"PN2 SLI2+ Extreme from ECS is based on the latest nVidia chipset for the Intel platform, nForce 680i, being a very high-end motherboard targeted to the latest and future Core 2 CPUs. Its main features include support to DDR2 memories up to 1,200 MHz, the new 1,333 MHz external bus (FSB) and an out-of-ordinary overclocking support. Nvidia has now a new approach and some motherboards based on their chipsets are now labeled as "designed by nVidia", meaning that the motherboard was designed and manufactured by nVidia, not by the brand that is selling it. This is the case with this motherboard. Let's see how this model branded by ECS performs."

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We’ve just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, layout, overclockability and performance of MSI’s brand-new P35 Platinum motherboard for Intel LGA775-based processors. We tested the board at both 1066MHz and 1333MHz front side bus frequencies and compared its performance to an nForce 680i SLI throughout.

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"New country, new time zone, new food, and best of all, new products! That's Computex 2007 in a nutshell, and today HardwareLogic takes you along through the halls of this annual exhibition. We meet with several companies to see what's in the store for the rest of the year and beyond, and take a sneak peek at some upcoming DDR3 based motherboards."

With the latest computer hardware being shown off at Computex 2007, it's been a busy week in Taiwan trying to see everything that is coming out. Today we take a look at what Gigabyte, PC Power & Cooling, OCZ Technology, Super Talent and Antec are up to and talk about their latest and greatest products. This is a must read for all those that love new hardware!

So you bought your quad-core CPU, your dual graphics card setup, your terabyte worth of hard drives and everything else needed to make every PC enthusiast jealous, but what are you going to use to power all of that hardware? You mean you didn't think you would need to get a stronger power supply than what came with your case? What used to be an often overlooked part of a custom PC build, quality power supplies have become a necessity when building a new PC with any sort of horsepower. It wasn't too long ago when you could get away with a 250-watt unit, but with some current graphics cards requiring at least 500-watts, these units won't cut it anymore. In steps Tagan with the Silver Power SP-1000E 1,000-watt power supply. Yes, you read that correctly, 1,000-watts. With more power than most systems require and just as many power connections, the SP-1000E is a power supply that will live a long life in any PC.

The chassis market is full of common names, but it's not often a new player comes along that really impresses. Tagan is one of those rare companies who delivers a full-size case that is well worth your consideration.

"How many of you have heard of DFI? How many of you think of performance when you think of DFI? I know I do. The product that we will be looking at today is DFI's foray into the 680i chipset market. Coming to market later than many of the other manufacturers, my expectations are higher due to the longer time to reach the market. I have come to expect the highest performance from DFI on each and every platform, be it Intel or AMD. The ability to wring the most performance out of my CPUs and memory with DFI's motherboards has made me a repeat customer. Boasting such features as 3x 16x PCIe slots(2x16x + 1x8x for a physics processor), Quad core support, 8 channel Realtek sound and the overclockability of the Nvidia 680i LT chipset, this board looks like it may well live up to the Lanparty reputation. Let's see if it can!"

CLICK HERE FOR DFI Lanparty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R Motherboard SHOPPING & PRICING

"All three fans seen here today feel like quality, are solid, and have an extremely pleasing look to them. I have to say that the chrome bladed 120mm is without a doubt my favourite, but they are all good looking items. They all perform well enough but of course the silence of the fans in operation is more than just clever engineering; the slow running and therefore low output of the fans has to be taken into account here. Still, the CFM output despite the low noise and low fan speeds is quite high and certainly high enough for the majority of applications. "

Our original Hush case was a preproduction unit and was missing the rubber mounting throughout the case for the drives, fans and power supply. These things happen on prerelease models from time to time, that's just the way it is. The second case we got however was still missing the rubber mounts for the power supply. This may seem like a small thing and well it is but add in that the tool free drive mounts for the case's right side were still missing in action and you have a want of vigilance in production quality. The Hush was made well with what it had, but forgetting to include things listed on the box on more than one review unit is exceptionally hard to pardon.

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"The Striker Extreme has an integrated LCD display above the back I/O panel of the board. Check out that LCD POST display. It's backlit, and can register the POST sequence when booting, very handy. But it can also programed (through the BIOS) with a user defined string of characters (uppercase letters and numbers only, no puncuations or symbols allowed). It would be nice if it scrolled some user defined text, but it doesn't. Perhaps ASUS can unlock some of its more advanced feaures with a BIOS update or two. Hint, hint ASUS!"

