Noctua NF-S12 and RF-8 Cooling Fans Review
Big Bruin :: Monday, January 22, 2007
Noctua continues to impress with the cooling products they have sent to Bigbruin.com for review. The NF-S12 and NF-R8 fans provided the cooling performance needed, the low noise operation wanted, and many quality touches that might not be expected.
Antec EarthWatts 500W at Overclockers Online
Overclockers Online :: Monday, January 22, 2007
Chalk another one up for Antec! The EarthWatts 500W is an excellent power supply unit which combines efficiency, performance, and is almost inaudible despite the single 80mm fan. This power supply was able hold its ground even under absolutely treacherous conditions.
Noctua NC-U6 Northbridge Heatsink Review
Madshrimps :: Monday, January 22, 2007
“Noctua made quite a splash with their high end NH-U series of CPU heatsink, delivering high performance at low noise levels, this miniature tower version fits on your northbridge and is passively cooled for total silence. Can it keep a hot nForce4 SLI chipset from frying, let’s find out.”
Spire Rocketeer IV SP-ATX-600w Review
XS Reviews :: Monday, January 22, 2007
“Spire have released some pretty good power supplies in the past. Today I have one of their higher end units, the Spire Rocketeer SP-ATX-600w. Supporting multiple graphics cards, lets see what this PSU can manage…”
Alpha Novatech PRE9060M92P Socket 775 Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Monday, January 22, 2007
“When Alpha Novatech produce a new heatsink model the company tends to only produce one or two variations to get it right. On the other hand, companies like Thermaltake produce dozens of heatsinks for each new CPU platform, and six months down the road there is always an entirely new collection of thermal solutions to choose from…. Did you ever wonder why it takes a high end heatsink manufacturer a handful of thermal solutions to cover an entire processor series, and other brands dozens and dozens? In this review, Frostytech will be testing out the Alpha Novatech PRE9060M92P heatsink; a large socket 775 solution ideally suited for Intel Pentium D, Core 2 Duo/Quad processors.”
AMD QuadFX FX-70 Platform Performance & Overclocking
Legit Reviews :: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Legit Reviews recently looked at the top AMD QuadFX platform running FX-74 processors and was left wondering what a pair of FX-70 processors could do for less money. We got in the ‘budget’ QuadFX processors and did what any end user would do once they got them – overclock them to the max. We turned these 2.6GHz processors into 3.1GHz beasts, but was it enough for them to catch up to the Intel QX6700?
Thermaltake Swing Case
Modders Inc. :: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Today we are going to take a look at the Swing case from Thermaltake. This case resembles the look of the Tsunami and Soprano mid tower cases. The Swing has a stylish front panel design which leaves some room for the modders out there. In the time spent writing the review I have already had several ideas that a modder could do to the case to make it their own.
CES 2007: Zalman 
Think Computers :: Saturday, January 20, 2007
“At this year’s CES Zalman showed a product that has to be on my list for one of the coolest products at CES. We know Zalman for CPU coolers and cases, but this product was not in that category at all. It’s actually a monitor! Now you may be thinking what I thought, Zalman is making monitors now?! Well let’s see what makes this monitor so special and take a look at what else Zalman was showing at CES.”
CES 2007 in Pictures, part two
Tech Spot :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Here’s part two of our coverage which goes through a number of interesting things we saw, from LED backlight laptops, to fuel cell batteries, ASUS’ XG Station which lets laptops use desktop videocards, prototype OLED screens from Sony, and a full body game controller.
Silverstone CW01-WD MediaPC/HTPC enclosure Review
Xtreme Computing :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“Silverstone and Western Digital in perfect harmony, you have to see it in action to see the effect it has. Also on a plus the chassis was doing a good job on the thermal side as well with the CPU running cooler in this than in the desktop case it used to be in, that kept the CPU at 34, in the CW01-WD that dropped to 28 at idle ”
Noctua NF-R8 and NF-S12 Cooling Fans
Overclock 3d :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Do you value a silent cooling solution for your PC? Let’s see if the Noctua’s NF Series 120mm and 80mm cooling fans can produce the goods.
