Rainer Teschke, Insider Guru der Low Noise hat drei neue Reviews veröffentlicht. Silentmaxx Semi-Fanless 450 WattZweifelsohne haben wir es der Firma Silentmaxx zu verdanken das sich der Markt für lüfterlose und lautlose Netzteile überhaupt entwickelt hat. Zwar gab es schon vorher auf dem US Markt lüfterlose ATX Netzteile die aber für Ihre kurze Lebensdauer und deren sehr schlechtes Temperatur und Spannungsverhalten berüchtigt waren. In Puncto Spannungsstabilität sind die ersten Silentmaxx Netzteile noch allen anderen heutigen lüfterlosen Netzteilen Überlegen. Mit dem neuem Semi-Fanless geht man wieder einen Schritt weiter und bietet dem Benutzer die individuelle Wahl des Betriebsmodi von lüfterlos bis aktiv geregelt an. Zum Review Thermaltake Pure Power 350 Watt Fanless Während der Markt für passive CPU Kühler nur sehr schleppend in Bewegung kommt, boomt der Markt für passive Netzteile regelrecht. Hatte man vor circa einem Jahr nur 2 Geräte zur Auswahl so haben wir bereits jetzt schon über 10 verschiedene passive Netzteile getestet. Die Hersteller scheuen keinen Aufwand und keine Entwicklung und so kommen passive Netzteile mit den verschiedensten wärmeleitenden Technologien auf den Markt. Der Käufer freut sich über die grössere Auswahl und Konkurrenz belebt den Markt und senkt die Preise Zum Review Mehr

The Guru of Low-Noise has written 2 new reviews for your reading pleasure.
Thermaltake Pure Power 350 Watt fanless While the market for passive cpu coolers just develops slowly, there are more and more fanless power supplies. This area is booming. Two years ago there were only two fanless power supplies available. Today we test our 10th fanless power supply! The manufacturers don?t mind the development and the work needed for new versions. Different ideas can be found for the cooling system of the power supply. The user is glad about a bigger variety and the competition between the different brands freshens the market. Although Thermaltake used to offer products for modding and style of the computer, now they took the step and offer innovations and high end products, too. Read the review over here Read More For Thermaltake Big Water WaterCooling

The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse is a unique mouse that offers excellent ergonomic and aesthetic design that people only dreamed of. The mouse is lightweight, small and extremely portable. It is a prime example of perfection at its peak for the many features it is comprised of. It utilizes only one AA battery and lasts on a average of three months. It moves smoothly across any surface and has precise accuracy. Microsoft has once again created a brilliant masterpiece for a mouse. The accurate optical technology, wireless capability, a quick installation and long battery life are only a handful of many features that the mouse has at an affordable price.

The Crucible has just posted a review of Albatron's Trinity 6800GT Geforce 6800 GT video card. They run it up the flag pole and see who looks. Seems like a pretty good card for the price.

Bigger is better. That seems to be the motto of Coolmax with the introduction of their Taurus 140mm Silent Switching PSU. That?s right, you read correctly, 140mm. No matter who you are in the world of power supplies, 140mm is a big fan! As a matter of fact, everything about this psu is done in a big way.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the CoolerMaster Praetorian Case! Here's a snip.

The first thing that caught my eye here was the rear 80mm fan; particularly the fan grill, or better yet, lack thereof. I am a big fan of free-flowing air (no Pun intended), and CoolerMaster's choice to not include a rear fan grill on the frame of the case was definitely a good one. Instead, the case fan grill is a simple wire grill, which can be removed should you be inclined to do so. Also, notice that the power supply bracket is removable. This bracket attaches directly to your power supply, which is then slid into the case from the backside and fits nicely into its own "holding station".

MHW looks at the new mostly aluminum XP-120 HSF which is slotted for a nice big 120mm fan.

"As mentioned earlier the XP-120 offers cross platform compatibility, but because of its enormous size that compatibility is somewhat limited. My personal suggestion here would be to make sure your motherboard is on either the AMD or Intel approved list before you buy one. If you don't see your board on the list it can't hurt to drop Thermalright a line and ask."

