Since being introduced to our first SuperTalent ram products just over 2 years ago we have seen a small company hit the mainstream. In the beginning we dealt with a distributor as a go between for product to review and gain the exposure. Now SuperTalent products are popping up at Newegg and into the mainstream vendors.

Elite Bastards examines PowerColor's take on the Radeon X1950 PRO - With higher than reference core and memory clock speeds and a hefty cooler courtesy of Arctic Cooling, it certainly looks the part, but how does it fare? They investigate performance of both cooler and graphics board in this review.

Their new CNPS9700 LED cooler is the real deal. It's got performance, even easier installation and virtually universal compatibility. With outstanding fit and finish, a big aggressive presence and the blue LED fan, it also has great looks and would be an excellent upgrade for the stock cooler. The design could result in lower case temperatures as well, providing there's an exhaust fan in the vicinity. Overclockers can have some fun with this cooler, and in silent mode, the quiet computing crowd will be very happy as well.

As you guys know by now water-cooling is one of the most efficient ways of cooling down a CPU. And it's not just efficient, it's usually very quiet to the ears and it can look fantastic in a system. With these three key factors in mind that extremely big company, Gigabyte designed somethign new. Gigabyte have got a good thermal products, among them air coolers and now H2O kits.

Everglide is known for their mouse skates and mouse pads. Now, however, they have come up with a new mouse. Like the other products, this mouse is being targeted specifically for gamers. It?s pretty amazing to see how the gaming market is advancing. In the past manufacturers released a simple mouse, but now it?s all optical and laser and being aimed for the gamer?s needs.

We're all used to seeing factory overclocked boards from graphics AIBs, particularly with regard to NVIDIA-based parts - However, more often than not they only elicit a yawn from most enthusiasts, with modest overclocks of only 5 or 10MHz here and there. This isn't the case with the subject of today's review from Elite Bastards, ASUS' EN7900GS TOP, which takes the already pretty impressive GeForce 7900 GS as its basis and gives it a rather large shot in the arm.

Antec has once again proven that glossy finishes and modular cables isn't all to making a great power supply. Despite lacking some glamour, the TruePower Trio hits where it counts- stability, flexibility, and rock-solid performance. Given the Trio's relatively low cost, the bang for the buck cannot be denied.

This low cost heat column powered heatsink from TTIC fits AMD AM2/S939 without much hassle. Its compact size and light weight might discourage you at first sight, but do not let looks deceive you, the NPH AM2 is quite a capable heatsink

Partially unveiled at the CeBIT 2006, 100 Hz technology is coming for LCDs. The idea is that monitors will no longer display 50 or 60 images per second but 100! Behardware.com has tested the first display based on this new technology.Huge disappointment, the technology is released first on a TV, the Samsung LE40M73BD. Here are, however, a few points to cheer you up?

Elite Bastards take a look at ATI's much-touted GeForce 7900 GS killer, the Radeon X1950 PRO, to see if it lives up to its reputation courtesy of ASUS' EAX1950PRO, which features both its own, custom made cooling solution and a small degree of factory overclocking from reference speeds.

With the introduction of the Reserator 2, Zalman has taken a great product and made it even better. They've addressed a number of issues that I found annoying in the earlier versions and improved the performance dramatically. I like the new look a lot and the enhanced cooling is augmented by new safety features that make the Reserator 2 an outstanding product. Silent PC aficionados will find the increased performance very attractive, allowing some moderate overclocking without any noise penalty.

The ZEROtherm GX710 is a good VGA cooling solution from a new player in this market. A tie, however, is rarely satisfying in this business. As I mentioned earlier, the GX710 is almost surely going to be more expensive that the GX700 and, being a bit heavier, doesn't have much to recommend it over the 700.

In honor of reaching the 10th year milestone, they've designed a limited edition memory module heat spreader. After all, aluminum is one of the traditional gifts for a 10th anniversary. In recognition of Crucial's 10th anniversary, the company has released a special version of their well known DDR2 PC2-5300 module.

Blu-ray hits the UK this week, and we check out this incredible Media Center system from Sony which incorporates one of the first next-gen optical drives available. Is this the ultimate next-gen HTPC?

Bit-Tech

Alienware is the first to market with a SLI and RAID capable notebook.Is the premium price of the Aurora m9700 worth the extra features or are we better off sticking to a desktop for gaming in SLI?

Today we take a look at the new Samsung Syncmaster 940BW 19" wide screen monitor. This monitor with it's wider than standard screen, not only can achieve a maximum native resolution of 1440 x 900 but it's a performer too. Boasting a 4 ms response time should make this screen a good bet for pc gamers.

This PSU should prove to be a worthy addition to the very competent Toughpower line. The stability was impressive and the modular cables not only performed admirably, but look very good in their sleeving. Outstanding stability and a rich feature set like this, however, doesn't come cheap.

Tweaknews

With ever advancing Integrated Graphics Acceleration and greater workload exercised by HD Video and 3D graphics, the market for low-end standalone graphics accelerators are shrinking. Can anyone realistically expect decent 3D performance with a budget of SGD$139/USD$89 in today's USD$500+ Video Card Market? Will the Inno3D 7100GS make it in this part of market?

VR-Zone

Antec once again has delivered a knockout product, and one that I'm very pleased with. Sure, there's a few little problems here and there, but nothing that diminishes the overall design of the case. While the insides are tight, there's room for everything a small media center will need, and everything fits properly, without any fiddling.

XSPC is a suprising water cooling company with some innovative products. After testing their X20 watercooling kit the crew at Madshrimps was impressed by its performance although the kit was rather compact. The heart of that kit was the X20 CPU water block which has been re-designed. Today they test their new X20 and a few other products from the XSPC inventory and compare them to other high end water cooling components.