Lacking any fancy LED fans, powering up the Thermaltake Swing Case was uneventful. The Thermaltake Swing Case is the perfect marriage of budget, usability, and looks. This Case has room to grow, so as an entry level Case the Swing would be an ideal purchase. Also, with its $60 price tag it's within reach of many peoples' budget - our only ding was that it doesn't include a Power Supply Unit. In any case, the Thermaltake Swing fits its' price point perfectly giving the user features found on more expensive Cases.

3DVelocity got to wrap their ears round a set of Creative's gaming oriented ProGamer G500 speakers. Does 310 watts RMS and 620 watts peak tempt you?

With the recent introduction of the P-180 chassis, the latest in their Performance One series, Antec has made an attempt to address both the cooling problem and the noise issue. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a PC enthusiast who hasn't heard of, much less owned any Antec products. Antec has a reputation for marketing high quality products that perform as advertised. The P-180 chassis has a distinctive look and a plethora of innovative features. Let's take a closer look at this product and see if it lives up to Antec's venerable reputation.

XR's Senior US reviewer Steve"WxChaser" Carmel has on the review bench the latest offering from Shuttle in the SFF form factor system genre, the P2500g SFF System.

Lian-Li has been around in this harsh business for 20 years already... 20 years! And to celebrate that they designed the PC777 series Aluminum PC case.

The Samsung SM 770P is the first LCD PVA 6ms, 1500:1 contrast ratio monitor. Behardware.com has tested it and compared to two LCDs (AUO P-MVA 8 ms and TN 4ms) and one CRT monitor. Tests are conclusive, Samsung has finally produced a fast Super-PVA gifted for colors with great ergonomics.

Test : Samsung SyncMaster 770P : PVA 6ms, 1500:1

Today we take a look at Samsung's new WriteMaster SE-W164 External DVD writer. The SE-W164 features a slim compact design, can be used both horizontal and vertical using the vertical stand, and can burn 8.5 gig DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media.

Gigabyte brought the "Ultra" variant of the small brother GA-K8NSC with the GA-K8NS Ultra Motherboard on the market, where Ultra isn't only regarding the chipset, but rather also regarding the equipment. The board offers high quantity of quality features ... ocinside.de

X-Micro?s Video MP3 400 is a rarity in this age of conflicting standards and custom devices: it operates on easily replaceable and cheap AA batteries, it features a fully-specced USB interface that?s faster than a speeding bullet fired from a moving train, and it plugs into just about any USB-mini plug, with no need for expensive and exclusive cabling or special drivers.

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Zalman has been producing funky CPU coolers for some time, and while some of the company's designs are outlandish to the point of impracticality, the CNPS9500 LED has been designed with broad compatibility in mind.

Today 3DXtreme is taking a look at Thermaltakes' Silent PurePower Series, ATX 12v 2.0 TWV500W Power Supply Unit. Thermaltake once again delivered their latest product to 3DXtreme and this time around has some extremely unique features that will be interesting to look at. The TWV500W features a modular cable management system and Total Watts Meter Module as well as Dual PCI-E connectors. Other features include Active PFC and dual 12v rails.

With over 18 new and updated applications in one powerful package, Nero 7 Premium is probably the only software you need for managing your multiple media files and optical drives.

Looking for a quiet cooling solution for your new 7800 graphics card? Think Arctic Cooling then. Snip: I'm going to get right to the point here. The Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Rev.3 costs around £15 from UK Vendors. For me it's a no brainer. If you are lucky enough to own a 7800 you owe it to yourself to buy one. It's incredibly easy to install, looks great and the performance is so very worth even double the price they charge.

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A couple of weeks ago Guru of 3D brought you a review on the Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality FPS soundcard. Today we have another X-Fi review for you, namely the X-Fi XTreme Music soundcard. Creative's entry level X-Fi turns out to be pretty killer.

OCIA.net takes a look at the Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 112 Heatsink in their latest review.

The fan & bracket removed -- I find out later that having only two screws securing the fan, then mounting this part horizontally, makes for a very annoying rattle and vibration. I just pulled it out and placed two more screws to fix this.

The new NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI X16 chipset takes the same basic feature set of the hugely successful nForce 4 SLI and expands upon its PCI Express lane configuration, offering two full X16 graphics slots for dual graphics SLI configurations.

The "X-Sharp MS-X777" is the perfect choice for the gaming enthusiast who wants to take their gaming experience to the next level but does not want to spend a lot of money on un-necessary buttons and fancy features. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for something basic that will give them the extra edge in their game play.

Most homes in the U.S. have carpeted floor; we all know too well most ATX tower cases anchored or sunken into the carpet with those tiny rubber pads called feet. Are you sick and tired of dragging your PC from under the desk out? How about letting in more outside air? $4 to get your rig higher on the rug in 5 minutes and get more air from your front panel for $1 in about 30 minutes.

The first of Logitech's G-series gaming peripherals, the G5 Laser Mouse, is perhaps the best mouse we've ever used. Find out if the company's G15 Gaming Keyboard knocks one out of the park, too.

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The OCZ EB PC-4000 is another great product worthy of the Editor?s Choice Award. If you haven?t yet moved up to 2GBs of memory, consider this product for any system ? its fast, stable and pushes the boundaries of what is possible with two 1GB sticks of memory.

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