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RaidMAX Scorpio Case Review @ OCC
"When I got this case the other day to start the review, my wife asked me why computer cases are such a big deal. When she asked me that, I thought about a conversation that I had with a friend of mine a while back, because I used to wonder the same thing. Sure, some cases offer better airflow, more cooling potential, etc. But what it really comes down to is that computers today are like the muscle cars that some of us grew up with. We'll build, tinker and soup them up to run hot down the road, but... it's always nice to have a nice looking ride as well as a fast one. Hence, the big desire for a slick looking tricked out case. Granted, it's usually a lot more fun to do it yourself, but sometimes you just don't want to fool with it. And this is where the manufacturers of pre-modded cases come in. Today we've got the chance to look over the RaidMax Scorpio case in blue flavor thanx to our good buddies at XP Cases."
See more about this topic here.
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Modular Antec TruePower 480 Watt Power Supply @ TwistedMods
"This is indeed one of the best power supplies I’ve ever had the pleasure of reviewing. There is literally nothing wrong with it at all. The quality of the sleeving and the heatshrink tubing are flawless. The braided sleeving goes all the way into the power supply which makes this power supply look incredible and clean when installed into a custom built computer."
See more about this topic here.
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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB @ Bjorn3d
"One of the perks of working on a hardware website is the opportunity to try out the high-end stuff you never would be able to afford to buy. I've been running a ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB in my machine for some time now and today released a review of it complete with lots of benchmarks and game screenshots."
See more about this topic here.
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Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Motherboard Review @ GruntvillE
"Looking at the big picture, one can’t help but notice the thought that went into the placement of connectors on the IC7-G. With the exception of the Fire wire and USB headers, all of the connectors are at the edge of the board. It’s pretty obvious that the design team that worked on this board has spent some time around PC’s. The placement of the AGP slot is far enough away from the DIMM slots to not cause problems with some of the longer video cards like some motherboards. The inclusion of 5 fan headers will allow the most paranoid user to monitor as many fans as possible."
See more about this topic here.
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Samsung Yepp YP-55V MP3 player @ DesignTechnica
"The YP55V is certainly one of the most fully featured MP3 players on the market. In fact an MP3 player is a poor way to describe the YP55V since it is also able to record from 3 different sources. Certainly I can't think of any other features besides expandable memory to add to the YP55V without having to reclassify it."
See more about this topic here.
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MSI CR52-M 52/32/52 CDRW @ Viper Lair
"Since the CDRW occupied most of the disc, we can see the CR52-A2 inching closer to its maximum thoroughput. The drive tops out at about 51x, and averages about 39x through the disc. CPU usage was low as well, so the drive shouldn't drag your system to a halt when reading data CDs."
See more about this topic here.
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Thermaltake HardCano 10 Review @ LittleWhiteDog
"Devices like the one we're reviewing here today have come a long way in the last couple of years. According to what I've been able to dig up so far, it was sometime around 1999 when somebody came up with the idea making a device that would provide you with an easy way to control the speed of your case fans. Most of the early controllers, were internal "black box" type devices that would decrease the amount of voltage being fed to a fan, thus reducing its speed. A few months later, things had advanced to the point where rheostats were being used, so that a person could have direct control over the speed of their fans simply by turning a dial. Fast forwarding to 2003, there are currently dozens of manufacturers mass-producing fan controllers, temperature monitoring devices, and system information display units, in nearly every possible configuration you can imagine.[/"
See more about this topic here.
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Spire SB420B8 CopperStream P4 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
"Spire are an interesting cooler company because they produce such a wide variety of heatsinks. For example, some past models have been pretty poorly finished and capable of only moderate performance at best. Recent models have made significant improvements on quality control standards, and better designs have improved thermal performance greatly."
See more about this topic here.
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Enermax Double-Shot Case Review @ The Tech Lounge
"We’ve looked at a few cases from Enermax before, and so far they have all been decent at the very least. The cases we are looking at today are actually similar to the Enermax CS-528 case, with the exception of the front panel and some other things. The reason we have decided to review two cases in one article is that they are identical aside from the front panels. As we have seen already, Enermax knows how to build a quality case with lots of features; hopefully they have kept the same standards of quality with these cases. These cases utilize some unique bay covers that make installing new 5.25" a little less of a hassle. More about this feature and all the others later..."