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“If you really think about it, a gaming mousepad is the thing that sets the really serious gamer apart from the others. You build or buy this really powerful system, complete with a powerful gaming video card.or two.or four, a rather pricey 7.1 sound card, then you invest in surround sound speakers or upper end headphones, get a gaming keyboard, and buy a really nice high DPI gaming mouse. And then drag the mouse over one of those 4 buck WalMart mousepads with the water droplets on it, or over the bare desktop.”

Today we are going to introduce to you one of the first Blu-ray optical devices in our lab – the Pioneer Blu-ray burner. How fast is it? How well can it work with the regular DVD disks? What are the advantages and drawbacks of this expensive solution?

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“The humble camcorder continues to evolved in terms of recording media. Most people now own a DVD player, and in the near future HD-DVD and Blu-Ray too, so using tapes in a consumer-level camcorder makes little sense. With the SC-DC171, Samsung has utilized mini-DVD discs as the recording medium, which enables easy transfer to a domestic DVD player with little hassle. Let's take a look at how this camcorder performs."

The minimum amount of memory you should be running a computer with is 2GB RAM, even if you're only running Microsoft WindowsXP. If it's Microsoft Windows Vista, even more memory may be required! I've noticed that extra memory helps when I play my favorite game titles, and particularly so if you like to play with all the eye candy maxed out. More memory is a must!

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'When it comes to motherboards, the mATX format is not something that most people are just biting at the bit to get their hands on. While it has its place, it certainly is not mainstream. Even though that is true, it has not stopped ASRock from putting a lot of time into developing these tiny motherboards. They are perfect for HTPCs because of size. They are also great for putting together a budget system because...'

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"When I was in my first year of university and living in residence, there was a buddy of mine whose laptop was always overheating and shutting down. He had to resort to raising it off the table using four decks of playing cards and pointing a fan at the gap. This cooler would've been perfect for him."

“With any type of game that has online capabilities guilds and clans popup. These are groups of people that play the game together whether it’s doing quests together or playing matches against another guild. Today we will be discussing the pros and cons to being in a guild and how you go about joining or starting a guild.”

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This board has a lot going for it and during my testing the board remained rock solid and offered such a great level of performance I would almost feel guilty for paying such a small price for such a great product. The board does have a couple of issues though none of them were deal breakers for me. As long as you take your time and plan ahead while assembling your rig you should have no problems with this motherboard. Overclocking was stellar, the board remained stable and gaming at 3.5 GHz was a real pleasure. This is a great board offered at a great price. Value has a new meaning.

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"The rest of the Toughpower's connectivity comes courtesy of its modularity, meaning that you can connect as few or as many of the various connectors as you like. This connectivity is made up of support for up to eight Serial ATA power connectors and eight Molex connectors (with two floppy drive connectors thrown into the bargain) for most of your peripheral power, as well as the piece de resistance of the unit, with three six-pin and three eight-pin PCI Express power connectors included for all of your graphics board needs - More than enough to run even two Radeon HD 2900 XT boards in CrossFire."

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It's a well-known fact that Antec produces some of the best cases on the market, and the P182 is a perfect example of that. We have here a case that looks great, packs a lot of smarts and is efficient, all at a price that's easy to swallow.

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With a complete line of NVIDIA G8x midrange parts to choose from, manufactuers have taken the opportunity to release a number of NVIDIA mainstream cards at various price points. We analyze the performance and quality of 10 cards based on the recently released NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS/GT and 8600 GT GPUs. The cards have a total memory size of 256MB and all support Microsoft DirectX 10, making them ideal mainstream desktop graphics solutions. How do they add up?

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“A lot has changed over the last year or so, with OCZ expanding to sell not only memory but coolers and mice as well, not to add the fact they also offer a extensive range of PSU’s. Which brings us to what we are looking at today, The OCZ GameXStream 1010w PSU.”

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Internal, hot-swappable hard drive racks enclosures have been around for quite a few years now, but many of them were geared toward "old-school" parallel ATA technology. Today's hard drives are mostly Serial ATA because of their serial bus architecture that boosts hard drives speeds up to 300 megabytes per second. VIZO has caught up with modern times with the Ares SATA HDD Mobile Rack, which is on our test bench today. This enclosure supports SATA II hard drives and puts their own spin onto an already industry-proven product.