HuntKey HK500-13BP 500W Power Supply Review
Madshrimps :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“And they came from the East, a thousand strong. Like a storm, they ravaged the lands. Unknown, exotic, different than ever been seen. One sat down at my table, and ate, drank and laughed. We’re all so different, yet all the same. HuntKey, a Chinese company let us test drive their 500W Power Supply”
CES 2007- Cooler Master, Flybook, Lian Li at
XYZ Computing :: Friday, January 19, 2007
I have done some more wading through my multiple gigabytes of CES photos in order to keep the coverage coming. This time around we will be taking a quick look at the best from Cooler Master, Dialogue (the maker’s of the Flybook notebook computers), and Lian Li. Each company had a few cool things happening at their booth, so we took the extended booth tour and compressed it down into a few pictures and some commentary.
CES 2007: Lunch@Piero’s
Think Computers :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“Lunch@Piero’s is another great press event that takes place during CES. It actually gives us members of the press time to relax and get a free meal too! Piero’s restaurant is located right across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center so it is really convenient for Press to walk right over. It is a really cool environment with half of the restaurant reserved for eating and the other half is setup with small booth’s showing some great new technology from many different companies. So let’s see what all we saw at Luch@Piero’s!”
CES 2007 Booth Babes
PC Apex :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Like any other large expo there were a respectable number of lovely ladies on-hand to help draw attention to the products on display. We made sure to grab some pics here and there in between meetings to share with you. We have added over 40 new pics to the running Booth Babe Gallery on the site.
Crucial 2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-8000 
RB Mods :: Friday, January 19, 2007
DDR is old, that’s what the manufacturers claim and we can really see it on the market also. Review sites review only DDR2 and the manufacturers have finally been able to push down the timings on the ram kits and at the same time done the same with the price. Therefore DDR2 has taken over the memory market, but what should you get then? Today we might have something on your hands that actually looks like a good choice. Crucial sent us their latest 2GB kit named Ballistix which runs at a 5-5-5-15 latency, we are going to look at these and compare them to other 8000 memory out on the market so stay tuned.
Patriot PC2-6400 2GB Dual Channel Memory Kit
Viper Lair :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“Overclocking was decent, impressive that they could stretch beyond 800MHz @ 4-4-4-12 but none the less, very little gained by doing so. Patriot once again brings a solid competitor to the market space, giving the consumer a nice alternative to the well known brands that also looks good while doing it with the all black heat spreaders! Another underrated feature is the warranty. Patriot offers a lifetime warranty which is a nice security measure for peace of mind.”
Corsair at CES 2007
Techgage :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Corsair doesn’t normally announce many products all at once, but at their suite during CES they had some interesting flash products on display, in addition to their killer PC2-10000 kit.
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO
A True Review :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Cooling your CPU is very important as we all know. Because of this, there are hundreds of solutions for a person to choose from. Arctic Cooling offers a CPU cooler that promises to provide exceptional cooling with very little noise by utilizing heatpipe technology. While most of these solutions tend to cost around $40-50, Arctic Cooling’s Freezer 64 Pro is a very affordable solution. Normally, that means they took shortcuts and the cooler does not work all that well. CaseCooler.com allowed us to test the Freezer 64 PRO from Arctic Cooling, so let’s find out how well it performs.
Seagate Savvio 15K – Next Gen Enterprise Drive?
Techgage :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Seagate announced a new addition to their Savvio lineup earlier this week, the 15K. These new drives boast impressive specs all around, including the fact that it’s contained in a 2.5″ frame. Even though these are the fastest drives available on the market, they use far less power than their 3.5″ counterparts.
Vantec Iceberq 6 VGA Cooler Review
Big Bruin :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Many stock coolers may get the job done, but the Vantec Iceberq 6 VGA Cooler may be just the upgrade for enthusiasts who aren’t satisfied with just getting the job done. The Iceberq 6 dropped temperatures on the test GPU by about 13%, and as a bonus it dropped the case temperatures by about 10%.
