"We've all fired up RivaTuner, ATITool, and nTune to squeeze out a little more performance out of our videocards, but is there an easier way? Asus thinks so, and they've made overclocking their EN8600GT as easy as turning a dial. Join HardwareLogic as we take 'er for a spin...literally."

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"With the latest designs, many motherboard manufacturers have started producing boards with chipset/mosfet heatsinks onboard, linked together with heatpipes. The HR-09 mosfet cooler was designed for those users with motherboards that either have an ineffective stock chipset/mosfet cooling system, or that don't have one at all."

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"Being a graphics card maker, there is one area that NVIDIA has a leg up, that being the IGP market. For the basic home PC and office workstation, IGP based boards really do have a home. Even for a Digital Home PC that does nothing but play movies and record TV programs, integrated graphics is perfect as there is no need to add in extra expansive hardware.

Till now, NVIDIA hasn’t had an IGP based solution for the Intel market; it has been supplying ones solely for the AMD sector. Core 2 and Pentium Dual Core CPUs are perfect CPUs for an IGP board. The only problem is that Intel G31 / G33 boards don’t have much power when it comes to running any graphics programs."

Antec has come up with a possible solution for those wishing to quiet their noisy PC down to an acceptable level. Introducing the P190 +1200 Advanced Super Mid Tower from Antecs Performance One series. This case boasts not only superior cooling performance but they say it can do this while remaining reasonably quiet.

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XFX is first out of the gates with the latest gunslinger for the NVIDIA family, the all new XFX Alpha Dog XXX 8800GT 256MB Edition card. This card is priced at the same level as the ATI 3870 and is rumored to be thee card to have in the $200.00 price range. NVIDIA will be really making a dent in ATI’s sales if this card is as hot as they, but will availability like the 8800GT 512MB be an issue? We are the first in the world to see this card and couldn't wait to get this card onto a test bench and see what is really up with this new introduction into NVIDIA’s mid level lineup. Based on the new G92 chipset supporting PCIe 2.0 this card sports 256MB OF G-DDR3 sizes in at 9” and draws 105W of power. Lets take a look at what the card look likes and what it is made of. NVIDIA may just have another winner of a card in the form of this latest release.

"Silverstone introduced a compact external water cooling kit, named the Tundra TD01 a while ago, we stress test this silent cooling solution with a hot running P4 as well as a more eco-friendly Celeron CPU. Does it stand a chance against a high end air cooling setup? We'll find out."

"NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (G92) 512MB PCI-E demonstrates phenomenal results almost in all tests. We've never seen a cheaper card outperforming more expensive products still available in stores. NVIDIA has done an impossible thing: it "killed" the 8800GTS (both modifications) and the 8800GTX with one stone."

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"Sonata Plus 550 is a mainstream high-quality mid-tower case from Antec, coming with a very well-known 550 W power supply (Antec Neo HE 550), a three-speed 120-mm fan on the rear and a very beautiful black finishing. Let's take a full look on this case from Antec."

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We've gotten more than a few inquiries from readers, since we launched our Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (aka Yorkfield) article, about whether or not the new 45nm quad-core chip from Intel will play nice in legacy motherboards. The party line from Intel is that while technically, Yorkfield quad-core processors are not supported by chipsets like the 975X and P965, some motherboard manufacturers may choose to validate and support the product.

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"The Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 case comes with four 120mm fans pre-installed inside of the case. Two of these fans are mounted on the top of the case, which will blow the hot air that rises to the top of the case out of the case quickly. There is also a 120mm fan mounted on the rear of the case, above the I/O panel, that also blows more of the hot air out of the case. The placement of these fans seems like a great spot due to the fact that the CPU heatsink will be placed nearby. There is also a fourth fan that is located on the bottom of the case and is sucking cool fresh air into the case, but has its own special housing. The best feature of these fans is the fact that they are silent, operating at an advertised 17 dBA, while still running at 1,200 RPM."

