Rainer over @ Teschke.de has published a new review for your reading pleasure, today he is testing the PhasePlane Heatpipe. We were able to bend the heat pipes just after the copper plates to go up the back of the PC case. The advantage of these heat pipes was that they were easily bendable by hand without the risk of damaging the internal structure. We then mounted two large aluminum heat sink coolers on each face of the longer side of the heat pipes which we again fixed with two screws each. Read more here

Altec Lansing has been around since before the dawn of stereo. Altec Lansing was formed in 1941 when Altec purchased the Lansing Manufacturing Company. In 1946 the former Lansing owner, James B. Lansing, later formed JBL, a name most of us will recognize. Altec has always been known for its speaker systems in the affordable category and today we will take a look at their recently announced MX5020 speaker set.

Hexus.net have thrown up a review of Crucial's Radeon X800 Pro. For those of you that don't know, Crucial is a leading manufacturer of OEM RAM. They have only recently begun to cater to the enthusiasts.

Crucial fails to hit the mark when evaluated on any of these criterias. That's the problem right there. The bundle is basic, with just enough to get the card working correctly. There are no additional games that one can play with, and the card is very much reference in every respect. A keen online price of ~£270 could have minimised the inadequacies that exist elsewhere, but an asking price of £316 inc. VAT puts it close to the price of the cheapest X800 XT PE card.

Today 3DXtreme is presenting a refresher to an earlier review we had posted. Recently we posted a review of the SilverStone Temjin TJ-05 ATX Case. We ran into a few issues with the Case and SilverStonetek quickly provided another one, this time in black and without the integrated fan controller. SilverStone provided this Case to see if we experienced the same issues, hoping it was damage that occurred in transit we proceeded to move our whole system into this new TJ05B Case. We decided to deliver this as a separate Case review, due to the fact that this Case lacked the fan controller and had a lower purchase price. Let?s see how this Case fared regarding the issues we experienced and if this model of the TJ05 delivered more than just a replacement product.

We had have the oportunity to test this power supply by Revoltec. The model is the Chromus Start 450w; The main caracteristic is the very good general finished; 450w of total power, a big power filter Molex connector used for VGA, protected cables, and "unlimited" caracteristics to offer the best yield with a interest price. To know all detail about Chromus Star, clic on the image.

Add in board partners to the likes of NVIDIA and ATI need to do something special to their products to differentiate them from the competition. You'd expect a graphics card from Crucial, makers of high quality RAM, and kings of customer satisfaction, to be cream of the crop. However, this Hexus review suggests that while the card is good, it's nothing special compared to any already on the market. Still, regardless of whether it stands from the competition, you can't go wrong with Crucial kit. So, if you want a new speedy graphics card, the review may be worth checking out.

Today I will introducing the CoolerMaster Cavalier 1 Designer Computer Case which rides the knife's edge between the two fields as an attractive alternative for the mainstream user, but also would be an excellent case for an gamer as well.

You've got to hand it to Logitech, not only have they made a massive impact with their mice and speakers, they've done it against big-name opposition. Today, we look at their MX-1000 wireless mouse, a rodent for the new millennium?

When it comes to chipsets for the Intel based processors, you have pretty much been limited to either VIA or Intel. Seems there is a new kid on the block lately, however, but it isn't a new name. Come join TweakTown as we take a look at some motherboards based on chipsets from ATI and we'll see if they have what it takes to be contenders in this highly prized and sought after market!

What can I say about the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor? It's a stranger in a strange land, an anomaly in the desktop processor world, a thousand-dollar CPU inhabiting a world of sub-$1K computers. The technology comes from the Intel's high-end server products, a Xeon processor core, dubbed Gallatin, with 2MB of on-chip L3 cache.

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OCIA.net has posted a review of the Thermalright XP-120 Heatsink. Below is a direct quote from the review:

The first step is pretty simple; lay down the included plastic bracket, and screw it in place -- if your backplate is glued on like mine, you don't even have to remove your motherboard for this. Then of course you would apply a thin layer of thermal grease to the CPU.

