There is always room for improvement, that is the general idea behind the whole computer business. If you don´t want to be left behind, upgrading your product is necessary to keep up. Asetek made some improvement to their WaterChill cooling kit, let´s find out if the changes are for the good!

OCIA.net checks out the Raidmax Cobra 822 Case in their latest review! Here's a snip.

On the inside of the side panel, Raidmax has included a self-branded clear LED case fan. The model I received contained red and orange LED?s. I am pretty sure this is the same for all of the color choices available in the Cobra 822. It would have been nice to have a blue or a blue/red LED fan included here, especially given that the rest of the lighting on the case is blue/red as we will see later.

The rumour has it that the ATI X800Pro and X800 XT are the same GPUs and it is possible to enable the 4 pixel shader pipelines locked in X800Pro. There are bridges on the X800Pro GPU just like AMD AthlonXP series processors. It is claimed that the upper-left bridges could be connected to have an X800Pro X800 XT, meaning the number of 12 pixel shader pipelines can be increased to 16. These bridges, though truly exist, there is only one person who claims to have tried and succeeded.

I?m sure most of you have heard of Zalman and some of the wacky and wonderful coolers they have brought to the market in the last several years - their emphasis on good cooling with as low a noise level as possible. They have introduced CNPS (Computer Noise Prevention System) which encompasses a whole range of products. Today I?m taking a look at their fanless watercooling system - "The reserator". Before we go any further let?s dispel the rumours, this isn?t "passive" as there is a pump that circulates the water through the system.

Reserator" is a compound word derived from 'Reservoir' and 'Radiator' - it acts as a reservoir while radiating heat. This product works well with natural convection and integrates a water pump inside for convenience.

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"Well, I went in slightly skeptical, not wanting to be disappointed, and I was blown away. This case is fantastic. I've left it running for hours, checking on it periodically to see what the temperature inside the case is, and it always remained cool. Even the acrylic felt cool to the touch. This design is superb."

Flexbeta goes inside data compressors placing the most popular data compressors head-to-head. Putting together nine categories of file types including MP3's and executable files, Flexbeta collected data concerning compression time and compression ratio from the seven data compressors used in the review. The seven data compressors used include: Uharc GUI v2.0, PowerArchiver 2003, WinZip 9.0, WinAce 2.5, WinRAR 3.30, StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 and 7Zip 3.13.

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Player. Here's a snip:

Today we take a look at the Wireless Digital Media Player from Actiontec which allows wireless access to a wireless accessible computer and Internet access without having to utilize a PC. It offers a remote controller to type in URLs and to access the PC. Movies, MP3s and other files that are located on the PC can be played and displayed on a TV. Since the Wireless Digital Media Player has access to media files on the PC, the family does not need to huddle around a computer monitor to see a media file. It can also access Internet radio stations and play them all day long.

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"Today I will be reviewing Epox's latest edition to their i865PE (Springdale) based motherboards. The EP-4PDA5+ is not your everyday Springdale motherboard. Although it is not targeted towards the enthusiast market, you will see in the upcoming pages that if you didn't know what chipset this motherboard was powered by, you would swear it was a Canterwood.

Aside from performance, this motherboard is no slouch in the feature department either. With an extremely overclocker friendly BIOS, 7.1 channel onboard sound, Gigabit LAN, four SATA drive capability and Prescott support, it's hard to believe that the MSRP is only weighing in at a measly US$110. Is this the fast and cheap motherboard the cash strapped masses have been waiting for?

While ATI's Radeon 9550 based graphics cards have been selling well in the China market, we will only just begin to see them showing up in all other markets now. Today TweakTown compare ATI's new Radeon 9550 GPU against the GeForce FX 5500 and 5700LE to find out which company has the lead in the value to mid range graphics market. ATI or nVidia?

