What did people get for Christmas then? Woolly jumpers... socks... indigestion? Some of you may be lucky enough to have received some money or gift vouchers for Christmas. One of the "in-presents" this year is the mp3 player (something a geek really shouldn't be without - in fact shame on you if you don't have one yet!) Still, if you're a little bored of all this "iPod" talk, you may want to take a look at Aigo's 20GB MP-P750, of which HEXUS.net have a Review.

The All in Wonder X600 pro in its' stock form would be deemed a safe buy if you were interested in full course buffet of multimedia features with a small side order of gaming. Although the card will easily handle older games with relative ease and acceptable framerates, I would not purchase this card if you were interested in playing the best games...

Small is the new big in computing. Everybody wants an SFF system that they can put in their living room and use as a media centre. VIA has attempted to answer that demand with it's Epia range. In the past they have been underpowered, but the MII is up to the majority of media tasks, including video decoding. HEXUS have a review.

Everybody likes to be surprised once in a while. So when something comes along that makes us take a second look, we just have to tell the world about it. A case in point is the subject of this review; the USB vacuum from CaseBuy Tech. This small handheld gadget proves that there are still companies out there who can produce something you didn?t even know you needed. Approximately 6 inches long, it comes with 2 interchangeable heads (or tool attachments), a small LED light built into the vacuum itself and 3 different settings.

Better known for their cases than their PSUs, 3DVelocity are reviewing a 460 Watt power supply from SilverStone.

Combining a laptop's mobility with the power of a desktop machine, you get the Desktop Replacement system (DTR.) Rock have put together a DTR system based around a VIA K8T800 chipset and the Athlon 64 3700+ CPU. HEXUS.net checked it out and were rather impressed.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Razer Diamondback Gaming Mouse.

Some of the coolest features on this mouse are found in this control panel. Here we are looking at the overall sensitivity and the double click speed. Above that is the "on-the-fly" on/off switch. If you click this to "off", then button 4 will activate/deactivate that feature. If "on" is selected, button 4 will not function. What on the fly does is enable you to change the speed and sensitivity of the mouse during gameplay.

Crucial has always been known for delivering a high performing, stable product and we have not doubt that the Ballistix series of memory continues this long standing tradition.

Madshrimps evaluated an all in one water-cooling solution from Thermaltake, the Big Water 12cm internal H20 kit and see if it can tame a Prescott powered system.

What's shinier than Rudolph's nose, more efficient than a factory of Elfs and as welcome in your house as the fat guy in the red suit? It must be Ultra's X-connect modular 500 Watt power supply as reviewed by 3DVelocity.

Only 10 months ago ATI were launching Mobility Radeon 9700 as their high end mobile oriented PC graphics part, with an eye on serious mobile gaming. However, while the part had few peers in terms of performance, it still left something to be desired as a viable alternative to desktop PC?s for those serious about their 3D performance.

If you have a window on the side panel of your computer case, you'll probably want to show it off with a little lighting. One effective way to light up your case is to use a cold cathode kit. Today we take a look at one such kit from SunBeamTech and put it through its paces.

Seven months after the release of the X800 XT, ATI launches the X850 XT and the X800 XL. What are these graphic cards performances in practice? See the X800 XL test here,, and the X850 XT test here.

Why not help yourself to a TV Tuner for your PC just in time for Christmas? Of course, the TV schedule may not be too good, but that is a matter of taste. HEXUS.net have a review of a pair of Digital TV receivers from Twinhan. The "DTV MagicBox" is a USB model, useful for laptop owners, perhaps. The "VisionDTV" is a PCI solution.

OCZ has been getting a lot of attention from enthusiasts these days and there is a reason for that. First and foremost their power supplies are getting quite popular among PC users; we, ourselves, were very impressed with their PowerStream 520W power supply, which we evaluated a while back. Considering that PowerStream line of units was their first attempt into the market, OCZ is doing rather well. Now the company is back with a 600W flavor of their PowerStream power supplies.

We won't go into details who are Plextor, you probably already know that they are one of the leaders in the optical drives market. Lately Plextor has always been on "the top of the wave" with their new products and technologies and thats why they've had the "King of Quality" mark on their products' boxes.

ATA Hard Drives are easily the slowest components in today's PCs. They may also be the dumbest and most inefficient, but Native Command Queuing (NCQ) could change all that. By intelligently re-ordering I/O requests, command queuing can make drives smarter, more efficient, and ultimately faster, all without increasing spindle speeds or adding on-board cache. Sweet.

ASUS sent us the V9999 Gamer Edition videocard and we are proud to review this very fast card, based on the NVIDIA 6800GPU. This card ofcourse supports all the latest and greatest features like CineFX 3.0 (100% support for DX9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 1.5 APIs for complex special effects) and UltraShadow 2 (boosts the performance in games with complex scenes and with multiple light sources and ofcourse objects).

OCIA.net has posted a review of the X-Ray Technology Mouse Pads. Below is a direct quote from the review:

Cracking the case (not literally) of the Thunder 8 reveals that it is packaged very well. These guys really take some pride in their product, which I like to see. I hadn't looked very closely at the Thunder 8 pad online before receiving it, so I was pretty curious to see what the instruction manual was for.

LED fans are a popular addition to computer cases lately, and every computer modding equipment manufacturer has their version of them. Today we take a look at SunBeamTech's version of their LED fan called the Crystal Quad LED Fan.