Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Vista
BTX Form Factor :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Last week we looked at the top ten new features in Vista, but how about the top ten reasons to actually upgrade to it? Windows Vista is the next generation OS produced by Microsoft, and an interesting fact here is that it has been five years since the release of its predecessor, Windows XP, making it the longest time span between major releases.
Antec Truepower Trio 650W Review
Tech Gear :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Antec has once again proven that you don’t need looks and glossy finishes to make a great power supply. Despite lacking some attraction, the TruePower Trio does well where it counts – stability and top class performance. Given the Trio’s relatively low cost, the value for money is undeniable. Three 12v rails, SLI certification, and the ability to power even water cooling easily ranks the TruePower Trio 650 very highly. The fact that it does this all in such silence just tops it off. Looking for a power supply to power your newest rig? Well, take a good look at the TruePower Trio 650.
Foxconn C51XEM2AA motherboard review
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
“Since the release of the AM2 socket, NVIDIA has been enjoying the largest share of the motherboard chipset market. The nForce 5 series chipsets dominate not only at the high end but also at the value motherboard production lines. Today we will take a look at a motherboard made by the company which created the reference nForce 590i motherboards, Foxconn. Foxconn entered the retail market only recently, but they are old in the industrial and OEM business. They must have felt confident about their work on the reference nForce 590i motherboard, because they released it nearly unchanged to the retail market. If most reference motherboards of other companies ever made it to the retail market, it would be nothing more than trouble, but we feel confident about NVIDIA’s and Foxconn’s combined effort. The name of the motherboard is C51XEM2AA, which is certainly not the easiest model number to memorise.”
Intel January 2007 Sneak Peeks Posted!
Tech ARP :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
“We recently had a chance to pick up some juicy tidbits about future developments at Intel. Join us and find out about the upcoming Core 2 Quad Q6600 and Yorkfield quad-core processors, as well as developments in the Santa Rosa platform. ”
Razer Death Adder Review
XS Reviews :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
“Rollerballs, optical and even laser mice are now old school, making way for Razer’s latest mouse; the Death Adder which features an infra red optical sensor. It’s wide, ergonomic and looks a lot like Microsoft’s Intelli mice. Has Razer changed? Read on to find out…”
How to Discover Your Network Card Real Manufacturer
Hardware Secrets :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
“Sometimes you will need to know the real manufacturer of your network card, especially if your need some kind of support or its drivers. The problem is that the usually the manufacturer of the big chip found on your network card isn’t who manufactured the card. In this short tutorial we will teach you how to do that.”
CES 2007: ASUS
techPowerUp! :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
ASUS has been showing a number of innovations at CES. For example their XG Station which is the first external video card for notebooks. The 7900 GS class card lets you play modern games on your ultra portable business notebook. Another show highlight was the W5Fe notebook which is the first to use a secondary display for Microsoft Windows Vista Sidekick technology.
CES 2007 Coverage: Everything Else
OCIA :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
“CES 2007 may be in the history books but we still have a ton of photos to share with you. We visited many booths during the show but due to the fact that many of these booths were crowded, we couldn’t schedule a meeting with all of the companies we visited and thus, no in-depth articles. Below you will find “everything else” we saw at CES, including the showroom floor, 3 Doors Down, Las Vegas night life and of course, booth babes! Enjoy!”
DDR2 1000 up to 1200 High End RAM – Kingston HyperX
Tweak PC :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
We finished 2006 with a review of high-end-ram, and so we get the party started 2007. We take a look at four Kingston HyperX modules from DDR2 1000 up to DDR2 1200. So here it is: Memory Deluxe!
NXZT Lexa case Review
motherboards.org :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The NXZT Lexa case is an excellent case for those wanting plenty of expansion room while wanting a different look than the standard beige case. Aesthetically, the NZXT Lexa case is absolutely beautiful. Positives of the case include an all-aluminum design, resulting in a weight of around 5 Kilograms for the case itself, plenty of expansion room, and plenty of fans included to keep computer components cool.