“Behemoth that Dell is, their market share has begun to shrink in the face of competition from the likes of HP and Apple. As we’ve seen, though, one area that Dell doesn’t slack in is the quality of their monitors. And at a regular selling price of $1199, it needs to be high quality. Of course, Dell is constantly running promotions and coupons, so if you keep an eye on our Hot Deals page you should be able to get one for about $100 less. So how did the Dell 2707WFP fare after three weeks on my desk? Well, suffice to say the desk feels awfully small.”

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"OCZ Technology has been a forerunner of the computer hardware industry for the past few years. Perhaps most well known for their various types of memory, they make a variety of hardware, from laser gaming mice to video cards to CPU coolers. Most importantly, at least for the purposes of this review, they make power supplies. OCZ sports many lines of power supplies, including gaming grade and modding friendly lines. On May 25th, OCZ announced their merger with PC Power and Cooling, showing how serious they really are about the power supply industry."

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"Ubisoft has released its latest version and fifth game in the Rainbow Six series, with the release of Rainbow Six Vegas. The Rainbow Six Series is based on the original book written by Tom Clancy and the original game was released back in the 1990's. The game has players assuming the role of Logan Keller, a new leader of the elite international Anti-Terrorist Team, known as Rainbow Six. The team can be deployed anywhere in the world to augment local forces and to assist with Anti-Terrorism. The game starts with a tutorial mission in Mexico, allowing new players to ease into the SWAT style of game-play. This will become essential to surviving in the world of Terrorism, as a team-leader for Rainbow Six."

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Today we check out Foxconn’s 975X7AB-8EKRS2H motherboard. While it’s very well priced and highly featured, we see if it has the performance to make it a real winner.

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Since none of the manufacturers filling my entertainment system shelves can offer more than simple one-device remotes, I was in need of either a deluxe remote control caddy with labeled organizer, or I would need to get a universal remote control and take a day off work just to program it. It was a quest for the unobtainable, a journey for the unthinkable; I wanted to replace a collection of remote controls with... One Remote to Control Them All. Logitech heard my cries of despair, and presented the Harmony 890 Pro Advanced Universal Remote Control to save the day.

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"In this article we take an in-depth look at the advanced cooling options available for the Geforce 8800 series. Both Danger Den and Swiftech have water blocks designed to fit the latest NVIDIA high end cards, so we take them for a test ride, comparing performance at different pump speeds, SLI compatibility and see how they do compared to high end air cooling solutions. Read on to find out if water cooling a G80 based VGA card is worth it."

Direct from Computex, we have some exclusive pictures of a still unnamed pair of 45nm Penryn-based quad-core microprocessors from Intel posted at HotHardware. There were some interesting markings on one of the processors that allude to the possibility of it being based on A1 silicon and we’ve got a comparison shot next to a Kenstfield chip up as well.

"Officially called Radeon X1300 XT IceQ Turbo, this entry-level video card from HIS comes overclocked and featuring a good cooling solution from Arctic Cooling. We know that Radeon HD 2400 is around the corner, but let's take a look on this entry-level video card from HIS and compare it with other entry-level and mid-range cards from both ATI and nVidia."

At first glance the little purple ECS AMD690GM-M2 motherboard is probably more aimed towards the workstation market with both DVI and analog monitor support. If you choose to hook up the motherboard to your TV though that can be done by picking up a DVI-to-HDMI converter. The converter dongle is available at most major computer stores and would extend the AMD690GM-M2's multimedia capabilities.

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" When you think of memory, Crucial is a brand that is recognized as stable and trustworthy. It was some time ago that Crucial (and Micron) never provided overclocking RAM and never warranted pushing their modules passed their recommended values. Even back then, people used Crucial modules to push their systems to the limits. Today, Crucial is one of the many memory makers that back overclocking memory as a standard. RAM has come a long way since those early years. Now there are lights and heat spreaders on most memory. The real meat is the speed and timings and that is what we are looking at for the Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB PC2-8500 Kit. "

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"In our continuing coverage of high end RAM kits, today at HardwareLogic we shift our attention from the usual suspects and cast a gaze on Patriot. While no stranger to the memory market, they're relatively new to competing at the enthusiast end of the spectrum, and this is the first time we've officially put one of their products under our spotlight. Will they leave a first impression worthy of subsequent looks, or have us yearning for old reliables?"

