Jetart all in one GPU cooler – JASCH1
XS Reviews :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
“For the last few weeks I have cursed my lack of knowledge at the time of building my last rig. From buying a Venice core CPU instead of spending a bit more for a San Diego, to RAM being more expensive than my motherboard and power supply combined. None however has annoyed me as much as my choice of my XFX PCX6600, when a 6800LE was much the same price. Because of this very reason I have squeezed every last drop of speed I can from this card. With a large core clock OC and a small mem clock overclock to boot, my graphics card has begun kicking out some serious heat. So upon contacting Jetart, I was sent their VGA all in one cooler. Needless to say I was very impressed by this cooler, to the point that it is still in my rig as I write this, replacing the now defunct arctic cooler. Read on to find out why.”
Sunbeam Silent Storm Case Review
Overclocker Café :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Sunbeam’s Silent Storm case delivers on its promise to be a quiet housing solution. With their patented Core Fan design and low decibel 120mm fans, this case is only audible if you’re using a loud power supply. The tool free drive bays for this case are excellent. The design for the external drive bays is probably the simplest, yet most effective that I’ve seen. And while all you bling-bling boys and girls will be a bit disappointed in the looks, the Silent Storm has clean lines and classy looks to it. All this for a price tag of less than $70 (and those are the ones with included PSUs that I could find) makes it a bargain.
The Truth About NiCd Batteries
Hardware Secrets :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
“Nickel-Cadmium (NiCd) is a very well known rechargeable battery technology, used by several electronic equipments, such as laptop computers, cell phones, cordless phones, old motherboards, etc. It is also very well known by its (in)famous “memory effect”, which makes this kind of battery to lose its charge faster when it is old than when it was brand new. In this article we will be explaining more in depth how NiCd batteries work, what and why the “memory effect” happens and how to prevent it.”
Vizo Master Panel and Memory Heatsinks
Techgage :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Quote: We are taking a look at two different products in one article today. First up is Vizo’s MasterPanel which allows you to hook up your hard drives outside of your case. Secondly, we are taking a look at their memory heatsinks which are soon to be available.
Thermaltake Tenor HTPC Case
HTPCnews :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
“For a budget case there isn’t a lot to complain about. The layout while not perfect is generally forgivable since it is a rather inexpensive case as HTPC cases go… …If the styling of the Tenor doesn’t strike your fancy but you like the internal characteristics Thermaltake has three other designs based on the same internal structure called the Mozart, Bach, and Mystic.”
Ultra Aluminus Case
Pro-Clockers :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Quote: The Ultra Aluminus case is a build of the ever popular Chenbro chassis. But Ultra takes the chassis a few steps further by adding a shiny coat, motherboard tray and light weight to the mix. Let’s see if the Aluminus is the next case for you.
Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (Rev. 3) Video Card Cooler Review
Futurelooks :: Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Finally! A bigger cooler for the nVidia 7800 series GPU’s! Come and check out how Arctic Cooling’s NV Silencer performs compared to the stock cooling found on our stock XFX 7800GT guinea pig.
Philips 42PF9630A Plasma HDTV
Home Theater Magazine :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Microsoft Shifts the Digital Lifestyle Into High Gear
Microsoft :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Concurrently, Microsoft and Fiat Auto Group unveiled Blue&Me, the first in-car infotainment system based on Windows Mobile for Automotive. Blue&Me allows motorists to use voice commands and a push-to-talk button to operate their mobile phones, digital music players and other devices in a safer, more convenient manner in the car. The system supports hands-free communication for more than 140 types of mobile phones via a Bluetooth® connection, and through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port it can connect with a wide variety of personal music players and other devices. The software is upgradeable, so it can be refreshed to accommodate consumers’ changing needs supporting future devices and new industry standards. The system supports nine languages and is available to drivers and passengers throughout Europe in the company’s Fiat Grande Punto, Alfa Romeo 159, Alfa Romeo Spider and Alfa Romeo Brera models.
Thermaltake PurePower 600Watt Power Supply Review
Tweaknews :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
“During my tenure here at Tweaknews, I’ve had the privilege to use and review more than a few high-end (and high-cost) power supplies. None of them have impressed me as much as the new Purepower 600W from Thermaltake. Granted, I haven’t looked at every PSU on the market, but after putting the 600W through its paces, I’d have to say that I can recommend it highly for its performance, features, appearance and price point.”
