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Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700W
Sun: 07.06.08 | 9:03A | Power Supply | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Noise in computer systems is an ever growing problem – one which many enthusiasts strive to deal with. A Power supply is often thought as quite a quiet component of the hardware which makes your PC. However, turn off all of your running fans and just listen to the noise from the PSU; you’ll be pleasantly surprised. For this reason, Cooler Master has developed the Silent Pro which boasts a sound level of less than 16dBA.
  FULL STORY @ TECH-REVIEWS

Vizo Uranus HDD enclosure
Sun: 07.06.08 | 9:02A | Cases | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
The demand for external hard drives has increased significantly in recent years, due to the need for more storage space and the added security from backing up data. A 500GB hard drive can be bought for as little as £35 and so pairing this with an external hard drive enclosure is a cheap way of protecting your data. The benefit of a hard drive enclosure over a pre-built external hard drive is that you can use one the old hard drives you may have lying around.
  FULL STORY @ TECH-REVIEWS

AcoustiFeet Case Feet
Sun: 07.06.08 | 9:01A | Cases | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Case feet aren’t the most interesting of products; however they happen to be parts of your case which can seriously reduce a lot of noise due to vibrations. Today we’ll be replacing out Lian Li V1000’s wheels with some soft AcoustiFeet in hope of reducing noise.
  FULL STORY @ TECH-REVIEWS

Logitech VX Nano Notebook Mouse
Sun: 07.06.08 | 9:00A | Notebooks | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
There isn’t a lot of enthusiasm for laptop track-pads. Most of the people I speak to seem to hate track-pads and normally opt out for a trusty old mouse. However, using a big fat chunky mouse on long journeys where you don’t have much space isn’t really ideal. Thankfully, Logitech have saved us with their VX Nano; a cordless pocket size mouse. Let’s see how it performs…
  FULL STORY @ TECH-REVIEWS

NVIDIA are overlooking a still-competitive opponent
Sat: 07.05.08 | 4:03P | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Of the three companies in this debate today, Intel, AMD and NVIDIA, only one is balanced in the vision that both NVIDIA and Intel supposedly see for the industry. AMD has both a CPU and GPU that are competitive in today's market; not leaders in any definitive way but right up there none the less. Thanks to the acquisition of ATI by AMD nearly two years ago the combined organization seems poised to capitalize on the shifting dynamics in the designs of both processing dynamics. And much of what Intel and NVIDIA are doing today is actually validating what AMD has done over the past 24 months."
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

AMD Radeon HD 3650 is a mid-range low cost GPU
Sat: 07.05.08 | 4:02P | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"When the Radeon HD 3650 card was first released we were a little underwhelmed by the specifications as it seemed that nothing had been improved upon when compared to the previous, RV600-based HD 2600-series of cards. And in fact that is the case: performance remains mostly the same while power consumption has dropped and thus heat output too. That doesn't make the HD 3650 a home run though as NVIDIA's answers to the card continue to stack up and perform better - the 8600 GTS with half the frame buffer was easily outpacing the Sapphire HD 3650 card with 512MB of GDDR3 memory even when overclocked."
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

ASUS U6E 12.1" Notebook
Sat: 07.05.08 | 4:01P | Notebooks | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Mobile computing doesn't have to be boring - the U6E from ASUS proves that. Within its 12-inch frame is some of the best styling around and very competent hardware, along with a full-sized keyboard, fingerprint reader and four USB ports. Does this small notebook win big time?
  FULL STORY @ TECHGAGE

 
Thecus N5200BR NAS (Network Attached Storage) Review
Sat: 07.05.08 | 4:00P | Servers | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Storage freaks rejoice! Even with 1TB hard drives, 32GB USB thumb drives, and external HDD enclosures, the true storage junkie is always looking for a simpler, better, and more secure way of stashing their collection of por, er, movies, music, pictures, and important files. Featuring five hot swappable SATAII drive bays in RAID 0,1,5, 6,and 10, as well as JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks), and over 3TB of storage space, the N5200 NAS (Network Attached Storage) box trumps standard storage devices like those mentioned above in that you can access it from any point on your network, instead of attaching it to one device at a time."
  FULL STORY @ HARDWARELOGIC

Tuniq Miniplant 950W
Sat: 07.05.08 | 12:03P | Power Supply | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"I was pleased to see that the Miniplant came with a 3-year warranty, which adds a certain amount of value to the unit. The Miniplant comes with a very large price tag that could be hard to justify, however this power supply was able to deliver decent performance for what I could test with. When added in with the warranty I believe that it would be worth the price. As for SLI Ready I could not located this PSU anywhere on Nvidia's site as a recommended PSU for SLI setups."
  FULL STORY @ OVERCLOCKERSCLUB

