Motorola A920

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TheLostSwede sends word that Trusted Reviews have thrown up their Motorola A920 reivew!

The Motorola A920 is larger than most modern PDA?s but still offers a smaller screen. It might be a bit narrower than the HP iPAQ 1940, but it?s much taller and quite a lot chubbier. The exact dimensions are 60 x 148 x 24mm (WxHxD) and it weighs in at a hefty 212g, which makes this by far the largest mobile phone I have ever owned.

ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9600PRO Videocard Review @ Tweaknews.net

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ATI has successfully filled every possible sector with an All-in-Wonder option that is bound to please anyone with any wallet size. With great performance and a very good pricetag, the All-in-Wonder 9600pro is bound to be one of the most sought after stocking stuffers for the 2003 Christmas season.

X-micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router

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Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the X-micro WLAN 11b Broadband Router. Here is a snip:

As we enter deeper into the Internet era, we begin looking for different ways to connect to it. For mobile users, most current laptops have some kind of built in WLAN capability or a PC Card slot for WLAN cards, for desktop users, it is easy as buying a WLAN USB Adapter. Today, X-micro has an 802.11b wireless router that brings accessing the internet one step further.

Radeon 9600 XT @ DriverHeaven

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Its that time again, the NDA has been lifted on the 9600 XT and Driverheaven have all the information you'll need on the 9600 XT...

On the 30th September ATI announced 2 new products, the Radeon 9800 XT and the 9600 XT. Reviews of the 9800 XT have been available on the web for since the announcement however information on the 9600 XT performance has been scarce. Today we have the opportunity to review the 9600 XT and show you just how much performance the card has.

XPCases.com Black X-Dreamer Computer Case Review @ Tweaknews.net

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As you can very well make out, I am impressed with this case. It's packed with useful practical and aesthetic features and is has a great price tag. Costing a mere US$54.88 and even having an included power supply to boot launches this case up to my top choice and I have actually claimed this case to be the next candidate for my own computer system."

iRock i830 MP3 Player Review

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Today GeekExtreme posted a review of the iRock i830 MP3 Player! Here's a rip.

For a $99 MP3 player, you'll be hard-pressed to find so many features. All the standards are there, including bitrate support up to 320Kbps, MP3 and WMA Playback, easy button navigation, etc. However, iRock takes it to the next level with a built in FM Radio that I was surprised to find out that despite the fact that there is no antenna, the radio is powerful enough to pick up many radio stations clearly, even from inside a warehouse.

ASUS Radeon Roundup

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Digit-Life have thrown up a new review which takes Asus's new range of graphics cards for a spin! The cards have AGP x8/x4 interface ((9200SE has AGP x8/x4/x2), 128 MB DDR SDRAM memory (ASUS RADEON 9800 XT has 256MB) in 8 chips on both PCB sides (ASUS RADEON 9200SE 128MB has only 4 chips)...

ASUS RADEON 9200SE 128MB ASUS RADEON 9600SE 128MB ASUS RADEON 9600 XT 128MB ASUS RADEON 9800 XT 256MB

ExtremeCase.com Z-Black Windowed Case

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Remember back a couple of years when all computers were created in a beige box? Things have changed considerably since then, but that doesn't mean all new designs are created equally. Come join TweakTown's Mike "Darthtanion" Wright as he takes a look at the Z-Black Case from Extreme Cases, Inc. It offers a true budget price and some features that may give you enough reason to add it to your wanted items list!

Sapphire 9200 Atlantis PCI @ Datafuse.net

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I can imagine that most of you don't really care about graphics cards still using the PCI interface, but just remember this: one day AGP will be long forgotten. When that day comes, you'll probably hope that some manufacturers still take the time to develop new standards on older interfaces.

Vantec Vibration Dampener

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OCIA.net checks out some Vantec Vibration Dampeners in their latest review! Here's a snip.

"The fan kit comes with two 80mm silica gel vibration dampeners, more than enough fan screws to install two fans and silica gel washers to use if the fan dampeners will not fit your case situation. The dampeners are easy to install. To use them, simply place the dampener on the fan on the surface between the fan and the installation point and screw the fan in place."

Sunbeam EL Wire Fan Grills Review @ ExtensionTech.net

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Today we have a new innovation from Sunbeam that I haven't seen before in a fan grill. These new fan grills contain EL wire for lighting effects. While EL wire hasn't been the rage for general lighting effects in computer cases, EL wire justifies its purpose by highlighting. This is the first time that I have seen EL wire used in something such as a fan grill. Continue on as I'll show you the grill as well as my opinion on it.

