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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Sapphire is one of the first AMD partnes to release an in-house-designed Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. Pre-overclocked and quieter than the reference model, we tell you if it's worth the cash.
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Not long ago, I looked into a new line of units from BFG Tech, the LS series. Today, I'll have a look at the 550W model and see how it performs compared to the 680W. Efficiency is given as greater than 80% typical, and though they don't mention it, this model is 80 Plus certified. You will recall that big brother didn't quite manage to pull that off, and I'll be interested to see what happens on the load tester with this unit. Come in and join me, won't you?
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The main participants are AMD Phenom X3 8450/8750 and Phenom X4 9550/9850 on one hand, and Core 2 Duo 4300/4400/4500/4600/4700 (the entire E4x00 family) as well as the new Core 2 Duo E7200 on the other hand. No deep analytical conclusions this time. This article is to help users make a choice.
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The Corsair Flash Voyager Mini 4GB arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will see the little brother from the Voyager against other Flash-Drives. Critical size? You can see the speed in the following Review.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Kingwin's EL-35EU-SBL Elite USB 2.0 and eSATA drive enclosure is a sharp looking product that could simply use some better software. If you want an eSATA drive enclosure and only need basic back up capabilities, already have back up software, or don't intend to use the back up capabilities, I could recommend this enclosure. If are looking for a back up system that offers configuration flexibility, this may not be a good choice for you.
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Fancy a factory overclocked GTX 260? We take a peek at two of XFX's latest XXX edition GPU's in SLI and pitch them against ATI's current flagship HD4870 cards.
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Today, Vizo introduces a new product to their already burgeoning lineup: the SHE-260ST. This 2.5" external hard drive enclosure promises greater value, innovation, and most important of all, functionality than the rest of its competition. Having forged a solid reputation for producing quality computing accessories in the past, Vizo is intent on marketing this enclosure to both professionals and enthusiasts alike. Will the SHE-260ST make the grade? Can it withstand other highly successful and equally priced external enclosure solutions? Read on as we?ve done the hard work for you in order to find out!
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The Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000 is certainly an impressive piece of hardware, combining a gorgeous and unique design, an innovative layout, simply superlative noise levels and impressive cooling performance. However, there are a few minor blemishes on the face of this otherwise fantastic case, and sadly most of them are directed towards the case's front fascia panel.
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So what does it take to beat the Thermalright Ultra-120 when it comes to all out performance? Well an improved Ultra-120 in this case it is called the Ultra-120 Extreme. So in order to beat the best you have to make it better. Now I think this is Thermalright thinking and we are here today to see if this is true. Will the two extra heat pipes that were added to the original make enough of a difference to dethrone the king? We will take time to put the new cooler through some tests and see what happens.
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We don't have the Khaos on the review table for you today but we do have another good looking case from NZXT, the Tempest. NZXT has this case labeled as the Airflow King. At first sight you can see this case may be able to live up to that slogan and if you can't see the reason for this slogan then let me spell it out for you. This case can hold up to six 120mm cooling fans and the fans are placed in areas where they would blow over the motherboard, video card and hard drives.
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The picture quality too is as good as, if not better than, the video recorded from my media pc, though I think it maybe not quite as good as DVD quality but it WAS a rip from a DVD so it would have been compressed and therefore cannot be as good. I played it on all outputs, composite, svideo and component and they all worked fine with component giving the best results, as you would expect.
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Razer and THX have teamed up together to design the Razer Mako 2.1 THX Certified Multimedia System. This sound system offers OmniDirectional speakers which fill the entire room with surround sound. The Mako comes equipped with an all-in-one touch sensitive control pod which allows you have the controls right at your fingertips. The control pod also provides 3.5mm headphone jack for quiet listening and a 3.5mm auxiliary input jack for those looking to hookup their iPod or MP3 player. This system certainly beats others out there in sound quality, even those Bose MP3 player systems you might have.
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The 9600 GSO has been out for a while now, but we haven't really seen many of them around. The first one we saw was from Palit and carried with it a large 768MB of memory with quite a hefty overclock to boot. At the same time, it did have some issues in our test bed. While we loved the card, we probably didn't really get to have as close a look as we normally would. We all know that the 9600 GSO is nothing more than an 8800 GS with a new name, but how does the card sit in the current market? Is it something worth considering or should we just opt for the slightly more expensive 9600GT?
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Antec Three Hundred is an inexpensive mini-tower case for users demanding a small yet powerful case - according to the manufacturer there is enough room for you to install video cards from GeForce 8800 family in it, featuring three 5.25" bays, six internal 3.5 " bays, one 120-mm rear fan, one top 140-mm fan (both with individual speed control), plus space for installing three extra 120-mm fans (two on the front and one at the side). Let's take an in-depth look on this latest release from Antec.
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iStar originally catered more towards IT professionals and the like, but in recent years, they have started creating products that the average consumer can use on a daily basis. Items such as ATX computer cases, hard drive coolers and external hard drive enclosures are all items now offered by iStar. Today we will be taking a look at one of iStar's new products, the T5F-SS, a mobile hard drive rack for use with any 3.5" SATA drive.
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