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Browsing around the likes of Newegg and other major online retailers the cheapest you will see a set of DDR3 at two gigs would just under $350. Like all new things, you will pay a premium for it. But with the premium comes some incredible bandwidth as well. Most enthusiasts will tell you that bandwidth is not everything, latencies and timings plays a major role in performance as well. In the end however, you cannot stop technology. So, DDR3 is in and DDR2 is on its way out the door. One company that is always one of the first to do anything new when it comes to ram is OCZ. OCZ for the most part has dominant the DDR and DDR2 scene. Chances are that they will be there right in the middle of the DDR3 movement as well. To get the movement started OCZ has been cool enough to send us over some DDR3-1333MHz for initial testing. 1333MHz is the lowly ends of the DDR3 spectrum as well, there are already samples of DDR3-1800 surfacing. For starters let us introduce you to the OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Gold Edition. 1333MHz speed and some relaxed timings of 9-9-9-26 is what you get with the new kit.

"Fansis make several noise dampening products for your PC. The one I will be taking a look at today is the FS-PSU model designed to reduce vibration coming from that chunky block at the back of your rig."

"Each month here on HardwareLogic, we select the best user submitted guide or review and publish it on our main page. In addition, the kind folks at Newegg kick in a $50 gift certificate to the winner, and this month, we're awarding Mike "Screwball" Kaiser" for his Ultra 7-Port Buddy Hub review."

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"Asus have done a great job with the BIOS and it is one of the easiest we have ever used. Even the most inexperienced overclocker should be able to leave pretty much everything on automatic and achieve a very high overclock. Those who know what they are doing will have plenty to play with as the options are extensive to say the least. The BIOS offers options for storing a couple of settings profiles, plus more with a USB Flash drive or other Fat formatted storage device if you so desire, although it's a shame none of this seems to tie in with the Asus software (at least it didn't with Vista)."

Hardcore PC Gamers are serious about the equipment they use. If they weren't, then there would be no market for "extreme" gaming peripherals like gaming mice and gaming keyboards. Several vendors have introduced better products in the past few years that cater to the "professional gamer". The computer mouse, once thought to never use much bandwidth, now require USB 2.0's high polling rate to deliver the fast motion necessary.

Antec’s latest power supply expands on the already popular NeoPower range by adding more power as well as some lighting for those interested in looks as well as performance.

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“Most motherboards are usually geared toward the enthusiast or the budget builder, but more and more manufacturers lately are creating specialty-type motherboards, like ones for home entertainment. abit has created a motherboard just for this niche of people: the AN-M2HD. As the days pass, HTPC's continue to gain massive popularity with moviephiles with the advent of larger storage devices and HDMI. The AN-M2HD has an onboard HDMI connection for some of today's newer monitors/TV's. The AN-M2HD utilizes the new NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV North Bridge and NVIDIA nForce 630a South Bridge chips. Each chip is cooled by a heatsink to add to that extra quietness for a theater setup, but 4 auxiliary fan headers are included on the motherboard if extra cooling will be needed.”

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"So far we have already looked at the G33 chipset which contains the GMA3100 integrated graphics chip and makes itself quite a name in the business sector. Today we are taking a look at the basic end of the Intel Core 2 platform, the G31.

Our first G31 candidate is the ECS G31T-M motherboard. ECS has always produced the best low-end boards you will ever see, as they tend to add in features whilst keeping their prices down. Their boards usually have some overclocking potential as well, so let’s see just how well the G31T-M behaves today."

Logitech released a revised G5 mouse earlier this year, and now have given attention to their most popular gaming keyboard, the G15. Updates were made for the sake of size, so a few features have been modified to reflect that. In the end though, it still proves to be an exceptional offering.

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"Nevertheless, there is a heat issue that needs to be addressed. With the XMS2 and the Ballistix RAM, I could touch them my fingers and be fine, but the ADATA ram was too hot to keep my fingers on. This did not seem to affect the performance at all, but I would recommend that you have some sort of active cooling on the modules so that you avoid the chance of them overheating. With both sets installed, I could feel the heat radiating so much that it was enveloping the CPU cooler and might cause a problem with the CPU temps over longterm use if not cooled properly. This may have been advoided by having the top part of the PC board exposed to give off the heat. This set had the top fully enveloped so there is no room to breathe. Also the heatsinks are not as secure as other manufacturers' sets that I have used and might wiggle off over time."