See more about this topic here.
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Aopen AK77-600 MAX Review @ AMDZone
"The Aopen AK77-600 has built upon the great features of the 400 version. Firewire, Lan, 6 channel audio, 4 Serial ATA ports, dual bios, and more. With great accessories and an excellent software bundle this board has it all. The board also has good overclocking and fan control options in the bios."
See more about this topic here.
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Horse of Iron's PolarFlow milled water block @ Techwarelabs
"Horse of Iron is a full service machine shop. They specialize in robotics, laser, and the computer industry. Recently the Techware Labs was sent a sample of their water block and fan adapter for review. Each of the products from Horse of Iron is milled from solid metal. Fan adapters are milled from solid aluminum and the water block is milled from both aluminum and copper. Milling from a solid piece of metal is worth mentioning because the alternative is a block or adapter made from a mold and molten metal. Such a product is inferior due the the possibility of bubbles in the metal. Additionally, molded pieces crack more easily when portions of the metal that were poured cool faster than others. Milling is a more expensive, time consuming process, however, the end result is a product that will stand up to time and stress."
See more about this topic here.
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Albatron KX18D Pro II Motherboard Review @ PCStats
"While nVIDIA is losing its position as graphic core market leader, the nForce2 has held top spot in the AMD chipset world for the last year without much effort. The competition has simply been unable to mount any sort of counter, even after so long a time... one has to be wondering why VIA lost their magic?"
See more about this topic here.
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Asus nForce3 SK8N with AMD Opteron 240 Review @ HardwareZoom
"AMD is now armed with "Hammers", to attack Intel with their Opteron. Opteron is the first x86 CPU using 64-bit architecture. Having 64-bit support allows much higher memory addressability than 32-bit. In addition, Opteron features an integrated dual PC2700 memory controller which gives lower latency compare to external memory controller in the north bridge. Another special feature is HyperTransport that gives a total bandwidth of 6.4GB/s for CPU to communicate with other devices.
Obviously Opteron is targeted to server platform because of its large cache size and ability to run in Multi-Processors mode for some of its models. We will take a look at all the available models later in this review."
See more about this topic here.
"When I got this case the other day to start the review, my wife asked me why computer cases are such a big deal. When she asked me that, I thought about a conversation that I had with a friend of mine a while back, because I used to wonder the same thing. Sure, some cases offer better airflow, more cooling potential, etc. But what it really comes down to is that computers today are like the muscle cars that some of us grew up with. We'll build, tinker and soup them up to run hot down the road, but... it's always nice to have a nice looking ride as well as a fast one. Hence, the big desire for a slick looking tricked out case. Granted, it's usually a lot more fun to do it yourself, but sometimes you just don't want to fool with it. And this is where the manufacturers of pre-modded cases come in. Today we've got the chance to look over the RaidMax Scorpio case in blue flavor thanx to our good buddies at XP Cases."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Modular Antec TruePower 480 Watt Power Supply @ TwistedMods
"This is indeed one of the best power supplies I’ve ever had the pleasure of reviewing. There is literally nothing wrong with it at all. The quality of the sleeving and the heatshrink tubing are flawless. The braided sleeving goes all the way into the power supply which makes this power supply look incredible and clean when installed into a custom built computer."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB @ Bjorn3d
"One of the perks of working on a hardware website is the opportunity to try out the high-end stuff you never would be able to afford to buy. I've been running a ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB in my machine for some time now and today released a review of it complete with lots of benchmarks and game screenshots."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Abit IC7-G Max II Advance Motherboard Review @ GruntvillE
"Looking at the big picture, one can’t help but notice the thought that went into the placement of connectors on the IC7-G. With the exception of the Fire wire and USB headers, all of the connectors are at the edge of the board. It’s pretty obvious that the design team that worked on this board has spent some time around PC’s. The placement of the AGP slot is far enough away from the DIMM slots to not cause problems with some of the longer video cards like some motherboards. The inclusion of 5 fan headers will allow the most paranoid user to monitor as many fans as possible."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Samsung Yepp YP-55V MP3 player @ DesignTechnica
