In the last few years things have been pretty stale with Creative having a clear lead due to their Soundblaster Live! and Audigy cards. It was only recently that things got interesting again, with Creatives new X-Fi line bringing new cards to the table, as well as several other companies proprietary solutions. Today well be looking at Auzens take on an X-Fi soundcard and a 7.1 channel soundcard from ASUS which places special emphasis on Dolby and DTS support.

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"Overall the USB One Finger Mouse is not a bad product, an interesting concept that might have a niche market for it, but until the bugs or kinks are worked out of it you might want to continue using your standard mouse. "

OCZ's ATV Turbo 4 GB USB stick comes in a flashy yellow color with a rugged rubber shell. It uses Dual Channel Technology to maximize performance - in our testing 35.0 MB/s. To check if it can take the pressure we ran over it with a car and then fried it. Literally, in a frying pan.

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"An image from a high end digital camera can exceed five megabytes. Recorded TV and (legally) stored movies approach 10 gigabytes. Transporting files via email is often not an option because of size or sensitivity of material. Server uploading and downloading is an option, but can be slow – especially if you are wireless. Burning to DVD or CD can work – or it can lead to the “DVD as Still Life” syndrome – where an office is salt-and-peppered with hundreds of unlabeled DVD’s and CD’s. You need a large, portable, rewritable, rugged option."

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"In the past the Ballistix range from Crucial has stunned us with its overclocking ability right from DDR, through to DDR2 and now DDR3. Today we are taking a look at Crucial's new 12800 overclocking pair of modules; let see if they live up to the previous generation's sterling reputations."

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If Gigabyte being the respectable motherboard company it is gave the world one of the first motherboards built on this new socket. The X38-DQ6 gives all the bells and whistle needed to be a full featured motherboard. Blessed with firewire, USB 2.0, SATA II and PCIe 2.0, the X38-DQ6 is bound to be a board like no other. And if the features don’t attract you the colorful layout will. The blue, red, orange and yellow are enough to brighten up any case.

With PC gamers missing out on COD 3, COD 4 is a very welcome return featuring the best the series has offered yet.

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"The GA-P31-DS3L acts like both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As a budget desktop offering, it is the mild mannered Dr. Jekyll. Start playing in the M.I.T. section of the BIOS and Mr. Hyde comes out to play. That can be taken one of two ways, very good or very bad. In this case, it is very good. I was pleasantly surprised to see a budget offering overclocking like some of the better known hardware on the market. I was able to adjust the front side bus up to 465MHz with the default multiplier on the E6750 and stopped at 425x8 with my Q6600 used in this review. In no way was I expecting the overclocking results that I pulled from this board. It was not the best in every benchmarking category, but it was at least comparable to its big brothers' performance when it was not exceeding their results."

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“When EnzoTech told us about their newest CPU cooler, it wasn't a big surprise since water cooling is still the most cost efficient and aggressive form of cooling. While phase cooling may be a more extreme form of cooling, it isn't affordable and is really intended for extreme overclockers. Since we're partial to what gives you the best cooling performance per cost, we were honored to receive the EnzoTech Sapphire CPU Water Block. It's EnzoTech's first premiere launch in to the water cooling market. And incidentally, they also released the SNBW-SLI (Northbridge) Water Block which looks to further compliment the CPU cooler since most users who go for that excellent system overclock will also appreciate a well cooled Northbridge chipset. Unfortunately, that wasn't included in the box. None the less, let's take a look at the Sapphire Water Block.”

"The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod speaker system demands respect, and your attention with it's awe-inspiring design."

Benchmark Reviews recently had the opportunity to test the Synology Disk Station DS-207+ SATA Gigabit NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. The basic premise behind the NAS box started out as a fairly simple one, allow networked client computers easy access to shared files across the network without the need for a full blown server. While this may sound simple, the NAS boxes of the past have been plagued with horrid performance in the speed department. I should place a heavy emphasis on “past” because recently that has all changed, and the idea of tolerating slow transfer speeds from a NAS box is just not going to fly anymore, especially with the arrival of products like the DS207+. I guess I just spoiled any suspense as to how the DS207+ performs. This is one incredible little box.