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Beside the standard gamer desktop systems, there are more and more "muscled" gaming notebooks available. It is no longer strange to set all the options to "high" when playing games on a notebook, even in great widescreen resolutions. If you already have the opportunity to play the newest Need for Speed on the road or in a park, why not play it with a gamepad?

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From the appearance, to the silent operation, I definitely see the nMEDIAPC HTPC 500SA ATX Media Center PC Case being the home for my HTPC for a while. The unique design and the great number of ventilation holes will help with heat dissipation, and keep the system running nice and quiet without interruption to the home theater environment it is a part of.

Taipei, Taiwan, 6 June 2007 – Wenchi Chen, President and CEO of VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today outlined the move towards and the key elements of PC2.0, showcasing the latest innovations from VIA, such as the VIA NanoBook UMD Reference Design and a prototype of the Mobile-ITX mainboard that will drive this transition.

“Moving beyond the traditional desktop PCs and notebooks of the PC1.0 era, there is an eruption of form factor, application and service innovation, out of which a new generation of devices is emerging that we call PC2.0, which are more accessible, more convenient and more connected than ever before,” commented Wenchi Chen, President and CEO of VIA Technologies, Inc. “The main areas experiencing this rapid growth are in connected clients for the home as well as the enterprise, emerging market devices, green technology, and, of course, the exciting young field of ultra mobile devices.”

In the past, many manufactures would release graphic cards with modified heat sink and fans from reference designs to provide better cooling and to enhance overclocking. However, lately, many manufactures simply sell reference design cards from either AMD/ATI or NVIDIA without any modification except putting their own labels on the card. Therefore, for users who seek to have quieter graphic cards or cooler cards would have to resort to the heat sinks and fans from third party manufactures. Luckily there are no shortages of manufactures that produce well-designed products. Today, we will take a look at one of these products from Arctic Cooling, the Accelero S2, a merely $22 graphic card cooler that promises to reduce operating temperature and overall system noise.

With more and more people getting into high end computer gaming some things needed to change. With Microsoft making the software part of the experience more user friendly, nVidia decided to cover the hardware part. Thus the SLI-Ready initiative was started. The goal? Provide the users with a pain free experience where all components are working without a hitch at optimal settings. The OCZ memory modules we will be reviewing adhere to the strict standards and as such allow users with SLI-Ready motherboards to fully exploit the power of their memory.

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"Well here's something that might just fit the bill. It's a little gadget made by Soyo Group (the same folks that made motherboards) and it's called the TechAID. It's a small diagnostics card that plugs into a PCI slot on any motherboard and reads and displays BIOS trouble codes during POST. Some board manufacturers offer something similar, whether it be diagnostic LED's or beep codes from an onboard speaker. But many brands do not have these features, or are not clear on their meaning, and for those this little device may come in very handy."

CLICK HERE FOR Soyo TechAID SHOPPING & PRICING

Another power supply that was released around the same time as the PowerStream was the ModStream. The ModStream was OCZ's first attempt at a modular power supply. The unit faired pretty well and in the process introduced many of us to a way to clean up and organize our PC's innards. Last week OCZ sent us their newest modular power unit, the ModXStream, a newer and more powerful modular PSU boasting 780W. Let's take a look at the glory that is the ModXStream.

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AS I WRITE THESE words, I'm comfortably reclined in an overstuffed chair in my living room, laptop perched on my lap, sipping on a homemade cafe latte. Sunlight streams in through a window across the room, and every so often, I can hear the shuffle caused by my oldest child turning the page in the book he's reading. All is well, or so it would seem. But in the background, just above the sound of the air conditioning system forcing air through the vents, I can hear it: the ever-so-slight but unmistakable whir of the fans spinning in my home theater PC, piercing the silence like a faint whisper.

“It’s fast, it’s small enough to be transported to LAN parties and has an incredibly powerful yet simple interface. While the average user isn’t going to want to spend $1000 on a NAS, there is a large section of small businesses who should be VERY interested in this. LAN organizers should check this out, photographers, video editing, people with large collections of media, and anyone who wants a central file server that does gigabit speeds.”