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“OCZ Technology has a reputation in technology enthusiast circles for making high performance and high quality products. Making popular products for enthusiasts and overclockers alike, today we're going to be examining one of their more performance products, the Rally 2 USB flash drive. This drive was made with performance in mind, and performance is what we're going to test.”

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“Here at ThinkComputers we have not checked out a video card in some time. Our previous 5 vide card reviews have been ATI cards so it's nice to check out something based on an NVIDIA chip. Today we will be taking a look at the Leadtek WinFast PX8600 GTS Video Card. Let's see how it will perform against some of those ATI cards we have previously reviewed. Geeks.com was nice enough to send it over and is a great place to find inexpensive video cards.”

Back in September, 2007 we reviewed the ABS-Tagan TG1300-U33 ITZ 1300 Watt power supply and found it to be one of the best of the new generation of high-output power supplies. Our only functional concern with the ITZ 1300 was that it did not use a modular design. Modularity in power supplies has become extremely important to computer enthusiasts as it allows them to only use the wiring necessary to facilitate their system's operation. As one might expect, modular cabling further aids in the efficient management of your cables as it can vastly decrease that mass of extra wires that you have to deal with in the top/bottom of your case.

Ah, the expansion pack. Time was, you would rush out to your local game emporium to pick up an extra chunk of your favourite game, only to find you'd bought a couple of poorly-executed extra missions and a single new character/weapon/background texture. Thankfully, these days we ask for a little bit more for our hard-earned cash. Relic have been excelling themselves of late, not only producing varied expansion packs for Dawn of War, but also making them stand-alone so that any gamer new to the series can get stuck in, without having to shell out for the original. So, how does Company of Heroes:Opposing Fronts (or COH:OF as I shall lazily call it) stack up?

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"Some time ago, ASUS announced their plans to enter the sound card market, with models targeting primarily gamers. This information was received with a solid amount of skepticism, as we could seldom see anyone who thought that a fresh sound card could beat Creative X-Fi models. In order to accomplish this task, the product itself has to be up to par, and read on to see whether it is."

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Every time you play one of the tapes you wear away part of the image, you scratch the video, you destroy small portions of the memories. If you havent played the family celebration tapes for years you may be in for a rude awakening. The magnetic film may have aged, turned black and the images disappeared. The coating may mysteriously peel away or flake off when the tape is played.

Well, what Aerocool would like for you to take interest in is their cooler for the Core2 processor titled Silverwind. The Silverwind has a style and shape to it that is kind of unique compared to a lot of current coolers on the block. The extrusion heatsink as Aerocool calls it pulls air down thru the middle of the cooler into an inner set of fins. And then the air………wait you have to click on some more pages before I spill the beans.

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Sunbeam's Mini Plant is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The PSU comes in an ATX standard sized casing but offers up to 950W of power. With most other manufacturers this means that the PSU fan will be very loud, not with the Mini Plant. Actually the fan is the quietest we ever tested in the 900W+ segment, you can almost not hear it, even under load.

"Those with a knack for tinkering under the hood will be disappointed with the game. The sole tweak available is a selection between "Road" and "Off-Road" tire choice. This falls in line with the handling, which is typical arcade rally fare: cars turn on a pivot, a vertical axis through the center of the vehicle. Courses are lined with invisible barriers, through which cars can't pass. In other words, it's impossible for even the worst of drivers to go off course, which can make for some amusing and miraculous crash recoveries (incidentally, cars are unable to get completely inverted, regardless of the severity and velocity of an impact)."

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"In this review PCSTATS is testing out the 19" Samsung Syncmaster 971P LCD display, a sleek glossy black free standing display with great technical specs. The Syncmaster 971P has a bright 250nits luminosity rating, and killer black contrast ratio. Gamers should be happy with its 6ms G-to-G pixel response time, that's certainly quick enough for first person shooters."

