We have written a review about the brand new AL-555 case. This case isn´t available in europe at the moment but we received an exclusive review example. The AL-555 from GSM-International is a very special high-end case. The case is build for design focused customers, as well as for the geek who needs a good case for overclocking reasons. The case looks similar to products from Lian Li, but it has nice additional features which make the case unique. The case is made of an aluminium-magnesium alloy which guarantees a very good thermal dissipation. Read the review by clicking here

Just saw this @ NeoWin.Net

Here is a collection of over 1000+ reviews of various motherboards, compiled by those nice people @ 8dimensional. Well worth a read if you want to buy a new motherboard - almost 4+ reviews per motherboard.

PCStats has a new review online and let me tell you this TFT display will make you go Ohhh and Ahhh as well as I want one now!. The 171P Syncmaster display from Samsung is a 17" LCD monitor designed by brilliant minds at F.A. Porsche. This is the same "Porsche" which is responsible for the 911 and other iconic cars.

Just got word from Tim that he's just finished his review of the Antec SX-635 computer case. Here's what he's saying:

Though the SX-635 is smaller then its bigger brother, its still no feather-weight. An empty SX-635 weights in at 23 pounds and that number only goes up once you start adding components. Still, all that weight is worth it.

Note if their site is running slow that's cos they were " Site of the Nite " on TechTV the ScreenSavers last night and it's making their server slow too a crawl. Hit read more for the case reviw.

Just got word from Dave that he's just finished the second half of his ATI Radeon 8500 review. Here's what he's saying.

I've completed a second part of our in-depth review / investigation of Radeon 8500 at Beyond 3D. In this part I have a look at Pixel Shaders, TRUFORM, HyperZII (with a look at the operations of 8500's Hierarchical-Z buffer) as well as OpenGL SSE2 Driver optimisation, AGP and development driver tests.

Just got word that Tim has completed a review on a USB 2.0 5-port PCI Host Card. Here is a quote from his review:

Looking for USB speeds up to 480Mbps and backwards compatibility. Then you have found USB 2.0! Firewire provides great speeds of up to 400Mbps. But, there are very few firewire products on the market. It just seams that almost everything these days has USB 1.1 and more recently USB 2.0 compatibility. Today we are looking at a USB 2.0 host card from XPCGEAR.COM. Which provides 5 USB ports that support USB 2.0 specifications to your computer.

Just got word from DarkCrow that they have tested Gainward's entire range of GeForce 3/4 cards!

Gainward Ultra/750XP GS GeForce4 Ti4600.
Gainward Ultra/750XP SV GeForce4 Ti4600.
Gainward Ultra/700XP GS GeForce4 Ti4400.
Gainward Pro/600 TV GS GeForce4 MX440.
Gainward Ti/550XP GeForce3 Ti500-- Quadro Jumper.
Gainward Ti/450XP GS GeForce3 Ti200 -- Quadro Jumper.
Gainward 128MB GS GeForce3 Ti200.
Gainward Ti/500 XP GS GeForce2 Ti.

Using the following Benchmarks Comanche4, 3Dmark2001/2000, SPECviewperf etc and they have included something called What is Golden Sample vs Silver? (small bug of utility) Expert Enhanced Mode clock indicator & Nvidia coolbit clock indicator!

Whether it is a new type of equipment/ hardware or software, Review Blast aims to contain a list of tech related reviews that have been found around the Internet.

Motherboard Monitor 5 Review
Make your own Glass Mousemat with Lights
Enermax 710B Black-Steel Case Review
ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV Review

3DExteme has taken a look at the Lian Li PC-75 aluminium case. Here's a bit: The Lian Li pc-75 has made all of my other cases obsolete and has replaced my Lian Li pc-65 usb as my main rig case. Working on the pc-75 has been as easy as the smaller case with a removable tray. There is so much room to work inside I am able to swap everything from coolers to peripheral cards without being obstructed at all. If you're looking for a stylish case with unlimited modding possibilites or a server case that will keep your system running cool then look no further. Head over by using the above shown link to read the complete review.

Just got word from Haddad that they have just posted their review of the FIC VC15 i845 DDR motherboard. Here's what he's saying:

Intel's 845 chipset is to some "the next BX", offering unsurpassed stability at a reasonable price. With so many different choices in chipsets, types of ram, and different brands, picking out a motherboard for your Pentium 4 is no easy task.