"I had pretty much settled on this cluttered system... that is, until I came across the Ultra Products 7 Port USB Buddy Hub. This USB hub seemed to be the answer to all of my problems and would leave me with a much cleaner workstation. I contacted Ultra Products and a few weeks later, the Buddy Hub arrived for testing. Will this hub really solve all of my problems?"

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"The new Apple aluminum keyboard is sleek and sexy, and works great for both Mac or PC users."

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The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3 supports high definition gaming on Windows Vista with DirectX 10 support, and allows the user to easily upgrade to a CrossFire configuration. The HD2600XT also brings a loaded HD feature-set with it offering support for ATI Avivo HD, HDMI connect ability, HD Audio and Blu-Ray / HD DVD decoding.

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"This article is quite brief. It is, so to speak, a mini-review of a rather peculiar graphics card. It draws attention, because despite being marked '8600 GT' it operates at increased frequencies. Mind you, its shader unit works at a whopping 1566 MHz! And as you know, an overclocked 8600 GTS card has shader unit working at up to 1440 MHz. This fact alone makes this graphics card very attractive. In addition, it has a noiseless passive cooling system, which is another peculiar feature."

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“The ASUS Xonar D2 Ultra Fidelity 7.1 PCI Sound Card itself is built around a 24-bit ASUS AV200 High-Definition Sound Processor that boasts a SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) of 118dB, which is the best SNR we could find, scouring the market for comparable solutions. The card supports 44.1, 48, 96 and 192KHz sampling with floating point filters claiming near lossless conversion. The card is also equipped with four Burr-Brown PCM1796 24-bit D-A Converters for digital sources while a single Cirrus-Logic CS5381 24-bit A-D Converter handles analog signal. The card is encased with an EMI (Electronic Magnetic Interference) shield to ensure surrounding components do not have a negative effect on audio quality. For added aesthetics, ASUS added illumination to the shield while the rear port collection is also illuminated, making finding the right port a bit easier to locate.”

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"Looking for a new flash drive? How about one used by the military? Well, ATP have created the ToughDrive Mini which packs a whole lot into a small size; waterproof, temperature proof, 30mb/s transfer speed and ReadyBoost enabled.

Hopefully the transfer speed will live up to the advertised rate, as this could be one of the fastest drives we’ve tested."

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For the first game to be reviewed on Motherboards.org, Id Software's Enemy Territory Quake Wars is a great choice. This product easily wins itself and Editor's Choice award for being one of the best team-based shooters that I have played since the original Battlefield 1942. Quake Wars easily lives up to the standards set by its spiritual successor, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, and moves beyond those standards set. This game is worth picking up, and any Quake fan won't want to miss these bonus features in the Limited Edition Box.

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"With up-to-date graphics, physics, music, AI and complex maps, the motivation provided by MOHA can keep even a long-time gamer glued to the screen and in the end compliment a game series that is already 8 years old."

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" Since Logitech never stands idle in the fast paced computer peripheral market, they have redesigned their gaming edition of mice. The G9 is a definite step in a different direction compared to the previous top of the line model, the G7. It is now a corded mouse and incorporates features that are present on the MX Revolution and from the G5. While the cord can be a burden, the entire mouse is a great evolutionary step. "

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"Today, HardwareLogic takes a look at the Cooler Master Sphere. This cooler not only has an unmatched spherical look, but is designed with unique vortex fan. Stay with us as we trek through these uncharted, murky waters to find out if this cooler is as efficient as it is touted to be."

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“One of the bigger buzzwords going around these days is HDTV. Everyone seems to want high-def this and high-def that. Just as we encountered with VHS and Betamax, we are once again amidst a format war of sorts. On one side of the arena is HD DVD, backed by companies like Microsoft. On the other side is Blu-ray, supported by guys like Samsung. Samsung already has a big family of flat panel HDTVs, so they want to provide you with some HD content as well. The Samsung BD-P1200 is actually the company's second generation Blu-ray player and while it looks awfully pretty from the outside (much like Samsung's LCDs), there were several issues with the performance that need to be improved.”

