Scythe Orochi SCORC-1000 Low Noise Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“The Scythe Orochi is the largest heatsink ever to pass through the Frostytech Labs. It’s big: 155mm tall, 120mm wide and a staggering 194mm long. The Orochi contains 10 heatpipes, weighs over a kilo and from afar it looks like an industrial cooling unit. This Intel and AMD heatsink is so large, it should almost require slowly blinking red aircraft anti-collision lights… okay, that’s an exaggeration. Scythe made the Orochi heatsink large for a reason, so that it can be paired with a slowly rotating ultra quiet fan to gently move air through the massive heatsinks’ fins, or even used passively.”
Honeywell SecuraDrive 80GB USB 1.8-Inch Pocket Drive
Benchmark Reviews :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
The Honeywell SecuraDrive portable USB hard drive is perfect for storing MP3 music files, videos files and photos, or for protecting sensitive and private data while on the go. Featuring Password Protection Technology, the SecuraDrive allows the user to allocate part or all of the hard drive’s capacity to be public or private, with the private areas only accessible with the proper password, regardless if the SecuraDrive is lost or stolen. Benchmark Reviews tests the 80GB SecuraDrive FM-HWS80U2 for modern-day performance and reliability.
Patriot Memory PC3-15000 2GB Dual Channel Kit
Viper Lair :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“Our latest sticks come to us via Patriot and sport a PC2-6400 sticker on them, they also have this nifty little stamp “RoHS Compliant”, while not a big deal (yet) in the US, in European countries, without it, it means you can’t even sell it. The most important aspect that I can see of RoHS Compliance, is that the gear must be built without any lead whatsoever.”
An Unbiased Look at Windows Vista
Techware Labs :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
We recently took an unbiased look at Windows Vista to bring you what we felt were the advantages and disadvantages of this still relatively new operating system. Is Vista for you? Or should you stick to windows XP? read our review to help make the decision.
Tyan Tempest i5400XT
Phoronix :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“When the Intel Quad-Core “Clovertown” Xeon processors were introduced in late 2006 we had reviewed (among other motherboards) the Tyan Tempest i5000XT (S2696) motherboard. We had found this i5000X-based motherboard to work incredibly well with Linux and it ended up being awarded with our Editor’s Choice Award for its impressive feature-set, Linux compatibility, and top-notch performance. It has been a while since last looking at a Tyan motherboard, but with the emergence of Intel’s Wolfdale and Harpertown processors requiring new motherboards, today we are looking at the Tempest i5400XT S5396 motherboard. The Tempest i5400XT is similar to the i5000XT, but it’s been upgraded to the new Intel 5400 MCH.”
Nexus Hush Kit Review
Techware Labs :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Do you have a need to silence your PC but you wish to retain the cooling power of those loud fans? Nexus has created a kit called the “Hush Kit” which is specifically engineered to give you good cooling while lowering the noise output to virtual silence. We test out this kit and let your know if its worth it or not.
OCZ Silencer 610 EPS 12V 610Watt Power Supply Review
3d xtreme :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“I’ve seen the OCZ 610 Silencer online for a little over $100. For this price the Silencer is an amazing value considering the reputation behind this Power Supply.”
Sigma Luna Type W Case Review
Virtual Hideout :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“When it comes to cases, there is no shortage of options available to end users. While many consider a chassis to be an afterthought, for some the selection of case is as important as the choice of components that are housed within. With that in mind, it becomes difficult to decide which case to use for one’s next system. Often, the selection is immediately limited to the big names – Antec, CoolerMaster, Lian-Li, etc. just to make the task a bit more bearable.
Sigma is one of the lesser-known manufacturers, but they seem to have a decent lineup of cases, all geared towards the enthusiast/gamer crowd. Today, we’ll have the chance to look at the Sigma Luna Type W chassis, one of their newer entries and we’ll see if it has the style and substance to compete with the bigger names out there.“
Honeywell 80GB SecuraDrive Review
ASE Labs :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Honeywell makes products that fit nearly every market. Since they have a partnership with SOYO, they have also entered the computer peripheral consumer space. One of their first products to be released is the SecuraDrive. It is a 1.8″ USB hard drive built for the security conscious.
5 Thermal Compounds reviewed
Burnout PC :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“Recently ago we looked at some liquid pro, a couple of liquid metal pads. And now it’s time to see some more competitors and put them all in one round up. We’ve received a bunch of Tuniq TX2, Arctic Cooling MX2. Arctic Silver is also in the pool with their award winning AS5. And we include Coollaboratory’s Liquid pro and Liquid metal pads to make the circle complete.”
AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition Quad Core CPU
Overclock 3d :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“Is Black the in colour for CPU’s nowadays? Or is Blue much more in vogue? Take a look at how Phenom gets on in the labs…”
Rosewill Xtreme RX950-S-B
Bjorn 3d :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
It seems to me that every manufacturer in the industry is getting into the power supply business. We have seen memory makers, such as OCZ and Corsair, graphic card makers, such as BFG, and cases manufacture, such as NZXT and Tuniq are making power supplY. Combine these newcomers to the old and established power supply makers, such as Antec, Enermax, and Seasonics, we are having a big battle among power supplies. Even so, it does not deter other manufacturers from entering the arena and tries to fight against all odds to hopefully come out as a winner.
There is a paradox in today’s computer system. On one hand, we have updated components that consume less power then before due to the refined manufacturing process and better designs. On the other hand, we have super computers that are able to support multiple hard drives, multiple processors, and multiple graphic cards. These components together are consuming a tremendous amount of power.
