GeekExtreme.com has released a review of the Logitech Z5300 5.1 Speaker System.

Logitech didn't drop the ball with these speakers, which are as crisp and clean as ever, with an impressive midrange and deep, rich bass. Distortion actually occurs from the rattling of things in my house before it occurs in the speakers themselves when raising the volume. Indeed, sitting next to the speakers becomes painful to the ears long before you are able to dial up the volume to max. At two bars on the guage on the remote, the speakers are loud and clear, and can be heard in my basement from outside my house.

While AMD's Athlon 64 has taken much spot light over the past while, AMD 32-bit central processing is far from dead. Read on as we take a look at the Gigabyte GA-7VT600-1394 motherboard based on VIA's KT600 chipset.

There are a couple of interesting reviews up at Anandtech. Although they solely concentrate on Dell hardware at least one of them might be interesting for you to check out: 1. Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Preview: Gaming LCDs for the masses What does the LCD industry lack right now? 1600x1200 low response time LCDs, of course! Dell didn?t hesitate to capitalize on the needs of gamers, so get ready as we take a first look at the quite amazing Dell 2001FP. Designing a 1600x1200 LCD for gamers was no accident. If you're a casual browser through our forums, you may note the dozens of inquiries about availability of low response time 1600x1200 LCDs. While 1600x1200 LCDs do exist (Dell 2000FP, for example), none of them have been able to pack the punch as a 16ms response time offering.

Eine Tastatur-Maus-Kombination der Extraklasse ist die Logitech diNovo-Kombination. Das edle Set, bestehend aus einer Designer-Tastatur, einem Media-Pad mit LCD-Display und der MX900-Maus, ist wohl das aktuell luxuriöseste Eingabegerät am Markt - und sicherlich auch das schönste. Die Tastatur wird über Bluetooth gesteuert, ein Bluetooth-Hub ist in der Ladestation der Maus vorhanden. Somit lassen sich auch andere Bluetooth-Geräte mit dem Set mit dem PC koppeln. Ob Bluetooth als Verbindungstechnologie für Eingabegeräte geeignet ist, ob die Tastatur auch im Bios funktioniert, wie sich die Designertastatur für einen Vielschreiber eignet und was das Media Pad alles kann, zeigen HardwareLuxx in ihrem Review, in dem man sich der 230 Euro-Luxus-Kombination ausführlich gewidmet hat.

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Northgate M8060 Centrino Notebook. Here is a snippet:

"Northgate today has something little more than just minor, it is a laptop with Centrino Mobile Technology that enables mobile users to use their mobile devices with blazing speed and at the same time browse the net wirelessly. In addition to wireless connection, Northgate specifically made a wide screen (15:10) and a video adapter that enables users to play latest DirectX 9 (Geforce FX Go) enabled games."

Sapphire's Radeon 9800 XT looks to power your PC with one of the fastest graphics solutions going - based on ATI's Kick-ass DX9 Technology - it even includes a voucher for a free copy of Half-Life 2.

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Beyond3D has a 3DMark03 Patch 3.4.0 performance and image quality analysis up, using cards from ATi, nVidia, and even Matrox.

It also features comments from both ATi and nVidia on the current situation, including some disturbing thoughts from nVidia's Derek Perez:

'Derek went on to suggest that they may well end up chasing each patch release and re-optimising as Futuremark puts a patch that defeats previous detections!'

You can read the article here: Beond3D.com

Tweaknews review the VIA EPIA CL10000 Mini-ITX mainboard whice is a platform for VIA's own C3 processor.

Article Quote: "VIA's latest EPIA offering is an excellent office alternative to the the multimedia HTPC targeted M10000. With the digital audio and video removed and an additional LAN and two USB 2.0 ports added, the CL10000 has every feature and enough power needed for an inexpensive file server, firewall or corporate office PC."
View: Tweaknews.net review

asetek latest water cooling kit is put to the test using an Intel and AMD setup in search for the ideal noise/performance solution. Read it here

As another exclusive for you here at Elite Bastards, we have managed to be the first to obtain some leaked numbers for nVidia's soon to be announced GeForceFX 5700 Go, nVidia's attempt to answer ATi's Mobility Radeon 9600 (otherwise known as M10).

The benchmarks show an ATi M10 chip at its lowest possible clock settings, against a GeForceFX 5700 Go overclocked with extra cooling. In other words, the worse case performance scenario for the ATi board against the best case scenario for nVidia's new contender.

To see how the two cards fared, take a look here: EliteBastards.com

Thermaltake's latest heatsink fan for the AMD Athlon XP platform, the EXTREME Volcano 12, is on the test bed today. Extreme or conventional? Read on and find out!

DataFuse.net wrote a review about Zalman ZM-RS6F 5.1 Real Surround Sound.

Here's a quote:

"When word around the campfire was that Zalman was about to introduce a 5.1 Headset I didn't really believe people were serious, but a couple weeks later, Zalman send me one. These days - while the economy is bad - I can imagine companies try to introduce products that aren't really part of their production-field, just to cranck up their profits, I'm not saying Zalman is doing bad, not at all, but when looking at one of these products you've got to keep in mind that the manufacturer is new to all this. "

Homepage: datafuse.net
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Another new review for you today at RipNet-UK. This weekend it's the turn of the Icemat Black to get put through its paces. Worth parting with a chunk of your hard-earned cash for? Read on to find out...

X-Micro is a company we know for producing a whole range of graphics cards. Today we take a look at their complete and new range of networking products including 802.11b wireless gear. Cheap, Stylish and Simple!

G3D takes a look at the Kingwin "KT-424-BK-WM" Aluminum Case. Skip to GamingIn3D.com for the treat.

"This case brings back fond memories of my Lian Li. It's weird, as I still have my Lian Li... but the point is, I STILL feel good about my purchase of the PC-60, even to this day! The PC-60 will go down in my books as one of those products where it's just plain hard to have buyers remorse over. So, the question I was asking myself in this review was, "Is this case a keeper? Is it one of those items that will span many, many upgrades?"

Just got word that Todd Roberts over at Driverheaven has thrown up his latest review, for the ABIT OTES 5900.

"Recently I was given the chance by Harry Yen of ABIT to review their top graphics card, the 5900 Siluro FX. The 5900 Siluro is ABIT?s latest foray into today?s leading edge computer components. Let?s take the ABIT Siluro FX through a Driverheaven Review."

Looks like a decent laptop, but poor graphics, shame really, sony could do with a good gaming laptop. Link: TrustedReviews

The Madshrimps take a look at a new Global WIN PSU which is clearly aimed at the modding enthousiast out there, does it really look "the part"? And how does it perform? Read on to find out

When you think of Small Form Factor the first company you probably think of is Shuttle. Though, VIA Technology is another company up the top of the pack leading the new frontier with their EPIA Mini-ITX series.

The XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra with 256 MB DDR2 is tested against the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and 5700 Ultra from NVIDIA and the RADEON 9800 XT and 9600 XT from ATI. With latest driver versions ForceWare 52.16 for NVIDIA, Catalyst 3.8 for ATI and the XGI card worked with a beta driver dated 24.10.2003.