Corsair TX750W PSU
Sat: 07.05.08 | 12:02P | Power Supply | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Carefully opening the power supply and lifting the top reveals the 140mm Yate Loon fan. This fan is rated at 2800 RPM, 140 CFM and 48.5dBA at 12 volts. An awful lot of airflow and high noise penalty as well. The upside to this fan is that it is temperature controlled and should be quite silent when not spooled up. Included on this fan is a clear plastic deflector toward the rear of the case. This presumably is to force more air through the power supply to provide adequate cooling rather than allow the rear airflow to just blow out the back of the power supply with no cooling benefit."
  FULL STORY @ OVERCLOCKERSCLUB

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB Review
Sat: 07.05.08 | 12:01P | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"What a crazy week this has been. First, with the unintentional early release of the 4850, followed by the nVidia bombshell announcement of the 9800GTX+, there has not been a dull moment. All this chaos in the market has precipitated a serious price war in which all of us win. Even with the MSRP of $199, we are already seeing the 4850 sell for as low as $160. 8800GTX like performance for under two bills? Yes, please! All on a design that sips power and uses a single slot cooler? Where do I sign up?"
  FULL STORY @ CLUBOC

HorsePower 750w PSU Review
Sat: 07.05.08 | 12:00P | Power Supply | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
The HorsePower PSU can boast a number of great features... Four 12v rails, Power Protection from over current, over voltage and short-circuits protection, and to top that off, it offers up 80+ power efficiency. Great looks and Performance are all that I ever ask with my hardware."
  FULL STORY @ FUSIONMODS

Logitech G5 Version 2 Gaming Mouse
Sat: 07.05.08 | 9:03A | Peripherals | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
One of the leading dominators of the gaming mouse market is Logitech. Since their MX518 gaming mouse release, their mice have grown from strength to strength. Today we’ve got one of the newer gaming mice, in the flavour of the G5 Version 2. Let’s see if it lives up to its predecessors…
  FULL STORY @ TECH-REVIEWS

PC gaming market
Sat: 07.05.08 | 9:02A | Computer / SFF PCs | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"One question that immediately came to mind while sitting and starting at this information was: will it actually help? One of key problems with the PC gaming market (and that AMD agrees with) is that the variances in hardware, drivers, vendors and software make compatibility an issue and lead gamers into negative experiences that sour the PC as a gaming platform. AMD's goal was to try and prevent that issue by creating GAME! that would attempt to set certain standards for PC in order to guarantee a quality gaming experience."
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte
Sat: 07.05.08 | 9:01A | Motherboards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
While we are very used to seeing bickering between companies like NVIDIA and ATI, AMD and Intel and Microsoft and Sony, one segment of the PC market that has been surprisingly quiet over the years has been the manufacturing vendors like MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte. Well that all seems to be behind us now as a "day time melo-drama" of sorts has broken out between two companies that were at one point last on the brink of merging.
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

OCZ 64GB SATA-I model
Sat: 07.05.08 | 9:00A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"I knew coming into this review that the solid state drives were going to differ greatly from standard hard drives in terms of performance but I didn't know exactly how much and in which ways. The very obvious strong spot for the OCZ 64GB SSD is the pure speed it demonstrated in random access times; with a time of 0.2 ms compared to the 6.9 ms of our fastest platter-based hard drive the OCZ SSD is 345x faster in get that single bit of data. This can obviously incredible beneficial to applications that utilize a HUGE amount of random reads as long as those reads are for very small bits of data."
  FULL STORY @ PCPER

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M Geforce 9600GT Videocard Review
Fri: 07.04.08 | 7:10P | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF

The Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M is a Geforce 9600GT based PCI Express graphics card. It ships pre-overclocked from the factory for roughly a 10% gaming edge, and packs in a typical 512MB of GDDR3 memory. It's nVidia Geforce 9600GT GPU runs at 720MHz (up from the stock of 700MHz), while memory and shader clock speeds sit at 2000MHz and 1800MHz respectively. Asus retail the EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M videocard for roughly $50 less than a Radeon HD4850 card will set you back, and comes with a pretty basic accessory bundle.

  FULL STORY @ PCSTATS

Super Talent Project X PC3-16000 2GB Memory Kit Review
Fri: 07.04.08 | 4:03P | Memory | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Flashy name with stylized logo, check. Big, intimidating heatsink, check. Killer ratings to back up claims of such, check. While Super Talent has all the makings for an enthusiast brand with its new Project X series, how well it performs in the field is what really matters for success. The rating of PC3-16000 makes it one of very first kits on the market to carry such a blazing fast frequency, but will this new high speed RAM have what it takes to stack up head to head with the competition?"
  FULL STORY @ HARDWARELOGIC

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