Do you remember the ASUS Terminator 1? I didn’t think so. Neither did I. But the ASUS Terminator is back, with the introduction of the Terminator 2 (T2-P). This system offers an alternative on many aspects of small form factor computing, combining some of the best features of SFF married with the features and thermals of a larger tower system.

ASUS is well known for their ATX-sized motherboards, video card solutions, and various PC peripherals, but their latest venture into the world of SFF is perhaps lesser known. The T2-P is the second generation of their Terminator line, providing a sleek case combined with the custom ASUS P4P8T motherboard. Powered by the Intel i865G + ICH5 chipset, the system supports the latest Pentium 4 Northwood and Prescott processors up to 3.4 GHz.

Bryan McDaniel at Overclockers Club has completed a 19 page review on the Foxconn 755A01-6EKRS Motherboard based on the SiS755+964 chipset. Here is a quote from the review:
"Well, I must say, this board surprised me. I expected this motherboard, from a company I had never heard of, to suck. I guess it just goes to show, you can't judge a book by it's cover. It may not have stomped the Chaintech motherboard in all of the test, but it did show better results in well over half the test. When you factor that in with the cost of the two boards, the Foxconn clearly stands out as the better price/performance motherboard ($85 vs $165). Though I will say the Chaintech board still stands out if you are looking for overclocking and extras."
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Branching out from just the Volcano series, many innovative designs have been seen, like the Tower coolers, and also enhanced versions of the traditional heatsink design emulating the massive Thermalright copper coolers so favored by those using performance air cooling. One of these new twists of the classic heatsink/fan design is Thermaltake´s Polo735, let´s take a closer look.

Branching out from just the Volcano series, many innovative designs have been seen, like the Tower coolers, and also enhanced versions of the traditional heatsink design emulating the massive Thermalright copper coolers so favored by those using performance air cooling. One of these new twists of the classic heatsink/fan design is Thermaltake´s Polo735, let´s take a closer look.

WinHEC officially kicked off today May 4, 2004 and attendees were lucky enough to obtain a copy of the latest build of Windows Codename Longhorn. This build has a new theme called Jade, which is a combination of silver and blue, as well as other under the hood changes. Full review here.

DriverHeaven takes a detailed look at ATI?s latest top of the range card ? the Radeon X800 XT.

The RADEON? X800 series of Visual Processing Units are the most advanced graphics processors ever created. Comprised of 160 million transistors, they built upon the highly acclaimed RADEON 9800 architecture and extend it by providing major increases in bandwidth, parallelism, efficiency, image quality, and programmability.

The well know memory factory Corsair Memory present us now a product that is so far from we used to see.Today we analyze the Corsair HydroCool 200EX liquid cooling system, this external cooling kit is able to cool the AMD and Intel plataforms whitj the best results, to see the system in details just clic on the picture.

There you can see the first comparative betweenn nvidia 6800 ultra and Ati's X800Pro and X800XT. Meristation Spanish Review

It's in spanish, so if you don't understand the language, find a good translator.

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DataFuse.net just finished reviewing Antec Notebook Cooler

I'm sure you've all heard about people who actually use their laptop on their lap. Of course this is not without a certain level of danger. I've read quite some articles regarding people who find themselves in the hospital because of some serious burn injuries.

A year ago gaming on LCD monitors was laughed at, now days it's becoming much more practical thanks to more responsive LCD's. Samsung's SyncMaster 172X is a 17" monitor, with a very important feature for us gamers and hardcore computer geeks, a 12ms response time. A 12ms response time literally means zero ghosting in games and in fast action movies. While boasting refinement and style, the 172X brings credence to the SyncMaster line of monitors to please just about any gamer looking for a stylish gaming monitor.

This case is for the person that wants a quality case like a Coolermaster but who can't swing $150+ (without a PSU) for a case. SilverStoneTek never fails to impress us, with the new tool-less drive locking system and aluminum diamond cut front bezel the Temjin TJ04 is truely a work of art...

AnandTech have thrown up their review of ATi's all new 9100 IGP Pro aka RS350 chipset! Here's a snip.

The new RS350 is now said to be fully ready to compete with the best Intel chipsets, performing as well as the Intel 865/875 as a chipset, and with the added advantage of the best Integrated Graphics available for the Intel platform. Yes, the RS350 is still Direct X 8.1, but ATI has also tweaked the chipset for best operation with Direct X 9.0B, and it runs all the Direct X 9 titles we fed it in our tests.

If you are in the market for a slim, stylish 17inch LCD monitor for your home or workspace, the 172X should definitely be one of the top choices. It's simple to use, it's packed full of features and surprisingly enough is quite a capable gamer. Slim bezel flat panel displays are becoming to be one of the more popular choices because of their clean look and smaller size.

HTPCnews sends in: Zalman has always been known for producing near silent products which are used in many HTPC?s these days. We decided we needed to review one of their main stream coolers to go along with our previous Zalman product reviews. Let us show you how well this unit performed (or didn?t) while keeping the HTPC user in mind. This review will finish out our entire Zalman product lineup review including their Heatpipe VGA cooler, PSU, and now the CPU cooler.

Ever want to learn how to create Flash movies but can't dish out the $500 Macromedia wants for there professional Flash creation tool? We reviewed a powerful Flash creation tool with tons of advanced features that will only cost you $49!
Quote from the review:
"With Macromedia Flash MX 2004 costing a whopping $499 if purchased as a stand alone product, building Flash movies is a costly job. For the most part, people that build Flash movies do not need all of the advanced features provided with Macromedia’s offering which can become overwhelming if you haven’t taken a 6 month course on Flash."

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"...by spending a little cash you can improve cooling by up to 10C over stock. It really makes sense to use outside air for watercooling, think about the vicious circle you create by cooling with case air, as the case gets hotter so the efficiency of the watercooler drops due to cooling with warmer air. And the benefit of freeing up 5 ¼” drive bays by making it external is a real plus. Comparing the cost of this unit and the mods we made we are still coming in about $80-$90 cheaper than say a Koolance Exos or Thermaltake Aquarius III and receiving the benefit of an external all in one kit."

TweakTown have another Gigabyte motherboard on the test bench today in the form of the 8S655TX Ultra. It is based on the new SiS 655TX chipset for the Pentium 4 including Prescott. They compare against Intel 875P and VIA PT880.

The Cobra is an excellent value that does not look like a budget case. It is a well designed and attractively styled product with very few annoyances. For about 60 dollars, the Cobra is available from Extremecase, and this includes the 420 watt power supply. Raidmax offers a true value in its Cobra cases. If you need a great looking case and would like to keep a few bucks in your pocket, the Cobra is the right case for you...

Way Back in November of last year, we declared VIA's KT600 chipset a viable alternative to NVIDIA's well-worn nForce2 chipset. Serial ATA RAID support and superior peripheral performance made the KT600 a more attractive platform than the nForce2 from a features standpoint. However, the KT600's single memory channel was no match for the dual-channel nForce2 in our application benchmarks, where the nForce2 easily won the majority of our tests.

TrustedReviews have a comparison of 6 8-speed DVD writers over here comparing the latestes models from AOpen, LG, MSI, Sony Teac and TDK