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The Kingwin Revolution RVT-9225 Heatpipe Direct Touch CPU Cooler looks to capitalize on a new idea in the well proven method of cooling processors with heatpipe technology. By allowing the copper heatpipes to come in direct contact with the top of the processor, one interface has been eliminated and the thermal transfer can potentially be more efficient.

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Flash drives sure have come a long way haven't they? When they first appeared back in 2000 they carried 8MB (That's megabyte with an 'M') and could transfer only a few hundred kilobytes per second. Today's drives are faster, larger and in some cases much more exotic. They can store countless songs, movies and even be used to run applications. They have become a necessary gadget for every technology user. But amidst all the splendor that is the thumb drive there are also perils to be avoided. Flash drives are typically fragile and can't stand up to a lot of bumping and dropping. Well Corsair thinks it time to make these drives as rugged as they are useful. Designed to be durable, stylish, compact, and reliable the Voyager GT series of flash drives from Corsair sets to raise the bar for what these drives are capable of.

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“Overall these Kingwin Z1 hard drive enclosures are of good quality and the kit includes everything you need to get up and running other than the hard drive itself. The ability to use wither USB 2.0 or e-SATA is a nice option if you're switching between maybe a main rig with e-SATA and an older rig with only USB ports.”

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Now, I've been into computer hardware and gaming culture long enough now that I have a good idea out of the gate what I will like and what I will not. To be honest, when I first heard I would be reviewing the SteelSeries S&S mousepad, I wasn't too thrilled at the prospect. “What could possibly be done to make a mousepad worth $40,” I thought to myself. My girlfriend even asked me if Tony was trying to punish me for something. All joking aside, I was flabbergasted when I got the chance to put this baby to work.

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"Unique to the Cyborg Rumble is the FPS (First Person Shooter) button located in the center of the controller. When pressed, a preset layout mapped to most newly released FPS games is enabled. This removes the need to configure a layout and saves lots of time and energy. On the bottom of the controller is where the release button for the left controls is located. Simply press and the controls will pull out from the gamepad."

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We took a look at the Blitz Formula and Extreme boards from ASUS just over two months ago, and now we have the X38 version of those boards on the bench today. In addition to featuring a Northbridge waterblock, it also has "extreme" overclocking ability and a great bundle.

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"Clocking in at 700Mhz core and 1050Mhz memory, the NX8600GTS OC sports a 25/50Mhz increase over the standard nVidia reference set. The cooler is an upgraded design to MSI's "regular" NX8600GTS as well. When they're offering the OC version for the same price as the non-OC, who wouldn't go for that?"

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"DirectX 10 rendering in Opposing Fronts, however, is a disappointment. For the very minor visual changes and quality improvements, the performance plummets to unplayable levels, even with the most powerful and expensive setups on the market today. It's also a case of misleading marketing: although DirectX 10 didn't make it into the game's original release, much of the post-launch hype has been about DX10 improvements. While early reviews of the DX10 patch to the original game expressed excitement about the changes, they did so after taking a magnifying glass to the game's cutscenes and the built-in benchmark."

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OCZ's new DDR3 1800 memory kit is geared towards early adopters, overclockers and enthusiasts that always want to have the latest and the greatest. We tested the 2 GB kit and were surprised how well balanced overclocking is. You are free to run aggressive CL5 timings at lower clocks or go full out, up to 1850 MHz.

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"We are surprised to see a modification of RADEON HD 2900 XT at $249 instead of $449. That is, the GPU clock was reduced by 150 MHz, memory was left almost untouched. And voila - meet the 2900 PRO, cheaper by $200. Even without tests it's clear that such a product can be extremely popular."

"As a MacBook Pro user, I am always in search of ways of keeping my laptop running cooler. Today, I will be looking at the Ninja II Notebook Cooler from the folks at Vizo. The Ninja II is the latest version of Vizo's notebook cooler line of products. While the original Ninja was designed for 8" to 15" laptops, the next version fits 15"-17" large-size widescreen notebook PCs. "

"Vvikoo is a relatively young company by GPU manufacturer standards. Founded in February this year you might think it's coming a little late to the game. However, it has some converted heavy hitters from aBit behind it and an extensive list of investors. The first GPU they have sent for us to take a look at is their 8600GT Turbo. These cards from other companies have done well under XSR scrutiny, let's see how this one fares."

