ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP
Techgage :: Saturday, May 10, 2008
X48 is new, but there are many boards already begging for your dollars. We are taking a look at the most robust of them all, the P5E3 Premium, which includes built-in WiFi, a great board design and fantastic overclocking abilities. It would almost be a perfect board if it weren’t for the $375 price tag
Eagle Tech Consus M-Series Hard Drive Enclosure Review
Hardware Canucks :: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Then eSATA hit the scene and geeks everywhere rejoiced for finally we had an external connection which would be just as fast as an internally connected hard drive. Unfortunately eSATA has had a slow adoption rate as it is much more expensive than USB to implement. All this is about to change, as Eagle Tech has landed a bevy of new enclosures all sporting eSATA connections.
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 460 W (RS-460-PMSR-A3) Power Supply Review
Hardware Secrets :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“Cooler Master has recently launched a new entry-level series of power supplies, eXtreme Power Plus. Products from this series are very simple, with optional passive PFC. We reviewed the 460 W model (RS-460-PMSR-A3), which costs only USD 40. Is this a good product for the average user? Can it really deliver its rated 460 W? Let’s see.”
NZXT Tempest Case
3dgameman :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“The NZXT Tempest Case will be a big hit amongst enthusiasts. Affordability is obviously very important to most folks and this case is very well priced considering what’s included. Airflow is crucial and with 6 included fans (4x120mm & 2x140mm) this case is king in that department. HDD storage space is also vital and with space for 8 HDDs this is not a problem. Another big plus is it’s compatible and tested with many well known water cooling radiators which can be mounted at the top of the case using the pre-drilled holes. This is one of the best mid-tower cases on the market! Watch the video to find out more.”
Intel FCLGA4-S Core 2 Extreme Reference Heatsink Reviewed
Frosty Tech :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“Ever wonder how Intel’s retail heatsinks stack up against the best aftermarket CPU coolers out there? In this review Frostytech will be comparing the Intel FCLGA4-S reference heatsink, which is boxed with retail 45nm Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 processors (and others), against one hundred Intel socket 775 heatsinks from every imaginable manufacturer. One notable innovation with Intel’s FCLGA4-S reference heatsink is harder to see, a vapour chamber.”
NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and HybridPower Benchmarked and Explained
Legit Reviews :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and HybridPower technology are welcomed additions to the enthusiast computing scene and give consumers another reason to purchase NVIDIA platforms. Having the ability to turn off the discrete graphics at will is one of the coolest new features we have seen on a PC. It’s amazing that it took this long for someone to figure it out, but the time has finally come. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology was found to be pretty solid for being brand new technology.The slight performance decrease was expected, but the ability to use HybridPower seems to outweigh the performance hit…”
NESTEQ ECS7001 700W Power Supply Unit Review
Techware Labs :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Ruffy takes a look at the new NESTEQ 700W PSU which is rated at 80+ efficiency. We ran some in use tests and shows you why the attention to design detail from the modular design, types of cables, quantity of cables provided that in effect seem to double due to their patented Enhanced Easy Connection System is worth you taking a look at this PSU.
Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UTN+ RAID Enclosure Review
ASE Labs :: Friday, May 09, 2008
” ASE Labs has always explained the benefits of having redundant storage and backups. There are series of articles devoted to each technology. Sans Digital is a big player in RAID enclosures and their latest model, the MobileSTOR MS2UTN+ delivers USB2 and eSATA support to a 2 disk array of your choosing. This combines the best of both world for data backup and redundancy. It really is an excellent product. ”
Durapower CR-104 Media Reader Review
Mikhailtech :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Since nobody uses floppy drives anymore, what is one to fill the empty 3.5” drive bay with? Currently, the trend is to go with media readers, and with good reason. Media cards are popping up all over the place and in many different gadgets. So, what makes the Durapower CR-104 different from the rest? Read on to find out!
