Noctua NH-U12P Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review
Big Bruin :: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The cooling performance of the Noctua NH-U12P Heatpipe CPU Cooler is exceptional. With the fan at full speed it produces minimal noise and provides excellent thermal results, and cutting the fan speed down to near silence doesn’t impact the cooling at all. Even though the performance was exceptional, achieving it took more effort than I am used to needing in order to install a CPU cooler.
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 DES
Phoronix :: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
“Back in December we looked at the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard and compared it against the ASUS P5K-E WiFi, which was also backed by Intel’s P35 Express Chipset. In that review, the Gigabyte motherboard had presented a slight lead when it came to the Linux desktop performance, but both motherboards received our recommendations. Since then, Gigabyte has made a few changes to their latest motherboards in order to provide heightened power efficiency. The newest Gigabyte motherboards support DES, or Dynamic Energy Saver, technology. In this review we are taking a brief look at Gigabyte’s efforts into green computing with their Dynamic Energy Saver technology on the GA-EP35-DS4 motherboard.”
Gigabyte GA X48-DS5 review
Hardware Overclock Austria :: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Hardwareoverclock Austria has tested one of the first Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 boards with Intel’s X48 Express chipset. The most important themes in the article are the performance, the bios and the overclocking features. Please take a look at the overclocking results, looks very fine.
Coolermaster Cosmos S ATX Case Review
Madshrimps :: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
“It did not take Coolermaster long to update their high end chassis, the Cosmos S is based on the Cosmos, but made from aluminum, more cooling options, comes with a massive 200mm fan and has a very unique I/O panel. We compare this S(port) version to the original to see how it stacks up.”
Shuttle XPC P2 3500G 
Bios Magazine :: Wednesday, March 05, 2008
“High performance always comes at a price, but Shuttle’s XPC P2 3500G is a really compelling single graphics card solution for hardcore gamers short on space. I’d have been totally sold if there was a Blu-Ray, HDMI and 802.11n, but the choice of components and build quality are still striking. An added bonus is that every fully-configured system from Shuttle comes with a 24-month Pick-up and Return service. How’s that for service! Overall this is a mini-gaming powerhouse to be taken seriously.”
GIGABYTE ODIN Pro GE-MK20A-D1 1200w PSU
Tweak Town :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“When you hear the company name of “GIGABYTE”, odds are good that you are not thinking power supplies. These folks have been a premiere manufacturer of motherboards for quite some time. They have also recently begun to delve into the techno segment with a line of laptop systems, video cards, cooling components and even cell phones and other communication devices. But power supplies?
We are going to take a look at the feature set of the ODIN Pro 1200 and then put it to the test. We will see if these folks have a winner on their hands or whether they should stick to the other components that they are already good at making. ”
33-Way Thermal Interface Material Comparison
Benchmark Reviews :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Benchmark Reviews has seen a lot of products made for the purpose of delivering better performance. Some of these products exist for overclockers and enthusiasts, and often times help deliver performance out of otherwise tame hardware. Other products sometimes only deliver the empty marketing claim of improvements. Of all the products we have seen and tested, one particular category always stands out as the culprit for over-hyped promises: Thermal Interface Material (TIM). Of all the heatsink compounds and thermal pastes made and marketed, they must all only concentrate themselves to deliver the simple function of mating the CPU to the cooler with the highest thermal conductivity possible. Of course, some work better than others, and this is exactly what Benchmark Reviews intends to discover. Please join us for a comprehensive testing of 33 different TIM products.
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1TB External Hard Drive Review
Futurelooks :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Seagate has long since established itself as a leader in the hard drive industry and one of their latest external offerings is not only attractive, but it’s also versatile and it comes with loads of storage capacity. The Seagate FreeAgent Pro external hard drive is now available with a whopping one terabyte of space; that’s 1000GB, folks!
Patriot Memory PC2-6400 4GB LL DDR2 Kit
Tweak Town :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“DDR2 is still kicking, and today we have a new kit from Patriot memory who have come through with a bang in the last six months with new modules hitting the shelves. We have been given their latest PC2-6400 4GB kit with low latency timings on offer.
Each module has a sticker on one side that includes the model number, speed rating and timings. These modules are designed for a 4-4-4-12 rating and support up to a maximum of 2.2 volts under the manufacturer’s warranty.”
AMD 780G Chipset and Athlon X2 4850e Preview
Hot Hareware :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“The 780G platform launching today combines the core logic expertise and graphics technology brought in from ATI with AMD’s latest low-power Athlon X2, yielding a very fast, very inexpensive platform that won’t rack up a substantial energy tab. Additionally, the chipset supports a new feature called Hybrid Graphics—a Vista-only capability that harnesses the power of an add-in card, combines it with the integrated engine, and gives you a CrossFire-like experience at a price point so low that AMD doesn’t want to call it CrossFire. Sounds like just the ticket for cost-conscious gamers eager to hang with the big boys.”
AMD’s 780G chipset
Tech Report :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
I’ve had a computer hooked up to my television for as long as I’ve had a living room. What would eventually be called a home theater PC had humble beginnings, starting its life tasked with simply playing movies and MP3s before eventually morphing into a personal video recorder and an occasional game box. Before long, living room gaming duties were offloaded to consoles, allowing years to pass with nary an upgrade to my media PC. So long has it been since I last cracked the case that a thin blanket of dust has draped itself across the system’s internals, making the now-vintage hardware look all the more old and decrepit.
The HTPC market has exploded since I last built one. What was once an expensive accessory confined to enterprising geeks and do-it-yourself enthusiasts has moved into mainstream living rooms. And thanks to the relatively modest requirements of multimedia playback and recording, even today’s budget hardware is up to the task—hardware like AMD’s new 780G integrated graphics chipset.