"SLi, Crossfire, 750GB hard drives, quad-core processors. These are just a few of the power-hungry technologies and products which need to be fed the watts. Do you really need to go all out and get a 1000watt power supply that is going to make your electric bill go through the roof? How about a power supply that isn’t too big, but can easily handle the applications listed above? Think of a number between 500 and 1000. I thought of 750. Coincidently, the power supply that I’m reviewing today is the Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750watt power supply. I’m going to rip this power supply up with a bunch of rigorous tests to see if it can handle what I do, but also to see its potential."

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“The X-QPack 2 small form factor mATX case from Apevia is the company's latest chassis offering. Apevia is the new name for Aspire International, which was known for its X-Dreamer and X-Infinity series of cases, as well as fans and other accessories. This review checks out the X-QPack 2, which is the new version of the original X-QPack case. It features a new design, better power supply, and ever more style than the original X-QPACK. Let’s take a look!”

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Here is a list of several sites that have submitted their coverage from one of the largest computer and consumer electronics shows in the world. Tweaknews will be hopefully going there next year to cover this event for our Tweaknews readers.

HotHardware
MadBoxPC Report: Computex Day 1
Ninjalane

In the market for a big widescreen monitor, but find 24" too small and 30" too big? Dell has you covered with their 27" 2707WFP. Like their 2407WFP, this monitor offers 1920x1200 with a 6ms GTG and has a brushed aluminum look that's unique to their entire lineup.

CLICK HERE FOR Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP 27" LCD Monitor SHOPPING & PRICING

Restyling is a basic means of making a product’s market life longer. This word is known mostly from the car industry. In the computer case market, a life span of over 1 year is quite a long one even for such a good model as the Soprano was. After such long time a chassis modernization was needed to pull the system case up to the level of the best of the class again. Today we will find out what changes Thermaltake made to get its excellent solution back to the leading positions.

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"When I made the decision not to use water cooling on my video card any longer, I had to find a cooler that would fit back on my NVIDIA GeForce 7900GT. After making the dreaded trip back into the parts closet, I was able to dig up the old stock cooler that came on the NVIDIA card. I thought, "How loud could this cooler really be?" Within ten minutes of powering the computer on, I decided it was time to get another GPU cooler. I had completely forgotten how loud the stock cooler was on, and after being spoiled by water cooling, I needed something better than stock in terms of both performance and noise levels...."

CLICK HERE FOR Thermaltake TMG ND1 Graphics Cooler SHOPPING & PRICING

CoolerMaster may be better known for its processor heatsinks and extravagant cases, but the company has been selling power supplies for a while now with good results. Coolermaster's latest power supply is called the Real Power Pro 750W, and on paper at least the specifications are very impressive. It is rated for 750W of sustained power, 900W peak (this is what most manufacturers usually quote) with a typical efficiency greater than 80%. To top things off, the Cooler Master Real Power 750W comes with two eight-pin PCI Express 2.0 spec power connectors! These are the new kind of power connectors for tomorrow's generation of high end videocards.

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"Logitech has done it again. This time, they've released a mouse with not one, but two scroll wheels. There are more functions & features in the MX Revolution than you can shake a stick at, so why might the hardcore gaming crowd want to give this one a pass? Read on to find out."

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Trying to decide what accessories to add to your case can be a time consuming chore. When it comes to eye catching Bling Bling, make sure to head over to MNPCTech.com and check out their excellent case accessories. We took a look at their Vandal Resistant switches and Bulgin Switch mounting plate.

"My application, however, demands a bit more. I have a fully kitted-out office at home with a workstation that runs two PCs, a 4-in-1 digital scanner/printer, an inkjet printer, a DSL broadband router, a wireless network router, and two sets of speakers. There are also a fax machine, and a mobile handset that is useless when its base goes dead."

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NVIDIA over the years has used the name 'Ultra' with some of their products. Usually this means a little faster core and maybe some faster RAM. The first time that we at Bjorn3D saw an 'Ultra' name come into play was when we picked up a Hercules TNT 2 Ultra to replace an outdated STB TNT. This time around NVIDIA is using the 'Ultra' moniker for a newer version of their already extremely popular 8800GTX. The base 8800 Ultra clocks do not look that promising as you can buy overclocked 8800GTX's with the same speed if not faster. XFX changes this by bringing you 3 different versions of the Ultra. These are the $799.99 Ultra which matches NVIDIA's reference Ultra speed, the $829.00 USD overclocked Ultra which is faster yet, and finally; the $879.00 XXX version which is by far the fastest of the trio and the product we'll be reviewing today.

