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Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Let's see how general requirements to entry-level motherboards agree with what ECS engineers have in mind. This company is quite experienced in designing low-end motherboards.
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Over the years we have looked at several power supplies from SilverStone through their Strider, Element, and Zeus series. All of these power supplies have generally performed very well and a number of them are still running strong within our test labs. SilverStone though has greater competition these days from companies like OCZ / PC Power & Cooling and Corsair. However, one of their newer power supply series at SilverStone is the Decathlon, which looks to appease users by offering a high-performance single +12V rail, support for up to six PCI Express power connectors, Active PFC, and a 100% modular cable design. In this review we are looking at the SilverStone Decathlon 800W power supply.
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The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 retail box is black with red accents. This is the case it should be since ATI graphics are known to be red. Also, red and black are my favorite colors. While the box says it supports some stuff, there is no mention of Linux support even though AMD has said it wants its partners to include a penguin or other open sourcey stuff on the box. The Catalyst 8.6 drivers for Linux support this GPU and were released last month.
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Jabra's BT8040 pretty much blows other Bluetooth headsets out of the water with its simple, yet elegant design along with its impressive host of features. It is small yet packed with fantastic features such as MultiPoint technology (the ability to connect to two different devices simultaneously), A2DP for streaming music wirelessly, plus an intelligent noise reduction and volume equalisation technology that offers great sound quality. If you're looking for a cutting-edge wireless headset, you've just found it. Just remember that since it's a mono headset you won't get a full stereo listening experience.
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Now we have at our doorstep the Vendetta Dos ok the Vendetta 2. This new and improved Vendetta is bigger and sports a larger cooling fan. Naturally, we would think that a larger version of a similar cooler would deem better temps and higher overclocks. Well we are here today to see if the theory correct.
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The Revoltec LightMouse Portable und Collectors Edition arrived Technic3D. The LightMouse Portable offers the highest possible precision for every usage with its PAN 3101 sensor and a sampling rate of 1000 dpi? The integrated optical sensor is particularly low-current and is optimised for mobile operations. The retractable connector cable of the LightMouse Portable is fitted with a small cable reel thereby ensuring space-saving storage of the mouse without any cable spaghetti. You can see that in the following Review.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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The Thermalright IFX-14 uses eight heatpipes to move heat from the base plate to the cooling fins, and these pipes are larger and more numerous than on many of the other big coolers on the market. Overall it is larger than any other cooler I have had a chance to use, including some titans like the Tuniq Tower 120 and Zalman CNPS 9700, which we will see compared side-by-side in this review.
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The X-Supra is a new mainstream case from Apevia, which features all the usual extras like a handful of colorful fronts, screw-less design and fan controller. On top of that you can go for a huge 250 mm side fan or a windowed variant with a smaller 120 mm fan. The special edition features a solid side panel.
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Over the past few years XFX have become well known for their range of factory overclocked graphics cards. They started with the XXX brand but more recently cemented their position as leading performers with the release of Black Edition products. Asus on the other hand have generally been known for making reference specification cards with value adding extras but in recent times they have moved into the area of serious overclocking. Today we have factory overclocked cards from each of these manufacturers and we will be putting them head to head in a variety of tests including gaming at 2560x1600, high definition playback and PhysX calculations. In addition to this we will also take a look at how each of the cards compares to various other products which are available on the market, including the Geforce GTX 260, and Radeon 4870.
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Alienware is a name we know for the top of the line gaming machines and laptops. Today we will be looking at one of their latest offerings the m15x 15.4-inch laptop. Alienware has really pulled out all the stops with this laptop, making it both visually appealing and packing some serious components inside to play the latest games. We've had the m15x for about a month now and we love it. Read on to see how powerful this machine is and how it will catch everyone's attention at the next Lan Party you attend!
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If you take a budget chipset and mix it with a company like ECS you will get an incredible priced motherboard. In this case you will get the P43T-A2. The P43A is ECS's first P43 motherboard on the market. Even with all its short comings compared to the P45 this board offers the everyday Joe with everything they would need to build a stable and very complete system.
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Pioneer has introduced a system that appeals to not only the distinguished ear of the audiophile, but to those that are willing to spend a little more for a lot more sound. Pioneer's X-Z9 is an all-in-one stereo solution that brings audio fidelity into the digital home with its Apple iPod interface, XM and Sirius satellite radio support and networking capability so you can stream music from your home PC.
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The small form factor desktop PC market heats up with Acer's introduction of the Acer Aspire X3600. Capable of Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback and bundled with an appropriate large screen and other supporting accessories, the X3600 looks to be worth its weight in gold. Find out what we thought about it.
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If you're looking for the ultimate in security for transporting your important documents on the move, you've come to the right place. Tougher than the British SAS in North Africa circa 1943, Kingston's DataTraveler BlackBox (78x22x12mm) is a hardware-based encrypted and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) validated USB Flash drive.
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Iceberg is an all-aluminum mid-tower case from Raidmax featuring four 5 1/2" bays, four internal 3 1/2" bays and four 120-mm fans, coming with a terrific price tag of only USD 150 (a bargain for an all-aluminum case) and targeted to mainstream users. Let's take an in-depth look on this case from Raidmax.
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