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The word "Awesome" is used to describe many things, but when it comes to displays, only a 30" LCD fits. Why? They offer a 2560x1600 resolution for superb gaming and workflow. Dell's 3007WFP-HC is also the least expensive model available on the market, but how does it perform?

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“ViewSonic is definitely a name that comes to mind when thinking of LCD monitors. They definitely know what they are doing when it comes to making a nice display. We recently checked out the VX2255wmb and today we will be looking at the VA1930WM. It is a 19-inch display that features a 5ms response time, 1440X900 resolution, and a swivel stand. Geeks.com was nice enough to send us this display out to review, so let's check it out!”

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"If we take for granted the promised price of 170€ for this board, with all the possibilities it has, this is definitely a “Best Buy” motherboard in the upper segment. Foxconn obviously found its path in the multimedia-overclocking philosophy, which is a truly promising concept."

"Has OCZ screwed up PC Power & Cooling? In this review PCSTATS will be evaluating the Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad power supply. The 750W Quad is a unit that hardware enthusiasts should like. The Silencer 750 Quad has been nVIDIA SLI certified with two GeForce 8800GTXs (it has four PCI Express videocard power connectors), runs at 83% efficiency and can deliver 825W of peak power. Team that up with a five year warranty and tech suppor and you have a comprehensive package."

Gigabyte is well aware that consumers yearning for a quiet PC don't want to give up great looks and functionality. They prove this with their iSOLO 210. In addition to the case's aesthetics, it also turns out to have very impressive construction, especially considering its low price point.

The Origen AE S10V is a pure HPTC case. It is compact and features a VFD with an integrated IR receiver for that Vista MCE remote. You will not find custom software or unneeded features inside this case, which makes it such a perfect choice for that big, 1080p TV you have in your living room.

"While "Hellgate: London the game", leaves a lot to be desired, "Hellgate: London the service" is just a train wreck in progress. The only positive aspect of the whole thing is that the multiplayer servers have stayed up reasonably well. Other aspects of the online service side feels like a bunch of newbies fumbling around, and I'm sure the customer support reps have their work cut out trying to untangle the whole US-EU account mess."

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In my time as a hardware reviewer I have never actually reviewed an enthusiast orientated Cooler Master case; I have used them but never been in the position to take a proper look at one. Thinking back, one of the most impressive would have to be their Wave Master design which looked fantastic, specifically compared to other cases of its time. In addition to this it had a few good features which made using it as the basis for a review system easy. It would also appear that high end Cooler Master cases are well made because one of my friends still uses his Wave Master, 4 years after it was originally launched, and it is still in perfect condition.

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Designed around Intel's successful P35 Express and ICH9R chipsets, the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R supports socket 775 Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme, Celeron D, and Pentium 4/D/XE processors operating on a 800/1066/1333 MHz FSB. As is standard, up to 8GB of DDR2 1066/80/667 memory can be installed in a dual channel configuration. If you're using Microsoft Windows XP 1GB of RAM should be fine, but for Windows Vista 2GB is a much better.

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Zalman was one of the first to incorporate an open face fan and heatsink configuration, and the CNPS8700 shows that this company hasn’t been resting on its laurels, but improving on an already proven fan favorite. This low-profile heatsink uses Zalman’s popular “flower” style cooler that incorporates a speed-controlled blue LED fan as well as twin heat pipes that are inner woven through the middle of the copper fins.

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“Arriving at my front door in a plain brown box, this mystery item puzzled me. Not knowing if I should open it up or call Home Land Security, I took the chance and risked life and limb to find out what was lurking inside. Lo and behold, it was the CM690 SLI-ready enclosure from Cooler Master. This sleek, black enclosure sports a black mesh front and top with chrome dividers, tool-less installation, internal cable management system, and enough fan openings to create your own hovercraft. A bunch of other neat, little options are included, but I will mention those in the review - no need to spoil things now.”

The VIZO Master Panel II Expansion Interface is a multifunctional controller panel; an updated version to Vizo's original Master Panel, that brings added provisions and features to where their needed...Up front. Here at Benchmark Reviews we are very familiar with the ongoing revolution in portable media. Wheather its uploading play-lists for an MP3 player or the day's pictures from a digital camera; everyone wants a convenient way to manage their data without having to fumble around the back of their cases. This popular demand has even driven manufacturers to add the most basic I/O ports to the front of PCs. However, with there being so many proprietary media standards, a convenient and centralized solution is still missing from many if not all case designs, leaving consumers looking to after market solutions for their needs.

“Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.11 drive has been on the radar for quite some time, and as of now, it appears to be shipping in volume. The 7200.11 family (named as the 11th-generation of 7,200 RPM hard disks) allows for storage capacities up to 1000GB/1TB and cache sizes up to a whopping 32 MB, along with the latest Seagate generation of technologies for fine-tuned performance and acoustics. Seagate has kindly provided their new flagship desktop drive to us for a round of testing against some similarly classed hard drive designs.”

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“In this review I will be going over a new enclosure from XClio called the 6030 Plus. Xclio offers several different styles of enclosures along with a line of power supplies. The 6030Plus is an all black enclosure with a large side panel intake fan. How large of a fan you ask? How about 360mm big. This large fan should push hot air right of the enclosure and do so with low RPM's which mean lower noise. Also when things are on the cool side a built in fan speed controller is also included.”

"Vvikoo are an up and coming GPU manufacturer based in Paris, France. This makes a change from the usual dominance of the Eastern and Western companies; these guys aren't too far from home. We recently reviewed their 8600GT which turned out very well indeed. Today however, we will be looking at something from the other camp, the 2600 Pro."

"So we've got another Ultra Product up on the review block today, this time it's the Ultra X3 600-Watt Modular Power Supply and in my time with it I've found it to be capable and very stable."

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With easy to access PCIe locks like the ones on the GA-P35-DS4, it doesn't matter if the videocard has a large double-slot heatsink, access is unimpeded. If you have to struggle with a screwdriver to release an obscured PCIe slot lock and get the videocard out, you may end up with an electrical short or snapped component. Just a thought, it's not like PCSTATS has had hands on experience with 200-odd motherboards or anything... oh wait! We have. :-)

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"After the first load of more basic P35-based motherboards, Asus decided to launch a new, more extensive design around Intel's P35 chipset. Enter the Asus Blitz series, geared towards the enthusiast end-user. Today we test the Blitz Formula board, with support for affordable DDR2 memory. Does the board blitz everything else into oblivion? Read on to find out.."

"For retail companies, it's all about the add-on sales these days. But what if these seemingly useless add-ons finally offered something to get excited about? The Turbo Module is the latest add-on product from Arctic Cooling for your passive Accelero video card cooler. Is this another useless piece of plastic or do we finally have something actually worth spending a few bucks on?"

TTGamer have today posted a review of Medal of Honor: Airborne for the PC. Once again WWII FPS action is the name although variation certainly doesn't appear to be the game.

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Gamers love using peripherals that give them an edge, but is Ideazon's MERC Stealth one of those products? That's what we were set to find out. One thing is clear... this is a feature-packed keyboard, though it might not be for everyone.

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"If you mention VoIP these days most people will think of Skype, which shows how huge Skype has become in quite a short time. The company has been busy pushing hardware for its Voice-over-IP service and we’ve seen some good, some not so good and some really awful attempts at making Skype handsets.

A lot of people run Skype on their Windows Mobile devices as well, and with varying degrees of success. However, today we’re looking at the latest generation of Skype hardware for the home, a cordless phone that uses DECT which is common on many cordless home phones."

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“The Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Hard Drive Enclosure is different than other enclosures. It offers cooling with style. The silent 80mm fan illuminates the surface around it with blue LED's. While this enclosure may look cool it still serves its' purpose. This enclosure will keep your hard drive plenty cool when transferring data through either USB or eSATA. Let's see what else this enclosure has to offer.”

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"For the money, we simply can't think of a better video card to buy. The MSI NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC offers performance that matches cards up to 40% more money. That is an amazing value in our minds and if you're a serious gamer needing a video card that will really immerse you in the game, you'd need to look no further than this."

"The Logitech Kinetik 15.4 Briefcase gives a professional look to your laptop and office attire."

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I've finally completed the Crysis Tweak Guide, and while there are no magic tweaks or quick fixes, the guide covers all the in-game settings in detail, and provides descriptions for all the major advanced command variables which allow you to customize the game to suit your needs. There are plenty of comparison screenshots and handy tips spread throughout the guide, so if you're patient and willing to experiment, the guide will reward you well.

"ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP is a top mainstream motherboard for the socket 775 platform from ASUS, based on Intel P35 chipset and featuring a 802.11g (54 Mbps) WiFi access point, allowing you to share your Internet connection wirelessly without a wireless broadband router. This motherboard also features passive heatsinks, solid aluminum capacitors, eSATA ports, two x16 PCI Express slots, coaxial and optical SPDIF outputs and more. In this article we will explore the main features from this motherboard. Check it out."

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Logitech goes all out with their latest gaming mouse - the G9. While it may look very futuristic, the shape is perfect for right handed gamers. The G9 can be customized in almost every aspect, from weight to size and feel over to all the DPI settings and button assignments. This makes the device the perfect weapon of choice, no matter what type of gamer you are.

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"The first 3D accelerator add-in boards (merely called graphics cards today) appeared on the market over ten years ago and whilst the processing power and raw capabilities of the main chip have increased beyond all expectations, the amount of memory on the circuit board has increased rather more slowly. However, the latest games are becoming ever more demanding on the resources a PC has to offer. So if you're out to buy a new graphics card, what do you do - buy the one with the most memory, the fastest memory, the latest memory type? We delve into the mysteries of video RAM and take a brief look at the different types and what it gets used for, before we examine just how much your graphics card really needs."

nVIDIA SLI and to a lesser degree AMD CrossFire have made buying a new videocard an interesting exercise. With both standards being supported by game developers, more gamers are starting to ask if two heads really are better than one?

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This makes GEIL one of the first manufacturers to sell kits which can populate all of your motherboards DIMM banks and raise the total RAM capacity to 8GB. We have such a kit for review today, the GB6400C5QC.

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“Today I'll be looking at a new line of external hard drive enclosures from Thermaltake called the Max 4 Active Cooling External HDD Enclosure. This particular hard drive enclosure accepts 3.5" hard drives and connects to either USB 2.0 or eSATA on your computer. It's comes in silver with black trim and a blue LED fan. Let's take a look at the features.”

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"In this large group test we compare over 30 CPU heatsinks with different fan speeds, giving you the data on both thermal and decibel performance. Want to upgrade your stock cooler? This roundup will help you out."

"Here at HardwareLogic we don't play games or use smoke and mirrors to try to make products look good. We push these products to limit and compare them against formidable opponents. We strive to give our readers true results, based on value and performance. Today is no different. We didn't pamper this new compound. we put TX-2 up against the most popular grease company around, Arctic Silver. We will get to this is a head-to-head-to-head match up between Arctic Silver 5, Arctic Silver Lumiere and Tuniq's TX-2 soon enough, but first let's a closer look at TX-2."

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"The e1100 is a very unique product in that it actually has style. Unlike the mainstream speakers you see today. The e1100 features a high gloss black finish and avant-garde styling with clean lines and a dichotomy of color separation between the brushed aluminum and high gloss black. You can’t help but look at these speakers in awe."

"Starting out in life as a manufacturer of cooling devices, Cooler Master has been around for over a decade. I can still recall seeing a lot of coolers with the company logo coming out as OEM coolers for many computer systems, but these folks have grown a bit since then. While thermal devices are still in their blood, they have expanded and are becoming well known for their power supplies and enclosures.

Today's article will take a look at one of their recent entries into the mid-tower market, the CM690. It takes some of their tried and true features and mixes it with a liberal dose of new goodies and adds in a decent price tag to boot."

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Not too long ago, Benchmark Reviews featured a Guide: How to shop for your first HDTV in which we revealed that digital HDTV's would soon be a forced standard in slightly more than a year. We followed this up by using our own shopping advice to purchase the Sharp AQUOS LC-52D62U 52" 1080P HDTV, one of the best and most affordable HDTV's presently produced. But because Blu-Ray Disc and HD-DVD are still at battle with no end in sight, there is only place left to go: high definition broadcast. Benchmark Reviews sets out to build an HTPC with HDMI support, gaming-strength video, a digital HDTV tuner, and plenty of storage capacity; and we fitit all into the capable Thermaltake DH101 HTPC ATX Case VF7001BNS.