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Today PC Freaks & Geeks are going to be taking a sneaky peek at their latest chassis to hit their lineup: The Soprano FX. Designed for those who want to encase their components in sheer quality it will be interesting to see if this particular case will have us boasting to our old gamer mates, or whether our components will be screaming for a change?

"Now on to the bread and butter, the actual Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler. The cooler has a nice blue hue to it and has many fins along the top plate of the cooler. Also, the heatpipes that go across the cooler are on both sides, allowing for thermal transfer between the two sides themselves. Finally, if you look closely at the screws holding the top plate down, you can see small springs. These springs are there to ensure that the top plate of the cooler makes firm contact with the top of the drive once it is installed."

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"...The OCZ ATV Turbo dual channel flash drive is a very neat product. It features dual channel technology and Vista Ready-Boost capability. I also like the fact that it's really 100% weatherproof and shock resistant."

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The year 2007 probably will be viewed as the year that people really got their eye up on the whole environmental issue, regardless if you believe in our impending doom or not. No one can deny that wasting energy is not exactly a good thing and if you, like me, live in a country where electricity comes at quite a high price you would want to keep the power usage down. Unfortunately it still seems that the price to pay for being at the technological bloody edge is that you consume electricity at the same rate as a small third-world nation.

The RD600N-2DC-SL-SLV Stallion Series 600W unit is just one of a handful of Rosewill power supplies presently on the market. With a highly polished finish, a pair of blue LED fans, and well finished cables, it is obviously an attention grabber. This review will take a look beyond the flashy exterior to see if this stallion is a work horse that your system can rely on.

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There is nothing worse than expecting frosty, bubbly, sugary goodness and being met with flat, lukewarm backwash. Immediately your reflexes kick in and you spew the concoction all over your monitor, which splashes onto your keyboard and computer. The liquid immediately shorts out your motherboard, the sugar gums up your keyboard, and the acid removes the film from your LCD monitor. Oh, and you get brain cancer.

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“Deciding what chassis to house your computer in these days can be an agonizing decision. The selection of computer cases on the market is simply astonishing which tells you it's a lucrative market segment and everyone wants a piece. Not to mention everybody needs some type of case for their system so just like the selection of automobiles is huge to try to fit every personality and situation, so tries the case market. However it's not every day that a product launches that simply breaks the normal segment boundaries. NZXT just launched such a product called the Rogue. It's tagline is "the ultimate gaming SFF chassis". Let's take a closer look at the specs and see just what's so different about this new case.”

What is there not to like about the XFX XXX Alpha Dog 8800GT? Absolutely nothing a great big old zero as this card rocks in every way. The 8800 Ultra is priced at almost twice that of the GT, and the GT is almost as fast and even faster in some instances than the Ultra. NVIDIA has done something which most companies would avoid like the plague, that is make a cheaper and faster product than their highest priced card, that essentially put the Ultra on the road to EOL (End Of Life). The XFX XXX Alpha Dog Edition is one of the fastest 8800GT cards you can get out of a retail box; it's priced well below the 8800 Ultra and offers a performance ratio that outweighs its current price by a wide margin.

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“With Christmas rolling around people are looking for great deals. I'm sure that most people will need a cheap camera with quality to take some of those family portraits. Geeks.com has Cheap Digital Cameras for your purchasing desires. They have provided us today the Kodak EasyShare Z710 7.1MP Digital Camera. There is a whole slew of features jam packed into this camera. Let's take a closer look to check out some of these kickin' features."

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"Western Digital (WD) has revamped its popular My Book line of external backup drives with a new look and more options."

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"Getting down to the nitty gritty there are some key details we should make mention of. Based on the new G92 core, we have the standard features to come with it such as PCI Express 2.0, a 65nm die and 1:1 texture addressing units : texture filtering units.

These are the features we know to be standard across all of the upcoming 8800GTS G92 based graphics cards, but as far as model specifics go we have in this case 512MB of GDDR3 memory. That 512MB comes clocked in at 1940MHz DDR while the core and shader clocks come in at 650MHz and 1625MHz respectively."