Noiseblocker Coolscraper 3.0 Review
XS Reviews :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Noiseblocker have created some pretty immense coolers in the past, notably among them is the Coolscraper series which combines high performance cooling with ultra silence. Now they’ve sent me the much anticipated Coolscraper 3. Lets see if it lives up to the high standard that we have come to expect from Coolscraper over the past few years.
Silverstone Treasure TS01B RFID Enclosure
techPowerUp :: Friday, May 09, 2008
The Silverstone Treasure TS01B is a very unique 2.5″ SATA hard drive enclosure. You may not only use it as a plain USB 2.0 powered unit, but may also set it up to safely encrypt your hard drive as well. The two included RFID tags then act as keys to gain access to your data.
Xigmatek Achilles S1284 HDT CPU Cooler
Benchmark Reviews :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Xigmatek has really made a name for themselves over the past year thanks to the Heat-pipe Direct Touch technology that they have embraced. When Benchmark Reviews originally reviewed the HDT-S1283 cooler we were absolutely astonished by the incredible results. Once again, we are the very first to test the newest hardware, and you’ll be impressed to know that this product delivers the performance needed by overclockers while fulfilling the enthusiasts wish list for attractive features. Benchmark Reviews introduces the Xigmatek Achilles S1284 HDT CPU Cooler CAC-SXHH4-U02 and tests the performance against the top competitors.
NZXT Tempest ATX Mid Tower Enclosure
Tweak Town :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Enter the Tempest, an enclosure that claims to be the “Airflow King”. This is a mighty tall order to fill considering some of the similar products on the market, so we will take a closer look and see if they can live up to this statement.
It will take more than just a couple of extra fans to step up to a statement like this, so we will look at overall design, active fans that come in the standard configuration as well as cooling a high-end rig. Can NZXT manage to really be considered an Airflow King?
OCZ Cryo-Z First Look
Icrontic :: Friday, May 09, 2008
While technical issues hampered a more thorough investigation of the unit’s prowess, we were impressed by the cooling potential of the unit. In our opinion, it is superior to the phase-change heavyweight, the Prometia Mach II GT. If OCZ can rein in the easily-corrected QC issues, the $299 MSRP of the OCZ Cryo-Z promises to send hard-core overclockers into a frenzy.
Thermaltake M9 Review
OCC :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“One word describes my feelings about the Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS – fantastic! It performed very well in my tests, looks awesome, and the included 120mm fans manage to push a good amount of air while remaining very quiet. The tool-less drive bays and expansion slot retainers were very well made – I didn’t even break one! From top to bottom, this is my favorite mid tower so far, and its very reasonable price makes it an even more attractive option.”
NVIDIA nForce 7 AMD Series Arrives – ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Motherboard
Legit Reviews :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“We compared the nForce 780a SLI to the AMD 780G since we wanted to test out the integrated graphics and PureVideo HD functionality as well as general performance. It seems to have paid off; the test results were interesting as the HD DVD playback testing over the HDMI output showed that NVIDIA passed up ATI when it comes to offloading the CPU usage. NVIDIA claims that an HT3-based Phenom CPU is required to provide the necessary bandwidth when playing HD video using the motherboard GPU. Our testing showed this is not true, but NVIDIA claims moving from a HT1 processor to HT3 will give the integrated graphics the bandwidth it needs to better render HD content. This is something we will check out later, because if we are impressed with what a 2.5GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core CPU can do with HT1, we’d better be sitting down for some Phenom 50-series action…”
Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Preview
Driver Heaven :: Friday, May 09, 2008
In the near future Asus will be launching their P5Q3 Deluxe motherboard which is based on the Intel P45 chipset. We have had an early sample of the board running in our offices for a little while now and today we have a preview for you…
Thermolab Nano Silencer TLI-U Low-Profile Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“The Nano Silencer TLI-U is ideally sized for 1U server chassis, nano formfactor PCs, car PCs and media center microATX-style cases. The entire TLI-U heatsink stands no taller than 45mm, and uses the same swagged aluminum fin technique as the Micro Silencer model. Twin sintered wick copper heatpipes and a total weight of just 214 grams make the TLI-U a capable low mass cooler for weight sensitive applications. For the sake of convenience the heatsink even comes with a pre-applied patch of 8 W/mK rated gray thermal interface material on the bottom.”
