Evercool Buffalo Heat Pipe CPU Cooler (Intel775)
Dragonsteel Mods :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
These days CPU Coolers come in all shapes and sizes and it seems that pretty much everyone makes them, but which ones are the best? One way to know you are getting a good CPU cooler is to get one from a company that is know for its’ cooling products and that has been around for a long time. One such company is Evercool, the name itself sounds cool, and they have sent us over their Buffalo Heat Pipe CPU Cooler for Intel LGA775 for review today. The Buffalo is an interesting mix of style and performance, so read on to learn more…
Vizo Voyager Dual Fan 3.5″ HDD Cooler
Dragonsteel Mods :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Today for review I have another product from our friends at Vizo, it is the Voyager, a 3.5” dual fan hard drive cooler that looks very sleek and is very well made. The Vizo Voyager is made entirely out of aluminum and features two 50mm fans to help keep your hard drive nice and cool, so read on to learn more about it…
Super Talent Jumps Into Startling Flash-Disk Race
Extremetech :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Even DRAM module makers are entering the suddenly crowded field for solid-state disk (SSD) drives. Super Talent plans to follow Samsung, Intel, and SanDisk into the market.
Top Tip: Best videocard for less than $150?
Extremetech :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
I plan to purchase a “barebones” machine off of eBay or some other website. After I ensure I get the processor and RAM that I want I will probably just have $150 left over for the video card. Can you all suggest the best video card out there currently for less than $150?
Top Tip: Windows Vista using too much of my RAM?
Extremetech :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
However, in my 1024 RAM system, there is 400-500 RAM already taken up by the programs, effectively reducing the gaming experience. What can I do to drop it down? On my old computer, a good ol’ CTRL-ALT-DEL and you could wipe out all the unnecessary programs, but in Vista, they don’t seem to be there. And on the “Services” tab, I’m not sure what to turn off.
Top Tip: Static electricity freezing my PC?
Extremetech :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
My computer desk is on a rug that generates static whenever I walk too fast and/or move too fast coming toward my pc and that causes it to freeze. Any ideas about how I can de-staticize myself… ?
SanDisk Samples 32-Gbyte Flash Drive, Predicts Price Drops
Extremetech :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
SanDisk on Tuesday said it would be broadening its solid-state drive (SSD) family for the portable computer market with a new 32-gigabyte, 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) interface model.
Top 10 Internal Hard Drives
PC World :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Need more storage? The top-ranked internal hard drives will fill the bill. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
Top 5 External Hard Drives
PC World :: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
External hard drives aren’t as fast as internal models, but they are great for backups and are easy to install. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
Samsung Ships 8-Gbyte NAND Flash
Extremetech :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Samsung Electronics said Monday that it had begun shipping an 8-Gbyte NAND flash memory module, signaling the next generation of flash-based MP3 players and other devices.
Do Speculative Domains Threaten the Internet?
Extremetech :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The Internet’s key site identity system is in mounting danger from new techniques that could cause havoc by turning it into a free-for-all market, the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO warned on Monday.
IBM Shrinks Cell Chip to 65-nm
Extremetech :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
IBM has begun manufacturing a smaller, 65-nm version of the Cell microprocessor, the company said Monday.
All Core Duo Models
Hardware Secrets :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A series of quick reference tables containing the main specs of all Core Duo processors released to date. Updated to include Core Duo T2700.
Asus EAX1600PRO and EN7600GT – HDMI on tap
Hot Hardware :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Today at HotHardware, we will be looking at two video cards from Asus. They don't necessarily scream "power user" and theyaren't adorned with the flashiest packaging.Instead, these two cards are more like the utilitarian work-horses that one might expect to …
Abit AW9D Max Motherboard Review
Overclockers Club :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Thermaltake Soprano DX
Techgage :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Thermaltake has a case for everyone and for every price range. The Soprano is one of their less expensive ones, but you wouldn’t know it by looking. In addition to it’s sleek styling, it has a piano mirror coating and a brushed aluminum front panel.
