The Spire Pininfarina is a very unique case, designed by the Italian design studio. The 6 mm thick aluminum and steel body make this case really heavy. It is a real back breaker if you plan to carry this one to a LAN party. The unique looks also continue with the butterfly doors, which make for some very simple installation.
The QNAP QBack-25 is an external HDD enclosure for 2.5" HDDs connected via USB. The use of 2.5" drives allows that it is powered by USB only. What makes the unit special is the included backup software which can easily compete with professional solutions. It is very easy to use and has a clean screen layout. Optional 256-bit AES encryption helps you protect your data from prying eyes. With a price of about $35 this unit is also very competitively priced.
The NZXT Hush is the newest case in their line-up. The name is also the main feature of this enclosure, as the interior is covered by noise reducing dampening foam. This includes the bottom, sides, front and top of the case. While the interior layout is not very unique, but the screwless design is a great addition and works well. As we are used to from NZXT the exterior design looks great, especially with the blue LED fan and lighting in the door.
I was extremely pleased with the Andy Samurai Master Cooler. The quality of the construction is excellent, the base is very smooth and flat, and the whole cooler is light in weight. The installation was so incredibly easy, it only required a few quick steps, and nothing had to be removed from the case to install it. On top of that, the performance was great. Although fan noise was not completely silent, it was rather low and, in fact, much lower than the three heatsinks tested against it.
The SteelSeries SX gaming mouse pad is made from highly polished aluminum which gives this pad a completely new type of surface grip. In our testing we come to the conclusion that the pad is extremely accurate and great for fast paced gaming. The only drawback is the high price of almost $60.
The Cyber Snipa Pro Gamer Mouse Matt is a perfectly sized cloth pad. It is surprisingly thin and comes packaged in a clear tube. The image on the pad gears this surface toward FPS gamers. The slighly rough surface may take a bit of getting used to, but actually works quite well. We take three different mice for a spin on the surface. The Cyber Snipa pad is sized perfectly for mid range gamers while still being small enough for high sensitity players and big enough if you use low sensitivity settings.
Zalman had new versions of the HD160 and HD160 XT cases that were using improved display technology. Also on display were new watercooling blocks and several new headphones.
One of the things I like about the Sunbeam 3D Storm case is the mesh front with washable open-cell foam to help keep dust from entering the system. The black mesh and the silver aluminum add a subtle touch of class to the case and give it a lot of style. The 3D Core Fan system adds greater flexibility to the positioning of the fans, as well as supporting up to four 120 mm fans. The Core Fan system works very well to help reduce component temperatures, especially with passively cooled components.
A-DATA is expanding their rugged flash memory line-up with the RB19. It features a thick rubber casing and is not just water resistant, but completely water proof. The green/gray USB stick looks quite nice and does have a very solid impression. We benchmark the flash drive and even drop it in a glass of water, to make sure it can deliver flawlessly after the dive.
Thermaltake has a lot of new products on display. It ranges from brand new Xaser and Armor cases, over R600 and G80 coolers, new and massive CPU cooler to HTPC cases. You will also find some unique accessories and a 2000W ToughPower PSU at their booth at Computex
Silverstone is displaying a large number of new products, ranging from fanless 500W to single & multi rail 1200W power supplies over HTP cases to a new series of budget cases created out of steel & aluminum. Besides that you will find new and uniquw HTPC cases at their booth.
High Power is showing off multiple graphic card power supplies as well as a whole line-up of high efficiency units with up to 1000W under the hood. You will also find the exclusive uint with digital Voltage meter and their value power supplies at their booth.
Walton Chaintech used to offer mainboards, but has moved to produce NVIDIA graphic cards and memory. You will find Aprogee GT DDR2 and DDR3 memory with high-end heatspreaders and NVIDIA graphic cards, which still carry the Chaintech brand. The company offers their own GeForce 8600 GT and GTS design with after market coolers.
HIS shows a Dual 2600 XT card which is based on an ATI design. Other new products were an EMI blocking card that can improve audio quality when used with an external sound card. Also we saw several power supplies from HIS.
ECS had a large number of motherboards on display that come with all the latest in chipset technology. Also an RD790 live demo could be seen. In addition to that ECS shows off their new GeForce 8 lineup - all cards come with HDMI support. Another cool thing to look at were two prototype cases that were submitted to an Intel Design Contest.
The Cooler Master Stacker 832 is the company's biggest, baddest and by far most unique case. It is the third generation Stacker and has not only grown in overall dimensions but also has some very unique features. Screwless drive installation, mainboard tray and very quiet fans make this case perfect for high-end SLI or Crossfire systems.
Kingston has recreated the Taipei 101 by using memory modules and is displaying DDR3 at 1375 MHz. You will also find DDR2 running at 800 MHz and CL3-3-3 at their booth. Kingston also produces various memory cards and USB flash drives, all of which can be viewed at their booth.
Evercool has a small booth in Hall 1. It is packed to the rim with different cooling products. There is a CPU liquid cooling system as big as a normal air cooler and several very unique notebook and component cooling products.
G.Skill has a clear wall with all their different memory modules on display at Computex. We show you all the interesting and very colorful offerings including their high-end DDR2 and DDR3 models. You will also find DDR3 running at 1600 MHz at CL8 at their booth.
Noctua and Coolink are sharing a booth at Computex. The unique brown fans and the large and extremely well performing NF-S12 are present. Cooling is introducing the Silenator CPU Cooler and is displaying their fan line-up as well as their other cooling products.
Patriot is showing off a few very interesting and spacious USB flash devices at their booth. These have a capacity of up to 16 GB. The same goes for their SDHC card present. You will also find DDR3 up and running, for example DDR3 1500 MHz and DDR2 1262.5 MHz in their display case.
You will not find any overclocked DDR2 or DDR3 memory at the Qimonda booth. They have focused on special products like memory embedded on a mainboard or SODIMM to DIMM adapters. DDR memory and the full range of DDR3 memory - including DDR3 SODIMMs can be viewed at their booth
At this year's Computex you could see an incredible number of hot girls that were presenting products or playing games with the crowd. We took over 190 photos of the hottest babes in their short sexy skirts. Full resolution shots are available for your viewing pleasure.
The Killer NIC by Bigfoot Networks is a network card specifically designed for the needs of gamers. It comes with a 400 MHz RISC processor onboard that handles all network processing functions, giving the games more CPU time to use. In addition to that the processor can run small applications like a Firewall or BitTorrent client independently from the host system.
Arctic Cooling is displaying some very unique cooling solutions. There is a new Accelero GPU cooler for today's high end cards like the R600, as well as the new Freezer. Both carry the Xtreme name tag. There are a few mainstream and low profile coolers as well as the first power supply present at the booth with high efficiency rating.
