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MSI GTX 560 Twin Frozr II OC video card
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 MSI's GTX 560 Twin Frozr II OC measures in at 241 millimetres in length
(9.49 inches) including the fan shroud that extends past the PCB, and
requires a minimum of 450W or greater system power supply. Cooling is
provided by a dual 7.5cm PWM fans and heatsink combination, with quad
heat pipes and an aluminium fin array that allows for efficient heat
transfer and dissipation. It's worth noting that this design does not
fully eject hot air from the back of the case like some more-enclosed
coolers generally seen on higher-end cards.
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ASRock Z68 Pro3 Motherboard
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"So far, ASRock has released three motherboards based on the new Intel Z68 chipset, two for the mainstream market (Z68 Pro3 and Z68 Pro3-M, which is a Micro-ATX version of the Z68 Pro3), and one for the high-end market (Z68 Extreme4). While the Z68 Extreme4 offers three PCI Express x16 slots, the Z68 Pro3 has only one. Let's take a look at this model from ASRock."
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OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD
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"Its on folks, after a few years of being stonewalled, XSR is back working with OCZ; and what a good way to get back into the swing of things. Today it’s the OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD that we’re looking into; hopefully it’s not the last one we’ll do either, so I better do I good job; though I can’t give them an easy time either, what a dilemna."
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Thermaltake Max 5G 3.5 Hard Drive Enclosure
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Have you ever woken up in the morning and wished for a breakfast in bed? I am certain a few of you individuals have experienced this craving, and let me be the first to tell you that the Thermaltake Max 5G is exactly that craving taunter. Now, many of you are probably wondering what I am trying to get at here, so let me clarify -- bacon. Simply put, this hard drive enclosure smells like bacon in my opinion. Thermaltake must have some kind of telekinesis power, because who would make a HDD enclosure that smells like bacon? Let us not get too carried away with the "bacony" goodness of the Max 5G. Many would have expected this "meaty" enclosure to make a lot of noise, considering it incorporates two fans. With two fans, one would at least expect to hear much of the fan noise. However, after turning it on for quite some time, it was actually not too bad. Continuing on with my daily chores, it almost made me think the fans were not even on, but the stylish blue LEDs convinced me otherwise. I am not sure what is with all the blue LED fans that manufactures keep using on almost all the electronics I use, but it is almost getting to the point where my computer is now a glowing blue monster in the middle of the night. Thermaltake sure seems to be messing around my head when it comes to this enclosure. Read on to find out why!
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Axle3D GT430 Classic
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"At 1080p, the Axle3D GT 430 posts a just about playable 29.1 FPS,
whilst the Inno3D GT 430 posts more than 2FPS higher. This is disappointing
for Axle3D - a name I wasn't familiar with prior to this review. I would
have hoped for this card to be better than the competition"
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Corsair Obsidian 650D Review
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Having two full tower cases within the range has certainly satisfied the high-end market but what about mid-range? Well today we will be looking at the new 650D. This is a mid-tower case, offering all the features of the 800D but in a smaller shell. Not everyone favours a full tower case, many have been waiting for this 650D – the smaller brother to the 800D.
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Intel Z68 Chipsatz und Gigabyte Z68X UD7
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The Gigabyte P67 UD7 was one of the best P67 Boards out there. Now we have the successor, the Gigabyte Z68X UD7 at hand for a review. What benefits does the new Z68 Chipset offer?
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Biostar TH67XE Ver. 5.2 Motherboard
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"Biostar currently offers as many as five microATX motherboards based on the
H67 chipset. And today we shall review the most advanced of those, TH67XE."
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HP Pavilion dm1z Fusion Ultralight Notebook Review
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What began as a trickle -- as AMD finally introduced a shipping version of the long-awaited Fusion platform -- has turned into a steady stream, and we're definitely excited to see APUs, as AMD calls the product, finally making an impact. AMD had played up the idea of an Accelerated Processing Unit for years, and now, it's clearly a reality. Lenovo's ThinkPad X120e, which we reviewed a few months ago, instantly became one of our favorite ultraportables, and now HP has what appears to be a rival machine, of sorts.
The Pavilion dm1z is an 11.6" machine, that is a touch larger than the myriad 10" netbooks already on the market, and honestly, we're struggling with what to classify this machine as. Is is a netbook? Is it an ultraportable? In reality, it's probably a hybrid of the two. You're getting the portability and longevity of a netbook, but the power and price of a nicer ultraportable.
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Silverstone Raven RV03 Enthusiast Tower
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Now SilverStone has released a new case to the market, the Raven RV03, which sticks with its predecessors 90° motherboard mounting and advancements in design. With the RV03 SilverStone retained much of the styling from the RV02, but made it to be not as long, which eliminates some problems of its older brethren. Most notably would be the issue of where to stick it, since the length of the -01 and -02 models made it stick out from under your desk if on the floor, or hang over the edge if put on top of the desk. So without further adieu, lets get this show started!
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Enermax Hoplite Midi Tower PC Case Review
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With an impressive range of features, high build quality and a very tempting price tag the latest Hoplite midi tower by Enermax is proof enough that they've got what it takes to also dominate the PC Case market.
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SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB U3 Review
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Almost everyone owns a Flash Drive nowadays whether it is for work, college or to back up your important files so choosing the right one for you is important. Today we’re reviewing SanDisk’s Cruzer Micro U3 Drive. U3 technology is relatively new and provides portable software solutions that might not be available to you on the host computer. The Cruzer Micro should prove to be an all round great drive so let’s find out…
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Look at NVIDIA's GeForce 270 Driver
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During a recent briefing, NVIDIA went into detail about what its upcoming GeForce 270 graphics driver would be bringing to the table. In addition to general performance boosts in a multitude of games, an automatic updater is introduced, as are major improvements to certain 3D Vision features and also 3D Vision Surround performance.
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Firmware Fix for SSDNow V100 Solid-State Drives
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Kingston has emailed us to get the word out to all SSDNow V100 users about a latent technical issue discovered in the V100 drive's firmware. This issue can cause the drive to become unresponsive at POST or during the booting process. Various posts across several forums allude to the SSD becoming completely inaccessible and/or causing the computer to hang for a few minutes while attempting to access the unresponsive drive.
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MSI R6970 Lightning 2GB
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Three voltage check points for the GPU, Memory and PLL (PCI-Express
interface) are present on the edge of the card, and as mentioned
earlier, MSI include a set of cables that you can attach easily to your
multimeter (not provided) for accurate voltage monitoring while
benchmarking or volt-modding. In addition to those voltage check points,
MSI include their own dual-BIOS technology as originally seen with
reference HD 6970's, but this time they've included their own second
BIOS setting that increases the PowerTune range (2.5x) and maximised the
Catalyst Control Centre overclocking limit with a click of a button.
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