Intel P35 “Bearlake” Chipset Performance Preview
Tweak Town :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Using an Intel P35 “Bearlake” motherboard, we test performance of 1333MHz FSB CPU’s on the new DDR-3 capable platform.
Mushkin XP2-8500 Memory Review
Overclockers Club :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“When you hear the name Mushkin, you think quality products. Today we will be looking at one of the top-of-the-line sets of performance memory made by Mushkin. This is a 2x1024MB kit rated at 1066MHz with 5-5-4-12 timings. Recently, Mushkin has started shipping all of its top line modules with EPP (Enhanced Performance Profile) programming for a truly plug and play experience.”
Nyko Multi-Reader 360 for the Xbox 360 Reviewed
Futurelooks :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Almost every device these days seems to be USB connected and use some sort of storage card. Nyko wants you to connect them all to your Xbox 360 and to forget about your PC. Will the 360 be able to handle the pressure? Let’s check it out!
Technic3D/Cooler Master Gemin II
Technic 3d :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“The new very Big CPU Heatsink from Cooler Master,the Gemin II, arrived Technic3D. Only for Big Cases? See you in the following Review with A.C.Ryan Blackfire Fans against others CPU Cooling.”
ECS NF650iSLIT-A 650i SLI Motherboard Review
Legit Reviews :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“ECS put together a decent board in the form of the NF650iSLIT-A. It is a board that performs wonderfully at stock settings. As you could see in our testing, the lack of being able to keep tRCD settings for the memory really only hurt performance in a few of our benchmarks. Overall, the board hung with its competition, which is quite a statement since we have it up against the likes of chipsets like the Intel 975x and Nvidia 680i, as well as a proven winner in the Asus 650i board. In fact, it beat out these boards in some of our tests, proving that ECS and this chipset are both to be commended.”
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 ATX Chassis Review
Virtual Hideout :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
: “Side loading hard drive case, optical drive latches that don’t get lost, quiet cooling that works. Quality workmanship, sturdy and the general opinion that it has excellent looks and lots of room for my stuff. It is definitely a high end case, and great for anyone who wants a lightweight aluminum case for Lans”
Core2Duo E6600 air cooled overclocking project
Hardware OC :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Hardwareoverclock Austria has posted a new overclocking article. In this attempt a Core2Duo E6600 was overclocked up to 4 GHz, only with air cooling.
Ultra X-Finity 800 Watt Power Supply
Dragonsteel Mods :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
” Without a good power supply in your system it can become cranky, locking up and causing all sorts of havoc. This could be caused by a cheaply made power supply or maybe one that just is not big enough to handle the power requirements of you system. If you look around these days you’ll notice that PSUs seem to be getting bigger and bigger, in wattage and physical size as well. If you are building that uber gaming system that you’ve always wanted then you might want to take a look at what I have for review today, it is an 800 Watt power supply from Ultra called the X-Finity. The X-Finity is a big power supply in terms of physical size and wattage so read on to check this thing out… ”
ThermalTake iFlash+ 120mm fan review
DV Hardware :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
‘s been a few years since we’ve seen any innovative new ideas to make fans fancier and prettier but now ThermalTake released the iFlash+ 120mm fan which definitely gives a new spin to fans. This isn’t just an ordinary LED fan, no, this 120mm fan projects the temperature and shows a rotating and dancing “ThermalTake” logo.
Akasa TIMclean Review
XS Reviews :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“We all, from time to time, need to replace our CPU cooler which means that we have to get rid of the old thermal pad/grease/paste. Instead of turning to White Spirt or tramps favourite turpentine, Akasa have made TIM Clean which has been designed for this very purpose.”
HR-07 Memory Module Cooler by Thermalright Reviewed 
Metku Mods :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“While overclocking, proper cooling of memory can make the difference between the computer being stable or not. Manufacturers of high performance memories have added cooling to their higher end memory modules for long time now, but there are also some after market solutions available. This time we’ll take a closer look at Thermalright’s HR-07 Memory Module Cooler.”
