Gainward was kind enough to send me a set of SoundXplosion 5.1 channel headphones to check out, I just put up my review up of them over here at Elite Bastards

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Swiftech MCX 6400-V.

There were NO clearance issues installing this heatsink on an MSI K8N Neo Platinum. The included backplate was not used, ONLY because the backplate on the MSI K8N Neo is glued on. I compared both plates and saw no visible difference -- with the spacers included, as long as the threads go as deep as the backplate sent by Swiftech, there should be no complication.

Although laptop coolers are nothing new to the enthusiast market, one would question the real necessity of them. I mean, if your laptop would get too hot, the whole 4 or 5 real manufacturers of laptops would catch that, and put in better cooling, right? But one could say that a cooler system will last longer, and perhaps be not as prone to crashes and lock-ups. Back on track here, this cooler is very unique in a few ways; it has a 4 port USB 2.0 Hub, adjustable fan speed, and it's AC powered!

The Liteon 832S is an 8x DVD burner with 2.4x Dual Layer Burning capabilities. We at 3DXtreme have always been big fans of the products released by Liteon, let?s see if the 832S maintains the Liteon tradition and delivers another respectable product.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Thermaltake Xpeaker.

The first thing I noticed straight out of the box was that the main drive assembly that holds the speakers was light in weight. I did not expect much from the speakers due to that fact but we will have more to say about that later. Looking at the front facing of the speaker bay assembly you see the bass knob on the left, volume knob in the center and power knob on the right. I have a feeling it will look nice once inside the case.

The Samsung SyncMaster 173P has to be one of the best looking and most feature rich 17in TFT monitors available. TrustedReviews has all the details about this super sexy display righ here.

Thermalright introduces a new heatsink with support for 120mm fans, made from aluminum it´s light as a feather, but does it perform? Madshrimps installed the XP-120 on their test system with a variety of fans on top to see how it stacks up against the competition.

Headphones are a gadget of choice for LAN party attendees, professional musicians, and music enthusiasts. This makes it necessary for manufacturers to produce headphones that cater to one of the toughest consumership in the market. Ultrasone has always focused their energy towards making expensive yet high-quality headphones. In fact, they are the only ones to have produced 999 pairs of headphones that cost around $3,000. Of course, this is out of reach for many consumers and they represent more of a collector's item rather than an accessory that can be used regularly. It is interesting to see what kind of things Ultrasone has put into their $3,000 model, but the main question is - are you really going to notice the difference between $500 headphones vs. the $3,000 ones? It all depends on your tastes and the budget category you are looking at.

amd64notebooks.com takes a closer look at the Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO A1630 notebook.
Read it all here.

We already had the chance the admire the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case at the Cebit this year. Finally, we were able to get this case from the company www.tower-style.de. Now we will have a closer look into the details. On the first impression it looks similar to the Coolermaster Wave Case. Read the Review

Overclocker Café have thrown up their review of Thermaltake's BigWater Water cooling kit! Here's a snip.

Thermaltake is not new to the manufacture of water cooling kits. The Aquarius II and Aquarius III units each have expanded the water cooling market with easy to install all-in-one kits. The latest all-in-one kit from Thermaltake is the BigWater.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the QTechnologies Model 350G Power Supply & Acousti Products AcoustiFoam Standard Pack.

Over the past few years, the manufacturers have paid much attention to the demands of computer enthusiasts for quieter systems, and have been developing "silent" power supplies. QTechnology is among these. Since 1998, QTechnology has worked hard to silence office and home computers with their "Ultra Silent" power supplies, CPU coolers, cases, and Acousti Products noise reduction materials.

Endlich seit langem gibt es mal wieder etwas neues im Moddingbereich für euch. Schon vor über zwei Jahren wollte ich die Luxeon LED´s mal kaufen und testen. Die Preise lagen aber jenseits von Gut und Böse und immer noch werden bei vielen LED Shops die Luxeons zwischen 30,- und 45,- Euro pro Stück gehandelt. Das ist definitiv viel zu teuer aber so ist es ja bei fasst allen neuen Produkten üblich. Ich erinnere mich noch an die Zeiten wo die 3 mm LED´s zu selben Preisen auf den Markt kamen und heute bekommt man da schon eine ganze Handvoll für einen Euro. Zum Review

Schon auf der CeBit Hannover hatten wir das Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Gehäuse bewundern können. Nun konnten wir von der Firma www.tower-style.de bekommen und werden diese interessante Gehäuse für euch einmal näher betrachten. Auf den ersten Blick hat das Gehäuse eine sehr grosse Ähnlichkeit mit dem Coolernaster Wave Gehäuse. Zum Review

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"The Mars YY-5601 Case is not as flashy as some of the Cases we’ve reviewed, but it provides a solid design with easy to use features and allows for a quick and easy installation. If you are on a tight budget and need a no frills Case with a Power Supply Unit, the Mars YY-5601 may just fit the bill. For the mere price of $52 the YY-5601 is a Case that provides great value for the dollar."

Sapphire made a name for themselves providing the total silent ?Ultimate Editions? for the Radeon 9x00 series, however with the X800 series Sapphire are taking a slightly different route. Here we take a look at Sapphire?s new alternative high end board, the Toxic X800 PRO VIVO.

Looking for a new PDA? Then the new HP iPAQ rx3715 might be for you, check out the review at TrustedReviews.

A Mobile Media Companion has to provide for more than just video and stills, though, and a second button on the bespoke Today screen is labelled ?mobile media?. Tapping this takes you to a new screen offering locally stored and streamed material, the latter accessed across the built in 802.11b and requiring that you install the provided Mobile Media for PC software on a Windows XP machine. If you use an older operating system, or run a Mac, you?ll need to find a different streaming solution. While on the subject of wireless, you get Bluetooth functionality too, so you should be able to stay connected pretty much anywhere.

What exactly does "Fanless Enhanced PSU" mean? Is it just another marketing gimmick or something that actually might benefit the Power Silent PC user? HTPCnews.com was intrigued and has a review of Epower's "Fanless Enhanced PSU" for everyone to check out and see what the fuss is about. Check it out to see if "Fanless Enhanced" was just a load of bs or has any real substance to it.

Today up for review we have a VGA cooler that isn?t like the average coolers. Most aftermarket VGA coolers that you?ll find in various modding or computer sites/stores are of the small round chipset cooler type units resembling a mini HSF. Now we?ve seen many manufacturers start using bigger cooling solutions for their video cards (Abit OTES, nVidia?s stock cooling on the FX5800 and FX5950, etc) but none of these bigger type coolers were produced by the smaller after market modding community except for the Zelman Heatpipe?s, which weren?t meant for performance, but silent cooling.

Nowadays the amount of people prefering a silent computer system is growing and growing. For instance people who have a home theatre PC in their living room mostly want it to be silent. The subject of this review is Silverstone's SST-ST30NF Power Supply, which is entirely passively cooled by heatsinks. Since it contains no fans this PSU generates 0dBA background noise, and thus on first sight it seems to be ideal for silent computer systems.

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