Game storyline: When some creature escapes into space with Princess Peach, Mario gives chase, exploring bizarre planets all across the galaxy. Characters: Mario, Peach and enemies new and old.

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"MSI Computer has released a pre-overclocked GeForce 8800GT that makes it one of the fastest on the market. The MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC is pre-overclocked to 660MHz core and 1920MHz memory. The standard is 600/1800MHz core/memory. This lean single slot PCI Express x16 videocard is backed by 512MB of GDDR3 memory, supports dual DVI outputs and a variety of TV output options. Cost sits at $324 CDN, putting it about middle of the pack."

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"The P3200 performed very well in the Sensitivity test. The range and movement of the analog sticks was very accurate. The feel of the controller during action was smooth and steady. In Airborne, navigating the skies with my parachute was effortless and when I landed, I had no trouble traversing the streets of Europe. The Cyborg Rumble took top prize in this category because of its Precision Mode; this feature allows the user to tighten the sensitivity of the analog sticks with the push of a button, making sniping your enemies easier and more accurate. All of the gamepads felt extremely nice while playing Combat Flight Simulator 3. The large variety of rumble forces featured in this game were enjoyable, from the steady rumble of your engines, to the quick bursts while using your guns, to the deep rumble felt from G-forces when banking and maneuvering during battle."

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Vantec has a unit that could easily fit these peoples' needs. The newly released Nexstar MX dual drive enclosure. Vantec is no stranger to building enclosures, so when they release a new one it will be good. The new MX holds two Serial ATA drives that connect to your PC simply through the USB port.

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"I’ll be honest, when the ThermalTake Armor+ case arrived at the office, I was left in a similar state as when the Antec P190 landed; speechless. The box is a mammoth construction of cardboard that hints of the case packaged inside; a super tower case.

This case is something special; it’s built for the most demanding user and includes the option to have preinstalled water cooling, up to seven HDD bays, up to seven 5.25” bays, a removable motherboard tray, aluminium construction and a large 23cm fan. With its gamer-centric looks, cavernous size and WCG (World Cyber Games) official case accolade, let’s see how it performs."

"Ergonomic keyboards have usually been greeted with less than enthusiastic remarks from the mainstream crowd, but Logitech is taking a stab at something not so extreme. The Cordless Desktop Wave appears to be like the Swiss Army knife of input devices, but let's find out if this is this just a stab in the dark for Logitech."

CLICK HERE FOR Logitech Wave Wireless Keyboard and Mouse SHOPPING & PRICING

" ... the PC Power Silence 750W Quad PSU a very good PSU, which is more than capable to handle today's demanding components. Quad core overclocking with a Geforce SLI setup ... no problems. "

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It's been a while since the mid-range G84 hit the market. To be frank, after testing this card I had my doubts of its hierarchy in the community. Regardless the class, these cards along with entry level ones are the actual dough makers (do not confuse it with kitchen dough). High-end and enthusiast products are just a loose change, however they play a very important role in the market. Prestige and respect among (pardon the term) fanciers.

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Own a notebook and not impressed with the onboard sound solution? Would you like the ability to be a bit more "hands on" with your audio? Do you want something that's different than what everyone else has? ASUS might just have the answer for you.

CLICK HERE FOR ASUS Xonar U1 USB Audio Station SHOPPING & PRICING

Back in August, we had a look at the Pinnacle USB HDTV Tuner and while the concept was a decent one, the execution was quite poor and left me quite unsatisfied with my notebook-powered HDTV-watching experience. Pinnacle has followed up on that lesser product with a new model called the Pinnacle HD Ultimate Stick. This USB TV tuner improves on its predecessors in several ways, but is it enough to warrant a recommendation?

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"Ok we’re a little slow sometimes, we won’t deny that. Why review a 1GB HD 2900 XT card when the new 3870 is out?

Ultimately though, what the 8800GT and HD 3870 has done to these other high-end cards is make them worth absolutely bugger all on the second hand market. What this means is you can really pick up a bargain."