Young Year YP-AB Transparent Power Supply
hardware Secrets :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“Young Year YP-AB, which is also sold under Aspire and Apevia brands, is an aluminum power supply with a big transparent acrylic cover, so you can see inside the power supply, being a very interesting choice for users that like transparent cases or cases with a transparent side window. Available in models ranging from 350 W to 520 W, in this article we fully disassembled this unit and discovered that internally it is a trashy “generic” power supply. Read on.”
CES 2007: Mushkin
Think Computers :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“Our friends over at Mushkin were nice enough to invite us up to their suite at the New York New York hotel to take a look at some of their new products for 2007. Mushkin will be adding new products to their Memory and Power Supply line as well as releasing a new CPU cooling solution. So let’s take a look and see what Mushkin has to offer in 2007.”
CES 2007: Mushkin
Think Computers :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“Our friends over at Mushkin were nice enough to invite us up to their suite at the New York New York hotel to take a look at some of their new products for 2007. Mushkin will be adding new products to their Memory and Power Supply line as well as releasing a new CPU cooling solution. So let’s take a look and see what Mushkin has to offer in 2007.”
CES 2007 Coverage- Ultra Products
XYZ Computing :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Before attending CES this year I forecasted Ultra Products to be one of the more exciting hardware companies at CES. This may seem like an odd prediction, and the company has not impressed me at CES in the past, but there are a number of circumstances that had me looking forward to visiting their booth this year. The highlights from this year? How about a 2000W power supply unit and a carbon fiber case?
abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X review 
Nordic Hardware :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Abit needs no further introduction. Among overclockers and game enthusiasts it has always been a manufacturer you can trust because performance is high on the wish list. Through the years, Abit has manufactured motherboards that manage to deliver an outstanding overclocking.
Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply Review
Hardware Logic :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“Having mastered every aspect of the memory market and ventured successfully into the water cooling sector, Corsair has turned their attention towards power supplies. That’s good news for buyers, because rest assured that anytime you see the Corsair logo, you can bet it’s a high quality product backed by both a fantastic warranty and support system.”
Abit NF-M2 nView
nView :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“A few months back we had looked at the Abit AW9D i975X motherboard, which was one of the first motherboards to come out of the Universal Abit camp. We had found this Intel flagship motherboard to be very competitive and offer a great deal of features even though it was not able to pack the equivalent punch of the legendary IC7-MAX3 or NF7-S v2.0. What we have on the table to look at today is the Abit NF-M2 nView. The NF-M2 nView is an AM2 motherboard that is powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 with nForce 430 that offers both onboard DVI and VGA support along with 7.1 channel HD audio, Abit Silent OTES, and IEEE-1394a Firewire.”
Antec Nine Hundred Case
3dgameman :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“If you’re in the market for a new chassis, I would strongly recommend checking out the Antec Nine Hundred Case. It has most of the ingredients you should look for when purchasing a case. There are lots of fans and one massive 200mm fan at the top of the case, which provide excellent air circulation inside the case. There are many drive bays and modular HDD cages, which can be configured for your particular drive setup. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.”
Crucial Ballistix 2GB Kit DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 (BL2KIT12864AA1005) Memory Review
OC Inside :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Crucial recently brought new Ballistix PC2-8000 memory modules to the market, which are particularly well suitable to overclock a PC or Mac. It was possible to reach excellence results also with default DDR2 voltage and fast timings in the test, so the modules are also well applicable on more inexpensive motherboards with less BIOS settings. The test report shows the performance of the Crucial Ballistix 2 GB DDR2-1000 kit and offers an overclocking comparison to 5 other memory modules.
Overclock3D Review: Fluid XP+ HP Watercooling Fluid
Overclock 3d :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Fluid XP+ may have been around for some time but today we’ve been given an oportunity to test its thermal properties and conductivity. Is it worth its hefty price tag? We find out.
