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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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The recently released Xaser VI is a chassis designed with aggressive lines, and certainly makes a bold statement. Xaser is pronounced "Zzzzaser" and it comes in various color configurations from silver, blue, black and red to mention a few, with this particular model being black with red trimmings. Looking at the case, one can clearly see a sleek presentable design, and with lots of extra effort from the designers to make the case stand out as a progressive enthusiast's gaming rig.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
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The chassis has a large bridging support between the back and the 5 1/4" Drive bays. This support runs across the CPU so your large passive coolers may have problems fitting, if so you can remove this bridge and have the chassis without it. Working forward from the rear, there is quick PCI release tools, very simple and easy to use, they hold quite well. But as always I suggest you remove them if you plan to install any expensive hardware in the slots, and screw the hardware in.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Although not the first of its kind, with overlapping, curved lines and a reflective metal-flake finish, it absolutely makes a show of combined elegance and stature. The black is accentuated by chrome lines and blue lighting, neither subtle nor minimalistic, but far from overstated. It's a good-looking case.
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If you regularly use your notebook on your lap you'll probably know that they can get uncomfortably hot and in some cases almost unbearably hot. In the past couple of years I've already taken a look at a couple of notebook coolers and most of these worked pretty well. All these coolers mainly relied on active cooling (one or more fans) to keep the notebook cool but today I'm taking a look at the ThermalTake NBcool T3000 heatpipe notebook cooler which is entirely passive.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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Internal liquid cooling system components are usually separate pieces, which do require a little extra space in your case, something mid-tower owners may not be able to afford. It also adds complexity and additional time to the installation when the end user has to put everything together themselves. But Thermaltake now has a solution for both problems, the Bigwater 760i.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
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The Thermaltake V1 is a copper base, copper heatpipe/fin CPU cooler compatible with Intel LGA775 and AMD 754/939/AM2 sockets. It has a strange sort of "flower" fin design that resembles something that could have come from the folks over at Zalman.
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Friday, November 16, 2007
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Thermaltake recently added the Max 4 Active Cooling Enclosure to their lineup. This portable unit works with SATA hard drives and allows them to be used with USB 2.0 ports or faster eSATA connections. To help keep the drive cool, there is an 80 mm by 15 mm blue LED fan on one side and black mesh on the front and rear.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Media is the buzz word, with manufacturers gunning for this market with remote controller equiped computers and even whole operating systems designed around providing you with the perfect media platform. Today I have the much anticipated ThermalTake DH 102 which steps into the game with an included 7" 800x600 LCD touch screen panel on the front. It comes packaged with the tried-and-tested iMON software suite, including the remote control. You now don't even need a monitor with your next PC?
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
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The DH-101 is Thermaltake's latest midsize HTPC offering. It features the well known Soundgraph iMON Graphical VFD and a lot of extra controls. It takes a normal ATX mainboard and has space for up to three hard drives, which leaves you free to choose which components you wish to install.
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Friday, November 9, 2007
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What makes the Thermaltake Max Orb stand out from others is the fact that it has 6 heat pipes. The heat pipes have been put together two by two, looking like 3 circles and thereby following the shape of the other coolers in the Orb series.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
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For enthusiasts, stock coolers just never cut it. Period. It doesn't matter whether it's a video card, a CPU, a motherboard chipset, or anything that puts out a decent amount of heat. After-market heatsinks and other cooling solutions have become a huge market. One of the bigger cooling issues these days is graphics cards. Even the big beefy coolers you see on the GeForce 8800 series rarely perform as well as they look. Many times the performance can be radically improved simply by removing all of the thermal paste and using a compound like Arctic Silver 5 and ensuring good contact with the GPU, but sometimes not. This is where Thermaltake steps up to the plate. Their newest incarnation of GPU cooler is the DuOrb CL-G0102, but does it perform well?
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Simply put, this case has it all - a roomy interior, five fans, liquid cooling readiness, a front panel and storage drawer that can be relocated and solid construction. The 250mm side panel fan spans a wide area and provides additional cooling directly to the CPU and other motherboard components.
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The Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Hard Drive Enclosure is different than other enclosures. It offers cooling with style. The silent 80mm fan illuminates the surface around it with blue LED's. While this enclosure may look cool it still serves its' purpose. This enclosure will keep your hard drive plenty cool when transferring data through either USB or eSATA. Let's see what else this enclosure has to offer.
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Today I'll be looking at a new line of external hard drive enclosures from Thermaltake called the Max 4 Active Cooling External HDD Enclosure. This particular hard drive enclosure accepts 3.5" hard drives and connects to either USB 2.0 or eSATA on your computer. It's comes in silver with black trim and a blue LED fan. Let's take a look at the features.
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During last few years, we had a chance to see all kinds of CPU cooler designs; some were efficient, other just good looking. Building on reputation of good CPU cooler manufacturer, Thermaltake released the cooler that is both: attractive and very efficient.
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