Corsair first dipped their toes into the reflective pools of water cooling back in 2003. Their product, aptly named Hydrocool was a self-contained "black box" which housed a pump, radiator/fan, reservoir, and electronics, including LED temp display. Corsair has recently returned to the CADCAM drawing board. This time they've eschewed the external box design, opting instead for an integrated system. Their new system given the moniker COOL is a partially pre-assembled affair and should provide the entry-level user, as well as those more familiar with H20 systems, a cooling alternative superior to air. Full review @ Madshrimps
Logitech Premium USB 350 Headset Review
Techgage has reviewed Logitechs latest premium Headset offering, the 350, which is due out in April. They promise superior sound, both input and out, and a great comfort level. It's meant to be an overall Headset, for all purposes, including Gaming and other Multimedia.
Foxconn Winfast NF4K8MC-ERS
Today, MBReview has released their latest motherboard review. This time they've taken a look at Foxconn Winfast's NF4K8MC-ERS, a uATX motherboard based off of the standard nForce4 chipset. If you're in the market for a budget nForce4 motherboard, give this review a once over to see if this board looks like what the doctor ordered.
Chaintech 6600 GT SE6600G PCI-E Review @ XtremeResources
XtremeResources US reviewer Steve "WxChaser" Carmel pulls off another review this weekend, this time involving the mainstream, midrange enthusiast graphics card, the Chaintech 6600 GT SE6600G PCI-E. Steve evaluates the performance of the card both singly and in SLI configuration aboard his DFI nF4 board.
GameBoy Advance Qbus Flashwriter and Emulator
QBus is the next generation game platform. Use it to burn backups, use it as a PC gamepad, to play movies, music, and all your favorite games - all in one simple device. GBA Flash Writer Qbus is a GBA flashwriter, cartridge, and a GB simulator on PC.
Nintendo DS News
Nintendo DS News
LG GSA-5163D Triple format DVD-Writer
The drive is one of the few multiformat drives in the world, also supporting DVD-RAM. And you can?t forget the fact that it?s currently the worlds fastest DVD-Writer with recording times below 5 minutes and 20 seconds for a full single layer disc. Another strong point is that it has good writing quality with almost all disc types and formats.
CD Freaks
CD Freaks
DFI LanParty UT LP nF4 Ultra-D Motherboard review @ XtremeResources
XtremeResources US reviewer Steve "WxChaser" Carmel today evaluates what may be the ultimate overclocking board produced so far for the AMD A64 platform, the DFI UT LP NF4 Ultra-D motherboard. This board and it's SLI brothers have broken numerous performance records around the world in both 3D and HTT overclocking, and in overall system performance.
Thermaltake's K450 Heatsink
Today TechTastic takes a look at Thermaltake's K450 which is part of a new line of heat sinks developed by their advance engineering team ITBU. The K450 is design to work effectively with Opteron and Athlon 64 processors, and features a high powered fan and heat pipe technology.
WRT54GC Compact Wireless-G Router Review
Have you been thinking about picking up this little router but not sure about it yet?
Well LinksysInfo.org got their hands on one and put it through the paces.
Well LinksysInfo.org got their hands on one and put it through the paces.
SilverStone Temjin TJ06 Case Review at 3DXtreme
Once again, I have to say that Silverstone has made a quality case. Based on a very solid chassis and built of strong steel with aluminum front bezel, this is one of the stronger cases you will find on the market. Aside from the issues we encountered and mentioned previously this case is still a great case for any build. There is tons of space for some of the biggest motherboards on the market. The drives are situated so that there is also plenty of space for lots of them. Even without the wind tunnel this case still provides good cooling for the system and plenty of airflow. This is definitely a recommended case for any system builder today.
AeroCool AeroEngine Jr Case review @ XtremeResources
XtremeResources European reviewer Grace today takes a look at a case offering by a relative newcomer to the computer case market, AeroCool. The unit being evaluated is the unique AeroEngine Jr Case.
ASUS Pentium M to Socket 478 Adapter
Last Thursday Legit Reviews posted an article talking about the ability to run an Intel Pentium M on a Socket 478 motherboard thanks to the ASUS CT-479 upgrade kit. We have spent some time with the kit that we "pre-viewed" in the first article and now have some benchmark numbers to share. For this article we are using the ASUS CT-479 CPU Upgrade Kit on the ASUS P4P800 SE motherboard that uses the Intel 865PE chipset.
Club 3D GeForce 6800GT
3DVelocity get hands-on with a great GPU and a graphics card from a company who are huge in Europe but less well known elsewhere, Club3D.
Club3D are a bit of a rare bird in that its product portfolio includes graphics products not only from NVIDIA, but also from ATi, XGI and S3 too. This may optimise their marketing possibilities but I wondered how it would impact on their relationship with the individual companies. The answer I got from the UK's Gary Jones was a very simple one...."it doesn't!
Club3D are a bit of a rare bird in that its product portfolio includes graphics products not only from NVIDIA, but also from ATi, XGI and S3 too. This may optimise their marketing possibilities but I wondered how it would impact on their relationship with the individual companies. The answer I got from the UK's Gary Jones was a very simple one...."it doesn't!
Asus A8N-SLI Premium Allows SLI to be Enabled in Software
The Premium version of Asus' A8N-SLI motherboard allows you to turn on or off SLI in software, rather than requiring you to open your system case. Will this new feature help alleviate one of the issues that some people have with SLI?
Toms Hardware Guide
Toms Hardware Guide
Athlon 64 4000+ @ Guru3D
Obviously the Athlon 64 4000+ is a little powerhouse. It's not for everyone though, the biggest problem right now is its pricing, which is in the 500-600 EUR/ USD range. That's a lot of money people. If you want the best though well, then nothing much can match this, except the even more expensive FX-55 CPU of course. Now I already stated this in the beginning, we are a hardware site with a strong focus on gamers. So if you ask me what a gamer should buy, at this time and moment it still is an AMD CPU. There's not one consumer Pentium 4 CPU out there that can match the game performance of this AMD CPU. If you are not so much a gamer and more a desktop/office user, you might miss HyperThreading. So as you can see it's not exact math here, both giants have slight advantages and disadvantages. But for a gamer the AMD CPU's still offer more bang for your bucks.
EDIMAX AR-6024A ADSL Modem Router
The world may be going wireless, but if you can't or don't want to, 3DVelocity reviews a nice 4-port ADSL modem router from EDIMAX.
Convenient though wireless is, there's a growing number of people who would sooner stick with good old fasioned cables when it comes to networking. Some are concerned about keeping their network data secure, others may be in a building that due to its size or construction doesn't allow for an effective wireless propagation, then there's those who are concerned about possible health risks, not that there's any evidence to suggest there's a risk. "
Convenient though wireless is, there's a growing number of people who would sooner stick with good old fasioned cables when it comes to networking. Some are concerned about keeping their network data secure, others may be in a building that due to its size or construction doesn't allow for an effective wireless propagation, then there's those who are concerned about possible health risks, not that there's any evidence to suggest there's a risk. "
Thermaltake Shark Full Tower Case Review at 3DXtreme
There is no doubt that this is a very nice case. We moved from the Silverstone Temjin TJ-05 case which, while very nice itself, was just too heavy to move around. Moving to a lighter case was no doubt a big relief. The design makes this case very attractive with the Shark outline in the door and the mimicked gills. Lighting up the front with an LED and the back with an LED fan adds just that little touch that really brings out the look of the case.
Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8020
The Sonoma based Centrino platform lands in our labs with the Lifebook E8020 and we compare it to Acer's Ferrari to find out which one has more horsepower.
T-Break
T-Break