Thermaltake Aguila
Bjorn 3d :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
We have checked out a handful of cases from Thermaltake here are Bjorn3D. Each review brought up interesting points and facts about Tt products. Mid tower enclosures are still the big thing for the market. Customers appreciate reasonable dimensions, cool interior, useful features and definitely unique look. Thermaltake is all about satisfying your needs. The company makes wonderful PC cases, not to mention cooling solutions and accessories. Before we start off, I want you to take a look at our previous reviews: Thermaltake Mozart TX, Thermaltake Armor Jr and its bigger brother, Armor.
Today I’m checking out another PC case from Thermaltake. Aguila is its name. It’s a mid tower case, all aluminum design with a very unique look. Internal-wise it’s very similar to Armor Jr and essentially comes with the same features.
Cooler Master Stacker RC-831 Lite
Technic 3d :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
“The Stacker RC-831 Lite Case is the next Tower in the Technic3D Editorship. See you in the following Review which qualities the “small” RC-830 Case presents.”
OCZ SD Dual 80X 2GB
Overclock 3d :: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
OCZ has recently started delving into a few new areas of the technology market as we’ve seen here on OC3D with their new lines of flash drives. Today I will be looking at another mobile storage solution from them, the OCZ SD Dual 80X 2GB.
Kingston 2x1GB PC2-5300 FB-DIMM Memory Kit Review
Virtual Hideout :: Monday, January 15, 2007
“Unlike DDR2, where you can only have 8GB of memory per channel, FB-DIMM allows for up to 192GB of RAM per channel! (That might actually be enough for Vista!) It also allows for more bandwidth per channel too, 40GBs vs. 10GBs for DDR2. However both of those numbers are theoretical….”
Noctua Case Fans
Modders Inc. :: Monday, January 15, 2007
For the most part case cooling fans have been pretty consistent in design. Well Noctua is about to show us that case fans can be improved. The Noctua case fans incorporate several changes from the standard case fans on the market. We will be looking at the NF-R8 (80MM), NF-S12-800 (120MM / 800RPM), and the NF-S12-1200 (120MM / 1200RPM) fans.
CoolIT Eliminator Peltier / Water Cooling Hybrid CPU Cooling System
Club Overclocker :: Monday, January 15, 2007
We recently had the opportunity to review CoolIT’s Freezone Hybrid Cooler here at ClubOC. While we were impressed with both the ease of use and the performance; the high price tag places that unit out of reach for most builds. CoolIT is back with the Eliminator hybrid designed to give you the same ease of use we have come to expect from CoolIT and save you $100 in the process. Does the Eliminator bring the same hybrid cooling performance without breaking the bank? We take a look at the Eliminator right here at the Club!
ASUS at CES 2007
Techgage :: Monday, January 15, 2007
ASUS had a great showing at this years CES, so we’ve compiled our 7 favorite products and deliver them to you. Included is the XG Station, W5Fe Sideshow laptop, P535 phone and Commando motherboard.
Top Ten New Features in Windows Vista
BTX Form Factor :: Monday, January 15, 2007
Windows Vista, scheduled for release on January 30th, 2007 has something for everyone, from tight security and stunning new graphics to some new bundled applications. In fact, there is much that this new operating system has to offer, that it will be a real test for the hardware configuration of your PC. With its sleek new look and eye-catching interface, actually it’s what’s under the hood that impresses the most.
CES 2007 Coverage: Razer 
OCIA :: Monday, January 15, 2007
“We stopped by the Razer booth on day three of CES to check out what new products they have in store for 2007. We were anticipating a quick visit as the booth was somewhat crowded. I informed one of the Razer associated know that we were there and was pleasantly surprised when Robert “Razer Guy” Krakoff, founder of Razer, offered us an in-depth look and demonstration of their latest product, the Razer Mako 2.1 THX speaker system..”
Thermalright Chill Factor
Overclockers Online :: Monday, January 15, 2007
Competing well with Arctic Silver 5, the Chill Factor might be a great alternative due in part to its great advantages. For one, you get a lot of thermal compound for the same price as other premium thermal compounds. Also, it should appeal to beginners and enthusiasts alike as beginners can relax due to its electrical non-conductivity and ease of application while enthusiasts will love the performance and value.
