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Monday, March 9, 2009
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We reviewed no less than three high output power supply products from Xigmatek in the past few months all of which were premium products and received glowing reports. Today we will test the performance of a mid-range product from Xigmatek, the NRP-MC651 650W. The NRP-MC651 is sourced from the same range as the MC851 850W which we reviewed not long ago. The unit on test today however is considerably less expensive and meant to compete in the mainstream market. Today we will find out the corners Xigmatek have cut to reduce the price for the different market.
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The OCZ 2GB Diesel USB 2.0 Flash drive is a decent little device as long as you aren't looking for blistering fast transfer rates. The Diesel should be fast enough for mainstream use or for those that don't do a whole lot of file transfers. If you only use a USB 2.0 Flash drive to back data up or to move files around when needed the Diesel should be perfect. The OCZ Diesel also has a slick looking appearance and is certainly not bad looking by any means...
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Last week at Tech-Reviews we reviewed Asus? Silent Knight II CPU cooler; today we have another Asus CPU cooler for review: the Asus Axe Square. As I'm sure you're fully aware, the computing industry has evolved massively in the last few years. One form of product which has seriously advanced - to keep up with the newer processors - is the CPU cooler. This product has not just developed in terms of cooling the CPU to lower temperatures, it's also improved in design and not to mention, noise. Today, we have a seriously 'class' cooler for review, the Asus Axe Square? shouting royalty all round and kindly donated by QuietPC.
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With the launch of Deneb, AMD has finally moved to the 45nm process and are breaking in a new socket interface at the same time. The main difference with AM3 is the introduction of DDR3 support. But rather than require a forklift upgrade, AMD has incorporated both DDR2 and DDR3 memory controllers into the AM3 chips. One of the first of these chips debuted last month with the tri core X3 BE 720, running at 2.8Ghz. But with only three cores, is the 720 even a viable upgrade for someone with a first generation Phenom quad or is it just a hamstrung slug of silicon?
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The new ASUS VH242H 24-inch LCD monitor falls into this kind of philosophy. Instead of the conventional 16:10 widescreen aspect ratio that we see with most computer monitors, this screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, the same that you?d find with the HDTV in your living room. In this way, it?s a perfect fit for multimedia and gaming applications. You can actually watch your DVDs in a full-screen format and play your Xbox 360 games without a stretched image or that annoying letterbox effect. As expected, the specifications are able to run the gamut for most consumers as well, while maintaining a sleek and simple appearance that will fit in with any decor.
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In saturated markets a company needs to do whatever they can to stand out from the crowd. Just the other day we looked at the Super Talent Luxio, a high capacity flash drive that packs a luxury design with hardware encryption options rarely seen on competing products. The Godfather Series, also by Super Talent, as the name implies is themed after Paramount Pictures iconic trilogy, The Godfather.
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A couple weeks ago, I took a look at a new line from Enermax, the Liberty Eco series. Today, I've set my sights on something much bigger and badder, the Revolution 85+ 1050W. This is a unit promising top notch performance at 80 Plus Silver levels of efficiency. You're going to not want to miss this one.
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Asus release an Audiophile sound-card...we play music LOUD. Is this the sound-card to rock out to?
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The GA-MA790GP-DS4H is an unusual board in that it works both as an enthusiast overclocking platform and a meek desktop platform. The board has extensive support for overclocking but includes features like an integrated HD3300 GPU and SidePort connected GPU memory to enable HD video playback. Today, we'll test the integrated GPU along with some beefier discrete GPUs and overclock Phenom II further than we have before...
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The Thecus N4100 Pro is a relatively low cost four bay NAS. It features basically all features the other models do and promises high performance. Where is the catch? We tested the N4100 to find out.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
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The GTX 260 has quickly become one of those confusing models. We had the card originally launch in June of 2008 and towards the end of last year word came of an updated model that would carry with it 216 shader processors over the original 192 we saw at launch.
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The Foxconn Renaissance X58 Mainboard become the Final Review on Technic3D. The Mainboard with Overclocking functions and X58 chipset for all Intel Socket 1366 CPUs. See you in the following Review the Core i7 920 @4,1 GHz and two XFX GTX 280GTX XT SLI Graphic Cards on Windows Vista 32Bit SP1 Performance Benchmarks.
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Raven from SilverStone (also known as RV01) is a full-tower case with a unique design, where the motherboard is rotated 90?, making the rear connectors to be available on the top part of the case. This was done to improve thermal dissipation, especially from the video card, as hot air tends to go up and high-end video cards usually blow hot air from the inside to the outside of the case ? usually to the rear of the case, but with Raven hot air is blown to the top.
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Not everyone can afford a super high-end gaming notebook, nor handle their accompanying bulk. We looked for alternatives and guess what? We found one that combines decent gaming prowess with the eminently portable 14.1-inch form factor ? meet the MSI GX400 gaming notebook.
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When NVIDIA released their GTX 285 card last month, it became the fastest single-GPU card on the market, and that fact still remains. But with our insatiable appetite for more performance, we can't help but be curious as to how the cards perform when overclocked. So let's check that out, with the help of EVGA's SSC Edition.
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