Vantec Vortex 2 review
Driver Heaven :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
“Of course cooling is not going to make any hard disk drive invulnerable, but can dramatically lengthen its lifespan and increase its reliability. Vantec is a company with tradition on cooling, which also has several products concerning hard disk drive cooling in their line-up. There are many types of hard disk drive coolers; today we will have a look at the latest and greatest from Vantec, the Vortex 2.”
News: NVIDIA cuts TCP offloads to end data corruption
The Tech Report :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Since the nForce4’s release, the chipset’s ActiveArmor networking capabilities have struggled to live up to their promised potential for reducing CPU utilization by handling TCP checksumming in hardware rather than on the host CPU. Over time, we’ve watched ActiveArmor’s CPU utilization oscillate between impressively low and alarmingly high. Every new driver release seemed to change ActiveArmor’s CPU utilization, and to make matters worse, many found that using ActiveArmor at all could lead to data corruption or instability.
NVIDIA claims the latest ForceWare drivers—6.70 for the nForce4 for AMD and 6.85 for the nForce SLI X16—have resolved ActiveArmor’s data corruption issues for good, but the fix comes at the expense of CPU utilization. NVIDIA has today confirmed to TR that it’s been forced to scale back ActiveArmor’s TCP offload engine in order to avoid data corruption.
Gigabyte Socket AM2 Motherboard
TweakTown :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
QUOTE: “The pictures you are about to see are of a motherboard which is a “dummy”, meaning it doesn’t work and it is still very much a prototype, as the Chinese characters indicate in this article’s icon at the top (and no I cannot read Chinese characters, yet!). Gigabyte told us that the motherboard is going to go through a lot of changes (extra features) and maybe layout changes, but at least you have an idea of what AMD’s Socket AM2 motherboards will look like in this single chipset solution.”
VIZO Luxon USB/SATA 3.5
Virtual-Hideout :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Onkyo TX-NR1000 A/V Receiver
Home Theater Magazine :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
A receiver that doesn’t handle the latest video and surround formats is a doorstop. A similarly outmoded high-end receiver is a very expensive doorstop. And that’s a problem for anyone who bought one during the 20th century. Most DVDs have Dolby Digital and/or DTS soundtracks—those are must-haves. Stereo material usually sounds much better to me in Dolby Pro Logic II than in DPLI or stereo. And, for the largest rooms, Surround EX and DTS ES have added the back channels some people deem necessary. HDMI is on its way in, component video is on its way out, XM and HD radio are knocking at AM/FM’s door, and, in a few years, surround receivers will be called on to do things that we can barely begin to imagine today.
Epos M22 Speaker System and Butler Audio TDB 5150 Amplifier
Home Theater Magazine :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
There’s a compelling magic that has kept my butt on the sofa— it’s the enthralling And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself. It was for no small reason that this HBO film earned an Emmy for sound editing. The width and depth of the soundscape, the detailed sound bits, the way the dialogue comes through, and the score’s ability to underscore the power and poignancy of scene after scene are remarkable. Each of these turns a made-for-TV movie into a film that transcends the limitations of the home venue for which it was created. And the system I’ve been using—an Epos M Series 5.1 speaker setup powered by the Butler Audio TDB 5150 vacuum-tube power amplifier—reveals such wonderful nuances in Pancho Villa that I have been completely glued to the couch.
Vizo Windstorm and Muffle Case Fans
Pro-Clockers :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quote: Ok, this is the tale of two little fans. The first little fan was quiet and low spinning, while the second fan was loud and fast. The first fan would sit in the rear of the case letting hot air escape. The second fan would take its place on top of an overheating processor. Ok, before I get carried away with this silly introduction, Vizo has provided me with two 80mm cooling cases. Each one fits the descriptions of the tale above. Let’s see what the Muffle and the Windstorm is all about.
Compro VideoMate H900 PCI TV/FM Card
TweakTown :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
QUOTE: “In the old days of computers (you remember… about 10 years ago), these machines were just beginning to make an appearance in the average person’s home. With a design that was set to become “industry standard”, you could upgrade to a whopping 1-2MB of memory and had processors that matched the processing power of those that sent the Apollo rockets into space! Of course, multimedia was a new buzzword at this point in time and just something to be dreamed about.”
