Reviews
 Cool IT Systems NV Reference SLI Cooler
The CoolIT Systems coolers are certainly a unique way to get into liquid cooling. They come pre-assembled and are maintenance free. We are taking a look at their dual card cooler for two GeForce 8800 GTXs, but CoolIT offers a very similar variant for the GTX 260/280 and for AMD cards ars well. |
| Date: |
Jul 25, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
VGA Coolers |
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 G.Skill F2-8800 Pi Series CL5 4GB Kit
The G.Skill Pi Series goes a completely different route, that other high-end memory today. Instead of pushing the envelope on voltage, it gives you some crazy performance at default or close to default DDR2 voltage. |
| Date: |
Jul 24, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Memory |
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 Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000 HTPC/Gaming Chassis
Lian-Li is pulling out all the stops with the new Tyr case series. On our testbench is the X2000, which is not only the tallest case we have ever tested, but is packed with SATA backplates for six hard drives, three 140 mm fans and a long list of other features, too numerous to mention. |
| Date: |
Jul 23, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Cases |
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 Lian-Li PC-V1010 Aluminum ATX Case
The Lian-Li V1010 is the successor of the very popular V1000. It now incorporates some of the new and unique features, which you will find in the X2000 or X500, at a much lower price point. |
| Date: |
Jul 22, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Cases |
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 Hiper Osiris Aluminum ATX Case
The Hiper Osiris is the company's newest offering in the crowded case market. It features numerous improvements over the Anubis, while coming in at a lower price point. The case also comes in black or silver and successfully improves on everything we criticized in our Anubis review. |
| Date: |
Jul 16, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Cases |
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 TekNmotion Pulsar SX Gaming Headset
TekNmotion Pulsar SX is the name of a brand new headset aimed at gamers. The Pulsar SX features a USB sound card, vibration feature, and blue lights. This headset has a lot of unique features and costs a mere $59.99 which is cheap considering the integrated USB sound card. |
| Date: |
Jul 15, 2008 |
| Author: |
Frederik S |
| In: |
Headphones |
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 Coolink Chipchilla Chipset Cooler
The Chipchilla from Coolink manages to decrease chipset temperatures while maintaining a low noise level. It is extremely light-weight being constructed of copper and aluminum all for an decent price. Limited availability and some installation issues are all that hold this cooler back. |
| Date: |
Jul 14, 2008 |
| Author: |
LiNKiN |
| In: |
CPU Coolers |
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 Cooler Master Ultimate Circuit Protection 900W
Cooler Master's new Ultimate Circuit Protection power supply is among the first to receive the prestigious 80plus Silver certificate for an efficiency of above 85%. With 900W of output power this PSU can easily handle every rig that you put it into. During our testing we saw very stable voltages, especially 3.3V and 5V delivered great results. |
| Date: |
Jul 11, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Power Supplies |
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 A-DATA 16GB Turbo Compact Flash
A-DATA is pushing the performance envelope with their Turbo series of CF cards. The series goes up to 16 GB and aims to give you the best possible performance - if you are willing to pay for it. |
| Date: |
Jul 10, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Memory |
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 Apevia X-Supra Blue Special Edition
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. |
| Date: |
Jul 9, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Cases |
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 OrigenAE T12 Touch Screen
The OrigenAE T12 is a 12" touch screen that will set you back 800$. It is capable of processing up to 1080p resolution - perfect for that home theater. Thanks to the umbilical cord, you not only have a mouse at your fingertips, but also an IR receiver and USB 2.0 hub. Best of all the OrigenAE T12 does not even require an external power source, everything is integrated in the single cable. |
| Date: |
Jul 8, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Other |
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 Interview: Alex Mei / OCZ
Alex Mei has recently been promoted to Executive Vice President of OCZ Technology. In our interview he shares interesting details about how he got into the Industry, also he talks about OCZ's past and planned future. For example DIY notebooks and the Neural Impulse Actuator. |
| Date: |
Jul 8, 2008 |
| Author: |
Easy Rhino |
| In: |
Interviews |
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 Rosewill R2-RAID Enclosure & RC-218 Controller
The Rosewill R2 is a dual bay RAID enclosure for two 3.5" SATA HDDs. It supports connectivity via USB or eSATA. With the included software you can create RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD arrays for increased performance or data safety. Since eSATA offers the same performance as you would see from an internal drive, the RAID 1 performance is very impressive with over 108 MB/s. |
