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Monday, June 2, 2008
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Honeywell is not a name you think of when you think of LCD Monitors, actually they are very new into the market. Recently they partnered with Soyo to produce LCD monitors and televisions. We got a chance to take a look at one of their latest LCD's the very affordable Topaz S 24-inch LCD monitor. Now Honeywell has a new LCD that is a more advanced and premium version of the Topaz S. Let's take a look at the Arius 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor!
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So, what we have here at the end is a "sleeper" graphics card. In the auto world, they?re cars that people drive around that don't look fast, but packs a powerful engine hiding underneath. These are called "sleeper" cars. While they have a meek facade, they'll surprise the racer next to him once the race begins. The ECS 8800 GT 256MB Graphics Card has replaced the 8600 GTS and HD 3870 512MB cards in their entirety because it's that much faster. This is the new king of the budget cards that performs much better than budget.
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The comfort level of the Discovery 925 is incredibly nice. After finding the right size to wear, you start to wonder why manufacturers haven't come up with a similar design yet. A friend of mine who has small ears and has always had problems wearing "in-the-ear" type of headsets was able to fit the Discovery 925 with no problems at all. It doesn?t matter if you are left-ear or a right-ear Bluetooth wearer, you can switch between ears with ease. Some headsets like the Jawbone require you to physically change the hardware for this basic switch. After using the 925 for a few days, there is no way I want to go back to the "ancient" fit of an ear hook like the Jawbone or "deep in the ear canal" of the Gennum. These headsets are great performers, but their fit is not as comfortable, free and versatile as the 925...
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The G.Skill PC2-8500 4GB PI Memory is another strong performing dual channel memory kit. Stability is top notch and the kit is very reliable under pressure. At full load, the memory keeps its composure and pumps out the bandwidth. Thanks to the new spreaders, it was only slightly warm to the touch and looks pretty sweet. It's also very nice to see that the heat spreaders haven't added much extra weight to the modules.
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Thermaltake is back with one of our favorite CPU cooling designs, the Orb. The latest offering is a revamp of the MaxOrb we tested back in December, but with a twist of copper added in for good measure. The original MaxOrb fared well in our performance tests and I found the mounting mechanism for Intel motherboards innovative. Let's dive in and take a look at the new Thermaltake MaxOrb EX; we'll then test it the same way we did the MaxOrb and all of our other CPU coolers to see if Thermaltake were able to get even more performance out of the Orb design.
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Today we have the pleasure of reviewing E-Power's Zumax ZU-750, a 750-watt power supply that has a couple of unique features we have not seen on other power supplies before. If you would like to find out exactly what we are talking about please visit our web site and read our review using the link below...
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Equipped with a new extended cooling system from Thermalright, DFI's LANParty UT X48-T2R is designed for those waiting to test the limits of their processors. With a staggering list of overclocking options, could this be the true enthusiast's X48 motherboard?
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Coolink has thoroughly impressed me with their new GFXChilla. It is an incredibly potent cooler, able to maintain a GPU load temperature almost 40C below that of our OEM ATI cooler - all while doing so at lower noise levels. The GFXChilla is a very versatile cooler as well, compatible with just about every graphics card out there. The best part about the GFXChilla, however, is its price. At only $30, Coolink's GFXChilla is an incredible value.
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Here at XSReviews we've taken quite an extensive look at NZXT's range of cases, but NZXT have found one we haven't had out mitts on yet. This one's called the Tempest, and it has it's own slogan: "Welcome the airflow king". NZXT have made some pretty immense cases in the past so lets take this one for a spin and see how it performs and if it deserves its catchphrase.
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Cyber Snipa has made a very comfortable and great looking mouse with the Cyber Snipa Stinger. The mouse feels great in your hand and the rubber on both sides gives a lot more grip than a plastic surface. The buttons are placed in the right position, although I would have liked to see an addition of 2 more buttons on the right side. The different DPI settings along with the dpi button are an easy way to adjust the sensitivity, but I feel that most users only use one dpi setting, like I do. In the end, this is a mouse priced just right, it costs nearly 50 US Dollars and it's well worth the money!
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The ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard will be available in the first week of June, together with the P5Q Pro and the P5Q motherboards. The other models, the P5Q3 Deluxe, the P5QC and P5Q Premium, will be launched later. Here's the breakdown of their features and prices.
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The FZ120 Zen does what I believe ZEROtherm wanted it to do, and it does a great job. It has performance very close to that of the Nirvana, is quieter than the Nirvana, and is cheaper than the Nirvana. The Zen can be found for $39 + shipping, and that's a steal. With a price like that the Zen is an inexpensive upgrade for anyone, and is almost (depending where you shop) $15-20 cheaper than its bigger brother, the Nirvana...
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In April we had looked at the ECS A780GM-A v1.0 motherboard, which boasted AMD's new Radeon HD 3200 graphics. For being an integrated graphics solution, we were certainly pleased with the performance, as it had performed about the same as the discrete Radeon HD 2400PRO. With the success of the AMD 780G Chipset, we have decided to look at another one of these motherboards. This time around we are looking at the ASRock A780FullDisplayPort, which as the name implies it offers a DisplayPort connection for the integrated graphics.
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Thermaltake has just come up with the ultimate enthusiast accessory; at least that is what went through my head when I first saw the press release of the new BlacX and BlacX SE. As I read the release my mind started to drift away, thinking about the two foot tall stack of SATA drives sitting in my closet and how useful it would be to just grab a drive and start transferring data to it within seconds. Forget about the need to take off the side panel, get on the floor, find a flash light and locate one of two hundred SATA cables that are in the room (that you can never find when you need one). Just grab a drive and plug it in. If this scenario sounds familiar, than you are definitely a PC enthusiast and will want to read on to have a look at the new Thermaltake BlacX.
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The ECS A780GM-A Black Series AMD 780G motherboard wound up being quite interesting. It offers quite a few appealing features, such as a back panel full of useful connections, onboard HD audio and video with HDMI output, an integrated RAID controller, support for AMD's Hybrid CrossFire and their new Phenom processors. With such a selection of goodies onboard, the relatively low price initially seems too good to be true.
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