5.1 sound with only two satellites, one subwoofer and a central speaker? This is what Altec Lansing offers with the GT5051R. behardware.com's impression and observations are in this test.

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Last month when ATI launched the Radeon X850 they also launched some new X800 series cards, at that time there were no samples available to the public or reviewers. As of the beginning of January the X800XL is making its way into the hands of the public and so we have a sample here for review. With an expected retail price of $299 it sits around $100 less than a 6800GT and so a performance comparison with the 6800GT is what we have here today.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Zalman CNPS 7700-Cu Heatsink! Here's a snip.

A side-by-side comparison with the AMD 64 OEM (supplied with Athlon 64 3000+ / S-754) to give you an idea of the size of this cooler. There is no question about which cooler would appear to be more effective at first glance.

It?s a new year filled with the promise of new products hitting the market. So, before we go off reviewing the newest toys and gadgets of the coming year, let?s take a moment to look at one of the more overlooked parts of most computer systems; the keyboard. The kind folks at I-rocks have provided us with the X-Slim keyboard to take a look at.

The VP171b turns over a new leaf. This screen was already a great success when it was equipped with the AU Optronics 16 ms, and it should do at least as well with the new AU 8 ms version. This screen has everything with double analogical input, DVI interface, a pivot mode, and is vertically adjustable. The price is even comparable to the competition.

The latest review at nV News is of the XFX 6600GT AGP. Featuring a solid bundle, the XFX 6600GT AGP leads the pack in availability, several online sources selling the card around a $225 price point. How does the 6600GT AGP compare to its big brother? Should you use this card to upgrade your system? Best described by the phrase "more than enough for most of PC users", the 6600GT had sufficient performance to keep me from wanting to put the 6800GT back in my system every time I fired up Half-Life 2 or Doom3.

Hexus.net have taken a trip down memory lane with a review of the Commodore 64 DTV - a Commodore system within a retro style joystick. With 30 games to play, it's bound to keep the old-school gamers happy for a while. Check out the review here

Beyond3D takes a look at NVIDIA's NV43 based (non-TurboCache) GeForce 6200, their first entry level board based on the GeForce 6 architecture.

Today TweakTown takes a look at the first retail Intel 925XE based motherboard to hit our labs and it comes from ASUS. The newest Pentium 4 chipset from Intel increases FSB to 1066MHz and removes ECC memory support. The ASUS P5AD2-E Premium motherboard provides a stack of features but how does it perform against the Intel reference board? Read on as we investigate this 925XE retail board and what it?s all about.

Most of the products we've reviewed for SunbeamTech have been lighting mods and gadgets to spiff up your case. Today we take a look at what Sunbeamtech has to offer in the form of a pre-modded case called the Transformer. The Transformer has most of your typical pre-modded add-ons, plus tool free part installation and one really nice looking side panel window.

The Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE motherboard is the first in a series of products aimed squarely at the gaming community, featuring the brand of the world's #1 gamer. Can it live up to the hype?

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You can bend it, twist it or roll it up, but Ulukai reckons it's good to type on too!

For some people it happens at work, a cup of tea with lot of sugar spilled all over the keyboard, sometimes bridging the key contact and leaving the computer making an awful beeping sound as if the key is severely stuck. "

Just wanted to send word that we've posted a few articles and reviews at nV News for this weekend.

A newcomer to the nV News team, Paul Zimmerman reviews A4Tech's NB-30 Battery Free Wireless Optical Mouse:

Our resident game reviewer Brian Cochran checks out Waffer's AirCon PAC 400 PC cooling device:

3DsoundSurge have thrown up their review of Creative's Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro! Here's a snip.

The Audigy 4 Pro itself is PCI 2.3 compliant, and includes an external breakout box, which is connected to the PCI card via both a FireWire and proprietary connection. It includes 2 FireWire ports, a 1/4? Line-In, a 1/4? Line-In with Mic boost option and gain control, a 2x RCA Line-In, a 1/4? Headphone port, Master Volume control dial, CMSS Enable toggle, SPDIF Optical In/Out, MIDI In/Out, SPDIF Coax In/Out, and the proprietary Creative 4-pole Digital Out 1/8? port. The external box sports the CS4392 DAC for the headphone port, which is a 114dB 24/192 rated DAC, in addition to the TI/BB PCM1804 ADC (112dB SNR, -102dB THD) for recording.

SilverStone are touting their LC11 as the world's most advanced HTPC case! Empty boasts or simple fact? We set about finding out.

The case I want to look at today is slightly larger than most of the current HTPC chassis designs, but the advantage to this is that it allows you to use the more commonly and cheaply available micro-ATX motherboard form factor. It also packs a slightly more powerful power supply and has room for plenty of ventilation, something that becomes essential when you want to stack it beneath or on top of other hot components like VCRs or satellite decoders.

The SanDisk 256MB Cruzer Micro is nothing more than a USB thumb drive however SanDisk has also created the MP3 Companion turning this 256MB of storage into an MP3 Player.

I was skeptical about this sound card, as I believed that my onboard sound was actually not bad at all. For 69.99 though, this did so much more. The installation was a breeze, it auto-detected to override my onboard sound, the drivers were installed easily without any moving/searching for files.

Today we?ll be taking a look at the Zen Micro from Creative. This tiny-sized MP3 player is less popular than its biggest competitor - the Apple iPod Mini, but it offers more features like one GB extra storage capacity and FM radio. The Zen Micro from Creative is available in 10 colors, some are rather classic and others are very funky! In this review I will take a look at the black one which lights up blue.

You can read the review at DV Hardware

Socket 775 has given the troubled Prescott Pentium4 a much needed shot in the arm. With better voltage regulation and a new socket interface, we have hope this will cure what ails the Prescott CPU. Today the Madshrimps look at two viable alternatives for those looking to get into socket 775, without having to sell of a kidney to finance the transition.

Today we take a look at a color laser printer that's perfectly suited towards small and medium sized businesses. The printer in question is the Samsung CLP-550 capable of fast printing and features Samsung's NO NOIS technology for quite printing.