Antec Signature Series 650W Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Antec Signature Series 650W.

Antec has recently launched a brand new line of power supply called Signature Series. In Antec’s own word, the Signature series is designed to “appeal to system builders looking for a truly premium power supply.' Antec claims that the power supply has “many cutting-edge features, several of which have never before been offered in a consumer power supply”.

The Signature line of power supply features DC to DC voltage regulator modules to ensure greater system stability, and an 80mm Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) fan which Antec claims that it can run up to 50% quieter than standard fans. The Signature power supply also passes 80 PLUS Bronze certification, which ensure that 82% or higher efficiency at 20%, 50%, and 100% load. All these technologies that Antec has incorporated into their Signature power supply is aim to deliver a clean, efficienty, and quiet power supply to the users.

Antec Signature Series 650W Review

NVIDIA ION hands on review
The Guru of 3D posted NVIDIA ION hands on review

One of the most popular and trendy gadgets of 2008 and 2009 are netbooks. Small, easy to carry around laptops powered by an Intel Atom processor. While an Atom based netbook is decent enough for browsing the web, listening to your favorite tunes and a little spreadsheet action, it obviously lacks that 'next level' laptop experience we've gotten accustomed to.

This is where NVIDIA today will jump in, officially announcing their ION platform. ION is NVIDIA's idea of what a netbook, HTPC or mini-PC should be like. They take the Atom processor series, and planted it onto their GF9400M chipset with embedded graphics processor.

The result are pretty baffling, as all of the sudden we can decode Blu-ray movies and high-definition content. We can transcode content over the embedded GPU, and thanks to the much faster and versatile infrastructure the GF9400G chipset offers, the overall experience is better and faster.

Guru3D has a hands on experience with NVIDIA's ION prototype mini-PC. It'll do all as described above, based on a Single Core Intel Atom 230 processor, we'll even do so on Windows Vista. Interesting technology for netbooks, mini-PCs and even HTPCs.

Let's have a look at this petite device, sized not bigger than two pears. You can read this article at the following direct URL.

NVIDIA ION hands on review



Accordance ARAID 2200-GP Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the Accordance ARAID 2200-GP

TechwareLabs takes a look at the ARAID 2200-GP which promises to be the next best friend of small businesses and serious home computing. The 2200-GP packs hardware RAID 1 into a simple plug and play package that fits into two 5.25" bays. We show you why the 2200-GP is a device no small business should be without considering its low price, excellent performance, and no non-sense backup. Find out if our test system survives us yanking a drive out in real time and then shoving it back in. Does the 2200-GP crash or continue without missing a beat?

Accordance ARAID 2200-GP Review

NVIDIA ION Platform Review: Death (and Life) of the Netbook
PC Perspective posted their review on the NVIDIA ION Platform

We have been hearing about the ION Platform for a while now as an attempt for NVIDIA to break into the world of netbooks and small form factor PCs with its GeForce 9400M chipset and the Intel Atom processor. Now that we finally have the hardware in our hands we compare it to current generation Atom-based netbooks to see how it improves our computing experiences.

NVIDIA ION Platform Review: Death (and Life) of the Netbook

NVIDIA Ion Small Form Factor PC, A Deep Dive
HotHardware.com posted a review on the NVIDIA Ion Small Form Factor PC

In early January, back from our road trip to Vegas with CES show buzz and bewilderment still fresh in our minds, we brought you a video interview with Drew Henry, General Manager of NVIDIA's MCP products. Drew gave us a first-hand glimpse at a new small form factor PC platform that NVIDIA was developing based on their recently released GeForce 9400M chipset with integrated graphics. In this new era of HTPCs, netbooks, nettops and all things tiny, NVIDIA's Ion reference platform for the Intel Atom processor offers the promise of an ultra low-profile, low power device that quite literally fits in the palm of your hand, and thus could be easily tucked away in various small places in a number of different usage models.

We've only had it in our test labs for a few days, but we thought we'd share with you our first impressions and a deeper dive on the performance and features of Ion, which will give you a sense of what lies ahead for the platform, as retail products are introduced to market, hopefully in the not too distant future.

NVIDIA Ion Small Form Factor PC, A Deep Dive

ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Motherboard Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Motherboard

The ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm motherboard features Intel's latest X58 Express chipset and supports all of the new generation Core i7 processors. It also supports DDR3 triple-channel memory architecture with speeds up to 2000MHz, but overclocking is required. This board is packed full of features that might just leave you wanting one!

ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Motherboard Review

NZXT Cryo LX Vs. Vizo miniNinja 2 Review
XSReviews has compared the NZXT Cryo LX Vs. Vizo miniNinja 2

Next on the review agenda at XSReviews are notebook coolers. However not just one but two, ready to go head to head to see which is the better in terms of value, style and performance. The contenders are: the Vizo Ninja II and the NZXT Cryo LX. It's time to find a victor so let's get started.