| Date: |
Jul 7, 2008 |
| Author: |
t_ski |
| In: |
External HDDs |
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 Arctic Cooling Breeze
The Arctic Cooling Breeze is a small desktop fan. It is not intended to cool computer components, instead it helps you keep your cool. The Breeze requires no additional power source, but uses USB 2.0 instead. |
| Date: |
Jul 6, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Other |
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 Point of View GeForce GTX 260 Assassins Creed Edition
At this time NVIDIA's new GTX 260 graphics cards are positioned to be quite a bit more expensive than ATI's similar performing HD 4870. However, NVIDIA includes support for CUDA and PhysX. We also saw amazing overclocking potential on our GTX 260 card, even surpassing the $200 more expensive GTX 280. |
| Date: |
Jul 3, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Video Cards |
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 PowerColor AMD TV Wonder 600 PCIe x1
The new TV Wonder 600 PCIe TV tuner card is the PCI-Express x1 entry level model of the new series. This is also the first time that the TV Wonder series is available in Europe with the PAL standard. It can be used for analog or DVB-T signals and manages MPEG encoding by software. The card is built on a fancy purple PCB, comes with an extremely stylish IR receiver along with a remote and PowerCinema 5. |
| Date: |
Jul 2, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Other |
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 AXP 2.5/3.5" SATA to eSATA & USB Dock
AXP is now offering the very popular external hard drive docking station for SATA drives. The unit can take a 2.5 or 3.5 inch drives and offers eSATA on top of the usual USB 2.0 connectivity. |
| Date: |
Jul 1, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
External HDDs |
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 Diamond HD 4870 512 MB GDDR5
AMD's new Radeon HD 4870 is the first graphics card to feature GDDR5 memory. GDDR5 offers twice the memory bandwidth over previous GDDR generations which helps the HD 4870 gain a nice performance advantage over the HD 4850. |
| Date: |
Jun 30, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Video Cards |
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 Yuin PK1 Ear Buds
Yuin's PK1 earbuds were all the rage when they first hit the market quite a while ago. Since then Yuin has further upped the stakes by introducing the new and improved OK-series earphones. Today we take a look at the PK1s to see if the former earbud champion can still compete in today's market. |
| Date: |
Jun 28, 2008 |
| Author: |
Frederik S |
| In: |
Headphones |
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 Winchip DDR2 667 MHz 16 GB Quad Kit
There are not many manufacturers offering such massive kits, but Winchip has made some waves before with unique offerings. Their 667 MHz 4x 4 GB kit runs at CL5. Such a large capacity kit is intended for very specific scenarios. We try to showcase some of these. |
| Date: |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Memory |
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 Leadtek PX9800 GTX GeForce 9800 GTX
After AMD's successful launch of the HD 4850 Series, NVIDIA decided to drop the price point of the GeForce 9800 GTX to only $199. At this price the card becomes a very affordable product that offers all the performance you need to play the latest games. An additional plus is the support for PhysX via NVIDIA's CUDA implementation. |
| Date: |
Jun 23, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Video Cards |
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 Xigmatek Achilles CPU Cooler
The Xigmatek Achilles S1284 heatsink has many improvements over the famous HDT-S1283 cooler. There are now four U-shaped heatpipes, and they are nickel-plated. The fan design is new and unique as well, with its white LEDs that light up the fan's smoke frame and orange blades. |
| Date: |
Jun 21, 2008 |
| Author: |
t_ski |
| In: |
CPU Coolers |
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 PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
AMD has moved the launch date of the HD 4850 forward, launching it today. The cards are positioned in the $200 range and offer several new features and performance improvements. According to our benchmark results AMD has found a winner with this card that offers excellent price/performance and energy efficiency. |
| Date: |
Jun 19, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Video Cards |
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 MSI R4850 Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
After some confusion, AMD has lifted the NDA for their brand-new Radeon HD 4850 Series today. The RV770 on these boards comes with 800 shaders and boasts 956 million transistors. Together with a new AA architecture the card takes the $200 segment in a storm offering leading performance/dollar and performance/watt. |
| Date: |
Jun 19, 2008 |
| Author: |
W1zzard |
| In: |
Video Cards |
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 A-DATA 32GB Speedy Compact Flash
A-DATA is one of the few companies, which offer 32 GB Compact Flash cards. We take a look at the unit and also give it a go as a hard drive, as it certainly has the size for such a scenario. |
| Date: |
Jun 19, 2008 |
| Author: |
Darksaber |
| In: |
Memory |
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