Portable digital music comes in two sizes these days: Solid-State and Disk-Based. iRock has been putting out quality solid-state units for a while now, so when they offered us an 730i, we had to check it out. New to this particular unit is MP3i support, which adds multimedia content. Does the 730i hold up to iRock's previously high standards, or have they given up gusto for glitter?

Just got word that Xbitlabs have thrown up their review of AMD's Athlon 64 3000+ processor! Here's a byte.

On the threshold of the New Year AMD prepared a nice unexpected surprise for its fans. They threw into the mass market the quietly announced Athlon 64 3000+ processors costing a little over $200. This way AMD made a very important move, which may become a starting point for the mass invasion of CPUs on AMD64 architecture into the desktop PCs.

It's time for the battle of the big guns in the AMD Athlon 64 motherboard department. TweakTown collected three high-end performance motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI and ABIT which are all based on VIA's K8T800 chipset and tossed them all in the ring to fight it to the death with our still shiny Athlon 64 3200+ processor. Let the fight begin ladies and gentleman!

Hardextreme.org have thrown up their review of Eumax's 5-in-1 MP3 Player! Here's a byte.

The unit might look like an ordinary mp3 player at a glance but there?s more to it than just the looks. The unit is multifunctional and has a MP3 Player, Voice Recorder, FM Tuner, Flash Storage and Expandable Memory Slot all in one. When buying an mp3 player you should look over the functions that the particular unit gives you so you get the best bang for the buck. Most of the other mp3 players we have reviewed were priced over $100 but didn?t offer as many functions as this unit.

In the not too distant past, the thought of getting an aluminum case meant pouring out a huge chunk of change. While there are some high-dollar aluminum cases out there, it is getting easier to find them in a more reasonable price range lately! So come join TweakTown as we take a look at a low cost aluminum case with some very high end features and see for yourself if it is worth the meager entry fee!

The OCZ EL DDR PC-3700 (466mhz) Gold Edition Dual Channel Revision 2 memory kit is aimed at the hardware enthusiast out there who seeks to increase his memory bandwidth, is this memory able to give your P4 setup a boost?

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:

With Christmas just around the corner and your favorite computer-type person wanting that little something special, Tweak Town have taken a look at a pair of video cards from HIS. With rock bottom prices and some innovative features, it is time to see if the myth of "getting what you pay for" needs to be thrown out the window. Come see for yourself!

Hardware Pacers have thrown up their review of Logitech's Z-2200 Speakers! Here's a snip.

The Logitech Z-2200 are outstanding speakers that present THX certification, booming base and clear rich sound. They are only 2.1 however, they produce superior sound than the Logitech Z-640. The Logitech Z-2200 demonstrates the power of 200-watt speakers, with two heavy 80-watt satellites and humongous 120-watt subwoofer.

Newsforge has a showdown between Fedora Core 1 versus the free version of SuSE 9.0. After Redhat has gone from the desktop linux market, the only bigger fish (so to speak) left is SuSE , a germany based linux OS provider. But Redhat is supporting a community linux OS called Fedora Project, which has released its distro coining it CORE1. How does it fare against Suse 9 (free ver.)? to see warp2 review here Newsforge.com:- Fedora Core 1 versus the free version of SuSE 9.0 The review concludes by giving answer to "How does both this Linux distros fare, when looking at them as a option for a Average-Joe-Sixpack?.

Don't be fooled, the Athlon XP processor is still going strong despite the release of the expensive and not yet mainstream Athlon 64 processor by AMD. Today TweakTown have got Soyo's KT600 Dragon Ultra Platinum motherboard on the testbed which is based on VIA's KT600 chipset for the Athlon XP. If you cannot afford the Athlon 64 platform, pay very close attention to this motherboard!

This is the second cooldrive from Coolermaster we take a look at. Although others seemed to enjoy their test-drive with the predecessor: Cooldrive 3, we weren't really fond of it. But Coolermaster made a big effort to adjust their product and give it some extra's, let's have a look.

Just got word from our bro's over at DriverHeaven that they have two new reviews out! the first review is for AMD's Opteron 146 processor and the second review features Nvidia's 5950 Ultra and ATi's 9800 XT.

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With Christmas only just around the corner, there may be no better time than now to look into PC water cooling as an interesting gift to spice up a computer for friends or family. Today TweakTown takes a look at the Thermaltake Aquarius III water cooling system. Read on and find out if this is the right gift or not!

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"Clear LED cooling fans have been flooding the modding market, with a range from high-quality Antec quad-LEDs to the cheapest no-name brands out there. Very little distinguishes one fan from the next. After all, it is 80mm, clear, and has four colored LEDs; not much room for variation. CoolMax has upped the ante with its newest fan, the Chameleon. This fan has four red LEDs...wait, make that four green...no, blue..."

For those who have been looking for performance on a budget, the recent release of the Radeon 9600XT was a true blessing. Today we look at the Sapphire version of this very VPU. Come join TweakTown as we see if the lower cost still leaves you with enough performance to satisfy the gamer in all of us!

AFTER FIELDING a number of lackluster mid-range graphics chips based on its GeForce FX architecture, NVIDIA finally got its act together with the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra. When we reviewed the 5700 Ultra back in October, the card's performance in DirectX 8-class games was at least as good as?and often much better than?ATI's Radeon 9600 XT. Unfortunately, the 5700 Ultra stumbled in a number of DirectX 9-class games and synthetic benchmarks, casting a shadow of doubt about how the card might handle next-generation DirectX titles.

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"Before you buy any computer component, it is very important to do your homework and consider what you need (versus what you want? or crave? or drool over, in my case). If you do not need a $350 video card, why would you buy one? If you are not apt to use all of its features, then save yourself a couple hundred bucks and buy something that isn't as powerful."

AnandTech have thrown up their review of ATI's Multimedia Center 8.8 or can anyone say EazyShare? Here's a byte:

As far as driver compatibility, Multimedia Center (MMC) 8.8 should function with past Catalysts, though we have only tested as far back as 3.6. We should point out that we have noticed some quirks in ThruView, TV-on-Demand, and Eazyshare with some of the past drivers. This is why ATI and AnandTech both recommend that Catalyst 3.10 be used for MMC 8.8, which is what we have been using in our test setups.

Just got word from Hardware Pacers that their Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse Review is out! They also tell me that they have a Transcend USB 2.0 internal 6-in-1 Card Reader Contest Giveaway!

Not long ago Logitech released their MX series of mice, MX700 was a great mouse with 4.7 mega pixel/sec of image processing power and resolution of 800 dpi and of course the rechargeable option, however it missed Bluetooth technology, where it would have allowed the mouse not ever lose connection integrity.