Johnathan Martini has completed a review of Chaintech's GeForce GeForce AA6800 Apogee. Although the AA6800 is based on NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 GPU, Chaintech increased its core frequency by 33MHz and memory frequency by 70MHz over the default.

These modules definitely appeal to the eye. They feature a high quality copper heat spreader with a platinum mirrored finish. The OCZ PC3700 Platinum DDR modules are rated for operation with tight timings as low as 2-3-3-8. OCZ Platinum Edition memory modules are rated to handle up to 3.0V without invalidating the OCZ Lifetime Warranty, meaning performance enthusiasts can tweak their systems without worry.

The ABIT AV8 performed very well, battling with the Soltek K8T800 Pro board for much of this review. The stock performance of the K8T800 Pro chipset seems to be consistent across the motherboards we used thus showing no clear winner. The AV8 has features galore and can be found online for only $111. Overclocking was the key here as this board has working AGP/PCI locks allowing us to briefly hit a 270 MHz FSB and I was actually able to game at 265 FSB x 9.

The Athlon64 platform has been on the market for quite some time now, yet the choice of good motherboards has been very carce so far, which held up quite a number of people from purchasing a 64-bit platform from AMD. Of course, when we say "good" motherboards, this does not mean only lots of extras, but also good overclocking capabilities. At HWspirit we've tested Asus K8N-E Deluxe to see if it is one of the "good" ones...

Plextor. Plextor, Plextor? Does this brand require any advertisement or explanations? The brand name speaks for itself ? Plextor have always been among the leaders when we talk about optical storage.
The company was one of the first to announce 4x DVD recording drives (504A), and also the first to release on the market an 8x DVD-R drive (708A). Now we have their 12x model in HWspirit's test lab, read how did the Plextor PX-712A DVD Writer perform.

The OmniChrome card is S3's attempt at taking on ATI's All-In-Wonder cards at the lower end of the market. HEXUS.net have a review of the card, finding the TV tuning to be good, along with some nice features such as HDTV input/output and reasonable 3D performance. However, it has quite a few downsides, such as a lack of multi-sampling AA, mono audio tuning and a PCB too big to fit in SFF cases such as Shuttle's XPCs. S3's Product Marketing Manager, Nadeem Mohammad, was given the opportunity to respond to the review.

We have a luxury of choice on the Athlon 64 platform at the moment. HEXUS.net takes a look at a value option from Biostar: a Socket 754 nForce 3 board. It tries to bring a host of features to the table for a low price. From the article:

"BIOSTAR has carved out a niche market in producing budget boards based on most currently available chipsets. Stability, decent performance, and, usually, a sub-£70 asking price has made them a genuine alternative to other companies' boards that often retail at the wrong side of £100. Their associated bundles may not be as esoteric as DFI's and the BIOS often lacks fine-tuning available with, say, ABIT boards, but with S462, S478, and S754 now enjoying true budget processors, BIOSTAR reckons there's a significant market for feature-rich boards that don't break the bank."

Intel's motherboards are not one of the most popular solutions among the home users. And they are especially not popular among the PC enthusiasts, because of their lack of overclocking features. Intel's motherboards are preferred mostly by corporative users that don't need some exotic features or overclocking options, but a guaranteed stable and problem free system. Our purpose with this review is not to compare the particular two Intel motherboards, but to use them just to show the difference between the performance provided by Intel 915G/P chipset using DDR and DDR2 memory. That’s why we are going to compare a configuration using DDR400 (INTEL D915GAV) and DDR2-533 (INTEL D915PBL) memory. Read the review here...

Fuelling the PVR revolution, ATI brings to the market an external TV tuner. Using the USB2.0 interface allows it enough bandwidth to provide a high quality video stream for your viewing pleasure. HEXUS.net have a review: "I prefer the PCI version for latency reasons, but if USB2.0 is the interface you need for a TV tuner and multimedia product without breaking the bank, the TV Wonder USB 2.0 is highly recommended."