"Of course you can use the card reader as it is, just a card reader and USB hub, there in itself is a great and very useful product. Most card readers sold, none actually that I know of, can boast of having an integrated 6-port USB hub and the ability to read pretty much every memory card out there today. "

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"OCZ Reaper HPC Edition PC2-9200 2GB DDR2-1150 set of memory was around the middle of the pack in the enthusiast memory market. I say this because the Mushkin XP2-9200 set performed slightly better overall. The OCZ Reaper set performed better than the Crucial Ballistix Tracer in almost every benchmark and the Crucial was stock at DDR2-1066 so that set is clearly at the bottom of the pack. I didn’t have any issues with the OCZ Reaper memory except that the unique heat pipe that is on top of the stick almost makes contact with my CPU cooler. If you have a wide CPU cooler, you might want to check measurements to make sure this set of memory won’t touch your cooler."

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"Geeks has provided us with many random computer gadgets in the past, and this product is right up their alley. Most people may not consider a wireless thermometer as a computer tool, but if you think about it, this fits perfectly into your geek toolbox."

"The Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L supports Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme processors on a 800/1066/1333 MHz FSB, a max of 4GB DDR2 800/667, and one PCI Express x16 videocard. Integrated items include Gigabit networking, 7.1 channel High Definition audio, one IDE and floppy connector, four SATA, four USB 2.0 ports at rear, and optical/SPDIF audio output. In the box it's nothing the bare basics."

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The first watercooling kits found their way onto the market back in the Pentium 3 days; an era when 120mm fans and heatpipe air cooling designs were within the realms of fantasy. While watercooling systems have certainly evolved over the last few years, their relatively low demand ensured that they couldnt evolve at the explosive rate air coolers have. The weakest points of the watercooling systems were always the high price, the difficulty of installation and the size of the kits. Swiftech, one of the most established PC watercooling manufacturers have released a new kit, the H2O-120, designed to counter these three major watercooling drawbacks. Will that be enough to compete against the high end air coolers available today? We will find out shortly.

The AudioFX Pro 5+1 PC Gaming Headset by Ben Heck offer many features that would appeal to anyone in need of a new audio solution for their PC gaming setup. Among other things they are comfortable, attractive, provide a convincing surround sound effect, and you don't need to worry about the quality of your sound card since one isn't needed at all.

I recently reviewed the A.C. Ryan AluBox Duo LAN, an interesting NDAS external enclosure that could house up to 2 hard drives and even RAID them together with more AluBox LAN enclosures. Not everyone needs such a beast so today I am taking a look at a slightly more conventional external hard drive enclosure, the AluBox eSATA enclosure that allows you to insert a SATA or an IDE-drive and then hook the drive up to the computer over USB2.0 or eSATA.

"Although I've heard that Denver is an awesome place, there are very few things associated with Denver that I like. I hate the Denver Broncos (I'm a Steelers fan), I hate Coors beer, and the Colorado Rockies really let me down: now I have to hear all about the Red Sox until next April. Now that I've been completely honest about my anti-Denver opinion, let me introduce you to Mushkin, the enthusiast memory maker based in... you guessed it, Denver, CO."

Micro ATX motherboards have come a long way from just giving users basic computer functionality in a small package. This motherboard type has made a name for itself as a critical component for Home Theater PCs and other multimedia intensive systems. Today, we have the ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready Micro ATX Motherboard on our test bench. With onboard support for dual monitors and 720p Blu-ray / HD-DVD playback, this budget motherboard is sure to make consumers take a double take when they see it on store shelves.

"The $249 USD A720 IS tested here is an 8-megapixel model with a potent 6x zoom and a 2.5-inch LCD screen. "

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Formerly known simply as the Sonata Plus, this new case from Antec adds some power to an existing classic with the inclusion of a NeoPower 550W modular power supply to make this new concoction, the Sonata Plus 550, something to be sought after.

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“ASUS launched it Republic of Gamers line of motherboards a while ago with the initial offerings of the Striker Extreme and Crosshair motherboards. While these motherboards did have a lot of features they were a bit lacking. Their third offering the Commando is based on the Intel P965 chipset, which is known to be highly overclockable. The Commando features the P956 as well as the LCD poster, onboard switches, support for 45nm processors and the SupremeFX audio card. With all these features it sure seems like ASUS has gone in the right direction with the Commando. Read on to see what the Commando has in store for us!”