This time around we are checking out FIC's VC15 motherboard, coupled with a potentially overclockable P4 Northwood 1.6a, we will see if FIC manages to impress us this time...

VR-Zone has done up a review on the AOpen AK77-333 board based on the VIA KT333CE chipset.

This board sports a sleek black PCB with a silver chipset cooler and support nice features such as ATA133, Realtek 6 Channel Audio, USB 2.0 and up to 8 USB ports! We have check out in detail the features, BIOS, overclockability and performance and pit it against the fastest KT333 boards out there.

The guys over @ Guru3D have updated there Detonator Performance Database. The drivers they tested were: 20.80, 21.81, 21.83, 21.85, 21.88, 22.40, 22.50, 22.80, 23.11, 23.12, 26.25, 26.53, 27.00, 27.10, 27.20, 27.23, 27.30, 27.42, 27.50, 27.51, 27.52, 27.70 and 28.32. They were tested with AquaMark, Quake 3 Arena & 3DMark2001SE under Windows XP Home Edition. Click on Read More... for a link to read the whole review.

Just got word from Digital Oracle about a new section Maxreboot have started called MR Review Blast. This section covers the latest reviews from around the web and it's updated daily.

First Edition - 001

OCZ DDR 400 Memory Review

Lian-Li PC30 Mini-Tower Case Review

GeForce4 Ti 4200 Preview

VR-Zone has done up a review on the Shuttle AK35GTR v2.2 board based on the VIA KT333CE chipset.

The layout of this board is similar to the previous AK35GTR with features such as ATA133, RAID, 6 PCI, 4 DIMM slots and 6 channel sound. The BIOS provides settings such as VCore up to 2.3V, VMem up to 2.7V and FSB up to 200Mhz. We have checked out the overclockability and performance of this board against the formidable EPoX 8K3A+ and SOYO K7V Dragon Plus. Check it out :

VR-Zone has done up a review on the new Pentium 4 2.4Ghz based on 0.13 micron Northwood core. Pentium 4 2.4Ghz is the first processor to be mass produced using smaller circuits and large 300mm wafers.

Also they have managed to overclock this P4 2.4Ghz to 3.15Ghz air cooled which is higher than what can be achieved with the P4 2.2Ghz so it may give some indications that the core is better.

they have compared this Pentium 4 2.4Ghz against the Athlon XP 2000+ and done a whole series of benchmarks to test out the CPU, Memory, Gaming, Rendering, Video, CAD, Office and Content Creation performance.

Our good pal David over at the other batcave has reviewed Microsoft's gaming console XBox. Here is a snip: This is the fun part, so you've told me all about this console, how's the action? In one word, unbelievable, the console itself shows some wonderful power and potential. I suspect as developers continue to get a better handle on the hardware and it's capabilities, as seen with other consoles the games will continue to improve. As always, game quality is developer specific, but I suspect the upper potential could be amazing. The system features a comfortable, easy to use controller. Check out the XBox test

t-break has published a review for the v1.1 of Gigabyte's KT333 motherboard- the GA-7VRXP. Here's a bit from the review:

Gigabyte has sure loaded this board good. Starting off, this board has an integrated NIC, USB 2.0 as well as ATA-133 RAID powered by the PROMISE chip. Audio onboard is also powered by a Creative chip- which is a lot better than the AC'97 codec and even the CMedia chip. Also found on the board is the Gigabyte-invented Dual BIOS which helps against BIOS attacks and corruption.

Just got word from Dave @Beyond3D that they have posted up their review of the ATI Radeon 8500. Here's a quote from Dave:

Beyond3D's ATi Radeon 8500 review is up. Along with the standard benchmarking I've concentrated on AA performance & IQ, Texture Filtering, along with some T&L and Multi-texturing tests.

We have written a review about the Windows XP tuning utility Customizer XP.
If you are interested in what kind of features Customizer XP is offering head over to our review by clicking here. Also we have a game running this month: you can win a free copy (license) of Customizer XP every week, sponsored by TweakNow. Head over to our review and on the last page you will find the instructions how to win a free license of Customizer XP.

Just got word from Aron@Aselabs.com that they have posted up their review of ECS L4S5MG Motherboard. Here's a quote from their review:

The L4S5MG is a great board for the price. The numbers and the features of this board are better than the K7S5A that I have (also made by ECS). ECS is making progress with their boards and I hope they continue to do so. I'm not giving the board an overall score, but I do recommend it. If I wanted a board, I would definitely consider purchasing this one.