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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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"With a name like Arctic Cooling you would probably suspect, and rightly so, this was a company that specialized in high performance cooling hardware for computers. But you may be surprised to learn that Arctic Cooling has recently released several new products that have no ties to cooling at all, such as a line of audio gear. It's one of these that we'll be taking a look at for review today, the Arctic Sound E352 earphones."
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?As a single functioned object, the humble case fan has to achieve a fine balance between airflow and noise emissions. The perfect ratio is not only difficult to reach but also varies with the specific user group: silent enthusiasts will require lower fan speeds so less noise is produced whereas the hardcore gamer will want as much cooling potential as possible.
Arctic Cooling, the thermal solutions company founded in 2001, are well aware of this fine tuning between performance and noise outputs; indeed their F12 Pro TC (Temperature Controlled) fans use accurate temperature detection to control the fan speed more effectively in order to reduce noise levels at lower temperatures. Let?s take a closer look at the ARCTIC F12 Pro TC case fan.
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With AMD's processor line-up as complete as it is, focus has been shifted a bit to the chipset department, and the result is the 890GX. Although it's packed with features, it's surprisingly inexpensive. In addition to introducing the Radeon HD 4290 IGP, it also brings native support for SATA 3.0, improved HD support and much more.
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After a tough year fighting against Intel's chipsets for the Atom platform, NVIDIA is launching a fresh assault with their Next-Generation NVIDIA ION platform. Thanks to the Intel Pine Trail's lacklustre graphics performance, the Next-Generation NVIDIA ION will have a better shot at wresting some market share away from Intel in the super-hot netbook segment.
Let's take a look at the Next-Generation NVIDIA ION and see what it holds for the netbook and nettop market. Is it a necessary addition to all netbooks as NVIDIA hopes it will be? Or will it end up a niche product like the original NVIDIA ION? Let's find out.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
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?The XSPC Razor 5870 full cover GPU water block is very sleek and slim, designed to keep your lighting fast Radeon HD5870 graphics card cool as a cucumber. Temperatures are improved but so is overclocking potential so let's find out just how well the 5870 Razor performs.?
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?Prolimatech has now jumped further into the air cooling market, but this time into new territory: VGA cooling. Looking to build upon the success of their CPU heatsink, they've launched the MK-13, an utter beast of a graphics card cooler that is entirely reminiscent of their Megahalems, sporting a ton of fins, heatpipe technology, and a massive size.?
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"It?s been some weeks since I last checked out a USB 3.0 product and that was early on in the game. Fast forward a little and in that time many motherboards have hit the market complete with USB 3.0 and it?s easier to find USB 3.0 PCI Express controller cards on the market, too.
Our next USB 3.0 products to be put through the paces come by way of German company RaidSonic. They actually sent us their new Icy Box USB 3.0 products several weeks ago when USB 3.0 was first hitting the market, but with Christmas, New Year, CES, a holiday and Chinese New Year, things have been rather hectic. Today, though, we can tell you about these products for you folks who are interested in getting in touch with the speed advantage of USB 3.0 for your external storage needs."
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"When comparing the QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS to the older TS-419P, there is not much to compare. They both look exactly the same. They both have the same Ajax-based software included. Basically, the main upgrade in the TS-459 Pro is in the processor and chipset that QNAP selected. By upgrading the processor to Intel's latest (and fastest) Atom D510, the TS-459 Pro picks up an incredible performance boost..."
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"Today for review I?ve got the Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile Printer. The name Polaroid is synonymous with instant photos and that?s what you get from this printer, little 2? x 3? photos. The Pogo connects to your phone via Bluetooth or it can connect to your camera via USB cable and you can print out instant photos in a matter a seconds. It uses Zink photo paper so there?s no messy ink involved at all. The Pogo is not a bad product, it works and works well and it?s a lot of fun. If you?re expecting studio quality prints, you?re not going to get them, but you will get decent little photos that are fun to share with your friends. As a bonus the prints are actually stickers! So read on to check out a rather cool little product?
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"SSDs still may be a few years away from mainstream acceptance due to the high cost of ownership versus a spinning drive, but for the enthusiast looking to round out their system or someone wanting to give their notebook a kick in the pants, there is no single upgrade that will do that better than a solid state drive. Today we will be taking a look at a drive from Patriot Memory, the 64 GB Torqx."
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"What the Honda Civic is to the Accord, the Pixi Plus is to the Pre Plus. While not entirely hobbled, the Pixi flutters in the shadow of the Pre with a smaller screen, a slower processor, and a lower-resolution camera, but balances the handicaps with a lightweight, easy-to-use form factor that finds fans in nearly everyone who handles it. It will have to be the body that sells it. Even with Wi-Fi added for the Plus variant, we find it hard to recommend the stripped down Pixi when the much more capable Pre stands only $70 away."
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"ModXStream Pro is a power supply series from OCZ featuring a modular cabling system and a very attractive price tag, at this moment featuring 500 W, 600 W and 700 W models, with the manufacturer promising that these units can deliver their labeled wattage at 40? C. Let's see if the 600 W version is a good pick."
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?The OCZ Elixir keyboard has been out for just about 2 years now. We were lucky enough to win one during CES at OCZ?s party. We normally would not review such an old keyboard, but looking around online we found this keyboard for $20 brand new, which for any keyboard is a great deal. So let?s take a look at the Alchemy Series Elixir Gaming keyboard and see if it?s the perfect keyboard for a gamer on a budget."
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"Immediately it is clear that this version of Total War, while familiar to experienced players of the series, presents more options than before. There is the open-ended campaign mode, an opportunity to play to one-off battles both historical and invented."
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"From six different power supply models from Huntkey we tested to date, five of them couldn't deliver their labeled wattage, literally exploding (we posted the videos of the explosions on YouTube). They offered us money to take the reviews down and also started a campaign to make other manufacturers to boycott us, which actually backfired on them. You can read the whole story here. We got our hands on a model from a series we haven't reviewed yet, Balance King, so we were really curious to see if this model would work fine or would also explode like its sisters. Check it out."
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