The latest fruit borne of AMD’s purchase of ATI packs a DirectX 10-complaint graphics core pulled from a Radeon HD 2400 graphics card, decode acceleration for HD DVD Blu-ray movie playback, second-generation PCI Express, Hybrid CrossFire, a new SB700 south bridge, and a Phenom-ready HyperTransport 3 processor link. All that’s coming to motherboards that should cost less than $100. Alongside it, AMD is introducing a new energy-efficient Athlon X2 4850e with a 45W TDP and $89 price tag.
AMD 780G Chipset and Low Power 4850e Processor Review
Techware Labs :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“AMD has just released the new 780G chipset and the 4850e low power processor. We have each of these in house and ran them through a few rounds of testing for you. The 780G provides users with an all new level of performance and gaming at an unbelievable low cost all while introducing the world to something called “hybrid graphics”. Get ready for a wild ride.”
Landisk NS347 NAS Review
Review Spring :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“The Landisk NS347 Hard Drive Enclosure is a very cost effective way of adding extra storage space to your network. This is more often called a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, as it simply hooks up to your existing wired LAN and provides network shared storage. At under £30 (about $55) it is one of the cheapest NAS devices available.
The casing has a brushed metal finish and has a surprising feel of quality about it, and looks rather stylish. It would be particularly suited to owners of brushed aluminium tower cases.”
Intel Atom & Centrino Atom Technology Report 
Tech ARP :: Tuesday, March 04, 2008
“Although the new Intel Atom processors are not mainstream mobile processors, they will have a significant impact on the development of low-cost Netbooks as well as powerful new MIDs and UMPCs. The Atom processors would not only inject greater performance into those devices, they would also allow them to shave at least 12W of power consumption, improving their battery life.”
Hiper Anubis 
Nordic Hardware :: Sunday, March 02, 2008
“Many companies are now offering cases with a lot of clever features, but few are complete. Some are too far out, some could’ve used some more work, some are simply hideous. Some are just way too expensive, and some are simply lacking quality or distinguishing features. Hiper has attempted to avoid all of these traps, and here we will see if they’ve succeeded in doing so.”
Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound Review
RB Mods :: Sunday, March 02, 2008
When we think about achieving better cooling performance, we often focus on hardware solutions. However, the quality of the thermal compound/paste that interfaces between the chips and the cooler is another critical factor in getting better cooling performance from your cooler. Today we’ll take a look at a new thermal compound from Tuniq, well-known makers of a variety of cooling solutions, known TX-2. Will this product stand up against the incumbents in the market? We will attempt to answer that question in today’s review.
XFX nForce 630i Socket 775 mATX Motherboard 
Overclock 3d :: Sunday, March 02, 2008
“An nForce 630i mATX motherboard with integrated GeForce 7150 Graphics. Does this sound like the ideal HTPC motherboard for you? ”
SilverStone SG03 SFF Case Reviewed
The Tech Lounge :: Sunday, March 02, 2008
“SilverStone must be a cool place for an engineer. Not only do they obviously put engineering first, but they don’t simply accommodate innovative designs; they make them their staple. Without re-working the same products again and again, SilverStone produces top-shelf enclosures for all possible form factors, from Mini-ITX mobile-on-desktop to Extended-ATX server cases. All elegant, and every one an award-winner.”
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB Review
Overclockers Club :: Saturday, March 01, 2008
“While comparing the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB to the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1TB models, it did just about the same if not quite as good in just about all of the different benchmarks that it was thrown up against. The OneTouch 4 Plus was unable to compete with the internal hard drive, which is to be expected due to the fact that no matter how the device was attached to the computer, it had to run through some sort of bus.”
Noctua NH-U12P Heatsink
techPowerUp :: Saturday, March 01, 2008
On the heels of the successful NH-U12F CPU heatsink, Noctua has released a newer, more compatible version called the NH-U12P. This version has more clearance below the fins, making it easier to install on many motherboards. It comes with the new, ultra-quiet NF-P12 fan and a tube of the new NT-H1 thermal compound.
AeroCool DoublePower VGA Cooler Review
DragonSteel Mods :: Saturday, March 01, 2008
“Today for review I’ve got the DoublePower from AeroCool, it’s a VGA cooler that promises to help keep our video cards cool while looking rather cool as well. The DoublePower is fairly lightweight, and it features a built in fan speed controller, the fan has white LEDs in it that get brighter as the fans speed in increased to give you a visual clue to the speed of the fan. I’ve put the DoublePower up against the Stock cooler on my X1800GTO video card along with the Thermalright V-1 Ultra and the Arctic Coooling Accelero, so read on to see what I learned… ”
Going Virtual? You May Be Forced To Go 64-Bit
PC Mech :: Saturday, March 01, 2008
“An increasingly popular option for “switchers” from Windows XP to OS X or Linux is to run XP in a virtual environment instead of giving it up entirely. My feeling on that is that it’s the best possible maneuver you can do because you don’t lose anything save for game and performance and video-intensive apps. […]”
BFG ES-800 800W Power Supply Review
Hardware Canucks :: Saturday, March 01, 2008
BFG has done it. They have completely turned around every aspect of their older 800W power supply and produced a unit which deserves the “enthusiast power supply” moniker. If we could once again hearken back to our review of the original BFG 800W Power Supply it really becomes apparent the massive strides BFG has made towards improving their power supplies. It is not that the older 800W power supply was that bad (as a matter of fact it was a good performer) it is just that the new ES-800 unit is so much BETTER that the older unit pales in comparison.