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Time is money in the SMB and Corporate Enterprise sector, and anything that can cost less while saving time is sure to be a popular commodity. The Synology Cube Station CS407 4-Bay SATA Gigabit NAS is a gigabit network appliace which offers more features and functionality than most Windows Server 2003 R2 domain controllers... for less than the price of the Server Operating System! Benchmark Reviews gives this Network Attached Storage server a full host of tests as we uncover the value inside.

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"Today I shall be looking at a new product from possibly one of the better-known manufacturers of pc hardware. The manufacturer is Antec and the product in question is their range topping power supply the True Power Quattro 1000. Which delivers a full kilowatt of power."

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One thing that can always make a computer operate like a new machine is memory. If you've ever used your system with the bare minimum amounts of memory or just enough to get the job done, then you've held your system back and probably noticed lots of lag. Plenty of system memory means your machine will perform much smoother with little or no lag. This is especially true with today's Windows XP Pro or Vista running these huge new games like Crysis and Call of Duty 4. The larger the data amount, the quicker the access and read times seem due to the extra memory.”

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"OCZ's Titanium modules fall somewhere between the Platinum line and their high-end Reaper series. Although these aren't the PC2-8000 Alpha VX2 model, which stands at the top of the Titanium lineup, they bear the latest CL3 tag. Yes, that's right, they're rated for an ultra-low CAS3 at PC2-6400 speeds."

CLICK HERE FOR OCZ PC2-6400 Titanium CL3 Dual Channel Memory SHOPPING & PRICING

"Getting the power supply freed from the packaging shows a gun metal grey powder coated finish on the case, with black sleeved main lines. The finish is done well, and even after a few screwdriver bites while removing the cover, there were no scratches to be seen in the powder coat finish. This is a big plus of powder coating over painting. The inlet side of the power supply is completely vented to promote airflow. Along the bottom of the power supply front are the 5 plugs for the component cables. All cabling is justified to the right to enable better cable routing against the back side of your case. Around back is the 80mm low speed ADDA fan that varies speed in response to load and temp conditions. The specification sticker graces the left side of the power supply showing the max current on each of the rails. Antec uses three +12V lines rated at 19A each to balance the current draw."

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“When you are looking for webcams there are only a few choices with Logitech leading the way. Now there are other brands like Microsoft and Creative making webcams, but they usually lack the features and quality of Logitech webcams. Today we will be taking a look at the QuickCam Pro 9000, which features Carl Zeiss optics, RightLight 2 technology, a 2-megapixel sensor, and of course Logitech's QuickCam software. Let's check out the Pro 9000 and see if it is the perfect holiday gift for someone special.”

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Stiff as a board, light as a feather, stiff as a board, light as a feather..." Ever play that game when you were a kid? I didn't, but I've always wanted too... Anyway today I've got a PC case where its motto is similar to that: 'Light as a Feather, Solid as a Rock' and it's very true. When I got the Thermaltake Matrix VX from the UPS guy I wasn't sure there was anything in the box, this case is the lightest case I have ever had the pleasure of reviewing. The fact that it's light doesn't mean it's not sturdy, it really is, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and construction of this PC case.

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"The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 is a top-performing camera that competes with the best of them."

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The Kossart h50 is a new headset in the bang-for-the-buck category. It is made by the Swedish based company Kossart and is aimed at gamers looking for an affordable solid performing headset. In our review we were impressed by the excellent build quality which is there to last.

"The last time I was privileged enough to get my mitts on some Noctua branded fans, I had to make up a new word to describe how quiet they were.

Continuing this fashion of ultra quiet fans, Noctua have released the awkwardly named NF-P12 fan which builds on the success of the previous blade spinners we’ve seen, and adds some more fins and interesting notches.

