Nonaoxia Nano Fans Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Nonaoxia Nano Fans

Its not everyday a reviewer like myself can let his hair down and come up with a new way of reviewing a product. Nanoxia has done exactly that, by allowed me to let my hair down and just plain have fun, and torture a perfectly good fan. MUHAHAHAHA!!! Let's get on with the review (specifications first as always and then testing) to see how these little fans held up.

Nonaoxia Nano Fans Review

Thermaltake Vi-On Drive Enclosure Review
PureOverclock posted a review of the Thermaltake Vi-On Drive Enclosure

Today we're looking at a new drive enclosure from Thermaltake that features both USB and e-SATA interfaces, looks great, and is reasonably priced: the Thermaltake Vi-On. Weird name, but who cares if it does the trick well, right?

Thermaltake Vi-On Drive Enclosure Review



Thecus N4100 Pro NAS Review
Overclockers Online has posted a new review on the Thecus N4100 Pro NAS

We started this review comparing the N5200 Pro with the N4100 Pro, and appropriately, that is how we will end things off. The N4100 Pro sits nicely in the middle of Thecus' network attached storage options. It is vast improvement upon the original N4100 with updated features along with performance, and a step down from the N5200 Pro. In all ways that we can see, the N4100 Pro is simply scaled down, in size and performance. Even though the N4100 Pro accommodates one less hard drive, equipped with less memory and a less powerful processor, it packs the same great features, and the biggest difference, price.

Thecus N4100 Pro NAS Review

Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 Review
Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 is a very nice webcam with many cool built in features. With three interchangeable color faceplates, this webcam has the ability to match a user's style and preferences. The webcam works very well in many lighting situations and comes with an amazing software suite. Small and compact, this webcam is perfect for travel, but has great functionality and capability. 640 x 480 max video resolution can meet most webcam user's needs, and 1.3 megapixel still capture will provide a pretty high resolution still image.

Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 Review

Samung NC10 Netbook Review
Phoronix posted a review on the Samung NC10 Netbook

It seems that each and every week there are new netbooks that are introduced, but there are not many differences between most models. Some netbooks will have a slightly longer battery life, a different exterior, or a solid-state drive, but there are more similarities than differences. However, one of the latest companies to join the netbook bandwagon here in the United States has been Samsung with the introduction of the NC10. Is there anything special about this 10.2-inch Atom-powered netbook? We will tell you in this Linux review of the Samsung NC10.

Samung NC10 Netbook Review

DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS Motherboard Review
Mad Shrimps posted a review on the DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS Motherboard

DFI has taken the latest AMD 790GX chipset and loaded it on a flashy motherboard fitted with custom cooling and fully fleshed out BIOS which allows you to tweak almost every aspect of the AM2+ platform. Let us find out if the engineers at DFI were able to extract more performance from the 790GX chipset compared to the competition.

DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS Motherboard Review

WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Leadtek Limited Video Card Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Leadtek Limited Video Card

While the GTX 260/280 cards have taken over nVidia's top slots for video card gaming hardware, their 9 series continues to flush out the bulk of their product lineup, and the 9800 GTX+ reigns as top dog among the 9 series family. The WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Leadtek Limited appears to have identical specs to their standard PX9800 GTX+ with the only difference being that of a slightly different cooler face and bundled game selection. Otherwise both match the nVidia reference specification in clock speeds and chip design.

WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Leadtek Limited Video Card Review

Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 Review
InsideHW.com has reviewed Lenovo ThinkPad SL300

Although, undauntedly, all ThinkPad notebooks are quality products, sale rate is not something that Lenovo can be satisfied with, when it comes to ThinkPad notebooks. High price tag is, obviously, insurmountable obstacle for many buyers, so in Lenovo decided to offer models that will have basic and recognizable features of all ThinkPad notebooks with few compromises and significantly lower price. As result new ThinkPad SL series is created with models: SL300 (13.3inch), SL400 (14.1inch) and SL500 (15.4inch). We have got smallest model in our test lab: Lenovo ThinkPad SL300.

Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 Review

MSI Radeon HD 4830 512MB OC Edition Graphics Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the MSI Radeon HD 4830 512MB OC Edition Graphics Card

I have to admit that until the HD 4830 arrived on my door step I really hadn’t heard of it; a bit like what happened to NVIDIA a while back when everyone was more interested in seeing what ATI was doing with the new HD 4800 series. Now the tables have turned and everyone is paying more attention to the new NVIDIA cards due out rather than what ATI is doing at the moment.

The HD 4830 is the latest card to enter the HD 4800 series line-up and is the lowest of the bunch. The thing is, though, I really do wonder how much lower it is than the HD 4850, which is one of the best valued cards on the market to date.