"Today we are going to examine a couple of overclocked GeForce 8800 GTX cards as well as an 8800 GTS 320MB solution. The card from XFX is one of the fastest in its class and is one of the best choices, though it yields to EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX ACS3. The second card is a very interesting GeForce 8800 GTX from MSI equipped with a powerful liquid cooling system. Its efficiency allowed to raise card frequencies up to 610/2000 MHz. That's why it's the fastest product of all three reviewed today. The third accelerator is a simple 8800 GTS 320MB reference card from ASUS."

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"We've been teasing you about the factory overclocked properties of this board for long enough, so it's time to lift the lid on just what those clock speeds are. Starting with the Superclocked's core clock speed (which basically denotes the clock speed of anything on the board that isn't memory or Stream Processors); this sees an increase to 576MHz from the reference 500MHz speed used by NVIDIA. As the clock speed of G80's Stream Processors are tied to this core clock by a particular ratio, we also see a big increase in this discipline, up to 1.35GHz from 1.2GHz on a reference board - That puts it in line with a GeForce 8800 GTX for raw speed, albeit not in the sense of the actual number of shading units. Finally, the 640MB of GDDR3 memory on board gets itself an extra 50MHz to play with, clocked to 850MHz against the 800MHz of a reference part."

"All in all, we highly recommend the Asus P5B Premium VISTA Edition to anyone who is looking to build a rock stable rig with massive ovreclocking in mind and digital home cinema capability to boot. We believe Asus has struck gold with this board, offering the perfect mix of performance and usability."

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Although they are one of the most popular motherboard manufacturers in the world, Gigabyte is not often referred to for their cases. With the 3D Aurora 570, they look to build on the momentum they have with their other products to make an impact in the gamer chassis market.

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"As far as 3.5" enclosures go, the MS04 is high on the list with its all-aluminum construction. The MS04 is a very solid unit that will stand up to the abuse that all things portable go through. The oval construction is a nice touch as well."

"Well, what if you were to go to your buddy’s house, plug a device into his computer, do what you need to do and remove your device, all without leaving behind a trace? That sounds a little like what Mr. Bond would pull off on one of his missions. Today I'll be reviewing the Seagate FreeAgent Go, which could make it entirely possible."

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“Mousepads may not be a big deal to some, but for many gamers it is a key component to gaming. The Steelpad QcK Heavy, brought to you by Steel Series, offers every aspect that a gamer needs to succeed in their tournaments, clan matches, and casual gaming. Let's take a further look to see if it really stands up to the title of professional gaming equipment.”

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"It's important to put into perspective what we're looking at today. If you're looking to build a high-end gaming PC or some sort of high-level video editing workstation, this processor isn't going to be for you. The intended market will be corporate workstations and the silent PC or HTPC market. We have a forum thread going on debating the benefits of energy efficient processors and energy bills. Unless you're a home user who leaves their PC on 24/7, you probably won't see much in the way of savings, but this won't be the case for cubicle farms."

COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show is held in Taipei annually since 1981. It is the largest computer expo on the asian continent, with a constant growth every year. We took a quick look at behind the scenes to see a lot of construction work going on, even on the eve before the show.

"While most of us wait.....and wait.....and continue to wait for DirectX 10 games to arrive, NVIDIA continues to saturate the market with videocards covering every price range supporting the highly anticipated graphics platform. As AMD/ATI struggle to find their way with their much hyped R600 arriving to little fanfare, NVIDIA has released their mainstream and budget graphics solutions in the form of the 8500GT, 8600GT, and 8600GTS."

CLICK HERE FOR Gigabyte GeForce 8600GTS Silent Pipe III Video Card SHOPPING & PRICING

The BT611 may not have alot of bells and whistles, but it does provide a very attractive, compact, and quiet home for your basic mATX system. In addition to these features, the whole thing comes ready to power a modern system thanks to the rather beefy 300W TFX power supply and its dual 12V rails.