Hopefully I’ll have to rack my brains for a new word for this brown and peach number…"

few weeks ago Nvidia had one of its most successful launches ever with the 8800GT. Reviews across the web, including ours, were incredibly positive with the excellent performance at a midrange price. At the time of our original review the XFX 8800GT XXX edition was not ready and so we featured only the standard edition. It was a competitive part but not as outstanding as we have come to expect from XFX so when the XXX edition arrived we were quick to put it through some benchmarks and today we will be showing just how well it fared.

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Going into this review I had no idea of what to expect. I wasn't particularly familiar with Aeneon and honestly didn't expect their memory to be able to outperform similar kits from the likes of Kingston and Crucial. With the ability to run at tight timings and overclock nicely, this kit made a solid impression and is definitely worth keeping your eyes out for.

The ability to hear is the ability to experience the world around us in a manner that none of our other senses can give us. Sound is what lets us know when an unseen object is nearby or far away. Sound is what tells us when someone is angry or upset. It conveys emotion and helps us develop a sense of space. Sound lets us know when we are in a cavernous hall or a cramped room. Without sound the world around us becomes empty. For years when it came to producing sound on a computer there was one company above all, Creative Technology. With their supremacy over the sound card market it would be an uphill battle for any company to offer a competing product. Then Vista came along and changed the rules. Now with a even playing field manufactures have started to offer their own brand of sound card. And thus I present to you a sound card from a company known for high quality product, the Xonar D2 and Xonar U1 Sound Station. Two products for two very different purposes.

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If you're Apack, how do you surprise the rest of the cooling industry? Release a tower-style CPU cooler that doesn’t look like a butterfly. The new ZEROTherm Nirvana NV120 is that cooler, and luckily, it impressed. Could the Nirvana NV120 be our newest air-cooling champion?

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"... Overall, the Abit IX38 Quad GT offers good performance using Intel's X38 chipset. But it's the overclocking ability that makes this board shine. "

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"Perks are mostly weapon-independent abilities that make your COD4 alter ego more durable, fitter for extended sprints, more lethal with guns, more proficient with explosives, and so on. It'll take a bit of experimenting and experience before you find out which perks and which weapons work for your playing style. If you keep getting stabbed in the back by some sneaky player, or lose a lot of close encounters, consider picking the Martyrdom perk. It'll make you drop a live grenade every time you die, and you'll probably take one or more enemies down with you. Of course, a cheeky sneak will just grab your grenade and toss it at your mates anyway."

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“Out of all of the cases I've had, I don't have to stop and think which one was my favorite. Hands down, the case I liked the most was a Silverstone Temjin TJ-05, the original model. It is big and beautiful, and I used words in my review like elegant and regal about it. It was the first large case I owned, the first with twin 120mm fans, the first that would hold more than three hard drives (it will hold seven), and a few other firsts for me. I still like it today as much as I did in 2003 when I reviewed it. I have had three different rigs in it, and I will undoubtedly use it again someday, unlike the other 6 or so unused cases that accompany it in my shed. So it stands that I feel Silverstone builds a fine case, along with their other fine products, which includes enclosures, power supplies, and cooling solutions. Will the KL01 live up to my expectations for quality and innovation? We'll see.”

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A few years back Logitech introduced the G15 Keyboard to the masses. No one had seen a keyboard that resembled the likes of it before. It took some of the features that people had been hacking into their own keyboards and made it mainstream. But that was a few years ago and now Logitech has updated the looks of the G15 and has re-released it. Was it worth the trouble for Logitech to redesign one of its most popular keyboards?

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"High Performance Group (Hiper) has become known to modders through their feature (and bling) packed "Type-R" power supply line, but as we've preached to a cousin of ours, flashy rims alone won’t make a ’72 Beetle run faster (or in his case, run at all). Today we have one of Hiper’s less flashy “Type M” PSUs on the testing deck and we figured it’s time to see if there is more to a Hiper PSU than just bling."