Thermaltake Tai-Chi M Laptop Cooler
Techniz.co.uk :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Thermaltake Rhythm HTPC Liquid Cooling System
Big Bruin :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quote: The Thermaltake Rhythm HTPC Liquid Cooling System has taken the formerly extreme art of water cooling and made it feel right at home in an HTPC environment. The extreme cooling and extremely low noise output are welcome features in a home theater personal computer, and will help insure that your system stays up and running without you having to hear that it is doing so.
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
OCIA :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Futuremark 3DMark06 Analysis
Hexus :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
The launch of Futuremark’s 3DMark06, it’s latest ‘Gamer’s Benchmark’, has thrown up all manner of questions and concerns about the benchmark itself, Futuremark as a company, the changes facing consumer 3D graphics in Windows Vista, and just how much weight the benchmark carries outside of the forums and hardware websites of the world.
ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2
techPowerUp! :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
ASRock is a subsidiary of ASUS and manufactures low-cost motherboards. The ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2 for Intel Socket LGA775 is based on Intel’s i945 chipset and can run ATI Crossfire. Due to a lack of PCI-E lanes in the Intel chipset this is only possible in x16/x4, but this board costs only USD 80.
AeroCool Zerodba 620 Watt Power Supply
Hi-Techreviews :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Power supplies are like the young child in family, often overlooked by his sibling until something goes wrong and then everyone is there for him or her. A power supply is the same way; you install it and ignore it till something acts funny or your system won’t boot. Today we are looking at AeroCool’s newest addition to their power supply line-up, the AeroCool Zerodba. This unit is ATX 12V V2.0 compatible and rated at 620 watts of power, what makes it so unique is the fact that it operates without generating any noise. Come on all as we check this one out.
Vikuiti LCD enhancement
Home Theater Magazine :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Product Lineup
Microsoft :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Windows Vista product lineup consists of six versions, two for businesses, three for consumers, and one for emerging markets: Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Starter. The number of offerings is the same as the number of offerings currently available for Windows® XP. More important, the lineup is designed to deliver clear value to a broad range of customers, each product tailored to meet specific needs of various segments of customers — home PC users, small and medium-sized businesses and the largest enterprises — and is aimed at bringing 64-bit, Media Center and Tablet PC functionality into the mainstream.
Aspire X-QPack Case Review
Technic3d :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quote: “A normal case is heavy and unmanageable. Users those their PC transport much, contacts Aspire with the X-QPack.”
Corepad Eyepads @ ThinkComputers.orgv
Think Computers :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Quote: “Hey look, more mouse pads for review! This means more play time for me! This time out with have three mouse pads from Corepad from their Eyepad series of cloth mouse pads. I have three different sizes to check out, from extra large to extra small. Lately I’ve had the chance to review quite a few products by Corepad and all have been excellent products. Let’s see if this holds true for these as well.”
Hiper’s New 730W Quad-SLI Ready PSU Info Leaked!:
3dgameman :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
HPU-4×730 series is the flagship HIPER PSU for 1st half of 2006, it is enclosed with our PATENTED MESH & Industry’s fist Stainless Steel PSU Body. Compared to the Type R 580 series, HPU-4×730 utilizes all new Omnigrid II that enables one-step lock/release mechanism. It’s specially designed for BTX chassis. It also features four independent 12V rails. In terms of connectivity, HPU-4×730 comes with 2 dedicated PCI-E straight from the 12V rails, 2 additional Molex/PCI-E exTender, deigned to support NVIDIA’s new technology – Quad-SLi , which providing much more stabilized 3D hard-gaming. HPU-4×730 also provides P4 and P8 connector for users with motherboard that requires P8 connection, and with 5 modules of Molex output thus by using appropriate exTender it enables user to connect up to 20 devices.
Accelerated Knoppix v1.0
Phoronix :: Sunday, March 05, 2006
Summary: “Released late last month by Japan’s Alpha Systems was Accelerated Knoppix v1.0. Whether you are a die-hard Linux user, or even a Windows enthusiast, Knoppix is one of the most commonly known LiveCD Linux distributions. Japan’s Alpha Systems have taken Knoppix v4.0 and constructed it into an efficient masterpiece. The developers have re-arranged the Cloop file system block and optimized the hardware detection and configuration process. This LiveCD can fully boot on a system in under 60 seconds! Accelerated Knoppix is certainly one of the fastest Linux distributions we have ever tried, and Alpha Systems have provided complete technical illustrations with their project.
