NZXT Lexa & Apollo ATX Cases
3dGameMan :: Monday, August 21, 2006
“Both the Lexa and Apollo cases look great. The Lexa is an all aluminum case with a few plastic parts, and it is extremely light. It weights in at only 13lbs! It has a tool-less design, a large window, & lots of fans and drive bays. This case even comes with a strong case carry harness. The Apollo case is an all steel case, and while it has lots of features, it’s not in the same league as the Lexa. The Apollo does have most of the right ingredients for a great product and it’s affordable. The Lexa, on the other hand, is a little on the pricey side. But, you get what you pay for. Watch the Video to find out more…”
Conroe Core 2 Duo E6600 Review
XS Reviews :: Monday, August 21, 2006
“Straight off the back of my previous AM2 3800 review I was able to acquire a lovely Conroe E6600 CPU from our lovely friends at Chillblast. Now if you know what a Conroe is then you will already know that this processor has taken the enthusiast scene by storm. Their reputation as being awesomely powerful and having insane overclockability is well founded as you will see in this review; as I take this processing monster for a test drive.”
Foxconn C51XEM2AA 8EKRS2H
Overclockers Online :: Monday, August 21, 2006
This review was as much about the Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H, as it was about the new NVIDIA 590 SLI chipset, and I was a bit disappointed to see very little, if any, advantage of the 590 SLI chipset when compared to the older nForce4. That said, there is very little drawback going to the new 590 chipset as driver availability is there for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, and the performance did show some signs of optimism. The most impressive results come in the overclocking section, especially with the memory.
ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
techFEAR :: Saturday, August 19, 2006
“The P5WD2-E Premium is ASUS’ flagship LGA775 motherboard from the AI Lifestyle Series. Improving on their fanless and quiet design, we see if ASUS hits the silent target with this board.”
Heat Buster Junior
Home Theater Mag :: Monday, August 21, 2006
Flat-panel TVs and high-tech A/V gear may look cool, but in actual operation they’re often physically far from it. Active Thermal Management has a way to keep displays and other heat-generating components (like amplifiers) mounted in tight spaces cool and comfortable. Reducing excess heat generated by these devices can often mean much longer lifespans and higher reliability.
Apple Mac mini with Intel Core Duo Processor 
Home Theater Mag :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The fruit takes root in the living room.
Biostar GeForce 7900 GT 256MB Review
Sharky Extreme :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Today on Sharky Extreme, we’ve reviewed the Biostar GeForce 7900 GT 256MB video card:
Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Motherboard Revi
Maxit Mag :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Looking for the ultimate motherboard for Core 2 Duo processors? Step this way. The Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Socket 775 motherboard is a hot bit of kit. Huge spec, incredible overclocking performance and built in WiFi network support make this a champion choice for Conroe.
Super Talent PC2-8000 2×512 Kit
Driver Heaven :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Many people may think that Super Talent is a new company. That is entirely inaccurate as the company already counts 20 years in the memory industry and has a good R&D and manufacturing capacity. Looking at their products line-up you will probably notice that Super Talent seems to focus on Flash products, offering a great deal of different designs and capacities. They even are ranked among the top memory solutions manufacturers in terms of total patents applied under memory device categories for their Flash products. Their DDR and DDR2 modules also come with a lifetime warranty and are 100% stress tested on a motherboard at their rated specifications to ensure their quality, stressing them beyond their rated specifications however is our job, so let us see what these babies can really handle.
SanSun Galaxy BTX Case
3dGameMan :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“This is defiantly a great case by all means. Large amounts of room to work and more airflow than Boeing 747 do this case good. It is nice to see a quality LCD display on a case and I can defiantly see a sweet H20 system in this case. There are some draw backs, though easily fixed by any modder at heart. To me, the front bezel does seem a bit bulky, but I see it also as just more room to mod with! If there was a ‘Moddable’ award, this case would win it, But since there is not, I dub the SanSun Galaxy case a Great product!”
The Sony VAIO UX180P Micro PC
Tech Nibble :: Saturday, August 19, 2006
“The other day a new client came to my house to drop off his laptop for me to fix as he was having problems with receiving his emails. When he arrived he handed me a small leather case which I assumed was the case for either a charger or a external laptop CDRom and waited for him to hand me the actual laptop. When he didnt I asked “could I see the laptop?” and he said “that IS the laptop”. I opened up the leather case and found this little gem. The new Sony VAIO UX180P Micro PC.”
Intel Pentium D 940 3.2GHz Dual Core Processor Review
PC Stats :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“The Intel Pentium D 940 processor is the latest victim, errr…. component to pass through the PCSTATS test labs. Built on Intel’s 65 nanometer manufacturing process and with two physical processing cores running at 3.2 GHz each, backed up by 2MB of L2 cache, the socket 775 chip certainly makes quite a splash. ”
Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA
Hardware Secrets :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“Serial ATA – or simply SATA – is the hard disk standard created to replace the parallel ATA interface, a.k.a. IDE. SATA provides a transfer rate of 150 MB/s or 300 MB/s against of a 133 MB/s maximum using the previous technology. In this tutorial we will explain everything you need to know about Serial ATA.”