For the last couple of months computer enthusiast forums around the world have been buzzing with discussion about the forthcoming release of NVIDIA's new 8800 GT graphics card. We have read every imaginable rumor from: 'The 8800 GT will be faster than the 8800 GTX' to 'The 8800 GT will replace the 8800 GTS' and all other speculation in between. Fast forward to today where the NVIDIA 8800 GT is now reality and no longer just speculation!

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A case is an important component of any computer system. It houses all the components, and thus can affect the performance of all of them. With so many high powered components prevalent in the average enthusiast's systems today, a good case has to offer sufficient cooling and proper design to allow for the highest levels of compatibility and stability. Antec is a company that has a reputation of fulfilling these requirements with their cases. Today we are going to be taking a look at two Antec cases, the P182 and the P190. Both of these cases are from the Antec Performance One series of cases. These are targeted towards high end users who want a high quality case with excellent noise and thermal properties.

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Even though Crysis looks like a beefed-up FarCry on the surface, there's a lot going on here. If you have the system to run it, I would recommend at least checking out the demo to see if this title grabs you. I didn't expect it to grab me, as I wasn't a huge FarCry fan, but I was pleasantly surprised. Crytek has done a great job here, and has produced a very impressive game world that manages to be fun to play in. Crytek fans will want to check out the collector's edition as well, although the cost will be $10 more.

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"The front of the box is where the magic really begins. Now we can see that VGA is printed down the left side but it doesn’t exactly stand out. Of course Blue Ray Decoder Card is what you see initially.

Everything becomes a little clearer as you read the press release though; this Blue Ray Decoder Card is basically just a poor performing video card with HD processing capabilities. You say “OMG, that’s just mean”, but I say “I want the Albatron marketing team.” This could be the greatest marketing idea ever!"

Whether you're a hardcore gamer with a set SLi or CrossFire video cards or a hardware enthusiast with several hard disks and an overclocked quad-core processor, the power draw your computer created can quickly add up to an outrageous electric bill. With so many systems now consuming 600W or more of continuous power, consumers are beginning to find ways to conserve energy and save their money. CoolMax has joined the 80-PLUS revolution by offering their Green Power CUQ-1200B modular power supply unit, and Benchmark Reviews inspects their claims as we load-test this unit for AC power ripple and DC voltage regulation.

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Although the Diamond HD 3870 512MB G-DDR4 is not the NVIDIA killer that it was rumored to be it is still a very good card that performs well enough and is priced well enough to still be a viable VGA solution in the mid range market. The card performed flawlessly in Windows Vista and played every game we use without error at resolutions of up to 1680X1050, even with the features set to maximum. There are a few 24’’ and larger monitors that do higher resolutions, but the user who buys that has the money to also buy a card to go with that pricey monitor. Priced at around $219.00 US, it is at the moment lower than an 8800GT the card from NVIDIA at which it is priced to compete with.

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Thumb drives are a dime a dozen, so to help sell their 8GB DataTraveler II+, Kingston added a little software tool from the folks at Migo. Their software enables the user to carry their desktop to another computer and then back again. But, is this special functionality worth the premium?

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"Logitech's new webcams boast Carl Zeiss lenses and a host of snappy-named imaging technologies."

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"After completing all the benchmarks in the suite, I can only arrive to one conclusion, the Intel Core 2 quad-core QX9650 performs. To date it has produced the highest scores out of any processor I have used or reviewed. I like the fact that even overclocked and on air cooling, my CPU temperatures did not go above 49 degrees Celsius at 100% load and that’s even with ambient room temperatures of 78 to 80 Fahrenheit or 23 to 26 degrees Celsius!"

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"We’ve got three 8800GTs on hand at the labs of TweakTown which would probably give us more 8800GTs than any retail shop has seen. To say supply on the 8800GT is pretty poor would be an understatement.

Maybe the 8800GT got off to a bit of an unfair start; we did compare an overclocked card to stock HD 2900 offerings initially. However, it’s safe to say that with the numbers being pulled here today from the stock clocked ASUS card, our initial judgment of the card being a great performer is well justified."