In Win B2 Stealth Bomber Case Review
RB Mods :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Today we take a look at the InWin stealh bomber case and as the name reveals is inspired from an airplane. Inwin has been in the case market for a long time and they have now started to focus on designed cases which you might see if you take a quick look at their website. We are going to be looking through this case in tonights review and we will also show you the main feature this case has which is a motorized front door.
AMD Phenom 9850 & 8750, Athlon 4850e and AMDs 780G Review
Driver Heaven :: Friday, May 09, 2008
It has been some time since we reviewed an AMD processor on Driver Heaven, but quite a lot has happened since then with the release of various CPU revisions, as well as triple core, the 780G chipset and further energy efficient Athlon models. So today it is time to catch up with the current range of AMD products starting with the Phenom 9850.
Technic3D/Xigmatek S1283 Red Scorpion
Technic 3d :: Friday, May 09, 2008
The Xigmatek S1283 Red Scorpion (Achilles) CPU Heatsink arrived Technic3D. The CPU Cooler with new silent LED PWM Fan, H.D.T. technology and easy installation. See you in the following Review the Red Scorpion on a Intel Dual-Core XE6800 CPU compared with Standard Boxed Cooling and more.
ASUS M3N-HT 780a SLi Review
OCC :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“The ASUS M3N-HT has many upgradable options such as the ability to run triple SLi if you have the cards available, or Dual SLi if you do not want to spend that much on GPUs. The temperature test with the Mempipe was not the greatest drop in temperature, but when a user is overclocking, every degree is a help to get the maximum out of his system. The Express Gate feature is a noble idea with a wealth of uses, especially if you need to get online to get a driver when you cannot get Windows to operate.”
Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Notebook Hard Drive Review
Tech ARP :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Although Western Digital did not reveal it, the Scorpio is certainly making use of perpendicular recording technology to achieve its performance levels. Of course, there’s only so much they can do with perpendicular recording technology. It is likely that the Scorpio also uses four platters to attain its remarkable storage capacity of 320 GB.
Asus M3N-HT Deluxe reviewed
Neoseeker :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“Today NVIDIA unveils its 780a series of motherboard chipsets for Socket AM2. The new chipset supports the best integrated NVIDIA graphics yet, including full support for HDMI and high definition playback – and if that was not enough, you can do up to triple SLI on the 780a!”
Tyan Thunder n3600M
Phoronix :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“Two months ago we had looked at the Tyan Tempest i5400XT motherboard, which was Tyan’s latest product based upon Intel’s newest workstation chipset and had support for dual Intel Xeon quad-core processors. We found the Tempest i5400XT to be a real winner and everything had worked terrific with Linux. Today we are looking at another Tyan workstation motherboard but the tides have turned as we look at their latest AMD dual quad-core solution, the Tyan Thunder n3600M. The Thunder n3600M motherboard supports dual AMD “Barcelona” Opteron processors, 16 sticks of DDR2 RAM, and eight SAS ports, among other stunning features.”
Sapphire Hybrid CrossFire 780G Motherboard
Modders Inc :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Are you in the market for a small form factor m-ATX motherboard that can give you blistering performance for your multimedia needs, plus the ability to play the latest Direct X 10 games? And as a bonus you can install a second card to gain CrossFireX for your games. Then you have to check out the Sapphire PURE Hybrid CrossFire 780G Innovation Motherboard.