NZXT Cryo LX Vs. Vizo miniNinja 2 Review

Western Digital TV HD Media Player Review
ITreviewed posted a review on the Western Digital TV HD Media Player

All of us have large digital libraries that are all but trapped on our computers. In order to play our content on our TV we have to struggle with clumsy solutions such as copying onto multiple CDs and DVDs or connecting our PCs to our TV via wires or complicated home networking solutions. The WD TV HD Media Player enables anyone to easily access their high-definition content on the biggest screen in the home in a matter of minutes. Using the WD TV HD Media Player couldn't be any simpler - plug in a storage device and the unit will automatically scan it for multimedia and automatically add the files to its library, which is split up into video, audio, and images. That's it! WD is onto a winner here, as long as you don't crave a fantastic selection of outputs (including Ethernet), 5.1 surround sound, and expandability with optional extras like Wi-Fi and a Freeview receiver.

Western Digital TV HD Media Player Review

Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard Review
Futurelooks posted Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard Review

Now that Microsoft has two gaming mice in their newly resurrected SideWinder line, they can rest easy right? Wrong! Any gamer knows that the mouse is only half of the equation, and a good keyboard can make or break the pairing. Enter the SideWinder X6 keyboard, which is meant to both compliment and be a companion to the SideWinder gaming rodents. The new keyboard features the same colour scheme, in the form of a black body with red backlighting. It also sports a few extra features that many gamers and enthusiasts look for in such a keyboard.

Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard Review

Acer Extensa 5630G Review
InsideHW.com has reviewed Acer Extensa 5630G notebook

One of most interesting notebooks at the moment for majority of potential notebook buyers is Acer Extensa 5630G. In this price range it is very hard to find similar notebook that is well balanced with characteristics that can satisfy widest consumer types. Extensa is, by Acer classification, business model, but if you take a closer look at specification you will see that it is much more and that it can satisfy easily even users that are searching for universal multimedia notebook solution.

Acer Extensa 5630G Review

Intel i7 965 Processor & DX58SO Smackover Motherboard Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review o the Intel i7 965 Processor & DX58SO "Smackover" Motherboard

Obviously, where the i7 system really excels is currently the more professional content creation folks. (That's right, I called you professionals.) These are the audio, video, and graphic rendering folks who thrive on faster compilation and rendering times. This also includes users who like encoding their movies to other media formats like DivX and iPod players. CC enthusiasts are definitely going to enjoy the faster multi-tasking performance. I guess the only other noticeable results will be the squabbling as you wait for your aging ROM drive to catch up.

Intel i7 965 Processor & DX58SO Smackover Motherboard Review

The Computer Repair Utility Kit v2 Review
Technibble takes a look at the Computer Repair Utility Kit v2

The Computer Repair Utility Kit v2 is a collection of 57 computer repair tools to fix many different PC problems in one easy to use lack. This includes virus scanners, malware removers, system cleaners, network scanners, specification viewers, recover deleted files and many other useful utilities.

The Computer Repair Utility Kit allows you to run all of the repair tools from your portable drive (eg. USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive, IPod etc.) and comes with an easy to use, right-click menu.

It has the ability to let you add your own favorite programs and you can even make it autostart when you plug your USB drive into a computer.

A complete list of the programs it contains is available on the Technibble site.

The Computer Repair Utility Kit v2 Review

Kingston HyperX 3GB DDR3-2000 Review
PureOverclock published a review of the Kingston HyperX 3GB DDR3-2000 memory modules

With the floodgates of tri-channel products now opened, we're seeing many flagship products hit the market from all major memory manufacturers. One of those companies known for offering top-end enthusiast modules is Kingston Technology. Today we're looking at a set Kingston HyperX 3GB tri-channel DDR3-2000 modules, the fastest set of memory you can find on the market, capable of eye-watering performance in the triple channel setup.

Kingston HyperX 3GB DDR3-2000 Review

DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8 Core i7 Motherboard Review
TweakTown posted a review on the DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8 Core i7 Motherboard

Over the past 5 years, however, DFI has made some rather interesting purchases such as ex-ABIT engineers to help improve a lot of their motherboards and without a doubt, the team from ABIT that brought us some impressive boards helped DFI come into the retail channel with their own hardcore motherboards; these make up the LANParty series.

When you now think of DFI, the LANParty series of boards are extremely popular, especially with overclockers and even case modders who want a functional board with extreme performance and a good aesthetic design. Today we have their latest offering and without surprise it’s for the Core i7.

DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8 Core i7 Motherboard Review

ASUS GeForce GTX 295 review (ENGTX295)
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the ASUS GeForce GTX 295

The ASUS GeForce GTX 295 tested. NVIDIA recently unleashed the GeForce GTX 295. Many manufacturers and AIBs therefore are now selling the product, and even in financial difficult time, these babies sell like cute little puppies in a pet store. One of the biggest names in the tech industry is ASUSTek computers (ASUS), and they figured .. well frock it .. and jumped that GTX 295 band wagon as well.

In this review we'll give you the grand overview on what the GeForce GTX 295 entails, we'll look at power consumption, heat, do a nice photo-shoot and obviously dig deep into game performance with the hottest titles currently available anno January 2009.

ASUS GeForce GTX 295 review (ENGTX295)

Western Digital Velociraptor Review
t-break posted a review on the Western Digital Velociraptor

The Raptor is now a 2.5" drive although don't get your hopes up about equipping in into your notebook- its power requirements and height wont allow you to do that. While the 2.5" form factor is nice, it means that you'll probably end up buying the 5.25" IcePAK heatsink/cage for it separately which could be a bummer.

Western Digital Velociraptor Review