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This card is based on the same basic board design as the Radeon HD 2900 lineup for gamers, but it is tweaked on both the hardware and software level for enhanced workstation performance. The card is the least costly of ATI’s FireGL lineup based on the R600 GPU, and currently retails for just south of $1,000.

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The Ultra m998 shows us that classic good looks never die. Ultra Products has done an amazing job of updating a truly great case. They had the sense to keep what works while updating with extras and innovation where need be. The Ultra Power Bar is in no small measure a bonus to the m998 case.

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"CoolerMaster has come up with some very unique and target-based products through the years. Some of those unique items include enclosures and extremely large, over-the-top type enclosures. The CoolerMaster Cosmos 1000 is one of those enclosures. The Cosmos 1000 is large enough to house the family pet or that pesky mother-in-law of yours. Constructed from aluminum and steel, this unit is stronger and lighter than an all-steel unit. Some of the unique features include sound-deadening foam on the side panels, a removable rack-style hard drive tray, a new push button tool-less clip, and a host of other stylish features.”

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"Both these products have a primary goal and secondary goal. The main target is to protect the users lap from the heat build up of newer and hotter laptops and both these products perform that job admirably. "

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“We have taken a look at a few Lowepro bags in the past. They have been combination bags being able to carry a D-SLR camera and a laptop. We all know Lowepro makes some of the best bags for cameras, but what about for laptops. The combination bags we checked out really worked well, but can Lowepro make a standout laptop bag? The Slim Factor is one of Lowepro's newest laptop bags, let's see if it can set itself apart from other laptop bags.”

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Gigabyte recently announced its new G-Power 2 Pro CPU heatsink which adds additional airflow to the CPU Mosfets. This airflow helps to provide additional cooling for those Mosfets, making it easier for the motherboard to provide stable power for hungry CPUs. The G-Power 2 Pro has some nice features, including a very quiet 120mm fan.

Professional and hardcore gamers will know their hardware ... not even the mouse mat will escape their scrutiny. But does the brand and quality of mouse mat really make a difference in gaming. Our CPU3D review team takes the Steelseries Steelpad S&S and put it through the test.

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Today we take a close look at one of Titan's intriguingly named CPU coolers. This time the Vanessa L/type is put under the microscope.

All thermal paste is relatively the same, and as long as you use something between your processor and heatsink (besides a thermal pad) you're good.

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The Tuniq Ensemble is Sunbeam's latest high-end PSU offering. It comes in at a whooping 1200 Watts with a large number of connectors included. For all your SLI/CrossFire needs you have two PCI-E 6-pin and two PCI-E 8-pin connectors available. Sunbeam has focused on making this a stable and efficient power supply and did a great job, the efficiency rating during our testing is well above 83%.

"By far the most exciting missions are delivered by the air races, from the classic Reno Air Race to the newer (and equally dangerous) Red Bull Air Race events. The timed Red Bull races, flown in nimble Extra 300 craft, use a point scoring system as pilots manoeuvre through pylon-delineated courses close to the ground in urban environments. These events are strictly for expert pilots, as the required acrobatic manoeuvres require hours of practice."

"The heatsink itself is very thin and has brackets for two fans, with one already in use by the stock fan. The four heatpipe configuration can be seen in the top down view of the heatsink, which is the most unique part, along with the two fans, about this cooler. The fins are separated by a couple of millimeters, as is standard with most heatsinks. On the top fan bracket, CoolerMaster can be seen elegantly inscribed, which is a nice addition if you like to show off your computer's internals. The included fan has a 3-pin power connector that is used by plugging it into your motherboard's fan header. There was no 3-pin-to-molex adapter provided, but those are easily obtainable, although it would have been a nice addition."

"Featuring a hot-swappable SATA enclosure, iStar's Elegant Storm S-9-H34 sports a feature that most enthusiasts are not accustomed to seeing in a Mid-ATX tower. Is this the case you’ve been looking for? Leave it up to HardwareLogic to find out."