Akasa AK 965 Cooler
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
On a limited budget but wanting something better than the stock HSF? Check out this Akasa cooler.
FSP FX700 FX-Epsilon Power Supply Review
Hardware Logic :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“FSP group first opened its doors in 1996. A decade later they have built themselves into one of the top 10 suppliers of power conversion products in the world. The 700 watt FX700 FX-Epsilon we are testing today is touted as a high efficiency, quiet operation, SLI ready, ATX V2.2 compliant unit. Well, we’ll just see about that. Nurse, bring us our screwdrivers! (shaken, not stirred).”
Xigmatek Battle-Axe VGA Cooler
Technic 3d :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“The Xigmatek Battle-Axe VGA Heatsink arrived Technic3D. Battle-Axe supports VGA cards from AMD and NVIDIA including the Geforce 8800 series. The VGA coolers comes with Direct-Touch-Heatpipes and two 92mm Fans. See you in the following Review the Xigmatek Cooler on a XFX 8800 GTX XXX compared with Standard CPU Cooling and the Zerotherm Hurricane HC92 Cu.”
GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H HD3870 512MB Crossfire Review
Motherboards.org :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
GIGABYTE has done a wonderful job with their new HD3870 card in many respects. One especially nice addition to the bundle was that of NeverWinter Nights 2, a recent RPG game. Many card manufacturers are forgoing the games bundle meaning that there are fewer costs involved in bringing the new video card to the market in packaging. I prefer a game to increase the value of the bundle.
A-Data Vitesta DDR3-1600X CL7 PC3-12800 RAM
Benchmark Reviews :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Benchmark Reviews has amassed the largest collection of DDR3 memory modules anywhere, and we are now ready to showcase the thirteenth product of our High-Speed DDR3 Review Series. In this article, we test the performance from A-Data’s Vitesta X series DDR3, and discover if this overclocker-specific system memory is built for the task. Rated for 1600MHz, Benchmark Reviews successfully pushes the AD31600X002GU well beyond its PC3-12800 rating without disturbing the low 7-7-7-20 clock latency.
Lian Li PC-A77 Full Tower Case Review
Think Computers :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“If you are a computer enthusiast then you have heard of Lian Li. They make some of the best cases out there and have been doing it for years. One of my favorite cases of all time was the Lian Li PC-6089 case, to bad you can’t really find it anymore. Today we are looking at a brand new case from Lian Li, the PC-A77. It features an all aluminum design, removable motherboard tray, and so many features that you just won’t find on other cases. Let’s take a look and see if Lian Li can impress us again.”
Quad GPUs Clearly not the future!
Tweak Town :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“We’ve tested it, and now it’s time to voice our thoughts on it. The problem that I have with Dual-GPU graphics card solutions is that it seems to be the lazy mans advancement in graphics card technology.
There are so many problems linked to Dual-GPU cards being the flagship models for NVIDIA and AMD. The plain fact is that Dual-GPU technology, be it on one card or two just isn’t perfected. The 7900GX2 and 7950GX2 were both horrible cards. I remember at the time of testing I was giddy with excitement over it.”
Hard Drive Performance Comparison Guide
Tech ARP :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
“WinBench 99 2.0 has proven that it can still serve as a consistent and reliable hard drive benchmark even in Windows Vista. It has given us a lot of interesting data. If the Business and High-End simulations were not good enough, the raw transfer rate results were certainly most useful. From the transfer rate results, you can see which hard drive has a higher transfer rate, and how areal density affects that performance metric. It also shot down the perception that a newer model is always faster.”
OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-9200 memory review
DV Hardware :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
A couple of years ago memory makers started selling memory modules with aluminum heatspreaders but these days you can already buy memory modules with relatively big cooling solutions like the OCZ FlexXLC series which features barbs for liquid cooling or the Reaper HPC modules which feature a heatpipe. These cooling solutions look pretty good and may improve overclocking performance. The subject of this review is the OCZ Reaper HPC PC-9200 memory kit, this product is clocked at 1150MHz and is OCZ’s fastest air-cooled DDR2 memory kit. It’s available in a 2GB kit, runs at 5-5-5-18 timings with a voltage of 2.1-2.3V and features the Reaper HPC cooling design.
Opinion: Silverthorne fails but PowerVR impresses (+Montalvo trouble)
Beyond3d Processor News :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
All the Silverthorne information you’ll ever want is now available in articles from The Tech Report and AnandTech – but while the coverage is decent in terms of architecture, they…
NVIDIA MCP79 for VIA CPUs; Intel P45/G45 delayed(?)
Beyond3d Processor News :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Rumours are swirling around the web that NVIDIA’s upcoming MCP79 chipset will be compatible with VIA’s Isaiah processor. The deal makes perfect sense, so the real question is: will MCP79…
AMD release new Phenom X4 processors with B3 silicon
Beyond3d Processor News :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
If Intel isn’t your bag, you should probably take a look at the new B3-based brains behind Spider, the AMD enthusiast platform. These new Phenoms, when paired with a nice…
bit-tech: Our New Offices
Bit-Tech Modding :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Things are changing for the better at bit-tech and today we’ve made the move to new offices located in the south of England. Want to see if Tim can finally organise his collection of graphics cards and how many things Joe dropped as we moved in? Of course you do!
Mod of the Month – March 2008
Bit-Tech Modding :: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Shamrocks, leprechauns, and Easter bunnies…oh my! March may be a pretty holiday-filled month, but that doesn’t stop our crazy modders from taking time away from family life in order to do some dremel dentistry. This month, we’re giving five mods a chance to win March’s Mod of the Month.
