Gamers Depot checks out Intel's 925p/915p Chipsets and P4 3.6GHz / 3.4GHz EEP Processors in their lastest review!

The 925p and 915p chipsets are nearly identical with the exception of Integrated Graphics. As you?ll see in our round of benchmarks, the performance delta between the two is negligible at best. The short of the story here, for both chipsets, is support for DDR2, PCI Express with x16 Graphics, Intel High Definition Audio, four Serial ATA ports, Intel?s Matrix RAID technology and native 802.11g Wireless Ethernet.

Creative has been able to retain certain leadership over the PC Audio market for the last decade or so, however present market conditions are tougher than ever, the market has been flooded with a variety of alternative products, making it more difficult to stand out over competition.

The Audigy 2 ZS currently remains as Creative?s flagship product, sensibly named after the original Audigy 2, the card has received a number upgrades and added features however change hasn?t been drastic enough to force over a new generation. Among the new features offered in the ZS we have true support for 7.1-channels, THX certification, DTS ES support, ASIO2 support and updated EAX 4.0 extensions. Read on for our complete review of this great card.

The growth of barebone PC fashion is unstoppable and more manufacturers are launching smaller and higher performance systems every day. TodoReviews reviewed a Shuttle SN85G4, equipped with a mainboard based on a NVIDIA nForce3 150 chipset with Athlon64 support, 5.1 sound with SPDIF line in and out, 10/100 LAN, FireWire and USB 2.0 ports.

Overclockers Club has an exclusive review of Razer's new aluminum eXactMat mouse surface. 'We all know Razer for their old famous Boomslang mouse, their newer Boomer mice, and their newest Viper optical mouse but not for mouse surfaces. They decided to leap in to the mouse pad market and from the looks of their new Razer eXactMat mouse pad, it looks like they have made a truly unique mouse surface. Anodizing protects the aluminum base by making the surface much harder than natural aluminum. Aluminum oxide is grown out of the surface during anodizing and then becomes aluminum hydrate, that is extremely hard. The porous nature of the anodized layer allows the product to be dyed (in eXactMat black). The method used is Type II anodizing (room temperature) and gives an anodized layer of 0.1" (half which is grown into the surface and half out of the surface).' Read more

The Virtual Laser Keyboard leverages the power of laser and infrared technology and projects a full-size keyboard onto any flat surface. Compatible with Palm handhelds with Palm Universal Connector, iPAQ Pocket PCs h19/22/38/39/41/43/5000 series, Sony Clie handhelds and desktop and laptop PCs. As you type on the laser projection; it analyzes what you're typing by the coordinates of that location.

Shikatronics and OCZ are shipping DDR550 based on the latest Hynix B chips, which are claimed to be the fastest memory that you can buy. Did ShikaXRAM and the OCZ PC4400 EL live up to their billing as the fastest DDR memory that you can buy?

A new revision of the Cool-Cases CF1 is put up against Danger Den´s latest high performance water block, the TDX. Which one will keep an Athlon 64 the coolest, read on to find out.

When looking for a keyboard and mouse to control your PC from afar, a few names come to mind for most of us. One of these such names is Gyration... HTPCnews takes a look at their latest Ultra GT Suite which replaced the older version that had some range issues when used near electronics. Read the review and find out if they fixed the issues and see the surprise HTPCnews.com has in store.

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter. Here is a snippet:

"The 54 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter is the fastest, meanest wireless adapter on the road. It transforms a home or an office into a grand wireless network where any wireless capable device can connect to it. With 54 Mbps wireless speed, it is guaranteed that the Internet does not contain any slowdowns and it is extremely easy to install. It can transfer information up to 54 Mbps and makes it capable to share the Internet, printers and other devices."

Here is a thorough look at StarDock and how it can customize your Windows OS. The article jumps right into the history of StarDock and covers each of its applications and how they can improve your Windows look and feel.

The guys @ HWspirit.com have a nice review of Gigabyte's nforce3 250 motherboard K8NS Pro. The mobo itself may not be what everybody expected, but check it out for yourself here.

Today comes the review of the last DDR memory by Corsair Memory; the XMS-XL serie, that was showed the last 26 May, is the most faster of the PC3200 memories that Corsair has in him inventory. One of the his characteristic is the latency time: only 2-2-2-5T. In the review, we´ll check a kit composed by two modules of 512 Mb; to read the review, click on the image.

Spam from the internet is normal for most people these days (unless you happen to not give your e-mail out to anyone). Not a day goes by without spam. Lucky for us there are enough software developers that help us fight spam! Like fighting spyware!

ChrisRay over at Nvnews.net has completed a review of eVGA's e-GeForce FX 5700 Ultra with NVIDIA's Personal Cinema. With the debut of the GeForce 6 Series, the GeForce FX 5700 line will eventually transition to the value market segment.

But the highlight of this bundle is NVIDIA's Personal Cinema, which can be used as a Digital Media Hub for Audio/Video Input/Output. From the review: eVGA leaves nothing out of the Personal Cinema package. It includes two eVGA stickers, audio/video cables, multimedia hub, DVI-to-VGA adapter, FM antenna, NVIDIA remote control, two software cds, batteries, and of course the card (GeForce 5700 Ultra) itself.

OCIA.net checks out the Vantec EZ-Grip Molex Connectors in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"I inserted the molex removal tool provided in the kit. Let me just say that this tool easily cuts the time of the job in half. When I put the cable sleeving kit on originally, I found that removing molex connectors without an appropriate tool is very time consuming and hard on the hands. However, using the tool that is provided, all that is required is inserting the tool, and pushing the knob on top, similar to the working of a syringe."

Whilst the high end graphics cards announcements and subsequent (slow) releases have kept hardware enthusiasts occupied over the past few months, for most people these high end boards are of little practical interest. The vast majority of graphics board users and consumers will be looking much lower down the price ranges to get for their graphics capabilities. To this end we are today taking a look at Galaxy’s GeForce FX 5700 LE – a board priced competitively to the 5200 Ultra, but whose NV36 core has a few more advanced features.

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"The MII10000 reviewed today is practically the same as the M10000 other than the included CompactFlash, Cardbus and Firewire capability. The Firewire should remain an EPIA staple whereas the Cardbus and the CompactFlash wouldn't be missed by most of its targeted audience. Other than that, if you are in the market for a cheap.."

OCIA.net checks out the Flexiglow FX Game Pad in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review: "Upon receiving this review item, I have changed my look at the simple mouse pad. If the Flexiglow FX Game Pad was a TV cook, it would kick it up a notch. The surface of this thing is very smooth, perfect for the mouse to glide across. The main feature of this mouse pad is the colors. Lots of colors."

The most disappointing aspect about these chipsets has to be the performance of the i925X chipset versus the i915P/G. Intel claims performance enhancements for the i925X over i915P/G such as an advanced memory controller that is capable of offering more bandwidth. They come through with that fact, but in the end that isn?t enough to make the i925X a viable buy over the i915P/G chipset in our eyes. Until we start seeing some better gains from i925X motherboards, they?re going to be hard to recommend over the certainly cheaper i915P/G motherboards.

At that price this case would fall into the budget category however the uniqueness of this case and pre-modded look really adds to the attraction. The other features including screw-less drive and PCI card installation, side intake fan, dual 80MM exhaust fans, front Audio and USB ports make this case worth every penny of its selling price.