OCZ FlexXLC Edition DDR-2 PC-9200 Memory – Chilled to Perfection
Tweak Town :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Companies like OCZ, Corsair and Crucial have really made some names for themselves with modules breaking into the 1000MHz+ DDR barrier, and today we are about to show off some of the latest enthusiast memory from one of these companies, namely OCZ.
Today we have the FlexXLC Edition memory modules designed to run at 1150MHz DDR or 575MHz out of the box using a few memory voltage tweaks along with some really innovative cooling. So come and see just what OCZ’s latest memory modules have to offer.”
NZXT Adamas Premium Crafted Chassis Review
Overclockers Club :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“Adamas, Greek for unconquerable or impenetrable. NZXT certainly wasn’t kidding when they named the beast. This mid-tower weighs in at a hefty 20 pounds with 2-3mm thick aluminum throughout most of the case! Along with the 300lb capacity, it was also designed with cooling in mind, with its exterior and drive bays being finned, yes that’s right, finned. And to top it all off, it stands tall in its all brushed aluminum with not a single flashy LED or annoying light in sight. In all probability, it’s another great case from NZXT.”
What Can Brown(out) Do For You?
PC Mech :: Friday, January 19, 2007
Most people notice power fluctuations only when light bulbs flicker or when there is a complete blackout. But power supply is rarely without glitches. From time to time there are surges, spikes, and brownouts — extended periods of low voltage — that people don’t even notice. For electronic equipment even such minor aberrations can be fatal.
Spire Verticool III Cooler
Technic 3d :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“The Spire Verticool III CPU Heatsink arrived Technic3D. The third Generation fom the Verticool Line better than the Verticool II?. See you in the following Review against others CPU Cooling.”
Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR2-800 (PC2-6400) Memory Review
Hardware Logic :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“Far be it for us as a review site to pick favorites, but one thing we can do is point out that Crucial’s offerings have performed exceptionally well on our test benches in the past. Today’s sample marks the third Ballistix product we’ve looked at in the past year, and fourth Crucial memory kit overall. Most recently we put their 10th Anniversary DDR2-667 kit under scrutiny and were blown away by the overclocking headroom. In fact, our only real gripe was we felt that it could (and should) have been marketed as a faster kit, so when we received Crucial’s Ballistix DDR2-800 with respectable timings (4-4-4-12), we were eager to throw our gauntlet of benchmarks at ’em and see what kind of overclocking performance we could squeeze out of a higher clocked kit.”
mCubed T-Balancer bigNG Advanced Fan Controller Review
Madshrimps :: Friday, January 19, 2007
“mCubed introduced their first product back in 2004, named the T-Balancer XL we tested it and found it to be the most advanced and feature rich fan controller out there; rather than waiting for the competition to catch up, mCubed decided to up the stakes and they’ve released the T-Balancer bigNG, which aims to improve on the features and capabilities of the XL.”
CES 2007 Coverage- Aopen, Enermax, Silverstone, and Zalman
XYZ Computing :: Friday, January 19, 2007
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show there was a lot of ground to cover and a lot of companies showing off their goods, so in this article we are going to try to get through four companies in record time. While each of these are staples of the computer hardware community each only had a few noteworthy products for the show so we are going to get through them quickly and show off the new gear. The highlights include new Mini-ITX gear from Aopen, great new cases from Silverstone, and a few surprises from Zalman.
Super Talent Expands U.S. Manufacturing Facility to Fourteen Surface Mount (SMT) Lines
Super Talent :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
Boosts Manufacturing Capacity in U.S.A. to 1.4 Million Units per Month
HighPoint RocketRAID 2340 Controller – Supporting 12,000GB of storage
Tweak Town :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Today we are going to take a close look at one of HighPoint’s very latest controllers and it’s one of the most impressive ones we’ve looked at so far, the RocketRAID 2340. Coming in at a little under $500 USD, it’s certainly not a cheap product but its feature list is neither short. Using special Mini-SAS connectors, it allows you to add up to an extra 16 SATA or SATA II hard drives to your system and run in a range of different RAID modes including 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD. In fact, it has not just one but two controller chips on the card, which is powered by the PCI Express x8 slot for plenty of bandwidth throughput for extreme storage requirements.
