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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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"We are reviewing today VF2000 LED from Zalman, a hybrid cooler that fits video cards and CPUs, with a 92-mm fan and four heatpipes. Will it perform well on both tasks? Check it out!"
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No computer build is complete without a monster case to contain all the power that comprises your new rig. There are literally hundreds of computer cases on the market ranging in size from book-shelf mini-ITX all the way to full size towers capable of containing quad CPU configurations. Today we will take a look at the latest full size tower offering from XClio, the A380Color-Plus. XClios' latest case is not short of space, size, cooling, or color options.
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The latest fan 5.25 inch fan controller from Scythe is named Kaze Master Pro and has 6 separate channels. The screen can display information about 2 channels at once, but we have switches to go through and see data about all the available channels. It also features alarms, Celsius/Fahrenheit switch and a nice looking VFD screen
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What if you interbreed a mouse with a keypad? Razer gives the answer: the Naga. We took a look at the self-appointed best friend of
the MMO-players and refer.
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A special gift today on our bench is the Patriot Torqx. The Torqx from the looks of it should be one of the SSD component that you would drool over. Equipped a MLC Indilinx controller with 64mb of cache we just can't wait to get to the testing phase. The advertised number should be enough for us to say it is a winner. But what is a review with the testing phase.
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?Recently Indilinx, the makers of the ever-famous Barefoot solid state drive controller have released a new controller called the Barefoot ECO. This new controller allows drive manufacturers to use 32nm Intel NAND flash instead of the typical 40nm NAND flash we are used to seeing on previous solid state drives. These smaller flash chips have a smaller production cost, which will bring down the cost of the drives. Today we will be taking a look at the Solid 2 Series 60GB drive from OCZ, which is based on this new controller. This drive is also under $200 so let?s take a look!"
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"Watercooling the GTX480 is a night and day difference in temperatures. Load temperatures are dropped 36oC (!) degrees and idle temperatures are dropped 22oC. The watercooled card is only 5 degrees warmer under full load than the stock cooler managed to keep the card at idle!"
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"GIGABYTE while always being a strong company in the video card market, hadn't offered us anything that really stood out from the pack when it came to performance. Sure, they offered a good price and good warranty, but as a card that stood out from the pack there were clearly other options.
These days, though, GIGABYTE has become one of those companies who are a leader when it comes to standing out from the pack. The Super Overclock series has become a fan favorite among users, but also among us at TweakTown thanks to an awesome out of the box overclock. That latest card to get the Super Overclock treatment is the HD 5870 which has become a real fan favorite thanks to not only great performance, but also fantastic value."
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"Last year I took a look at the Epson MovieMate 60 projector, today I?ve got another one from Epson which is similar called the PowerLite Presenter. It?s a consumer/business class projector which features a built-in DVD player and inputs for pretty much everything including USB, HDMI and VGA. It?s meant to be an easy to use all around type of product that?s portable to take anywhere with you when you might have a need for a projector. "
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"The Edifier S730 2.1 Speaker System arrived Technic3D. 300 Watts of power provides for a smooth yet dynamic audio solution. Wooden enclosure 2-way satellites and a wooden enclosure 10" sub-woofer with passive radiator; wired and wireless remote control with switchable analog and digital audio ports allow for multiple audio applications?
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One of the big pluses with the AMD platform is the ACC or Advanced Clock Calibration. BIOSTAR motherboards have the ability to use ACC to turn ?On? the locked cores on an X3 or an X6 CPU with the push of a button. This value added feature is excellent, allowing a 960T CPU to be unlocked to 6 cores from 4 cores. BIOSTAR?s TA890GXB HD motherboard will be available for around $89 making it an excellent choice for the person that wants to build an inexpensive 6 core system. Overclocking is excellent as well with the V8 setting totally stable. This board can even be set up as an inexpensive HTPC option, though you will probably want a better sound option than the 5.1 provided by the board. The HD 4290 integrated graphics is faster than the last generation of AMD, the 790GX integrated and sufficient for casual gaming.
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" Combining silence, convenience, and style, the Fusion Remote
Black is an excellent enclosure for a home theater PC. With its special
triple chamber design and dual 120mm fans, the Fusion Remote Black runs
quietly and coolly. If that weren't enough, the Fusion Remote Black
boasts an included remote control and media management software. "
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Back in October of last year, Athlon introduced its first Athlon II X3 triple-core processors, the 425 and 435. Working with the less than perfect yields from the Deneb and Propus dies, the Rana die was born. As yields improve, the processors can become more stable at higher clock speeds. In January 2010, the Athlon-II X3-440 was released; a 100MHz speed bump on the X3-435 processor. Now AMD is bumping the speed up by another 100MHz with the release of the X3-445 and the X3-450 is slated to come out later on this year. In this article Benchmark Reviews is closely examining the Athlon-II X3-445 ADX445WFK32GM to see what kind of power can be harnessed from this low-priced, triple-core, potentially unlockable 3.1GHz processor, especially when paired with AMDs newest 890G chipset.
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Much attention has been paid of late to AMD's new 6-core desktop CPU, the Phenom II X6 1090T. While its performance is certainly impressive, its price-over $300 at time of publication-can be off-putting to many system builders. For those whose wallets run a bit leaner these days, AMD has brought us the Athlon II X4 640. This quad-core CPU promises good performance at a low price. Let's take a closer look, and see how it stacks up.
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But the latter of the companies I listed is at it again with a new small form factor case that looks to be aimed at the gamer in us. The Qx-2000 is said to be one of the best gaming SFF on the market says Aerocool. It brings good looks, good cooling and a dual level internal chambers for better heat separation. If all this is true the Qx-2000 is indeed posed to be a major player in the SFF era.
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