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Sunday, May 20, 2007
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If you take a look at Asus' website, you may notice one very interesting observation: They make, like, everything. Right off my head, I can already check off motherboards, graphics cards, cases, PDAs, laptops, optical drives, networking products... what's next, a sound card (Oh wait, remember the Xonar D2 and D2X at CeBIT earlier this year)? Anyway, when it comes to thermal solutions and component cooling, Asus probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Roughly two weeks ago, Asus contacted me and asked me if I wanted to take a look at their latest CPU cooling solution -- the Asus Arctic Square. I am always enthusiastic to try new things, but I must confess, right at that moment... I vaguely remember thinking that, in straightforward terms -- it'll probably be a disappointment (Sorry, I was just being honest!). But after going through some testing, I discovered that my initial thoughts regarding Asus' Arctic Square is quite far from the truth. And let me tell you why.
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After having used some of the better water cooling systems on the market it was quite evident that they were not able to handle the hot humid days of summer. So when we spoke to the nice guys from CoolIT Systems at CES back in January we appeared to have found some devices that might be able to satisfy our summer heat problems. Today we are reviewing the CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler and I have to admit that after using it for about 30-days we are totally blown away by the results. Come check them out for yourself.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
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Hot Swap feature characterizes iTower 930, making it more unique than rare: if there are similar product, then they have bigger sizes and higher prices. Its price is another benefit: this case came out for over 100? area and it prevents other wastes of money, integrating four Hot Swap bays being needed for particular tasks. Quality is good enough and retention mechanism are extremely precise as well. Moreover you'll be able to connect whatever you want thanks to the four USB2.0 plugs on the front panel. Despite of all, iTower 930 is a high quality enclosure and its limit concerns only its dimensions.
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The 3R-Systems IceAge CPU Heatsink arrived Technic3D. Direct Touch Heatpipes on the Base are the Key for a new cooling concept? See you in the following Review the new IceAge against others CPU Cooler.
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Not a name widely recognized in the US, SteelSeries offers a growing range of peripherals geared towards the gaming community. Today, HardwareLogic tests their S&S mousepad and weighs the pros and cons compared to the previously reviewed QcK+.
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With so many electronic products using so many different memory cards it is a pain to carry all of them around. And you also need a card reader to read all of these different cards. Well OCZ has come up with a solution to this problem. They have taken 3 of the most popular types of memory cards and put them into 1 device. The OCZ Trifecta is a microSD, SD, and USB drive all in one.
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Thermaltake's flagship air cooler is definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for a heatsink. The Orbs have a solid history of being good performers and the Max Orb continues that tradition. The new design with six heat pipes and three rows of aluminum fins improve the overall performance by dissipating heat more effectively.
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Lots of people are comparing it to the performance of overclocked 8800 GTX cards too, which sometimes out perform the stock clocked 8800 Ultra. I can't really speak to that since I don't have a stock clocked 8800 Ultra to test. What I can say is that people didn't complain so much when the overclocked 8800 GTS 320MB cards outperformed the stock 8800 GTS cards.
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In the high speed world of gaming having the right mouse can mean the difference between pwning, and being pwned. OCZ has been helping people pwn for years with their RAM, but what do they know about peripherals? Let's find out!
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The performance of these Reaper HPCs at 5-5-5 certainly was bright enough to blind me without glasses. I still can't get over how well they scale above DDR1200 with such small amounts of voltage. Obviously the ability for these crazy high clocks to continue rising just isn't there. I saw with my P5B-Dlx that it simply couldn't handle dual-channel memory past DDR1280 although the memory seemed more than willing. It appears as though the tortoise has caught up to the hare and is going to pass him...until the new round of chipsets come out which has already begun.
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GlacialPower is a new player on the power supply circuit, and is a division of thermal solutions provider GlacialTech. Instead of doing things the cheap way, GlacialPower has gone after the high end PSU market. It has taken a hint from the leaders and is advertising its PSU ratings at 45 degrees Celsius, in effect giving you the "real world" power rating.
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The XTracPads Mad Dotz try to overcome the weakest link between a mouse and the mouse pad - the glide feet. The Mad Dotz greatly reduce the friction between the two parts and make mouse movement a lot easier and increase the speed greatly. At a price of just under four US Dollars, these Dotz perform well for a limited time.
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You would think that the Radeon X1950PRO would just about be discontinued, with the new mid-range graphics cards from Nvidia offering Direct X 10 and the HD 2600 just around the corner, why would you even bother looking at the AMD DX9 counterpart? Well the new Nvidia cards come with an increased price tag and do not seem to offer the punch that the last generations do in DX 9 games. If you are not looking at jumping onto the DX 10 bandwagon straight away the X1950PRO and 7900GS are still very real examples of mid-range graphics cards you would consider buying.
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This external hard drive enclosure from Antec promises a good balance between cooling and noise, with vibration damping installed inside; the hard drive can be accessed over USB 2.0 or eSATA and the MX-1 comes with the needed gear to get everything set up.
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The Cooljag Falcon 92-AL is an aluminum heatsink designed for use on the latest Intel and AMD processors. It has a 92mm internally illuminated which is thermally responsive (it changes speed based in case air temp.), and on the while the heatsink operates quietly. Like many heatsinks being released this year, the Falcon 92-AL is a two part deal...
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