"The YP55V is certainly one of the most fully featured MP3 players on the market. In fact an MP3 player is a poor way to describe the YP55V since it is also able to record from 3 different sources. Certainly I can't think of any other features besides expandable memory to add to the YP55V without having to reclassify it."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
MSI CR52-M 52/32/52 CDRW @ Viper Lair
"Since the CDRW occupied most of the disc, we can see the CR52-A2 inching closer to its maximum thoroughput. The drive tops out at about 51x, and averages about 39x through the disc. CPU usage was low as well, so the drive shouldn't drag your system to a halt when reading data CDs."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Thermaltake HardCano 10 Review @ LittleWhiteDog
"Devices like the one we're reviewing here today have come a long way in the last couple of years. According to what I've been able to dig up so far, it was sometime around 1999 when somebody came up with the idea making a device that would provide you with an easy way to control the speed of your case fans. Most of the early controllers, were internal "black box" type devices that would decrease the amount of voltage being fed to a fan, thus reducing its speed. A few months later, things had advanced to the point where rheostats were being used, so that a person could have direct control over the speed of their fans simply by turning a dial. Fast forwarding to 2003, there are currently dozens of manufacturers mass-producing fan controllers, temperature monitoring devices, and system information display units, in nearly every possible configuration you can imagine.[/"
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Spire SB420B8 CopperStream P4 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
"Spire are an interesting cooler company because they produce such a wide variety of heatsinks. For example, some past models have been pretty poorly finished and capable of only moderate performance at best. Recent models have made significant improvements on quality control standards, and better designs have improved thermal performance greatly."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Enermax Double-Shot Case Review @ The Tech Lounge
"We’ve looked at a few cases from Enermax before, and so far they have all been decent at the very least. The cases we are looking at today are actually similar to the Enermax CS-528 case, with the exception of the front panel and some other things. The reason we have decided to review two cases in one article is that they are identical aside from the front panels. As we have seen already, Enermax knows how to build a quality case with lots of features; hopefully they have kept the same standards of quality with these cases. These cases utilize some unique bay covers that make installing new 5.25" a little less of a hassle. More about this feature and all the others later..."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Aopen AK77-600 MAX Review @ AMDZone
"The Aopen AK77-600 has built upon the great features of the 400 version. Firewire, Lan, 6 channel audio, 4 Serial ATA ports, dual bios, and more. With great accessories and an excellent software bundle this board has it all. The board also has good overclocking and fan control options in the bios."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Horse of Iron's PolarFlow milled water block @ Techwarelabs
"Horse of Iron is a full service machine shop. They specialize in robotics, laser, and the computer industry. Recently the Techware Labs was sent a sample of their water block and fan adapter for review. Each of the products from Horse of Iron is milled from solid metal. Fan adapters are milled from solid aluminum and the water block is milled from both aluminum and copper. Milling from a solid piece of metal is worth mentioning because the alternative is a block or adapter made from a mold and molten metal. Such a product is inferior due the the possibility of bubbles in the metal. Additionally, molded pieces crack more easily when portions of the metal that were poured cool faster than others. Milling is a more expensive, time consuming process, however, the end result is a product that will stand up to time and stress."
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Albatron KX18D Pro II Motherboard Review @ PCStats
"While nVIDIA is losing its position as graphic core market leader, the nForce2 has held top spot in the AMD chipset world for the last year without much effort. The competition has simply been unable to mount any sort of counter, even after so long a time... one has to be wondering why VIA lost their magic?"
See more about this topic here.
<hr>
Asus nForce3 SK8N with AMD Opteron 240 Review @ HardwareZoom
"AMD is now armed with "Hammers", to attack Intel with their Opteron. Opteron is the first x86 CPU using 64-bit architecture. Having 64-bit support allows much higher memory addressability than 32-bit. In addition, Opteron features an integrated dual PC2700 memory controller which gives lower latency compare to external memory controller in the north bridge. Another special feature is HyperTransport that gives a total bandwidth of 6.4GB/s for CPU to communicate with other devices.
Obviously Opteron is targeted to server platform because of its large cache size and ability to run in Multi-Processors mode for some of its models. We will take a look at all the available models later in this review."
See more about this topic here.