Samsung ML-2571N Laser Printer Review
XYZ Computing :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
If you are anything like me, you are just about finished with inkjet printers. These have a low initial price, but are expensive to refill, use ink inefficiently, and print quite slowly. In this article we will be looking at a printer which is in every way the opposite of your typical sub-$100 inkjet, but also strives to maintain the advantages of such printers. The Samsung ML-2571N is a monochromatic laser printer designed for personal use. Not only does the product have a compact design, but it touts a 25 page per minute print speed and it is designed to be used as a network printer.
Enermax Phoenix Case
Think Computers :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“A little while ago we took a look at the Chakra case from Enermax. The case featured a huge 25cm side fan that took up almost the entire side of the case. Doubtful at first, I was surprised to see how well that case performed. Today we are looking at a similar case from Enermax that features the same 25cm side fan. The Phoenix is one of Enermax’s newest cases and has a boatload of features including tool-less drive bays and PCI slots, 2 hidden CD-ROM covers and the huge 25cm fan. This case is designed to make everything easier for you so let’s take a look.”
Leadtek Winfast® PX7950 GT TDH Extreme
Bjorn 3d :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Please join with us as we review the Leadtek Winfast® PX7950 GT TDH Extreme, 512MB video card. We’ve got a much more extensive agenda than usual in mind for this product as well as two other cards in the 7900 series to compare it with. Will we still call this card ‘EXTREME’ after a foray in our test facilities or will we refer to it with less flattering terms? Why not join us and find out!
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory Kit Review 
Big Bruin :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory Kit lives up to Crucial’s long standing reputation for quality, while helping to bolster their newer presence in the performance system memory market. The PC2-6400 modules did well in testing, and the lower timings (4-4-4-12) helped this 2GB kit beat out another kit with more standard, 5-5-5-15 timings.
Silverstone Strider 750w ST75F PSU
Overclock 3d :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
In keeping up with the competition, Silverstone have added a new unit to their modular PSU range. The ST75F boasts 150w more power than its predacessor, but will it perform any better?
Connect3D Radeon X1900GT / Foxconn GeForce 7900GS review
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“SLI and Crossfire powered gaming systems are something most of us can only dream about. The same thing is true for cards like the dual-GPU GeForce 7950GX2. The majority of us have to look at single-card solutions, and even then the pricier models can be rather expensive. For that reason both ATI and nVidia offer several cards that can still be considered high-end, but with their price being set at a far more reasonable level. Today we look at offerings from both ATI and nVidia, namely the Radeon X1900GT HDCP by Connect3D and the GeForce 7900GS by Foxconn. To spice things up we will compare the results from both cards with a representative of the last generation of nVidias 7×00 series – the 7800GT. The card is getting rather difficult to buy, since it is no longer being manufactured, but its price is similar to that of both the other cards. Cards in this price range are likely to be partnered with a midrange TFT screen running at around 1280×1024, so we will be running tests at this resolution with as much eye candy enabled as possible.”
The Mysteries of Firmware Upgrades
PC Mech :: Monday, October 23, 2006
A lot of the hardware we use in our computers can never really be considered a final product. Just because your new piece of hardware was only released for sale a few days ago, doesn’t mean it’s fully optimized to provide you with the best and most complete performance. Most manufacturers are constantly working to improve their products and your hardware may have been released just prior to a new firmware version update.
GNOME v2.17.1
Phoronix :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“After last month’s release of GNOME 2.16.0, the 2.17.1 release of GNOME has been announced this morning — in the development cycle for the road to 2.18.0. The changes are fairly extensive already for being the first test release in the GNOME 2.18 cycle. Of the updated packages in this first development release is new encoding profile support in Banshee, network game support in many of GNOME Games, Gossip fixes, GNOME Power Manager advancements, and much more. We have already fired up GARNOME and have plenty of screenshots of the freshly-compiled GNOME 2.17.1.”
maltake Toughpower W0116RU Cable Management 750W Power Supply Review 
Tweaknews :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“This PSU should prove to be a worthy addition to the very competent Toughpower line. The stability was impressive and the modular cables not only performed admirably, but look very good in their sleeving. Outstanding stability and a rich feature set like this, however, doesn’t come cheap.”
Mega Watercooling Roundup
Virtual Hideout :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“This summary should help you cut some of the decision making short or help you decide what components you want to mix and match in your system. However, do keep in mind that each kit is being revised or replaced constantly and the best thing to do is to double check each sponsor or manufacturer web site to be better informed. There are other kits on the market besides the “Fabulous 8” we reviewed and it’s very possible something new will be added later on.”
Crucial DDR2 PC2-5300 10th Anniversary review
TechSpot :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Today we will be taking a look at their 10th anniversary edition DDR2-667 memory modules. Designed with the enthusiast in mind, this special edition memory comes in either 1GB or 2GB kits, with specifications that mirror those from the Ballistix line. In the review we compare against some Value Select memory from Corsair, and present you with the various scenarios where one product is a better buy than the other.
