Seagate 160GB Momentus 5400.3 Hard Drive Review Posted!
Tech ARP :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
“Is your notebook hard drive feeling cramped? Is 40GB too little for your use? Then consider upgrading to a bigger hard drive!
Thanks to perpendicular recording technology, you can now buy a 160GB hard drive like the new Seagate Momentus 5400.3! Let’s take a look! ”
Crucial 2GB Secure Digital Flash Memory
Techniz.co.uk :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
“Secure Digital cards are solid-state devices designed with flash technology, a non-volatile storage solution that does not lose its information when power is removed from the card. The cards contain no moving parts and are extremely rugged, providing much greater data protection than conventional magnetic disk drives.
The SD card’s nimble, portable data transfer and low battery consumption makes it ideal for high-speed digital cameras, camcorders, MP3s, cell phones, PDAs, and global positioning systems. Interface options include an SD interface or a serial peripheral interface.””
CoolDrive Lite review
Driver Heaven :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
“Today we are looking at a hard drive cooling device from Cooler Master. The enclosure is all aluminum and the base serves as a heatsink. Cooler Master even included a thermal pad that covers the exposed circuit board on the underside of your hard drive, for increased cooling and sounds dampening. The CoolDrive Lite is supposed to be able to reduce your hard drive temps by up to as much as 41%.”
MSI K8N Diamond Plus Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
“K8N Diamond Plus is the latest model in the high-end Diamond series from MSI, based on nVidia nForce 4 SLI X16 chipset and supporting all socket 939 processors released to date (Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 and Opteron), having an excellent audio system using a vacuum tube-based pre-amplifier. In this review we will deeply analyze this new MSI release.”
ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2
Phoronix :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
Summary: “At the beginning of last month we published our preview of the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2, however, now that Fedora Core 5 was released two weeks ago, and we have in our hands the NVIDIA 1.0-8751 Beta Linux display drivers, we are prepared to deliver the remainder of this article. This portion of the article includes the Linux compatibility, overclocking, and of course, its performance by means of benchmarks.”
Interview: The 7th Serpent
Primo Tech :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
The 7th Serpent is an ambitious total conversion mod for Max Payne 2. It features impressive production values, including a score by the composer from the show ALIAS, and an episodic storyline. We spoke with lead designer Diego Jimenez about the 7th Serpent and the current state of the mod community. Download links for the mod and trailer are included.
Linspire v5.1.365 Beta Italiano
Phoronix :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
Summary: “While Linspire/Lindows can be considered a distribution oriented for those beginning the Linux adventure, up on the Linspire Italian mirrors is a new Beta release for Linspire v5.1 – surprisingly, the American site doesn’t seem to be sporting this free access to the Beta program. While there are quite a few noticeable (and visual) improvements to Linspire v5.1.365, the Linux kernel used is 2.6.14 and it uses X.Org v6.9.0. While an experienced Linux user is best off looking elsewhere for their distribution mate, the beginner may find a comfortable niche using this Linux distribution, which shares traits from both Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X.”
XG Duro 900 Power Supply
Hardware Secrets :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
“XG, a division of MGE, brings its latest hi-power power supply unit: Duro 900. With an amazing 900 W nominal power, Duro 900 also presents four independent 12 V rails (i.e. four separated circuits to produce its 12 V outputs), a feature we’ve never seen before. We took a preliminary look on its new powerhorse from XG, internally called PSDR-900.”
Tt Tai Chi M and M2 Accessory Review
Overclocker Café :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
The Overclocker Cafe’ has posted a review of two items from Thermaltake’s new Tai Chi accessory line up; the Tai Chi M Notebook Cooler and Tai Chi M2 Mousepad. Both products are of aluminum construction and colored in contrasting silver and black color schemes. The two match so well you almost wonder why the two aren’t packaged together. Looks like the report card showed a few misses but overall pretty good. Here’s a snip from this two in one review over at the OC Cafe.
Regardless, we are left with a very fine product that far exceeds the offerings of most all other notebook coolers available. Add in the matching silver/black of the Tai Chi M2 Mousepad and you really have a winning combination of both aesthetics, function and performance. Something that is very easy for us to recommend to you.
Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 Review
PC Modding Malaysia :: Sunday, April 02, 2006
Content: “Arctic Cooling has done it again with the Accelero and raised the standard in VGA cooling. Integrating heatpipes into the VGA cooler seems to be the right move for Arctic Cooling and the Accelero series proved them right. Powered by 6 heatpipes, the Arctic Cooling was not only able to improve performance, but also minimize the overall weight of the cooler. The rubberized fan design is also first of its kind and the PWM deflector helps to keep power regulators cool and making it quieter than their previous VGA coolers.”