The Gateway AR-230 can be summed up as being an affordable and high quality DVD Recorder with all features and ease of use as your standard everyday VHS VCR. It is easy to install and configure, makes recording a DVD child's play and has every feature seen in its' competitor's products without the expensive pricetag.

OCWorkbench have thrown up their review of DFI's LP UT nF3-250Gb mainboard!

We managed to overclock to 308 X 8MHz. In the review, we compared it with 16 boards based on various chipsets e.g. ULi M1689, NF3-250Gb, SIS 755/760/760gx, VIA K8T800Pro. We also included a tune up guide for your reference.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the CoolJag JVC682A Heatsink! Here's a snip.

The fins on the JVC682A are slightly taller than that of the OEM cooler, but not quite as consistent in spacing. Of course, this has a lot to do with the JVC682A being manufactured with a skiving technique, and the OEM fins being affixed to the base separately. Skiving ensures the best possible conduction of heat.

Flash Drives have become increasingly more popular lately. These mini hard drives provide a nice portable solution to transfer files to and from the office or what have you. Some manufacturers have created hybrid units that can do double duty as an MP3 player as well as a storage unit.

3DVelocity have reviewed the BioSlimDisk, a USB Flash drive with built in Biometric fingerprint security to keep your data safe. Let's just hope Biometrics doesn't kick-start a lucrative black market trade in detached fingers and eyeballs!

Quote if Required: " USB keys also started to include new features, some would have a built-in radio or mp3 players and some even have a voice recorder built-in. The keys would have different properties such as: size, transfer speeds, shapes and features.
The BioSlimDisk differentiates itself from the competition in that it has a built-in security feature. It uses fingerprint recognition techniques to secure the data stored on the key. This method of securing the device is called Biometric security and is based on Biometric technology. "

As far as I know, this is the first review of the PAL version of the ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0. The reviewer seemed to be quite impressed with the picture quality and it should prove to be quite affordable. Check it out over at TrustedReviews

TrustedReviews has compared the ABIT AA8-DuraMAX and the Gigabyte GA-8NXP-D. Which one came out on top?

Although it?s been some time since Intel launched its new PCI Express chipsets, the flow of retail motherboards has been a bit slow, partly due to some production issues and partly due to a lack of peripherals. Both of these issues have now been addressed and we?re seeing more and more PCI Express graphics cards and DDR2 memory modules making their way into the retail channel.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Thermalright SP-94 Heatsink.

Now we move on to the installation. As noted previously, the installation for the SP-94 is a little more involved than the SLK-947U. To install the SP-94, you must first remove the P4 retention bracket that most traditional P4 heatsinks use. With only a 20g increase in weight from the SLK-947U, I was really surprised it would require such a robust mounting system.

The Crucible has just posted a review of Corsair's XL Low latency memory. They really pump the juice into this stuff and end up with a whopper of an overclock. This stuff looks really fine.

A quote from the review "This memory performed extremely well in our overclocking testing. Since the ICs are rated at 250MHz with 3-3-3-8 timings it is not surprising. Hitting over DDR550 though is. Adding voltage at this point didn't better our max speed. In both cases (AMD64 and P4) our maximum stable overclock with the default 2-2-2-5 timings was 217MHz or PC3500 speeds."

With the introduction of the DivX codec, movie buffs found a cheap an easy solution to back up their movie collections. The problem with Divx movies was if you wanted to play your Divx movies on your TV you had to go through tedious connections from the computer to your TV or else you were stuck watching them on your computer. All that has now changed with the introduction of Philips DVP642 DVD/DivX player. Not only does it play DVDs but Divx 3, 4, and 5 files along with VCD, SVCD and mp3s!

There is a review article of the XGI Volari V8, V5 and V3 over at VolariGamers, three new mainstream graphics cards :

Many of us get excited about the X800 and Geforce 6800, but the majority of consumers simply will not swallow the high price tag that comes with it. Sadly, it is getting increasingly difficult for those of you looking for a more budget conscious card to find the card which suits you best.

In the case with the RumblePad 2, you have full digital and dual analog control, ten programmable keys and lets not forget the built in vibration feedback to add even more realism to your immersive gaming experience.

World´s most advanced fan controller? But how, it has no knobs to turn? An Austrian company made a stand-alone high tech unit which can be controlled completely from within Windows. Is it any good? Find out in this review.