Ultra have redesigned their first modular PSU several times in order to keep up with the progress of personal computers and now are marketing the third generation of their modular PSUs, the X3 series. We reviewed the powerful 800W, 1000W and even the monstrous 1600W X3 units in the past, and we found them to be excellent performers. Not everyone has the funds to buy one of these units however so today to complete our coverage we will review the Ultra X3 600W.

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“Gigabyte has been around for some time and is widely considered a top competitor in the enthusiast motherboard market. However in recent times they have expanded their product line to cover video cards, powers supplies, CPU cooling and chassis. Today I have a chance to review the Gigabyte iSolo 210 case, their newest addition to their budget line of cases, this steel case may not possess all of the exciting features found in the enthusiast level chassis line they offer, but let’s dig in and see how this case stacks up in its price range.”

For the most part, this game is fairly linear. There will be places that you can't get to. This usually involves solving a puzzle. Sometimes it's easier to shoot a portal through a door. Sometimes you have to do it the hard way. The best I can tell you is to keep at it. Really, you shouldn't have to read this guide for every level. The game is fairly straightforward. The only level I had any problem with was level 18 (They didn't fully explain the concept you need to use in the last room of this level, so I was stuck). But now, I am thinking with portals!

As the first Rosewill product to be reviewed at Bigbruin.com, the RX-358-S-SLV eSATA and USB hard drive enclosure made a good first impression despite some imperfections. The eSATA performance is excellent, allowing a SATA 3Gbps drive to operate just as well as when connected directly to a SATA header on the test system's motherboard. In addition to the performance, the bundle of accessories is another big plus for this unit.

"In this review we take a closer look at the Club 3D 8600 GT based video card, it comes with no less than 512Mb DDR2. We compare the performance of this card in twelve of the most recent games, including Team Fortress 2, Unreal Tournament 3, Quake Wars, Bioshock and many others against a 256mb DDR3 8600 GT and previous mid-range champ, the 7600 GT."

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"The Maximus Formula Special Edition is another Intel X38-based motherboard, which comes as part of ASUS' 'Republic of Gamers' series, and thus focuses on the needs of gaming enthusiasts, cutting out features that would be unnecessary for such users to focus on performance and the hardware requirements of this sub-set of computer enthusiasts. Amongst other things, this means dropping the requirement for DDR3 memory modules, choosing instead to offer the Maximus Formula with DDR2 support which will doubtless bring a sigh of relief from many considering the current cost and performance metrics of the two technologies."

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“People who have used Razer products rarely have ambiguous opinions about them. Nobody ever picked up a Diamondback in 2004 and said, "As far as input devices go, it has buttons, and wiggles a cursor." Reactions are completely polar, and users either say they're ready to settle down and have kids with the thing, or that they wouldn't touch it if it was cut from tangible enlightenment.”

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There's a good reason as to why Lian Li has been at the very top of the computer chassis industry for the past seven years; they have upheld a tradition of producing well designed products. Just as popular for their craftsmanship, the Lian Li company has a history of ingenious application of aluminum in their products. Benchmark Reviews has inspected the all new PC-B25B Black Aluminum Mid-Tower ATX Case, and we offer a public view of our results.

"This will be the third video card that I have reviewed from Geeks.com that was built by a company that I haven’t heard of, or that I wouldn’t normally consider when purchasing computer hardware. I guess that I, being a fairly typical humanoid, am somewhat afraid of the unknown, and that especially goes for computer hardware."

Overclockers start your engines ! Today we're reviewing the Scythe Kama Cross. From its appearance, the Kama Cross looks like it would be more at home under the hood of a vintage muscle car than on top of a CPU. And, that may we ll be because enthusiasts pay as much attention to the appearance of the coolers as the performance these days. The days of the standard block shaped cooler seems to be nearing it's zenith. Companies have heeded the call and are starting to come out with products that not only deliver performance, but are also visually striking. There are many great products already on store shelves. It appears as if Scythe were committed to making the Kama cross stand out visually, but let's see how it performs.

"The Apevia X-Jupiter Jr. S Type is a fine mid-tower case. It has clean lines, useful features, and the 250mm fan is quiet. The inclusion of a 120mm intake fan would increase proper airflow, slightly helping direct the flow of the 250mm out towards the exhaust. The airflow seems to muddle around a bit before finding its way out the rear without a front intake fan. The tool-less chassis works well and holds the components securely. Apevia updates the look with a translucent blue plastic and it has a solid feel when engaging the locks."