SilverStone Sugo SG01W + ST50EF-Plus
Phoronix :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“Prior to the SilverStone Sugo SG03 introduction, we have decided to look at the SilverStone Sugo SG01W. The SG01W is similar to the Sugo SG01 and SG01 Evolution, but the W signifies a model with two windows! Now with the SG01W you have the excellent attributes of the SG01 Evolution while having two windows for showing off your hardware as well as the innards of this chassis. Along with the Sugo SG01W we will be looking at the SilverStone Element ST50EF-Plus SC power supply.”
How To: Keep Your Kids Safe Online
Digital Trends :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“Being online is part of the world of every kid these days. For teenagers it’s the main way of communicating with friends (along with their cell phones), while younger ones use it for gaming (such things as Runescape, for example) and research. It’s an inescapable fact of life, and kids spend an average of 16 hours a week online – a figure that continues to rise. But how safe are they in cyberspace?”
iOne Gemini-R16 Keyboard & Mouse Combo
PC Apex :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“The office group has hot keys to open Word and Excel. It also has another “lock” key like number lock, when it is activated, the F1 through F12 keys become hotkeys. Those hotkeys perform functions like opening and saving documents, and keys for email functionality. The best hotkey Is F8 (spell check) you can also find other common office hotkeys like copy, paste, mark etc. on this keyboard. The internet group has the standard buttons, Home, Mail, Search etc… The multimedia buttons are all nicely grouped together. They CAN control the playback and volume of Media Player 11 and with no issues!”
Abit AW9D Max Motherboard Review
Overclockers Club :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“Here is a quick look at the bios options that are most important to those individuals looking for an enthusiast type product. From the factory Abit gives you a 6 mhz overclock. They know their market it seems. Each of the voltages that are available to adjust have a marked impact on increasing performance, particularly the MCH and PCIe voltage.”
Abit AB9 Quad GT Review
Neoseeker :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“The Quad GT proved its mettle during gaming and overclocking benchmarks. While it is becoming increasingly familiar to see other P965 based motherboards get up to still very hard to reach 500MHz bus overclocks, this specific Abit AB9 Quad GT got up to 488×7 976 4-4-4-12, which is a superb result!”
Silverstone Strider 850W modular PSU Review
Xtreme Computing :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“the PSU is more than adequate for a high end system and future high end systems with support for ATX 2.2 and EPS 12V, also the PSU comes with dual PCI-Express 8 pin connectors, something we will be shortly seeing appearing on cards, don’t worry though there is also 4x normal 6 pin connectors for those seeking quad sli, or just wanting to run 2×8800 GTX cards”
Zippy Emacs 500w PSU review 
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“When it comes to power supplies in the mainstream market it would be fair to say that the name “Zippy” wouldn’t be the first to spring to mind, however since 1993 they have been manufacturing PSU’s for servers as well as redundant power supplies. They also produce a range of keyboards, mice, ceramic components and switches – they are a versatile company in the truest sense of the word.
Recently Zippy launched a range of Gaming PSU’s and today’s review product is one such model. The (HP2-6500PE(G1) ) is a 500w SLI certified model which is aimed at mainstream systems rather than the ultra high end. Let’s see if Zippy can take the reliability of their server PSU’s and add gaming performance to the mix.”
The CoolIT Eliminator CPU Cooler Review
Legit Reviews :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
For those that are familiar with water cooling the CoolIT Eliminator uses the same basic method, but uses three solid-state TECs to cool the coolant down rather than a traditional radiator. Water is pumped from the +12V water pump through tubing to the CPU water block. Once the coolant leaves the water block it becomes ‘hot’ and is cooled down by going through not one, but three TECs. This process works really well as the cold side of the TEC plate can easily cool the water, but the heat from the hot side of the plate still needs to be handled. To get rid of the heat generated from the TECs, CoolIT uses a radial heat sink to absorb the heat. A 92x92x38mm fan then sucks air through the radial heat sink and blows the air out of the case…
Jetart HCA06 HDD cooler Review 
XS Reviews :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“With CPU’s under peltiers and graphics cards connected to your mains water supply, hard discs are left to sweat in the corner of your case. Heat and HDD’s don’t mix; you end up with a shorter life span which means more expenditure. To counter the temperature onslaught, Jetart have created a simple hard disc cooler which should end your woes…”
Seagate 750GB Barracuda ES Enterprise Hard Drive Review
Tech ARP :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“Enterprise-grade hard drives have always been expensive. Really, REALLY expensive. But what if you could have the performance and reliability of enterprise-grade hard drives with the capacity and cost of desktop hard drives?