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"Now that it is all set up and plugged in, insert the main power plug into the back of the PSU and the wall, turn on the switch and start the computer. Sit back and enjoy the work you have just accomplished. Here you can see the nice blue glow that the power supply gives off in my system. I love how it is just the right amount of light, not too dim and not bright. Perfect to accentuate the internals of the system."

"Once again, Zalman has created an excellent product that does exactly what it is supposed to do and more. The VF-1000LED is a video card cooler that provides excellent cooling in silence. It is quite beautiful, if you like copper, with its large expanse of fins and heatpipes. At fan levels low enough to be inaudible, it dropped my load temps more than 30C under the stock cooler."

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Besides mousepads SteelSeries also has lots of other products for gamers. In this review I'm taking a look at the SteelSound 4H headset which has been optimized for gamers. SteelSeries claims the 4H is ideal for FPS and RTS gamers because of optimizations for specific sounds found in gaming like gunfire, weapon reloads, footsteps and other crucial in-game sounds. The SteelSeries 4H headset is a cheaper version of the SteelSound 5H v2. The 4H has many of the same features but has a slightly less advanced design and can't be dismantled into three separate pieces.

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Installation was child's play, at least for my socket 939 CPU. You simply interlock the mounting clip pieces around the base plate and clip the heat sink onto the stock motherboard retention frame. You do need to check the clearance on your motherboard capacitors and any heat sinks sprinkled around the motherboard. On the DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D, one of the heat pipes barely cleared a mosfet heat sink. Low profile coolers do have their drawbacks, and the CNPS8000 is no exception. Users with Intel CPUs must replace the retention frame.

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“The CNPS8700 LED, which was introduced at CeBIT 2007 in Hanover, Germany, is an all copper heatpipe and heatsink CPU cooler with a lower profile and larger, 110 mm fan as compared to the CNPS7000. The CNPS7500-Cu offers improved performance over the CNPS7700. It is also made of 100% copper and has an 110 mm silent fan just like the CNPS8700. Both coolers sport the Flower Heatsink Design, which is comprised of a plethora of copper fins atop a copper base, with a clear fan with LED lights set in the center of the fins. The only major difference between the two is that the CNPS8700 LED also has heatpipes incorporated into the design. Which one cools better? Are they as quiet as Zalman claims? These thought-provoking questions are just what this review will attempt to answer.”

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Today PC Freaks & Geeks is going to be reviewing a product that should bring a smile to the face of all your power hungry components. Branded with the Themaltake logo, the Toughpower 1500W PSU should possess the wattage/power needed to keep your inner PC hardware running like clockwork. Taken from the Thermaltake website: Thermaltake Technologies delivers most solid line of power supplies built to specifically towards high-end systems for utmost PC system performance. The leader in thermal solutions defines Tough as being 'able to withstand great strain and stress without tearing or breaking? same with their newest and latest line of Toughpower power supplies.

"Many of you have probably seen commercials lately pushing heavily for mobile broadband. It's all the rage for road warriors who need to get high speed internet access while out in the field with their laptops. In past years, many have found ways to tether their smartphones to their laptops to get access. Although this is a great way to get mobile broadband, some providers have been known to shut down accounts doing this. Things have progressed quite far ahead lately where laptop EVDO and EDGE PCMCIA and USB cards are affordable to the masses.

High speed wireless cards are great but with one downfall --it's a one user device. Or is it? In a recent trip outdoors, I was scratching my head trying to find a way to bring broadband access to 20+ people. I had one Verizon Wireless laptop USB card and a basic 802.11g wifi router. After tinkering around for an hour or two, I found a way to share that single cellphone connection amongst everyone."

“Sunbeam started out producing the best CCFLs on the market, and now produces all kinds of modding supplies and gadgets, cases, excellent power supplies, and other building items. This is the third Sunbeam Case I have owned, the first one from their Tuniq division. The Tuniq division of Sunbeam consists of some of their more experienced employees, and focuses on adding fashion and high function. Presently, they make Tuniq branded cases, power supplies, CPU coolers, hard drive silencer/coolers, and thermal compound.”

"Mobile phone and PDA manufacturers have integrated Bluetooth into many of their handsets, which allow us to use wireless headsets and connect our electronics to computers and other devices to share pictures, music, etc. Today we will be taking a look at a modern Bluetooth product in the Cirago Micro Bluetooth USB Adapter."