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"The Computer Repair Utility Kit is a combination of free utilities that professional computer technicians use. The Computer Repair Utility Kit allows you to run all of the repair tools from your portable drive (eg. USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive, IPod etc.) and comes with an easy to use, right-click menu. A must for anyone working with computers."

"TMG i1 is a high-end air cooler from Thermaltake targeted to socket 775 CPUs, featuring four copper-heat-pipes, copper base, aluminum fins and a perpendicular fan. Let’s take a look on this new cooler from Thermaltake."

"The HP Compaq 2510p is the company's smallest and lightest laptop. It also gives Lenovo a run for their money. "

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"MSI Computer's Radeon RX2600XT Diamond videocard is what PCSTATS is testing out for you today, so here are the pertinent details. This PCI Express videocard has 512MB of GDDR4 memory, its Radeon 2600XT GPU is pre-overclocked to 850 MHz, and the memory to 2300 MHz; this is up from the default of 800MHz core and 2200MHz memory."

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Zalman created a solid foundation for their company when they introduced the sunflower design heatsink to the American market, and since then they have provided us with a number of items that have kept our computer running far quieter than before. Going back to their start and knowing what works, Zalman has introduced the new CNPS8700 LED heatsink. This variable intensity blue LED heatsink was put through a number of tests in our shop and came away with some very surprising numbers, so come on along and check them out.

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"The thing that has advanced the most is the scripting of the game world - it's clear that the familiarity of the engine and the development tools has helped here, and Episode Two feels much less artificial in the scripting of the actions triggered by your progress. It just flows smoother while a level is in progress. The addition of physics to scripted events also creates some truly impressive sequences. Some rough spots remain, and the long loading pauses between sections are bit annoying, but I guess it can't be helped - the engine just isn't set up for constant streaming of content. Puzzles, while fairly rare and sometimes optional, are also exceptionally well done - not immediately obvious, yet not so hard as you'd have to alt-tab for a solution off a spoiler site to proceed."

"Up on the review block today is the DocuPen RC800 Color Handheld Scanner, and it is truly a portable scanner. It's rechargeable, so no external power supply is needed, it stores its scans in the on-board memory, so no computer is required and it's just a bit wider than a standard piece of paper. The DocuPen scanner is truly a portable device that gives its owner true freedom to get work done and be productive, it's very lightweight, comes with it's own carrying case and is very easy to use, so read on to learn more... "

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VVIKOO is a new videocard manufacturer based in Paris offering both NVIDIA and ATI cards. One of their first products is the GeForce 8600 GT Turbo, which is an overclocked version of NVIDIA's 8600 GT. The card comes equipped with a quiet Zalman cooler and offers great overclocking potential. In our testing we could increase the clocks by more than 40% over NVIDIA's reference clocks.

"This motherboard is a classic example of a plain ATX product. While it doesn't have top notch "goodies" like an integrated Wi-Fi adapter, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, or a bunch of SATA RAID ports, it can still serve as a good foundation for a powerful and rich computer system. One may say that MSI P6N SLI is a motherboard for those who on the one hand can afford buying more expensive products, but on the other hand are not going to overpay for features they won't use."

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"Danger Den is a name both well known and well regarded in the enthusiast community, having built a reputation for churning out high quality, high performance liquid cooling kits. From their custom built kits to their high performance water blocks and pumps, Danger Den has a solution for everyone, whether it be the first time system builder or the experienced enthusiast. But today HaredwareLogic takes a look at one of Danger Den's newer products as they forge into new territory: The Danger Den Torture Rack. As part of Danger Den's new enclosure line, the Torture Rack is aimed at those who switch components frequently, such as benchmarking enthusiasts and hardware testers."

"... The Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition is a very attract motherboard for enthusiasts with lots of extra features. It's a great way for enthusiasts to upgrade without buying expensive DDR3 ram. "

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"Zalman is an industry pioneer when it comes down to cooling heated computer electronics, affecting the total system temperature and noise level in a design-friendly solution has been their marketing strategy for few years now. Their latest product is the Zalman VF1000 LED, a dual slot heatsink/fan video card cooling device with high compatibility in mind, a perfect challenge for 2007's most popular video card the NVIDIA's 8800 GTS. Curious? Read on."