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Yesterday, Corsair Memory showed off the world's fastest production DDR3 memory rated at a blazing-fast 1,600MHz (PC3-12,800) and had a preview of the Corsair DOMINATOR memory kit running at 2,000MHz (PC3-16,000). LR just happened to be in the same building as Corsair when they sent out their press release, so we headed up to their suite here at Computex and show you the 2GHz memory kit Corsair has running!

We’ve got more breaking news from the show floor at Computex. While inspecting Asus’ booth we came across their new Crosslinx-enabled motherboard and new water-cooling system, and also spotted a motherboard with 2GB of integrated DDR3 memory. MSI had some interesting items on display as well, including a dual-Radeon HD 2600 equipped video card.

“I’ve been a fan of iriver products for a while now. Like many electronics companies they are primarily based overseas. As such, we in the States miss out on a handful of nifty little gadgets that our Asian or European brothers and sisters have in abundance. In fact, iriver showcased a select few non-U.S. market devices at CES ’07. I have to admit, I didn’t give them much of a glance as I figured we’d never see them again. Not so… Today I’ll be playing with the iriver X20, a 4GB media player that runs with the like of the iPod nano and Sansa E200 line of PMPs. But don’t expect to find one at your local Best Buy or Circuit City. The X20 is available online from our product sponsor, but is this little bit of gray-market goodness worth exploring?”

The OT3 Turbo comes in 1TB and 1.5TB flavors. How you may ask? Why, because it's got two drives inside and you can stick 'em into either a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array to best suit your needs.

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"Even with the latest hard drive technology, data loss happens. The best defense is a solid and frequent backup plan, but we know that doesn't always happen."

For those curious to know the current price situation is from a strong oversupply of memory chips coordinated with somewhat lower than anticipated demand, which has created the current abundance of mail-in-rebates and price slashing that can be found in general. Word is that some memory manufacturers are now cutting production rather than risk taking losses. Prices are currently as low as they can go and should actually climb a little once the supply situation stabilizes, so don't wait to long if looking for that new kit of RAM!

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I’m a sucker for a good looking case. Heck, I could write an entire article listing all of the cases I’ve fallen in love with through the years. Yet, I’m fairly picky when it comes to upgrading my cases. A case pretty much has to have it all before I’ll put my components in it: good aesthetics, great features and plenty of room. Today, I’m reviewing the Tuniq 3 from Tuniq, a division of Sunbeamtech. With a ‘revolutionary’ cooling system, ample room and a beautiful brushed aluminum front panel, the Tuniq 3 could very well find a permanent place in my computer room.

"While the Creative ZEN Stone lacks features found on most MP3 players, you will be hard-pressed to find another quality player for $40 bucks."

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"OCZ has taken a new approach at lowering noise and improving cooling capacity. Borrowing a page from CPU and GPU cooling solutions, we now have heatpipe technology being used on memory modules. The principal is the same as other heatpipe coolers - heat is transferred from the base of the cooler (in this case, the memory modules) to the upper deck of aluminum fins via the copper heatpipes on either side of the module. Heatpipe technology has worked wonders for CPU coolers, but is it really functional and even necessary for memory modules? What are the pros and cons of such a system?"

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Intel's P35 chipset was only just released, but ASUS already has seven motherboards which utilize it. We are taking a look at one of their top models, the P5K3 Deluxe. This board utilizes DDR3 memory and has WiFi capabilities built-in. It also turns out to be a great overclocker.

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During the 1960s a new term was born into the music industry: Payola. A combination of the words "pay" and "Victrola," payola represented an increasingly large problem in the music industry: record companies paid radio stations to play and promote new records.

The immorality of paying radio station disc jockeys to air music did not become apparent until investigations by Federal Trade and Federal Communication Commission. Several deejays from the era were eventually found guilty of commercial bribery charges and deliberate legislation was eventually proposed, and sanctioned, that specifically banned the practice of payola in the U.S., with stiff consequences.

Title 47 of the United States Code details specific federal legislation for radio, telegraphs, communication satellites, and cable TV, but it does not address similar payola schemes with regard to internet publications. There are no legal ramifications for online publications that accept profits in exchange for pay: online payola.

"I’m not going to lie. Even from the outside of the box, this cooler reminds me of a clam. Thanks to the see-through box, you can already tell what the product inside looks like. The front of the box displays all the processor series and motherboard sockets for which this V1 cooler is compatible with. The back of the box has some close-up pictures of the cooler to give you an idea of what you’re about to experience. The sides of the box have the specifications of the cooler, as well as a few diagrams of how this cooler dissipates heat from your CPU."