MSI Radeon HD 4830 512MB OC Edition Graphics Card Review

Nova Killer 2 Mousepad Review
OCModShop posted a review on the Nova Killer 2 Mousepad

I sometimes sit at my desk and think to myself, "I have way too much space here". But what can I do about it? I guess I could stick a Tiki doll there for a little good luck. Set up a shrine to Carmen Electra? And then it came to me. A mousepad. But not just any mousepad, a gigantic mousepad that would ensure I would never have extra room on my desk again. And that mousepad is non other than the Nova Killer 2. It's big, bad, made for lasers, and can be doubled as a car port in case of bad weather.

Nova Killer 2 Mousepad Review

Cavalry Pelican 2.5 in 32GB Solid State Drive Review
OCC has published a new review on the Cavalry Pelican 2.5 in 32GB Solid State Drive

As a portable storage drive the Cavalry Pelican performs at a level much lower than it does when used with the SATA II interface. The access time is on par with that displayed by the Intel SSD. In HDTune the Cavalry performs slightly better in the average read test than the standard hard disk drives, but falls incredibly short when compared to the Intel device. The Sandra testing shows the Pelican to perform better than the standard hard disk drives in three out of four tests.

Cavalry Pelican 2.5 in 32GB Solid State Drive Review

First Look: Seasonic's M12D 850W power supply
Bit-Tech published a first look at Seasonic's M12D 850W power supply

We'll obviously hold off with our final yay or nay until we can stress test the bits off it to test how it copes with load, efficiency, PFC and noise levels in comparison to other PSUs. We did test it for a short while with a Core i7 system and two GeForce GTX 280 in SLI, the unit remained cool and very quiet, however even that high end PC won't seriously stretch an 850W PSU.

From the outside, it looks like Seasonic has done everything right - a variety of modular cable lengths with good connector choices and lower resistance, thicker cabling where it matters, a fantastic fan and 80Plus Silver certification. If we nit-pick, then the braiding isn't perfect and we'd like to have seen a second 4+4-pin EPS12V instead of just a 4-pin, but other than that we're finding it hard to give fault. I suppose it's a little unspectacular on the surface, but then it's no different from an Antec Signature or OCZ EliteXStream - it's what is inside that counts anyway.

We've no UK price yet, but apparently it's meant to retail nearer $300 which is a hefty sum to part with for even the most hardened Seasonic fanboy. That's not to say other premium PSUs like the Cooler Master Ultimate UCP 900W and Antec Signature 850W are that much less expensive - although whether you get appreciably $20-30 more for the Seasonic than the Antec for example, is difficult to ascertain and down to personal opinion.

First Look: Seasonic's M12D 850W power supply

Viewsonic VX2260WM 22-inch Full HD monitor Review
bit-tech published a review of Viewsonic's VX2260WM, 22-inch Full HD monitor

In truth, it's the sort of visual faux pas you usually have to try very hard to spot, but just occasionally it can throw up distracting artefacts along the edges of moving objects, particularly in games. Still the good news with the VX2260WM is that you have the option of turning Ultra Fast mode off if it is giving you gyp. The Advanced mode is still extremely rapid and suffers from no visual artefacts.

So, Viewsonic's first foray into the 1080p 22-inch segment is pretty solid. It's certainly one of the better TN panels we have seen, it just pips Iiyama's slightly cheaper model for image quality and physical desirability and adds a few useful features, including HDMI, to boot. More importantly, that 1080p native resolution looks fantastic on a 22-inch panel, delivering eye-popping detail along with generous desktop real estate. Is it worth the extra £20 over the Iiyama? In a word, yes.

Viewsonic VX2260WM 22-inch Full HD monitor Review

SilverStone Raven (RVM01B) Mouse Review
XtremeComputing published a review on the SilverStone Raven (RVM01B) Gaming Mouse

For this review I will be looking at a new product from one of my favourite computer hardware manufacturers, the highly respected SilverStone. The actual product I am looking at is a little bit unusual for SilverStone as the product I will be looking at is a gaming mouse, the Raven RVM01B.

SilverStone Raven (RVM01B) Mouse Review

HIS Radeon 4870 ICEQ4+ TURBO 1024MB Review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the HIS Radeon 4870 ICEQ4+ TURBO 1024MB

If there was one graphics card spectacular in 2008, it was the Radeon HD 4870 series. Yet this year a good number of games were released that actually make good use of a frame buffer larger than 512 MB.

Specifically at higher resolutions with a decent amount of Anti-aliasing and in DX10 games. Suffice to say we'll look at a 1 GB graphics card today. It's based on the Radeon HD 4870 and comes from HIS technology. The all new ICEQ4+ cooling based model. A spectacular looking graphics card ..

HIS Radeon 4870 ICEQ4+ TURBO 1024MB Review

NorthQ Siberian Tiger II Water Cooler Review
Driverheaven had the opportunity to review another product from NorthQ. This time they had a look at the Siberian Tiger, a compact water cooling solution designed to narrow the chasm between air coolers and more complex DIY water cooling solutions.

NorthQ have already released a second version of the cooler, dubbed the Siberian Tiger II. The Siberian Tiger II is not much different than the first version as the only basic differentiation is the use of a dual radiator for increased performance.

NorthQ Siberian Tiger II Water Cooler Review