Introducing the Seagate Barracuda ES enterprise hard drive. With a massive capacity of 750GB and a much lower cost per MB, this drive may be just the thing for your next server upgrade. ”
CeBIT 2007 coverage from Taiwan (Part 1)
Tweak Town :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“We managed to get the low down on Intel’s upcoming P35 Bearlake chipset with native 1333 FSB and DDR-3 memory support. We got our first look at some brand spankin’ new DDR-3 memory modules. Albatron was showing working nVidia MXM modules along with some fancy Mini-ITX motherboards. TEAM Memory showed us 64GB and 128GB IDE and SATA Solid State drives. MSI were showing a range of new products including a portable device capable of picking up digital TV on the run. ABIT showed us a range of their upcoming Intel Bearlake motherboards and the list goes on.
Put your seatbelt on for Part 1 and prepare yourself for the ride! We are bringing you this content about a full day before CeBIT Germany 2007 begins and well ahead of any other publications. Part 2 will be online March 14th covering everything else that wasn’t covered here.”
Intel P35 “Bearlake” Chipset Performance Preview
Tweak Town :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“While Intel does charge more for its chipsets, their development department does do a lot of work alongside their partners. While they have made some mistakes in the past (but we think just about every chipset manufacturer has had a few bad products) their current line has seen nothing but success.
Now it’s time for Intel to start on its next generation of chipsets to support their bunch of upcoming Dual Core and Quad Core processors later this year and next such as Yorkfield and Wolfdale. They processors are based on 45nm technology and faster FSB and more onboard cache. These new chipsets are now dubbed the “3” series with new naming and features for each and are all based around the new Bearlake architecture. Today we are previewing the mid-range P35 chipset in the form of a pre-release product from one of our partners.”
ECS AMD690GM-M2 V1.0A Motherboard Review
Motherboards.org :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The ECS board is in many respects similar to the ASUS board I reviewed at the AMD launch of the 690G chipset. The motherboard comes with the most bare of essentials in terms of bundle, as the board comes with a single SATA cable and a single IDE cable.
Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA Motherboard
Pro Clockers :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The 4CoreDual-VSTA from Asrock is based on the newest chipset form VIA. The PT880 Ultra is low cost way for many end users to retain usage of their older AGP video card and upgrade to PCI-e units when time and money permits. And when that time comes you can leave that AGP card in and still integrate your new PCI-e card as well. Leaving the ability to use multiple monitors.
Cooler Master iTower 930 Case Review
Hi-Tech Reviews :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Cooler Master has become synonymous with designing cases that are not only well designed but extremely easy on the eyes to look at. The iTower 930 is no exception, with its aluminum front bezel and four hot swappable hard drives the 930 leaves very little to for a person to ask to complete the case.
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC Geforce 8800GTS-320MB Videocard Review
PC Stats :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC videocard is based entirely on the ‘G80’ reference design, not a surprise since most manufacturers have gone this route. During testing the FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC was extremely quiet even during high 3D load levels. That’s great news for gamers the FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC is not just fast, it’s also quiet. Instead of bundling games that get old and out of date, Foxconn includes a swanky USB 3D game pad with the FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC videocard. After trying it out in a few games, you know for “testing purposes” we all agreed that the PS2 like controller added a new dimension to computer game play.”
Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 Video Card Cooler Review
RB Mods :: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Like most other computer components, we’ve seen tremendous gains in the level of video card performance, as manufacturers push the envelope and develop new technology. Unfortunately, along with those gains typically comes an unwanted byproduct- heat. Arctic Cooling, well-known manufacturers of a wide range of cooling products, has developed a new line of passive VGA coolers that claim to reduce heat significantly without producing any noise. Too good to be true? That’s what we’re here to find out today.
