SilverStone Kublai Series KL03 Case Review
Hardware Secrets :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“Launched under SilverStone Kublai series, KL03 is the latest case from this manufacturer, targeted to users that want a big case with high-end thermal performance but don’t want to buy a very expensive all-aluminum product, like the cases from Temjin series also from SilverStone. In fact KL03 is a hybrid product: its body is made of zinc-coated steel, but its frontal panel is made of aluminum.”
Mark Friga Jr. owner of FrozenCPU.com
PC Apex :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“PC Apex: What do you think are the most common misconceptions you face from the general public towards your line of business? (e.g., Frozen CPU must make billions/are ripping me off/must have an aircraft hangar full of modded cases/should be able to sponsor my 4-man LAN etc.)
FrozenCPU: Ha Ha. Most customers are generally easy going and polite and generally understand that we are a business. However, some call our toll free number and want to play “Name Your own Price Hardware”. We expect that and we quickly explain to them that we are what we call a “boutique”. Our reseller ratings speak for themselves that we follow through with any issues customers may have. We are not a “fly by night” company. We have real people working here with real phone lines at a real place of business; not someone’s basement or garage. Once we explain that, they usually get the picture, that “no we cannot sell you the case you want for 1 dollar over ! what we paid for it. We basically offer too many services and have real staff on-hand to help our customers. You get what you pay for.”
Vantec NexStar MX Dual Hard Drive External Enclosure Review
Mikahiltech :: Monday, February 18, 2008
External hard drive enclosures are nice. Their function is obvious: to connect a hard drive to a computer through an external means. However, their use is extremely useful. But what if you need more storage than just one drive? Or if there is critical data on the drive? A regular single drive enclosure cannot serve the users who require these things. Enter the Vantec NexStar MX dual SATA hard drive enclosure!
3D LCD Monitors
Review Spring :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“3D LCD technology has existed since the very first commercial monitors were on sale, but they were prohibitively expensive and lacked the image quality of the current panel generation. The most popular form of 3D LCD technology is called “autostereoscopic technology” and is able to provide a 3D image without any glasses!
This technology works by diverting each column of pixels to an individual eye, essentially halving the vertical resolution but providing a unique image to each eye. By displaying a correctly rendered image on the monitor it is then possible to trick the brain into believing that the two 2D images are a single 3D scene.”
ASUS EN8800GTS TOP
Bjorn 3d :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Almost a year later when rumors were abounding about an even faster series of graphics solutions in the offing, NVIDIA® again came through. This time it wasn’t a new series of cards, but a die shrink of their 90nm wonder to 65nm and a new moniker, the G92. If you are like us at Bjorn3D, you are in awe of the sheer number of different graphics solutions that have been created from one MCP/VPU and its substantive variants. There is most certainly a solution available for any consumer’s needs. The only real problem is trying to keep up with all the model numbers as many of them have been used with both the G80 and G92 versions. Alas, we’re a consumer enthusiast site and we’re not focusing our attention on anything but the fastest and best in show.
OCZ Vendetta CPU Cooler Review
Hardware Logic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“OCZ Technologies is no stranger to us here at HL. Over the past few years, we’ve covered OCZ’s excellent system memory, flash media, and power supplies. As we saw at CES, OCZ is definitely not a company to rests on its laurels, releasing a plethora of new products.
Today we’ll take an up close and personal look at OCZ’s newest cooling product, the OCZ Vendetta CPU Cooler. It is obvious with a quick glance that the Vendetta isn’t your “run of the mill” cooler. While upon initial inspection it fits the mold of the average cooler, aluminum fins attached to copper heat pipes, flipping the OCZ Vendetta over reveals something unusual.”
Thermalright XWB-01 Waterblock Review
Ninjalane :: Monday, February 18, 2008
The XWB-01 is a rather small waterblock and measuring no larger than 2.5 inches on its longest side. In terms of size it is comparable to the Danger Den TDX. The block is plumbed for 1/2″ ID hoses in a 2 barb configuration with the center inlet directly over the processor core.
Phenom 9600 Black Edition Review & TLB Fix Investigation
Neoseeker :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“The TLB fix causes an incredible 42FPS performance loss in the Minimum FPS of World In Conflict with the Phenom 9600 Black Edition – you read it right, the TLB fix drops the minimum performance by greater than 50%.”
NZXT Cryo LX Aluminum Notebook Cooler Review
OCIA :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“This isn’t something you’d expect to see under the notebook of some guy in a dress shirt and tie sitting next to you on a plane, or of someone in a business suit at Starbucks. More likely, you’d see this under an Alienware gaming laptop at a LAN party. I have no problem believing this is something from NZXT.”
Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800 Video Card Cooler Review
Madshrimps :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“Arctic Cooling is known for their highly efficient and affordable CPU and VGA heatsinks, when they offered us their latest high end Geforce 8800 / ATI HD 2900 cooler for test we jumped at the opportunity. The Accelero Xtreme is the biggest VGA cooler we have tested yet and promises to gives the best from Thermalright and Zalman a runs for its money. Can this product grab top spot in our VGA cooler performance chart? Let’s find out.”
Rosewill RX81-CW-US-SLV eSATA/USB 3.5″ Drive Enclosure Review
Big Bruin :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Rosewill seems to have a hard drive enclosure for just about all common drive sizes and interfaces, with configurations to meet the needs of just about any user. This review is going to take a look at one of their newer models, the RX81-CW-US-SLV, an enclosure designed for a 3.5″ SATA hard drive that connects via eSATA and USB 2.0.
Asus Maximus Extreme Intel X38 Express Motherboard Review
PC Stats :: Monday, February 18, 2008
“The Asus Maximus Extreme motherboard PCSTATS is testing today is based around Intel’s X38 Express and ICH9R chipsets. It comes absolutely loaded with features, almost too much in fact. The Maximus Extreme motherboard supports Socket 775 Intel processors running on an 800/1066/1333/1600 MHz FSB, which means and is compatible with Intel Celeron D, Pentium 4/D/XE and Core 2 Duo/Quad processors, including the new 45nm Penryn. ”
Watercooling Fluid Shootout
Bit-Tech Modding :: Monday, February 18, 2008
We’ve all seen those non-conductive fluids that are supposed to be better than water – or at least safer. But do they cool any better? We take a look at three of the top NCFs and decide who’s king of the proverbial hill…and if any of them are better than good old water.
Wolf King Warrior Gaming Pad Review
Overclockers Club :: Monday, February 18, 2008
APEVIA X-Telstar Jr. G Type Case Review
Overclockers Club :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Firefox 3 Beta 3 For Download
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
I’m a little late to posting this one, but for the benefit of those who haven’t yet seen it, Firefox 3 Beta 3 is available for download. One blogger is calling it an "IE Slayer". We shall see. ArsTechnica posted a review of Beta 3 for your enjoyment. I gave it a quick try under Windows. It […]
Google To Do List Coming?
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
I have been waiting for Google to release it’s own to-do list application. If they could do this and integrate it well into Gmail and Google Calendar, they would have the ultimate Outlook killer on their hands. And they would make one happy little nerd out of me. Well, it is possible we’re closer to […]
Mac User Report: Am I Turning Mactard?
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Rich and I have affectionately referred to die-hard Mac lovers as “MacTards”. It has been an ongong joke around here, and we’ve both used the word in various posts around PCMech. It even has a budding entry on Wikipedia! Today, I ask the question: Am I turning into a Mactard?
Prevent Autorun Attacks
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
I read a very interesting article today regarding an obvious attack method I had never thought of, a CD autorun script. In a nutshell, if you have the autorun feature of your CD drive turned on and you were to insert a malicious CD (however unlikely that is), it could automatically trigger installation of some […]
Links To Reviews For Feb. 14-15
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
ASUS U6S Ultraportable Notebook – “Except for the relatively small 12.1″ LED backlit screen, the U6S offers many of the same features of a standard full-size notebook, but in a compact ultraportable body. Built on Intel’s fourth-generation Centrino platform, also known as Santa Rosa, the U6S manages to cram the same level of performance as a […]
Find Out What Time It Is Anywhere
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
I recently have started working with some customers overseas, which typically isn’t a problem except for when it comes to phone conferences. Since the difference in time is pretty drastic (8 hours) scheduling these can be challenging. A web site I have found very helpful is the World Time Server. This web site is extremely simple […]
HD-DVD Is Officially Dead
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
If you ever wanted official notice that HD-DVD is dead as a doorknob, here’s your wake-up call: Netflix announced it won’t be renting HD-DVDs. Best Buy won’t be selling HD-DVD players. Toshiba is going to kill off its HD-DVD players entirely. And the big one.. After June, Wal-Mart won’t sell HD-DVD movies or players. Like it or not, when Wal-Mart gives […]
Script To Delete Windows Temporary Files
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
While doing some system maintenance the other day, I noticed my Windows Temp directory had an unusually large number of files in it (over 1 GB). Upon browsing through the files, most simply appeared to be garbage. Unlike the temporary Internet files, there isn’t an obvious way to limit the size of the temp directory, so […]
Strip Away The Unwanted Vista Bloat When Installing
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
I read an interesting article today about a rather “slimming” Vista installation tool, vLite. vLite, simply put, is a tool which allows you to install Windows Vista without all added “features”. You can remove these options at install time so the components are never put on your system to consume resources. There is a terse write […]
Microsoft Makes Scoble Cry – In a Good Way
PC Mechanic :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Robert Scoble got an opportunity to preview something being worked on inside of Microsoft. And apparently, he thought it was so groundbreaking, it made him cry. Say what? And the crap part is that he’s not allowed to tell anybody about it until February 27th. It’s amazing to me how well mysteries make geeks stick to it […]
ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB
Techgage :: Monday, February 18, 2008
Does a multi-GPU setup with one card interest you? You may want to take a look at AMD’s latest high-end offering, the HD 3870 X2. We are taking a look at ASUS’ version of the card which features a fantastic bundle, including an HDMI adapter and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.
