Headphones are a must accessory for any gamer. They allow you to easily communicate with players throughout the world to better strategize your game plans. Altec Lansing has come up with a solution to suit both gamers as well as those who use voice chat and other similar features via the Internet. The affordable speaker producer has combined the functionality of a pair of headphones and a microphone into a single product. This idea is definitely not unique, but is always interesting to see the product differences in the market between each company. As the competition increases, every manufacturer is trying to outdo each other with something special.

Just got a word that OCWorkbench has posted a review on the latest Chaintech card, the Volari V3.

Today we?re going to stray a little from the rest of the pack and take a closer look at the recently released Chaintech Volari V3 card. Priced at about $47, this card certainly is one of the most affordable graphics cards you can find out there and is in the same price range as the nVidia Geforce MX 4000. However, unlike the Geforce MX 4000, the Volari V3 sports Vertex and Pixel Shaders support, the board has a DVI port and even more interesting, the Volari V3 seems to be the only card costing only $47 which supports HDTV up to 1080i !

Just got a word that Radeonthetop has posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon X800PRO Toxic. The link to the review: here

Just got word that Hardware.Ethek.com have thrown up their review of AMD's Athlon 64 3800+ CPU plus a performance comparsion againist Windows XP SP2 32 bits vs Windows XP SP1 64 bits OS using ATI's 9800 XT and 800XT PE video cards.

“It seems like all the rage these days is mp3 players. The growth in sales and the increasing number of features in these tiny devices is pretty amazing, they’ve gone from big bulky 32mb players with no LCD screens to 40 GB iPods with backlit LCD’s and games. I always thought my Panasonic Shockwave MP3 CD player was good enough for me. Sure it may be bulky, heavy and still skipped at times but after a while I decided it's time to try something new to run with. So upon the recommendation of a friend, I decided to pick up a 256mb mp3 player, the Creative MuVo NX 256mb, and we’ll see how well it works for an active user like me.”

Creative has just launched the MuVo² FM 5GB player powered by Seagate's new 1-inch ST1 5GB, 3600rpm hard drive with RunOn Technology. Of course, VR-Zone are very interested to know if this drive can be used in digicams like what the Hitachi 4GB Microdrive has been able to achieve therefore they take it apart and test it out.

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