XtremeResources reviewer Joe "JBell" brings to the table today a case modding kit by XGBox, the XG Extreme UV Mod box kit. If you are building a system and you need to grab all the gear at o­nce or want to tweak out your current rig, you certainly can not go wrong with the Extreme Mod Kit. XGBox has again proven they are completely focused o­n the wants and needs of the LAN gamer and custom case designer.

How this crossover came to be is a mystery to us. There have been some decent LEGO themed racers in the past, and LEGO Island was cool, but LEGO Star Wars?
Regardless of the murky origins of the title, which doubtless involved satanic deals to be paid for with souls, the final product is a deceptively simple platform adventure game that will delight lovers of square plastic construction toys and Star Wars fans alike, along with anyone who's looking for some lighthearted entertainment that does not feature buckets of blood and demons from hell, whoever they may be.

Today we look at nForce4 based Shuttle SN25P XPC that shifts their Athlon64 line-up into the newer chassis offering greater flexibility.

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OCIA.net has posted a review on the OCZ Modstream 520w PSU.

Heatshrink is used near the molex connectors instead of the sleeving continuing all the way to the connector. A previous PSU that I looked at ran the sleeving all the way to the molex, which made for some pretty stiff ends that were a little difficult to work with in some situations.

In this exclusive review, PCSTATS is benchmarking Gigabyte's initial offering, the regally named GA-8N-SLI Royal motherboard. Like AMD-based NF4-SLi boards, this motherboard sports dual PCI Express x16 slots which can be used singly or together with SLi-compatible nVidia graphics cards. SLI for the Intel Pentium4 processor has arrived!

TrustedReviews has just got its review up of the brand new Intel Pentium Extreme Edition model 840 3.2GHz - Dual-Core CPU!

XtremeResources have just published up a review of Sharkoon's latest case creation, the Silvation. Our European Reviewer, Grace, takes a look inside and outside this fine housing and evaluates it many virtues.

The dual core battle between AMD and Intel has begun, with Intel throwing the first punch by releasing the Pentium Extreme Edition 840. The dual cores run at 3.2Ghz and each have 1MB of L2 cache to work with. HEXUS.net has a review of the new CPU along with the new 955X chipset that supports it. In multithreaded benchmarks the dual core processor simply blows other systems out of the water, but at this moment in time how many real world applications will make full use of this CPU?

Are you a gamer? If you are, you use a mouse. Do you need better performance? Probably, so maybe you should be using this one.

Toms Hardware Guide

Today AMD starts shipping its Athlon 64 processors on new E3 core revision also known under the codename Venice. This core brings into Athlon 64 processors such new features as SSE3 instructions support and higher core frequency potential. Read our new review of one of these new processors for more details!

One of PowerColor's latest high-end multimedia gaming video processing unit is the new and improved PowerColor X800XL. The model we are going to scrutinize is the R43C-TVD3D. The R43C-TVD3D is the nomenclature for a Dual DVI-I / HDTV / VIVO X800XL, PCI-Express x16, 256bit - 256MB GDDR3, 16 pixel pipeline power house! The PowerColor Radeon X800 XL VIVO is an excellent cost effective high-end multimedia video card and today we are going analyze and test this bad boy on both Intel and AMD platforms.

XtremeResources European Hardware Reviewer Grace takes a look today at a truly innovative and useful piece of hardware for the computing enthusiast, the AeroCool GateWatch and HardDock. This new LCD equipped fan controller from relative newcomer AeroCool does much more than the common fan controller :
enjoy this read as Grace evaluates the many innovative features this unit has to offer compared to the norm.

The Epox 9NPA+ Motherboard based on the nForce4 Ultra chipset looks to be a surprisingly good board from a manufacturer many thought were never going to be in the US again. See if maybe this board is going to be in your next upgrade.

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XtremeResources takes a look today at the Revoltec Lightboard Compact, Lightmouse and Lightpad . Our European Hardware Reviewer Grace got her hands on their latest offerings and took a thorough look at their construction and performance attributes.

After the series' launch, in a move that endeared it to many enthusiasts and hardware nuts, nVidia then proceeded to reveal that the cards could be linked together to form a small parallel GPU processing unit, to boost power beyond the limits of any single card. Yes, gentlemen, you can let go of your Voodoo 2 cards, now. SLI is back, nVidia style

Today at GamePC, we've given the Asus CT-479 a spin in the labs, along with Intel's new, top of the line Pentium-M 770 (2.13 GHz) processor. The big questions are if the CT-479 adapter can help extract extra performance out of today's Pentium-M processors just by changing motherboard platforms, and if so, does it make the Pentium-M more suitable for desktop operation? Let's get started.

Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 is the latest hard drive to offer 400GB of storage, but the drive offers more than just a capacity boost. By packing more data per platter than Seagate's previous Barracuda 7200.7, the 7200.8 also promises superior performance to its predecessor. Does it deliver? To find out we've run the 7200.8 through a punishing gauntlet of benchmarks and real world performance tests against competition from Maxtor and Western Digital.

Interchangeable lenses for your camera phone? You betcha! well, almost. 3DVelocity reviews one of the Amacrox Mobile Phone Lens range

So what do you do? You have a reasonable quality fixed focal length camera built into your phone but you want to be a bit more adventurous with the kind of photos you take. You want to express a little artistry for a change. Well, the best advice I could give would be to go and buy a digital camera, but if funds don't allow that, Amacrox have an idea they think might fulfil your needs, the Camera Phone Lens.

USB hubs have been around for a quite some time now. Older PC's used to come with just two ports, and newer ones come with 4, 6, or even more now. Little did we know back then that the little engine that could, USB, would gain such popularity. Or did we? Regardless, there are many instances where a USB hub comes in handy. Laptops for one, as they tend to skimp out on USB ports it seems. So something like a hub definitely comes in handy. And that is where this compact hub would serve its purpose. Continue on for the review...

Enermax may have earned respect as a power supply manufacturer, but they also turn out a mean case too. 3DVelocity takes a look at their inverted, BTX style CS-718 server class chassis.

At the same time, CPUs are in need of more cooling, and enthusiasts are demanding silence, therefore, circulation is a major deciding factor in case purchases made by us do-it-yourselfers. Today I will be looking at a case from Enermax that incorporates some of us enthusiasts favorite features with a unique cooling design that actually works.