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The Intel P35 has been on the market for a few months now. It is a fantastic chip and has put a huge challenge to the NVIDIA's 680i chipset, which also offers some great overclocking results and excellent features. Although, the top of the line Intel's upcoming X38 (the chipset maybe released by the time you read this review), most users may not wish to spend that insane amount of money on a motherboard while they can get a similar performance at much cheaper price. That's why choosing a motherboard based on the P35 or even the NVIDIA 680i chipset would make sense. Both of the chipsets have been on the market for awhile now and they have matured and run stable with excellent features and performance. Today, we will take a closer look at the Gigabyte's GA-P35-DS4 (rev. 1.2) and put it against the EVGA 680i and hopefully we can determine who would be the performance king of the $150~$200 motherboard price segment.

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Today we have something innovative for review, the Revo CPU cooler from Akasa. The Revo is using a new patented technology called SilentFlux, invented and patented in Denmark. Although Akasa markets the Revo as a low-noise cooler we were very curious to see how well it could perform, especially when we saw the high price tag. Akasa have been kind enough to let us have an engineering sample of the cooler for review today, so all of your questions will be answered in this review.

The APEVIA X-Jupiter Jr. G Type Case, a mid-tower case, is surely not as manly as its full tower case. or is it? This gaming case has a ton of options that you don't normally see in other gaming cases. If you get annoyed like me whenever using screws for everything you'll love this case because practically everything is screw-less! This stylish case surely will impress you. Let's check out what other kickin' features this case has to offer

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"To play videos, it is necessary to make sure that your iPod is set video out to ON in the Video Settings menu. If this option is not selected the iPod will not transmit the video signal to the built-in LCD. Once properly configured, you will see that the Altec is capable of vibrant playback through its LCD. Aside from its ability to project the videos onto its own built-in LCD, the iMV712 can pass video through S-Video to a television. See in the bottom picture is a scene from Ghost Rider; the Altec delivers a smooth clear picture. Unfortunately, you can’t disable the LCD while playing on the television."

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The Trendnet TEW-633GR Wireless N Gigabit Router is a solid product with solid performance, actually pushing its connection up to the 300 Mbps transfer rate promised on the box. The range is quite good, letting me stay connected even when I was half a block away from my house. The build quality and physical appearance are also much improved over the first router and we all know how important looks are these days.

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"Cases are kind of an anomaly in the world of computer hardware. Some people won’t pay more than $50 for a case because, all in all, it’s just a metal box. Others pay $300+ for thorough cooling solutions, complete PC silence, or professional aluminum styling. There is yet another group, though: those who want flashy, bright, “gaming” cases, that look cool regardless of performance or noise. The various aspects and features of the case one chooses arguably tell a lot about their priorities and personality."

Now that most manufacturers have tooled up for long-term DDR3 production, there are only a few companies still releasing high-performance system memory for the DDR2 platform. With the favored P35 and X38 chipsets already making waves, Intel is preparing for their upcoming launch of 4 series northbridge chipsets including the much anticipated X45. This news means that those initial DDR3 kits may as well be called generation one or some other name denoting obsolete equipment, because today Benchmark Reviews is revealing the new evolution in high-performance DDR3 kits. Our comparison review and overclocking series will feature all speeds of PC3 memory, from the outrageous XMP-enhanced high-speed 1866MHz DDR3 to the entry-level 1066MHz, and everything in-between.

A hard drive aimed at the enterprise market and touted by Western Digital as being ultra-reliable and ideally suited to server and RAID systems. We take a look and see if it justifies its price premium over Western Digital’s standard SATA drives.

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"The idea for this mod was born when I was assembling a computer: I noticed that the distance between the motherboard's s-ata connectors and the HDD was very short and due to that I thought it would turn out really ugly if I'd just use a full length 40 cm S-ATA cable. I decided to make a custom S-ATA cable for this case - The Baby SATA was born."

Eventually DDR3 memory will take over the memory market but it will still take a while before DDR3 memory adoption will rise - the price will have to go down first. One of the memory series you might want to consider if you're going to buy a high-performance memory kit today is OCZ's Flex XLC. In this review I'm taking a look at the 800MHz version which runs at CL3 timings. The DDR2 FlexXLC memory series from OCZ is designed for watercooled systems and features four products: 800MHz memory with 4-4-4-15 timings, 800MHz with 3-4-4-15 timings, 1150MHz with 5-5-5-18 timings and 1200MHz with 5-5-5-18 timings.

