HotHardware looks at the PNY XLR8 8800GTX OC videocard. Hardware Logic plays around with the Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA cooler. TweakTown wraps things up with its take on the HighPoint RocketRAID 2314 eSATA controller.

ICH9 is Intel’s latest update to the southbridge, sporting six SATA ports with the ability to use port multipliers if motherboard vendors wish to. This is especially helpful if you want to run eSATA and internal SATA off the existing six ports. While southbridge SATA controllers have advanced, we can’t forget add-on cards. When you run out of ports on your board, it’s time to slap in an extra card with SATA, and one of the biggest players is HighPoint.