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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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With a 10-inch display, a fast and efficient Intel Atom processor, and lots of storage MSI's Wind Netbook is viable competitor in the new subnotebook "netbook" line of notebooks.
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What do you get when you take a standard HD4850 video card and start overclocking it, then add heatsinks to each of the memory modules and then top it off with a Zalman VP-900 heatsink? The answer is the Sapphire Toxic HD4850 Video Card. Come on along as we test this card out and see if it is deed lethal of just displaying symptoms.
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QNAP are a company well known for making class leading NAS system for home and office use. Today we are testing the newest device in their range the TS-509 Pro which features support for 5TB as well as 2 x Gigabit RJ-45 ethernet ports.
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The $34 Tritton AX Micro Bluetooth headset (TRI-BH200) is a solid performer that does many things well. Filtering out excessive room noise or enhancing your voice is not it's strength at all, but if you are looking for a economical and stylish Bluetooth headset, you need to make sure you look at the Tritton AX Micro...
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If a 22" or 24" LCD monitor doesn't provide enough screen real estate for you or you just want to go all out and find the best monitor without having a real budget, you'll more than likely end up looking at the 30" monitors that are available. There aren't many but Apple has a 30" Cinema Display and Dell also have a very popular 30" monitor, but there are also some from other manufacturers. In fact, today we are looking at the Samsung SyncMaster 305T, which is a 30" monitor with a native resolution of 2560 x 1600 and has a price tag of over $1200 USD.
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We pit two Radeon HD 4670 GDDR3 cards in a CrossFire configuration and see if they can beat out a Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce 9600 GT.
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A lot of CPU coolers are now coming out with the ability to cool not only the CPU, but the surrounding areas as well; the Cooler Master GeminII S is one of these. A standard 120mm fan is installed and keeps the CPU pretty cool, but purchasing an additional set of 80mm or 92mm fans can provide for an excellent board cooler as well. This is a great starter CPU cooler for those looking to get some pretty good cooling for a reasonable price. Read on further to find out more information.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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With todays fast ram sticks the heat issue is what stops overclockers from going forward. Because of this we have seen a few manufacturers that made new heatsinks for their ram sticks. Thermaltake has another solution on the market, it's actually a ram cooler with a fan on it. Now I have seen Thermaltake make products like this in the past but they have never really hit the market so I am quite curious to see if this can actually perform so lets get this show on the road.
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Swiftech has introduced a new flagship CPU water block, the Apogee GTZ. While it shares a similar monker of its predecessors, it promises to leap beyond the GT and GTX performance numbers. The new block sure looks great, but performance is King as we say, so today we'll find out if Swiftech has managed to succeed or succumb to its own marketing hype.
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As gaming and computer productivity become more refined, having the ability to fine-tune and customize the mouse movements becomes more crucial than ever. To help meet this challenge, SilverStone created the Raven gaming mouse. This brilliantly designed input device gives gamer and users unprecedented control over the mouse movement by not only utilizing a blistering fast laser sensor capable of 3200 dpi and 50G of acceleration, but also adds independent X & Y axis adjustments. With perfectly centered laser, 50-50 weight balance, carbon fiber surfacing, and a convenient thumb wheel that can perform quick task switching. Benchmark Reviews tests the SilverStone Raven SST-RVM01B 3D gaming mouse.
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When A-DATA asked me to check out a couple of their newer flash products, I was a little reluctant to take them out in the field. They simply don?t have the name or the mindshare that a SANDISK or a LEXAR has when it comes to high performance and reliability. Also, you really can?t tell if a card will be good or bad simply by running a few benchmarks on it. You really need to try it in different cameras and use it. Basically, just beat on it in day to day use. Despite my hesitation, I have been using solely A-DATA memory cards for all my shooting needs over the last couple months, erasing, formatting, and punishing them just a little more than my highly trusted SANDISK Ultra II compact flash and SD cards.
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To sum things up, the F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI is a good kit as long as you don't expect too much above stock speeds. However, with attractive heatspreaders and even more attractive prices of DDR2, this is a great kit to add 4 gigabytes of memory for very little dough.
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Kingston is one of the big wigs when it comes to producing memory modules. Kingston HyperX memory modules have made some impressive strides; the DDR2 modules are amongst the highest quality out there. And with DDR3 showing clock frequencies up to the 2000MHz range now, Kingston is on the front line of clock power. Today Kingston enters the XMP market with the highest clocked XMP kit we have seen thus far, that being 1800MHz. Let?s see how it compares to our OCZ XMP 1600 modules.
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Looking for a pair of quality speakers for your cluttered work desk? Then maybe the tiny Bose Computer MusicMonitor is the one you need. We check to see if it is worth its hefty price tag.
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We're writing to let you know that we have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features and performance of three X48-based motherboards. The first motherboard comes from ASUS, and is a member of the gamer-oriented Republic of Gamers series, which we have taken a few looks at in the past. We've been mostly impressed by what they've offered in this series, and expect no less with the Rampage Formula. Next up is the X48T-A from ECS. We can honestly say that we haven't seen much from ECS in the past couple of years in the enthusiast segment, so we aren't exactly sure what to expect, but if early impressions mean anything, this "Black Series" board means business. Finally, following on the heels of their popular Bonetrail X38 board, Intel has sent along the DX48BT2, which, like the X48 chipset itself is more or less an update of the original. Three boards, three manufacturers, all shooting for the top spot in our round-up. Who will come out on top? Come on by and find out...
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