AutumnWave OnAir GT USB HDTV Receiver Review
Dragonsteel Mods :: Thursday, February 14, 2008
TV has become a huge part of our daily lives, not only for entertainment but information and education as well, most houses have more than one TV that’s on most of time. With technology we’ve seen ways to bring our entertainment with us to our desktop PCs and even take it with us on our laptops, but up until lately most of those devices were for basic over the air channels and cable TV hookups if available. With the quickly approaching deadline for going digital TV only we’re seeing more and more products that offer the ability to tune in those digital stations, and some of those feature the ability to tune in HDTV stations as well, call it an added bonus I guess. Personally we’ve got three TVs in our house, but only the main 27” one gets used really and that’s mainly for watching children’s shows. I’ve got three young children and we either watch PBS children’s programming or one of our many DVDs or VHS tapes that we have, and the TV watching is done through standard over-that-air channels. I did have cable at one point but found that we never utilized it, we usually only watched one or two channels and paying the extortionate amounts that cable asks was just not worth it to us. Today for review I’ve got an excellent product from a company called AutumnWave that’s called the OnAir GT. The OnAir GT is a portable HDTV/DTV/ATV receiver that allows you to not only watch Hi-Def television on your PC but also record it to watch later like a standard DVR allows you. The OnAir GT also features the ability to attach external devices like game systems, video cameras, and DVD players as well to watch on your computer, or record, like in-game movies to share with your friends. It comes with a fully functional remote to control the OnAir GT, and even comes with software to edit the videos that you’ve recorded. I have to say that this is one of the coolest and most useful products to come across my review desk in quite a while, in my time with it I’ve got a chance to really enjoy watching HDTV and DTV on my PC, it’s amazing how much of a difference there is between analog and digital television programming. I really like the DVR feature of the OnAir GT it allows me to not miss shows that I normally do because I’m busy doing something else, I can record them and watch later when I get some free time. I don’t watch much TV really, basically because I don’t like having to schedule my time around a TV show, now though I can record and watch whenever I want and that to me is worth quite a bit, full control over my time management is something that is priceless…
iPod AA Battery Emergency Charger
Dragonsteel Mods :: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Recently, I reviewed a portable battery for the iPhone. Today I will look at another mobile charging device for use with the iPod. The iPod AA Battery Emergency Charger from USBFever allows you to use two AA batteries to charge most any iPod iteration, including the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is light weight and portable, giving you the extra “juice” when your iPod is not going to last. Let’s see how much power this charger truly holds. Let’s get started….
Outel USB Media Remote Review
Dragonsteel Mods :: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Lately I’ve noticed a trend from laptop makers to include small remotes with their laptops, especially ones that are designed for multimedia, this is a great additional feature and something that should become a standard. My friend has a new laptop and it came standard with a tiny little remote that actually fits inside the newer smaller ExpresCard slot so it’s really small. I have an older laptop that uses the standard PCMCIA slots and of course it didn’t come with a remote, sure I could buy a larger remote to carry along with it but that’s a pain when you’ve got a product available like the one I have today for review. The product is called the USB Media Remote, the name is kind of misleading, but it does use your USB interface so it works that way. The USB Media Remote is tiny, feature packed including a built-in laser pointer and it fits right inside of a free PCMCIA slot for storage and easy portability. So if you’re like me and the majority of laptop owners out there who didn’t get a remote with their laptop but want one then I can easily recommend this product, so read on to check it out…
