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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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With USB flash drives going almost anywhere, memory manufacturers have realized this and are designing products that can withstand a fair amount of abuse whether it be leaving it in the washing machine or smashing it against the table a few times. While this quality of construction is good enough for most, for those that demand the absolute best Corsair Memory has designed an ultra rugged USB 2.0 flash drive. We threw it into an eight-foot deep chlorinated pool, boiled it in water for several minutes, and even beat it with a hammer, but was the Corsair Flash Survivor GT able to cope with all of these torturous events?
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If you are constantly changing components and playing with new hardware you sure have noticed that using a case is not the right way to do it. For years HighSpeedPC has been offering their easy to use Tech Stations that give you an open bench to work with. The new 'Top Deck' Tech Station removes one of the biggest problems of the original offering by placing the motherboard - just as the name suggests - on the top.
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The LG KE850 PRADA phone lives up to all the hype surrounding it. It rolls simplicity and sophisication into one with a responsive touch interface that competitors would be jealous of.
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This case supports an amazing seven 120mm fans and two 80mm fans. To top it off, the manufacturer includes 8 of the fans, so you don?t have to break the bank populating them! With nine fans in the system, I was expecting some new competition for my vacuum cleaner. Once again, I was wrong! I was able to hear the noise of my hard drives over the fans, (which brings me back to wanting thicker side panels) so for the normal one or two hard drive install, this case would be exceptionally quiet! This case was made for a user who has a Dual/SLI Video card setup. There are four 120mm fans on the side of the case that line up to where the video cards would typically sit, surrounding them with an impressive amount of fresh,cool air. My setup is still in the stone ages, I do not have a SLI setup (yet), however I do have a dual processor system which heats up quite nicely.
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StealthXStream 600 W is the latest power supply from OCZ, which does not feature a modular cabling system, which helped lowering the price of this unit. It still has a 120-mm fan, is EPS12V-compatible and also supports two video card power connectors for SLI and CrossFire systems and an extremely attractive USD 85 price tag in the USA. Is this a good power supply? Let's see.
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ZEROtherm have produced some very interesting coolers, including their Buterfly range, and GX series for your GPU. Today I have their CF800 and CF900 which look much more like a regular heatsink rather than animal-centric.
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For the hardcore RTSer, the game will mostly revolve around the "all your goldmines are belong to us" strategy, for whoever controls the mines has a noticeable advantage. When this game gets put on the $20 shelf it's time to buy it, but not before or you'll feel like you wasted your cash. Don't get me wrong, I like the game, I just don't think it's worth the $40 that most stores ask for.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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In this review we will be taking a look at two new coolers from Thermaltake, as well as one slightly older cooler for comparison purposes. The new MaxOrb and V1 models will be put head to head, while also going up against a previous generation cooler from Thermaltake, the Big Typhoon VX.
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Samsung is a huge electronics brand and has gained a lot of popularity in the mobile phone market, even though it cannot compete with the giants like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, it is still quite amazing how many new models Samsung brings out each year. Today we are having a look at the SGH-i710 which is a Windows Mobile 5 powered handset. Although many Windows Mobile powered devices tend to be quite similar, Samsung has done a fantastic job to make the SGH-i710 stand out from the crowd. Although the handset we had a look at was the Chinese version, the SGH-i718, overall functionality is the same and so are all the hardware features, the main difference being the language on the handset and some applications. The SGH-i718 has been available on the Chinese market for some time, but the SGH-i710 only became available earlier this year.
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Here we are now in May 2007, and it's update time again. This time it's Photoshop CS3, significantly the tenth version of the program, and the most ambitious to date. It's also somewhat larger than that original version 1.0, since it comes on a DVD and requires 1.5GB of disk space for installation. Version 10.0 improves many existing features, adds some surprising new ones, and also greatly improves the appearance of the user interface, something which has needed doing since version 7.0.
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For while I personally found the matt black finish (of the 'anthracite' version we tested; platinum is also available), minimalist fascia, subtle curves and robust build quality very easy on the eye, a few other folk who saw it found it actually rather bland, especially by Loewe's own high-fashion standards. So we guess we'll have to leave the final decision on the Modus L 37's aesthetics down to you.
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The joystick portion of the X52 has a precision centering mechanism and the spring tension gives realistic feedback. Three spring loaded toggle switches are located below the joystick and can be mapped to two functions per switch. The main trigger is made from metal and is two position allowing you to control two functions from the trigger.
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The original P180 series joined the Performance One family in early 2005. Nearly two years to the anniversary, Antec has released the refined P182 Performance One ATX case. The name may be new, but the engineers borrowed heavily from the old P180 to create this improved design. Benchmark Reviews has compared both cases side by side, and we clearly define the innovative changes in the new Antec P182 Performance One ATX Case in this review.
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The stock performance I got out of the TA690G was certainly impressive. The 690G and SB600 leads to a budget multimedia machine or workstation without cutting any corners. This board should definitely be on your must-consider list for anyone tight on cash.
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Lian Li continues the expansion of their Classical Series cases, and today we take a look at one of the newest editions - The PC-A12. We'll take a look at the layout and features of this case to see if it's worth its 140 USD price.
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