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"G.Skill, great skill in memory world! Although it is our first contact with G.Skill, the name sounds very familiar and certainly known by many. Their mission is to provide superior memory products and satisfactory services in order to keep pace with the customers growing needs, and help customers in adding value to their products. At G.Skill, top priority is the quality by each product to follow strict procedures. Their wide ranges of memory products are hard to keep up, and they have more DDR2 ram solutions you can think of. G.Skill's high performance memory is gaining a reputation as some of the most exciting and desirable high-end memory on the market today."

Zalman's ZM-MFC2 is a class act which has smooth lines and a fantastic color data display. The power consumption meter is a nice bonus allowing the end user to monitor fan, temperature and now even power data at a glance. The thin tipped temperature probes are the only way to go as they allow for placement in otherwise hard to reach area. In use, the Zalman ZM-MFC2 worked well for us.

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TTGamer have today posted a review of World in Conflict for the PC. The PC RTS genre is hardly lacking quality or quantity right now, but World in Conflict still seems to find its niche.

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"G.Skill, great skill in memory world! Although it is our first contact with G.Skill, the name sounds very familiar and certainly known by many. Their mission is to provide superior memory products and satisfactory services in order to keep pace with the customers growing needs, and help customers in adding value to their products. At G.Skill, top priority is the quality by each product to follow strict procedures. Their wide ranges of memory products are hard to keep up, and they have more DDR2 ram solutions you can think of. G.Skill's high performance memory is gaining a reputation as some of the most exciting and desirable high-end memory on the market today."

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"Along with the release of the mid-tower X-Jupiter Jr. comes the full tower aluminum X-Jupiter chassis. With more fans, more space and less weight it's like the little Junior grew up... and went on a diet."

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"With the Cyborg Rumble Pad, Saitek has attempted to make a gamepad that it truly compatible with every FPS game out there by the use of a button on the pad labeled FPS, when pressed it automatically programs the pad with the most common FPS game functions. The pad is like other Saitek pads essentially, but the 'Cyborg' naming comes in with a part of the controller they call the 'Cyborg Module', the left side of the pad features a section that pops out, it includes the analogue stick and the d-pad, the whole thing can be rotated 180 degrees so the user can decide where the stick should be. The Cyborg Rumble Rumble pad has quite a few other features as well, so read on to learn more about them, this is truly a very cool gamepad... "

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The Fanatec Headshot Controller is a mouse and mousepad combination from German manufacturer Fanatec. Usually such a combo is a low quality product, but not in this case. We were surprised by the excellent build quality which is on par, if not better, with big names like Logitech and Microsoft. Also the mousepad has an incredibly smooth surface with almost no friction.

"Spire has been around in the computer world for over 15+ years and have created some items that we all use. Whether it is power supplies, cases, or modding supplies, Spire seems to have something on the market to cater to our needs. This week I received the Spire Blackfin mid-tower case to test out."

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“Despite this being a desktop or HTPC case, the PC-C32 is quite large. This is because it supports a full-size ATX motherboard and standard ATX PSU - no being stuck with a microATX motherboard or weird PSU form factor. The downside to this, is of course that the case isn't as slim as some others out there, and may not blend in with your HT setup. The dimensions of the case are 426 x 167 x 530mm or about 17" x 6.5" x 21" (WxHxD); for rackmount purposes this corresponds to a 4U size. (1U is about 1.75" thick) The depth in particular isn't well-shown on Lian-Li's site; with a depth of 21", you'll want to make sure that this case can fit where you want to put it!”

"... The Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition is a very attract motherboard for enthusiasts with lots of extra features. It's a great way for enthusiasts to upgrade without buying expensive DDR3 ram. "

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"The Ultra m998 Mid-Tower Chassis is what Ultra intended it to be for, a Ultimate Gaming Chassis, it doesn't have fancy LCD's or fan controllers because it's meant to be carted around for LAN's and gaming events, and because gamers like to install their own fan controllers and LCD's.

One thing that first caught my mind is the size of the chassis, its wider and longer then a standard ATX case. This makes its perfect for the gamers because of their need to use over sized power supplies, coolers and video cards."

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