Today AMD is Launching its Opteron 150, 250, and 850 processors. These CPUs pack all the same goodness we've come to appreciate in the form of the Opteron 148, 248, and 848 models, plus 200 more megahertz, for a total of 2.4GHz. Like all previous Opterons, the x50 series is built using AMD's 130nm fab process. Since this is just a speed bump for the Opteron series, we decided to throw a party and spice things up a bit by testing the new Opterons against over twenty different competitors.

Thermalright has currently one of the best, perhaps even the best heatsink for Socket A. The SP-97. But this heatsink isn´t very budget friendly, so today we´ll take a look at their ALX-800. This heatsink looks a lot like the popular SLK-800, but by using a combination of aluminium and copper fabrication is lower, and so is its price. Does it still perform well though? Let us find out.

Today TweakTown have each of the Intel Pentium 4 amigos under the spotlight. They compare Northwood (P4C), Gallatin (P4EE) and Prescott (P4E) against each other and discuss compatibility issues with P4E and which processor is your best choice.

AnandTech have thrown up their review of Plextor's 12X DVD+R recorder! Here's a snip.

Last week, we had another DVD recordable exclusive: the Sony DRU-700A. This week, we have another exclusive review, the Plextor 712A. Plextor already impressed us once six months ago with the first 8X DVD+R dual format burner. Right on schedule, the next generation burner has high expectations, if it is to rival its already tried and true predecessor.

The wave of the future is here! Or is it really? For those who cannot decide between a portable laptop and a tablet pc, this one makes that decision easy. Input into this laptop can be with the supplied stylus or with the built in keyboard. Read the review "Gateway m275x Tablet PC" here.

Thermaltake's latest enclosure is the LANMOTO. It is designed with the LAN gamer in mind and offers all the same features as the Xaser series of enclosures but weighs much less. TweakTown are even convinced you won't need to be a bodybuilder to move it around!

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"The All in Wonder 9600XT brings a cost effective alternative to dropping another US$100 to buy the next highest readily available version which is the AIW 9800pro. You can't ignore the fact that this card brings an unbelievable amount of potential to an everyday computer. Instead of just using your computer to surf the web, game and catch up on your work, you can transform that ordinary work box into a complete multimedia center complete with countless audio/video inputs and outputs, a television, a FM radio and lets not forget a very capable gamer."

Logitech is known for their top of the line mice. They are famous amongst gamers and enthusiasts. Logitech's MX line of mice are a huge hit in the market. The MX500, MX700, and MX900 all use Logitech's proprietary optical engine to enhance the performance. All of the above stated models are very expensive to say the least. To solve the problem and to make their mice a little more affordable, they released the MX510, wired counterpart to the MX500. How does this mouse compare to the MX500? Read on and find out...

There are plethora of computer mice in the market. Which one should you purchase? This is a difficult question to answer. Choosing a computer mice depends on your likings and your needs. A gamer would try to get top of the line mouse to improve their gaming while someone who only checks his/her email may not want the best mouse in the market. Then comes the size factor and the features you are looking for. There are mice with eight programmable buttons and there are mice with two buttons. Someone with small hands wouldn't want to buy the biggest mouse and someone with small hands wouldn't want to buy the smallest mouse. It's all about preferences.

The new heatsink from Cooler Master is put against the current top P4 heatsink; Will the Hyper6 go directly for the kill, or does the SP-94 put up a good fight? Find out in this review.

Just got word from my good mate Anton Nilsson over at Nordic Hardware that their Radeon X800 vs. GeForce 6800 article is out! One point to note is on page 6 Testing system , is that they list Forceware 65.04 ! :D

Four weeks have passed since nVidia launched its GeForce 6800 Ultra. We spent one of those weeks, together with colleagues from all over the world, in Toronto with ATi. What ATi had to show us was . of course, the graphics card that has surfaced under the codename R420. The 14th of April was marked by us as the day nVidia put an end to ATi's trend as ruler of the throne, but today it's time for ATi to try to retake it. In the following pages we will show you if they've succeeded or not.