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe – Intel P45 chipset review
Nordic Hardware :: Friday, May 09, 2008
“In this review, we will take a closer look at ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe, which is based on Intel’s P45 chipset. The difference in performance between the P35 and its precursor P965 was minimal; the question is whether the P45 has any additional performance advantages. An important difference between P35 and P45 is that the latter is made using the 65nm manufacturing process, while the former was made with the 90nm process.”
Nvidia’s nForce 780a SLI chipset reviewed
Tech Report :: Friday, May 09, 2008
The nForce 780a SLI is the first Nvidia chipset to take full advantage of Phenom processors, and it comes with a novel motherboard GPU that enables Hybrid SLI. Keep reading for the goods on Hybrid SLI and how the 780a stacks up against AMD’s 790FX chipset.
NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI Motherboard Round-Up, Asus, MSI
Hot Hardware :: Friday, May 09, 2008
It is hard to believe that it has been almost two full years since NVIDIA released a new flagship chipset for the AMD platform. Since the nForce 590i SLI’s official release in May of 2006, NVIDIA has introduced a handful of mid-range and more affordable chipsets for AMD processors, but the 590i SLI was it at the high-end, despite AMD’s release of new quad-core Phenom processors and competing 7-series chipsets.
Early this year while NVIDIA outlined their plans to mix things up at the high-end of their AMD chipset line-up with the IGP-equipped nForce 780a SLI, but it has taken quite a bit of time to bring that product to market. Today though, we present to you three nForce 780a SLI-based motherboards (two from Asus and one from MSI), that are sure to pique the interest of all of the AMD fans out there. For the first time since the Phenom launch, AMD fans will now be able to pair up NVIDIA’s flagship graphics configurations with an AMD CPU and exploit all of the features inherent to both.
OCZ PC2-6400 ReaperX HPC 4GB Kit
techPowerUp :: Friday, May 09, 2008
The OCZ ReaperX HPC memory series is the newest variant of the heatpipe cooled memory available from the manufacturer. Its new design improves on the cooling with dual heatpipes and finer fins to keep the parts cool. In our testing we saw excellent performance going all the way to DDR2-736 at 3-3-3-12.
Mushkin XP-3-12800 DDR3 2GB
PC FRAGS :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Our friends over at Mushkin were kind enough to send us a 2 Gig kit of their yet to be released XP-3 DDR3 12800 (PC3- 1600) that runs at 7-7-6-18 at a modest voltage of 1.85-1.9v. According to reports gleaned from the Web they show cased them at CeBIT this year. ‘It?s our pleasure to announce the XP3 series modules at CeBIT this year?, said Brian Flood, Mushkin director of product development.
AMD Phenom X3 processor family performance
Techspot :: Friday, May 09, 2008
The latest processor series from AMD is a little unusual as it makes use of not one, two, or even four cores, but rather three! That’s right, the new Phenom X3 carries an unusual core configuration, and I guess the question most of you are probably asking yourselves (as we did) is why? The most reasonable explanation is that this still allows AMD to sell Phenom X4 processors with a defective core, minimizing their loss. Second, it gives some leverage for AMD to compete with Intel’s dual-core processors, being able to pull the “additional core” card.
Ultra X-Pro 750W & 800W PSU’s Review
Driver Heaven :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Ultra’s X-Pro range consists of many units with a power output ranging from 600W to 800W. Today we will take a look at the two most powerful units of this particular series, the X-Pro 750W and the X-Pro 800W. Today we will find out if they should be in your shortlist for an upgrade or for a brand new high end gaming system.
ThermoLab Micro Silencer CPU Cooler
Tweak Town :: Friday, May 09, 2008
Today’s product comes to us form a South Korean company called ThermoLab. Even though the company has been doing business since 2003, the chances of many readers already knowing the company are slim. This is mainly due to the types of products the company has been producing until now.
While most enthusiasts are looking for the largest heatsink they can fit in their system, many mainstream and server users are looking to keep their cases small. Small cases require smaller components, and believe it or not, smaller is getting to be a big deal.