Jetart JACSG1 North Bridge Cooler
Bjorn 3d :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Thanks to Jetart, system builders and performance enthusiasts will have a new tool to help maintain a cool running and stable system. If you want to overclock the front side bus on your motherboard to the extreme, then the original equipment heatsink just won’t do. The Jetart JACSG1 North Bridge Cooler is a perfect fit and replacement for the standard Pentium-based Northbridge chipset cooling solution.
Behringer FCA202 Firewire Audio Interface review
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
For those reading this who know a little about the professional side of audio equipment, you’d almost be sure to have heard of Behringer already, but for those that haven’t, Behringer is a company that focuses on manufacturing professional audio equipment at the lowest price possible.
Up until recently Behringer have been focusing manufacturing Live and Studio sound equipment. However, they have started to move towards the computer music section of the market. This is where the subject of this review comes in.
mad-moxx 7900 GTO Burstfire Review
Technic 3d :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“The mad-moxx 7900 GTO Burstfire Graphic Card arrived Technic3D. More Speed with 7800 GTX clock? See you the following Review on Technic3D”
Behringer FCA202 Firewire audio interface review
Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“For those reading this who know a little about the professional side of audio equipment, you’d almost be sure to have heard of Behringer already, but for those that haven’t, Behringer is a company that focuses on manufacturing professional audio equipment at the lowest price possible. Up until recently Behringer have been focusing manufacturing Live and Studio sound equipment. However, they have started to move towards the computer music section of the market. This is where the subject of this review comes in.”
Fedora Core 6
Phoronix :: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
“Tuesday night Jesse Keating announced that Fedora Core 6 would not ship this week as many had hoped for, but rather will launch on Tuesday, October 24. This release was pushed back twice this week due to last minute bugs. However, with Rawhide being complete, all that is left is last minute testing and then spinning the ISOs and sending them off to the mirrors. For those dieing to see what Fedora Core 6 final shall look like, we have built it from Rawhide on October 18, which should be the final packages for this build. New in FC6 from Fedora Core 5 is a multitude of improvements, and is certainly a release for the open-source community to be proud of. If you’re opposed to Microsoft Vista’s licensing agreements or you’re finally ready to make the jump to GNU/Linux, Fedora Core 6 is definitely worth checking out. Fedora 6 ships with GNOME 2.16 and features several improvements such as a yum applet, Anaconda installation from yum repositories, and many more terrific features. Check it out over at Phoronix.”
Icy Dock MB453 Review
Techgage :: Icy Dock MB453 Review
With the introduction of the nForce 4 chipset we saw the beginning of cheap and easy mass storage options. With this revolutionary change we also see a need for Hot-swappable SATA drive bays for RAID-5 arrays made possible. Today we take a look at the new offering from ICY DOCK that allows for three drives in an easily achieved space.
Seasonic S12 Energy+ 80Plus 550Watt PSU
DragonSteel Mods :: Seasonic S12 Energy+ 80Plus 550Watt PSU
” Seasonic power supplies, when you ask about a power supply recommendation, Seasonic is almost always listed as a good PSU to buy. Seasonic has been around since 1975, and they make some of the top performing power supplies out there. Today for review I have a new addition to the Seasonic product lineup, it is the S12 Energy+ 550Watt, certified 80Plus PSU. This power supply not only guarantees performance and efficiency but also silence. Read on to learn a bit more about this great power supply from Seasonic… ”
K-Meleon 1.02
PC Mech :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Today’s Freeware Frenzy focuses on a new addition to the ever expanding group of alternative web browsers. For many of us at PCMech, Internet Explorer has become out-dated and out-classed by numerous other browsers, the most popular being Firefox and Opera. But the list of choices is long, so to further explore the options, I will take a look at K-Meleon v1.02.
D-I-Y Websites
PC Mech :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Building your own website is now easier than ever. Everyone, starting from your domain registrar right down to your Internet service provider, offers hosting for a pittance and throws in website building tools free of charge. I can’t help but think that websites will go the e-mail route and will become a free commodity in the near future. Microsoft has already upped the ante with Office Live, which even includes a free domain name. Not to be left behind, Google has responded with Google Page Creator and the Google Apps for Your Domain suite. A professionally designed small-business website costs anywhere between two and ten thousand dollars. That is no small chunk of change. Businesses that plan to sell online can at least expect to recoup the cost of developing a website over a period of time. At least, they hope to! But for businesses that need purely informational websites, a website is little more than a necessary overhead. To keep costs under control, many small-business owners take the do-it-yourself approach to building their websites using free or low-cost site building tools. If your website’s needs are modest, building it yourself is a great way to save money. The problem is that most people build horrible websites. In the long run, I suspect badly designed sites end up costing their owners much more than the cost of professionally built websites. But it doesn’t have to be so. You can build a good website if you follow a few simple guidelines and don’t try to do too much.