Clearly it is designed more for small to medium-sized businesses with quite serious storage requirements. If you’ve got some cash to spend and are looking for a high-end controller card, which currently gives you the ability to store at least a whooping 12,000 gigabytes of data, using a total of 16 x 750GB drives (I just hope you have a monster-sized case…), you’ve come to the right place! Let’s get started and take a close look at the RocketRAID 2340 product from HPT and see if it is worth the asking price and just how it performs against other recent onboard motherboard controllers in RAID 0 and non-RAID environments.”
Sunbeam 9-Bay Acrylic Case Review 
Think Computers :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Sunbeamtech was established in 2000 as a cold cathode fluorescent lamp manufacturer, but has recently added computer hardware to its product lineup. Notably, it produces a line of modular power supplies in competition with Ultra’s X-Connect series, as well as lines of keyboards, mice, cooling devices, and cases. It cases use a patented fan structure called “Core-Fan,” a lip on which fans can sit and be easily adjusted wherever needed within the height of the case. This review is for one such case, the 9-bay Acrylic Case, a transparent chassis ready for a high-performance, water-cooled, gaming, showcase rig. However, flaws make the future of this case unclear. Read on for the review.”
Spire VertiCool 3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review
Tweaknews :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Spire has done a great job with the VertiCool III in regards to its cooling ability. It holds up well against some pretty good competition while bringing a bit of its own individuality to the table. The addition of a fan speed control device will allow the user to dial in just the right noise-to-performance ratio for their particular hardware and environment. It doesn’t have any fancy lighting or other visual enhancements, just great performance.”
Fantec DB-337US and DB-338US2 Review
Technic 3d :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“The Fantec DB-337US and DB-338US2 3,5″ HDD Case arrived Technic3D. The perfect mobile 3,5″ HDD Cases? The two external HDD Case with USB or eSATA can you see in the following Review.”
Fedora 7: The Linux Knight in Shining Armor?
Phoronix :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Fedora Core 6 was released on October 24, 2006 and scheduled to come out a half-year later is the seventh major release for the Fedora Project. However, unlike Yarrow, Tettnang, Heidelberg, Stentz, Bordeaux, and Zod, Fedora 7 is shaping up to be the most ambitious release yet. With all the work and reform going into Fedora 7 it poses the question, will Fedora 7 be Linux’s knight in shining armor?”
Noiseblocker CoolScraper V2 Heatsink review
Driver Heaven :: Thursday, January 18, 2007
“Noiseblocker is a German company specializing in silent computer cooling solutions. We have tested some of their products in the past, which we found to be of high quality albeit somewhat expensive. Since Noiseblocker is a rather new company, their product line-up is still small. Noiseblocker mainly focuses on designing and building some of the best quality computer fans around, but also produce other cooling related products, such as CPU coolers and accessories. Today we will take a look at the second revision of their CPU coolers, the CoolScraper 120 V2.”
Watercooling for your memory
PC Stats :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Win 2GB of ATI Crossfire Certified DDR2 RAM with OCZ and OC3D
Overclock 3d :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Fancy winning some lush OCZ DDR2 memory certified for use with ATI Crossfire based systems and compatible with all DDR2 platforms? Look no further than this post for more info!
Corsair Augments Flash Readout USB Product Family with 4GB and 8GB Capacities
Corsair :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
— New capacities join the Flash Readout family to merge visual functionality and storage capacity to bring a new class of USB products to mobile users —
CES 2007 Coverage- VIA
XYZ Computing :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
At CES this year VIA took over the Lunch at Piero’s event and despite being off-campus from the rest of the show, there were still a few cool things being shown off. It looks like VIA is finally interested in getting something going, so it might just be an exciting year for fans of small form factor computing.
