VR-Zone has posted a review of the Sapphire Radeon 9800 XT! Here's a snip:

Sapphire, a company that many of you first heard about when the R300 first launched in 2002 is at it again with the Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 XT video card. Sapphire has steadily improved their video cards with new packaging, popular bundled games, and their own overclocking software.

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"Overall, I was quite impressed with the ICY Dock. It did a fine job of keeping my hard-drive cool and is amazingly easy to remove from its tray if needed. I was rather pleased with the included 12V fan, which did a superb job of keeping my ICY Dock well below average case temperatures."

OCIA.net has posted a 5 Heatsink Shootout. Below is a direct quote from the shootout:

"It seems that a consistent theme is being used in many of today's better heatsinks. Copper absorbs heat better than aluminum while aluminum sheds heat. Aluminum fins therefore shed the heat faster while the copper base is more efficient pulling the heat from the CPU due to its better thermal absorption properties."

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In the first of TweakTown's AMD Athlon 64 Motherboard Head to Head articles they put the Albatron K8X800 Pro II up against the EPoX 8HDA3 which are both based on VIA's K8T800 chipset with the VT8237 Southbridge.

Last month TweakTown checked out Highpoint's e.SATA v2.0 external storage kit. Today they have the latest e.SATA Kit in from the folks from Highpoint in Taiwan which sports true support for Serial ATA drives and increased performance over the older version. If external storage interests you, don't miss reading about this product.

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:

Intelforums.net has just completed a review on the Intel P4C 3.2GHz processor! Here's a byte.

Overall, we were very impressed with the P4C 3.2Ghz processor. At stock settings it was able to defeat the AthlonXP 3200+ at the majority of tests we ran. We were easily able to get an additional 400MHz out of it through overclocking with only a slight voltage increase, making it the fastest processor we've yet tested. For those looking for extreme performance (at half the cost of a P4 Extreme Edition), the 3.2 is a solid choice.

Digit Life has been throwing up a new review covering 80 video cards from 1999-2003! Anyone remember the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra or an ATI RAGE 128 PRO? No? Then here's your chance to check out how these cards compare to the current crop.

Today we are going to carry out a through complex test of most video cards released in 1999-2003 (but only those which are able to work on modern mainboards requiring AGP power supply of 1.5V, that is why Voodoo3/5 based cards are missed). But this is just a summary review, not a comparative analysis as it doesn't make sense to compare speeds of various cards of different generations without accounting for quality because up-to-date accelerators deliver perfect gameplay with AA and anisotropy enabled, in contrast to video cards of previous generations.

ATI's super fast Radeon 9800 XT graphics processor has been on the market for a little while now. Today TweakTown have Power Color's vanilla version for you and they've put it head-to-head against its older brother, the Power Color 9800 Pro. Read on and find out if it is worth upgrading!

OCIA.net has a review of the Lian Li EX-23 Hard Drive Rack. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"The module allows a user to add an additional 3 3.5 inch hard drives in the space taken up by two empty bays. It is similar to the stock hard drive rack that also houses the power LED, activity LED, power button and reset button. In place of the LEDs and buttons it has a large Lian Li logo about the size of a case badge on the front."

Soltek are a company who are known for producing many different value-end motherboards. Today TweakTown have their SL-87CW-EL motherboard based on the Intel Canterwood chipset for the Pentium 4 on the test bed which offers great value for money.

GeekExtreme has just finished up a review of the Logitech Z3 Speakers. The 2.1 speakers do there job, they provide high quality stereo sound, and are great for all your musical needs.

Having a home made sound system for my computer made me feel really cheap, that?s when I knew I needed a new pair of high quality stereo speakers. When I was glancing around the internet for some speakers I knew that Logitech has my needs. When I was introduced to the Logitech Z3 speakers I was stoked, the wooden design just caught my attention and I knew that these speakers where perfect for my needs.

DVDwriters.co.uk have thrown up their review of the 8 speed Plextor 708A DVD writer! Here's a snip.

Plextor have put out a fine product Plextor with their 708A DVD writer. Plextor has long been known as the company that produces quality optical drives and they haven't failed with the 708A - this drive is leagues ahead of the competition.

GeekExtreme has just finished up a review of the Razer Boomslang Boomer Speed. Is it the best gaming mouse ever? Does it even stand up to the Boomslang of old? Is there a new "mouse" sherrif in town? Will I ever learn not to use cliches?  

I used to think that the mousepad made little or no difference in computing. Because of the Icemat, I now see the error of my ways. The mouse is one of the most used devices on your computer and it relies almost completely on surface texture to work properly. As such, the mouse pad used should optimize your mouse's performance and efficiency.

Just got word from my good mate Tim Tibbetts at MajorGeeks.com, that he's thrown up his review of X-Setup 6.3 the best tweaking tool since sliced bread! and on a sidenote the next version of X-Setup will be out at ? Read More

Despite of the fact it was introduced a year ago, the Digifire 7.1 remains as Hercules? flagship card, based on the Cirrus Logic CS4624 chipset, the Digifire 7.1 offers sound output for up to 8 channels like its name describes, that can translate in support for Dolby Digital EX decoding (7.1), up to par even with latest offerings from Creative Labs and M-Audio.

Perhaps one of the biggest selling points in the Digifire are the 3 FireWire ports which Hercules hints can be used to connect a DV camcorder and create ?professional-quality videos? using the bundled PowerDirector Pro software.

TweakTown got two very capable Pentium 4 based chipsets under the spotlight today from Intel based on DFI's new line of LANPARTY "B" motherboards for the enthusiast. They compare the more expensive Canterwood to the cut-down Springdale chipset but tweaked up by DFI. The results may surprise!

Gainward have long been known as a manufacturer of quality graphics cards as with any industry it is wise to branch out into other related areas and today we have one of Gainwards first attempts at a non graphics component. Announced at the end of October 2003 the Hollywood @ Home 7.1 soundcard is Gainwards option for mainstream surround sound. The card itself is made from a striking red PCB, the usual outputs/inputs are present as well as a digital optical out and the audio processor is the VIA Envy 24 HT-s.

OCIA.net checks out the ABIT IC7-Max3 motherboard in their latest review! Here's a snip.

Today we will take a look at one of their latest motherboards, the IC7-Max3. This will make the second ABIT motherboard that I have had the pleasure to own, the first one being their KG7-RAID. Let?s get a few things out in the open first though. I absolutely loved the KG7-RAID. This could give a slight bias toward ABIT, but honestly, the hardware speaks for itself. Many other reviews have been given on this board, with nothing but raves for the board?s performance. For this reason, I will not concentrate on the board?s performance as much as its usability, convenience, and innovation.