Google Plants a Flag on YouTube
PC Mech :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
YouTube was founded by Steven Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, all of whom were employees of PayPal in February 2005. The YouTube domain went active on February 15th 2005, and months later–in May of ’05–YouTube made its official debut to the public. The idea was to provide a social networking-like website where people could share their amateur videos with one another, it took off almost immediately. The following year, after growing exponentially–almost entirely by word of mout–in February of ’06, NBC Universal discovered some of its copyrighted material on the popular video hosting site. They took action and soon YouTube’s policy on copyrighted material changed, in addition, they instituted a ten minute fifty-eight second time limit for all videos submitted by anyone not apart of their so-called “Director’s Program”. The “Director’s Program” allows amateur filmmakers to upload their original content at length. Although this generally didn’t stop users who wanted to post copyrighted content, YouTube took the view that it had taken steps to prevent and discourage it –videos reported as copyrighted material by the copyright holders would be deleted, but only if reported. YouTube, through its short lived independence, had a number of competitors–none of which have thus far done nearly as well, including the likes of Google Video and the new beta by Microsoft, the so-called “Soapbox”.
Foxconn 975X7AB – 8EKRS2H
Overclockers Online :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
My opinion is somewhat biased because I am an overclocker, first and foremost. The Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H is not an overclocker’s motherboard… right now. I hinted at it in a couple of sections, with some BIOS work, this motherboard might take off. Currently, however, this motherboard should only be thought of as an excellent Intel 975X chipset offering if you’re not into overclocking.
Toshiba 200GB 2.5″ Hard Drive
Techgage :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
It has been a while since we’ve seen a capture of the top spot in the mobile storage market, but Toshiba has come along and delivered a 200GB 2.5″ drive. What the drive adds in extra storage though, it takes away in speed.
My Vista RC2 Experience
Digital Trends :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
A number of you will probably try to be the very first to install RC2 and if that is the case there are a number of things you should begin to do now. ”
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler Review
Futurelooks :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
There are many, many zillions of coolers for the AMD socket 939 and AM2 platforms. However, many of them require annoying disassembly of your system to attach, or sound like a small hurricane in your computer case. That’s why the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro comes as such a surprise. Read on to find out more!
Scythe Kama Connect USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Adapter Review
Virtual Hideout :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
“This adapter may not suit everyone’s needs, but for all the extra hard drives I have lying around, and with me switching data from drive to drive, the Kama Connect came in handy. Another good use is for a single drive computer like a laptop.”
SilverStone TJ08 mATX Case Review
Think Computers :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
“Normally when we think mini or micro ATX cases we think of small for factor (SFF) type cases. As these types of motherboards get more powerful more people are using them and want a nice tower case to put on top of their desk. It is really hard to find a normal case for the smaller motherboard sizes. Well SilverStone, a brand known for quality in excellence in their products has added another member to the Temjin family. The TJ08 is a Micro-ATX case that carry’s on SilverStone’s great quality. So let’s take a look.”
ASUS M2R32 MVP Crossfire Motherboard Review
Motherboards.org :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The M2R32-MVP is a good solid choice without all the frills that a Deluxe or an ASUS Premium Edition board would carry. Things like a Wi-Fi AP Solo or extra SATA ports are not included, but the pricing should reflect this. Feature-wise, the M2R32-MVP board fits the bill, with 10 possible USB ports and two possible Firewire ports with brackets. The external SATA connector is another plus and overall the board is well rounded enough to satisfy many users who need functionality, but not overkill features.
ICY Dock MB559UEA-1S: A Worthy Upgrade to the MB452MK?
Bjorn 3d :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The MB559UEA-1S we have received functions very similar to the MB452MK that was reviewed. Rather than saying that it’s a brand new product, I think this enclosure is more like an update to the existing one. There are few changes that ICY Dock has done to the new enclosure. The new MB559UEA-1S uses native SATA connector instead of the converter that was used in the older enclosure. Also, the new enclosure has been significantly slimmed down and has much better design than the previous product. It is also much stylish than previous one.
ThermalRight SI-128 review
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
“Thermalright have been making enthusiast cooling products for quite a few years now and while their coolers were usually large with a high price tag, enthusiasts loved them. After all, they are widely regarded in creating some of the best air coolers available. Thermalright became famous through their early processor coolers, which mainly were the AX-7 and SLK series, but they later began to offer coolers for other computer components, such as VGA and Chipset coolers. Today we will take a look at a massive cooling body designed to keep the Core 2 Duo processors cool, the SI-128. The SI-128 is the natural evolution of the SI-120, which was a great cooler for both Athlon 64 and early socket 775 processors. Its basic design is the same, but the size of the heat dissipation area is much larger.”