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Computex hasn’t officially started just yet, but our crew has already spent some time on the inside looking for some early info. We’ve got some early pictures from the show floor showing the current build-up and some preliminary information regarding some new Shuttle XPCs based upon Intel’s upcoming X38 and G33 chipsets.

“LAN parties and events have becoming more and more popular. I remember going to my first LAN event over 5 years ago. I think there were around 10 of us, but it still was great fun. Now LAN events have attendances of over 1000 gamers. The biggest problem I had with going to LAN events was lugging all my gear there. I often ended up breaking something on my case or something inside of it. Well Thermaltake is here to make things easy for you. They have recently released the LanBox case, which is a small form factor (SFF) case that is made just for LAN parties. Let's take a look!”

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"The URANUS by VIZO is offered in Blue, black and Ash variants and it comes with USB 2.0 and eSATA capability supporting 3Gbps transfer rates. Also included is a one touch backup feature allowing you to backup your whole system or selected files at the click of a button. Sporting an Aluminum outer casing this is one of the sleekest and feature rich external enclosures we have come across."

"Jetway has gone through the trouble to deviate from the ATI reference design and come up with a X1950 Pro video card packed with 512Mb GDDR4 memory chips. We compare its performance to the vanilla X1950 Pro with GDDR3 to see if there are any improvements performance wise."

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"Our last OCZ memory review on TweakTown was the OCZ FlexXLC water cooled memory modules that were able to run rings around Mushkin and Corsair, at least till the Dominator memory hit.

Today we have OCZ’s next memory module set designed for the enthusiast who does not have the option or does not want to run water cooling in their systems, this being the radically air cooled Reaper HPC edition memory running at PC2-9200 or 1150MHz DDR."

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“Just over a year ago, Diceman reviewed the original Q-pack from Aspire. Well, this time around we get to review the second generation of the Q-pack, called the X-Qpack2. It's from the same company, but they also have a new name, which is Apevia. The X-Qpack2 is a micro size aluminum enclosure that comes in a rainbow of colors: black, silver, blue, green, red, and yellow. These cases have the three sided windows; however, they also offer a non-windowed version, and those come in silver and black. The one offered up for review is the X-QPACK2-BL/500, which is the blue front with the windowed panels. So, with a nice choice of colors and styles, it's now time to see if the second generation enclosure measures up to it's first generation.”

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Biostar made quite some turbulence with its "T-Series" of
motherboards. Accessible, but high-quality motherboards truly made a "boom" on the Intel platform. They also had a considerable reputation for their AMD-based boards, one of which we have under the scope this time - TA690G motherboard with an AM2 socket. MicroATX boards are generally hampered with a bad layout, but we can only congratulate Biostar engineers, since they did the best layout we have seen on a microATX board so far. With low price and great features, this tiny board proved to be great choice even for enthusiasts.

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"After testing the first DirectX 10 game patch on the popular title Company of Heroes we again find out that ATI finishes behind NVIDIA in DX10 performance tests. Sure, the AMD/ATI drivers are still new and need to be worked on, but it doesn't seem like the current Radeon 2900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory has the muscle to compete with the GeForce 8 series on DirectX 10 game titles. The current Radeon 2900 XT with GDDR3 memory? It seems that later this month AMD will be releasing a new Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card with 1GB of GDDR4 memory. AMD plans to take another shot at NVIDIA with..."

"Handheld PDA devices are available in many different sizes, so another factor that you must consider when choosing which to purchase is which PDA devices feel comfortable to you and which do not. Some PDA devices are very tiny and difficult to handle, and some are very large and simply aggravating to keep with you. It is important that you choose a PDA device which feels comfortable to you, because you are going to end up handling a lot on a daily basis. The size of your PDA and the keyboard on your PDA are both extremely important aspects worth considering when purchasing your PDA."

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"The GT3 Sport Case is a small form factor case created by the folks at GTR Tech Corporation. However, this isn't your every day small form factor (SFF) case. One of the big limits they have removed is the fact that you have to use a limited motherboard or a MicroATX board. They have opened up the motherboard tray to the standard 12” x 9.5” ATX motherboard size. So you now have the option of using full size components typically found in mid or full sized cases in a SFF case."