EZ-Buddie

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Another review for you from RipNet-UK, this time of something just a little out of the ordinary. Today the EZ-Buddie system gets put under the spotlight. Slightly bigger than a Shuttle or Barebones, can it cut the mustard? Here's a snip:

"The front panel of the PC features the EZ-Watcher display. This allows you to both increase and decrease the CPU frequency with the CPU tuner dial, and also has coloured displays indicating the status of your motherboard, processor, hard disk and optical drive. It does not give any detail, basically a green icon is good and..."

Dual Channel Memory Roundup - Part 2 @ TweakTown

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It's time for Part 2 of our Dual Channel Memory roundup series where this time we check out new modules from Kingmax, Corsair, Geil, OCZ, Transcend and Crucial - 8 different types of modules all up over a massive 33 pages!

Xice EC600/H lüfterloses Wasserkühlungsset im Test

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Heute widmen wir uns einem inzwischen salonfähig gewordenen Thema: der Wasserkühlung. Vor einiger Zeit noch als "Spinnerei" abgetan, hat sich die Wasserkühlung inzwischen zu einem starken Trend entwickelt. Genormte Anschlüsse und weiterentwickelte Komponenten haben die Installation stark vereinfacht, so dass auch weniger versierte Bastler recht mühelos ihren PC umrüsten können. Mit dem Xice EC600/H Set haben wir ein Komplettset im Test, dass mit einer extrem einfachen Installation und fast lautlosem Betrieb dank komplett passiver Kühlung glänzen kann. Das Besondere an dem Xice EC600/H Set ist die kompakte und sehr schön designte Kühleinheit, die sowohl Pumpe, Radiator und Ausgleichsbehälter beinhaltet. Die Kühleinheit gibt die Wärme nur durch Konvektion an die Umgebungsluft ab und kommt daher ohne aktive Belüftung aus. Neben dem fast lautlosen Betrieb, ist durch den integrierten Aufbau der Kühleinheit eine extrem einfache Montage gewährleistet, da eigentlich nur noch der neue Kühler gegen den alten ausgetauscht werden muss.

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Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition

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Gamers Depot has a review up on Intel's latest Pentium 4 "Extreme Edition" CPU, which is clocked at 3.2GHz - they compare it to the performance of the Athlon64 FX-51 processor.

AMD released its new Athlon 64 FX-51 processor which, quite frankly, took Intel by surprise with regards to its overall performance and because they didn?t initially have anything planned to release at that time which would directly compete. As what we think of as a ?stop-gap?, the P4 EE for all intents and purpose is simply a CPU that Intel quickly put together to have something more competitive to the Athlon 64 FX-51.

Graphic Card Reviews

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Just got word from Crow at Darkcrow.co.kr that he's been searching the web high and low for the latest graphics card reviews to have hit the web and grouped them all together on one page! There's 30 reviews in total. Here are some of the list:

Philips HDD100

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TheLostSwede sends word that Trusted Reviews have thrown up their Philips HDD100 review! The first real contender to the iPOD with 15GB drive.

If there was ever a product that showcased the new Philips design ethos, this is it. The HDD100 is a stunning looking device, that will turn heads whenever you take it out of its carrying pouch. In fact almost every time I took the HDD100 out of my pocket on a train or a plane, someone would ask me what it was and where I got it from. Put simply the HDD100 is a hard disk based Walkman in much the same mould as the Apple iPod. In fact it?s pretty obvious that Philips is going after the Apple iPod market with the HDD100.

Sapphire 9800Pro Atlantis

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Just got word that DataFuse.net have thrown up their Sapphire 9800Pro Atlantis 128mb DDR graphics card review.

I took the time to review this piece of hardware because the arrival of the XT-version will make these extremly fine products drop in price. Although the original 9800Pro codenamed R350 was introduced almost 6 months ago, it's still one of the best graphics cards out there. ATI recently introduced a newer version named the 9800 XT.

Athlon64 VIA K8T800 vs. nForce3 150

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Hexus.net have posted their AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer review which compares VIA's K8T800 against Nvidia's nForce3 150 chipset! Here's a rip.

The AMD Athlon 64 FX-51, a CPU that's essentially a rebadged Opteron running at 2.2GHz, is currently gaining a number of plaudits from the reviewing media. 2.2GHz clock speed doesn't sound like an awful lot in a world where Intel's fastest consumer-level CPU has already hit 3.2GHz and shows no signs of abating, but it's not how big your clock is, it's how you use it. Performance, AMD will not tire of telling you, is the sum of pure MHz and the number of instructions completed per clock cycle. AMD's True Performance Initiative seeks to educate the consumer in just this respect.