Why Open Source Matters to Apple
OS Weekly :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“The open source revolution has shaken the slowly crumbling foundations of closed source software, and while it hasn’t taken over completely just yet, the tide is beginning to turn in its favor. Your normal everyday user may not really understand or appreciate what open source means, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not experiencing the effects of it. ”
Apack ZeroTherm BTF80 Copper Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“The all aluminum Apack Zerotherm BTF80 is a 458 gram heatsink which is designed to function with socket 775 Intel Pentium D/Core 2 Duo, and socket 754/939/940/AM2 AMD Athlon64 processors. The heatsink is even rated for thermal loads of up to 140W! The Apack Zerotherm BTF80 is identical to the Zerotherm BTF90 heatsink except for its all aluminum construction. Both heatsinks resemble a butterfly from the top down – a design choice which is likely to cause wide skepticism with North American consumers. If the insect shape makes you jump to conclusions on the effectiveness of the heatsink, you might be surprised to know that the Zerotherm BTF80 actually performs fairly well.”
EVGA 7900 GT KO Superclocked Review
Technic 3d :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“The 7900GT Graphic Card from EVGA arrived Technic3D. This Card makes EVGA with more clock. Fast and Faster with Overclocking? See you in the follow Review on Technic3D”
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5000 Laser Review
The Tech Zone :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Logitech introduced the world’s first mouse-and-keyboard combination in 1998 with the goal of removing cord clutter from the desk. They succeeded in delivering on that vision, and they are now addressing a different kind of clutter – cleaning up the mess of notifications and information that are displayed on the computer monitor. The Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5000 Laser desktop pushes that information to a peripheral screen so that people can choose when to glance at their notifications and status information, and can therefore clear their monitors – and their minds.
ABIT NF95 Socket 939 Motherboard Review
MVK Tech :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“It’s no secret to most enthusiasts that ABIT has built a reputation of reliable performance products from entry level to extreme. Whether it’s the budget minded or the hard core over clocker ABIT has provided the goods to get the job done with award winning product. With an all new hierarchy, management and leadership, ABIT has reached the next evolution of existance from the ground up. New for summer ’06 is a full line up of motherboard products and we decided to check out the budget scene with the ABIT NF95 Socket 939 mainboard.”
John Carmack In 1000 Words or Less
techFEAR :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“John Carmack, Technical Director at id Software, presented a stream of technical consciousness at QuakeCon 2006. techFEAR pulls out some important points for review.”
Neoseeker Catalyst 6.8 Report
Neoseeker :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“It would appear that the focus of this release has been on OpenGL optimizations, as well as better management of graphics memory on cards with larger frame buffers. Prey and Chronicles of Riddick did not make the short benchmark list, but armed with an X1900 XT, we’ll see which of these other performance claims hold true. Our complete test setup is as follows:”
Albatron 7300GT PCI Express Video Card
LAN Addict :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Pleased with the card? Yes, and highly. When you factor in the cost and the performance boost this card delivers, it makes it a great product. Not to mention it’s a seven series part, which just adds to the deal. I’d recommend this card to a person who is looking for a great performing, but cheap, card. Especially someone who wants to go SLI on the cheap.
600-700W PSU Shootout
Hexus :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
What we’ll call workstation-class PCs are those on the market today that demand a PSU with outlandish output power, rail options and cabling runs to suit. You’ll know instantly if you need one, and the likely spec. of such a PC means that you have the money to spend to grab a supply like those on test today. So to help you choose one from many, we’ve nabbed over half-a-dozen PSUs with high-end aspirations and subjected them to our test equipment. Read on to see what we found out.
OCZ GameXStream 700W
techPowerUp! :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
OCZ is well known for their great overclocking memory. But they also had a PSU product a long time ago. Now the power supply line of products gets a refresh with new products. The first of them is the OCZ GameXStream 700W which is designed with gamers in mind. It is SLI Ready and certified by ATI for use with Crossfire.
VapoChill LS (with Conroe X6800 & FX60)
Driver Heaven :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Asetek sent us a new Vapochill LS for review, so we decided to test it with Intel’s baddest Conroe, the Extreme Edition x6800 and AMD’s FX60 to see just how far we could get the processors to over clock.
ASUS Pundit P1-AH1 review
Nordic Hardware :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Most people with any interest in computer hardware have come in contact with ASUS in some form. ASUS manufactures numerous products and has in its assortment a relatively large amount of barebones and today we will test ASUS Pundit P1-AH1 which belongs to the barebone family “Booksize Barebones”.
Gainward BLISS 7300 GT PCX Golden Sample Graphics Card Review Posted!
Adrian’s Rojak Pot :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Everyone wants graphics cards to be better AND cheaper. Is that even possible? Maybe with the release of the new Gainward BLISS 7300 GT PCX Golden Sample graphics card!
This card offers so much price-performance value that we just had to give it our Editor’s Choice Award! Read on and find out why! ”
Intel Xeon 5160 ‘Woodcrest’ CPU & Armari Magnetar X2
Hexus :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Woodcrest is the core name for the new Core-powered Xeon, looking almost exactly like Conroe on paper and physically too, but sliding into the 771-pin LGA socket rather than the 775-pin version on more mainstream consumer boards. We take one for a spin on an Armari system to see how the new Xeon fares.
Thermaltake RX-K8 Silent Boost AMD CPU Cooler
Madshrimps :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
“With flood waters rising in the wake of Core Duo, AMD has been forced to shore up the dike by slashing prices on desktop CPUs faster then Edward Sissor Hands. AMD processors are flying off the selves and need decent heatsinks. Enter Thermaltake’s RX-K8 Silent Boost.”
A Brief History of Apple Computers
Big Bruin :: Sunday, August 20, 2006
One fine day in 1976, 21 year old Steve Jobs quit his day job at Atari and convinced computer engineer Steve “Woz” Wozniak to quit his job at Hewlett-Packard. Together, in the garage of Jobs’ Cupertino, CA home, they founded a new company which they christened “Apple”. Their goal – create an inexpensive and simple to use computer.
