Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 10.1-inch Netbook Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 10.1-inch Netbook

I look at lots of netbooks as any frequent reader knows and most of them are all the same. Today I am going to be looking at the Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 netbook that packs in the new Atom N450 Pine Trail processor. The new processor doesn't really speed things up in the performance department, but it gives some very impressive battery life.

The netbook market has needed a machine with decent performance and battery life that didn't come in at a huge price. Some companies place a significant premium on netbooks that offer the latest processor tech to improve battery life, but that is not the case here.

Acer Aspire One 532h-2326 10.1-inch Netbook Review

G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2x2GB DDR3 RAM Review
APH Networks has published a new review on the G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2x2GB DDR3 RAM

Here's a very little known fact around APH Networks: Unless you work for the Publications Department here, you wouldn't know that article introductions are probably one of the most challenging part of each editorial. The reason why I say this -- and I've actually been the Editor-in-Chief since 2005 -- is because each and every introductory paragraph involves a distinct level of creativity, style, technical knowledge, and appropriate lead-in to the topic. Often times, members of the team would come in and ask me for some inspiration to start their latest review, report, or lounge article. And most of the time, I would just turn them away, and get them to try to come up with their own creations. At this point, you may be wondering what all this has to do with our G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2x2GB dual channel RAM kit in which we are reviewing today. Well, to be honest with you, it has nothing to do with it. The reason I am writing this is because, for once, I am also pretty uninspired about how to begin this review. Therefore I just wrote that wad of text just to fill up some room in meeting the challenge of writing the introduction. That said, without looking back -- what is the model of the G.SKILL RAM we are reviewing today?

G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2x2GB DDR3 RAM Review



Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Seagate FreeAgent DockStar

It is easy to use and simple to set up. You don't need any technical background to get this device up and running, it is as plug-and-play as you can get. The FreeAgent DockStar is designed to use the FreeAgent Go drive but can be used with any USB hard drives or flash-based product. It supports up to four USB drives if one of these is a FreeAgent Go.

Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Review

iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station Review
TechwareLabs has a review of the iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station

iStarUSA is one of the companies that came to its senses and decided to offer an eSATA function to their hard drive docking station the xAGE-N99-SAU/US. So the only question that remains is just how close did they get their controller to the motherboard speeds? Read on and find out.

iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station Review

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard Review
Tweaknews posted a review on the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard

The Sapphire HD5570 has to be taken in context to truly see how and where this product fits in ATI's current lineup of DirectX 11 videocards. The HD5570 is targeted towards the user that wants a small form factor card to insert into a small workstation or HTPC, but doesn't want to settle for the very basic performance of the HD5450.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard Review

NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology Preview
HotHardware.Com posted a preview on NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology

Ideally, switchable graphics would be seamless. Launch an application that doesn't require significant graphics resources, and chipset graphics gets used. Fire up a game and the discrete GPU kicks in. Up to this point, a scenario like this simply wasn't available without a hard switch over and possible reboot but NVIDIA aims to change that with the release of their Optimus technology.

NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology Preview

Gigabyte Radeon HD5670 Video Card Review
Ninjalane has posted their review of the overclocked HD5670 from Gigabyte

In this review we are looking at the new Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 graphics card that will clearly keep your money where it belongs, in your pocket. So, will this card have enough power to satisfy the gamer on a budget?

Gigabyte Radeon HD5670 Video Card Review

Enermax AURORA Micro Wireless Keyboard Reviewed
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the Enermax AURORA Micro Wireless Keyboard

Today for review I've got the Aurora Micro Wireless Keyboard from Enermax. Not only is this keyboard stylish and very well made, but it includes a laser trackball so for an HTPC you won't have need for a mouse really. The Aurora also has has several hot keys for launching Media Center, Music, Videos, Pictures and others, along with basic multi-media functions. I've been using it for a couple weeks now as the only keyboard on my HTPC setup and I've come to truly like it lot. It's a small sized keyboard, about the size of that on a laptop, and the keys are similar, but they are comfortable to type on. Read on to learn more.

Enermax AURORA Micro Wireless Keyboard Reviewed

Sapphire HD5750 Vapor-X Reviewed
Metku.net took a closer look at Sapphire HD5750 Gaming GFX Card on the budget

Gamers on a budget can have hard time on finding good value for their money. This time we'll check out if Sapphire's HD5750 offers enough "bang for the buck".

Sapphire HD5750 Vapor-X Reviewed

Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review
Vortez.co.uk posted Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review

Many believe that the air cooling market is stagnating and that we have reached the peak of what we can achieve with the tower heatsink design. But over the last few months, if we have learnt anything from manufacturers, it's that innovation is the driving force to make any break through and the last few weeks have certainly showed that the market is still alive and going strong. Back in November, we saw the release of the Noctua NH-D14, and before hand, Prolimatech and Corsair managed to successfully intimidate leading manufacturers such as Noctua and Thermalright. Today, Coolink are attempting to do the same thing and with their years of experience, they hope to deliver excellent performance to the mass market.

The Corator DS is the brain child of Coolink and while it may appear similar to the Noctua NH-D14 on first glance, rest assured that Coolink use their own innovations to not only cut costs but to deliver unparalleled performance. Coupled with the previously reviewed SWiF2-120P PWM fan, the Corator DS certainly looks promising. Unlike Noctua, Coolink hope that this cooler will not be reserved to the ultra enthusiasts who would normally fork out a lot of money to shave off a few degrees from their CPUs. Priced below most high end coolers, the Corator DS looks like an even more attractive offering with wider appeal amongst users.

Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review

iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive Review
Tech-Reviews posted a review on the iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive

Data security is a very important issue for some people. For internal hard drives there are many solutions available to ensure your drive cannot be accessed. However, for portable hard drives, there really are very few working solutions. One such apparent solution is iStorage's diskGenie, a hardware encrypted portable hard drive which utilizes secure PIN code access. Let's see how it performs.

iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive Review

ATI HD 5570 Review
Neoseeker takes a look at the ATI HD 5570

The HD 5570 is absolutely perfect though for one market segment: those wanting to make a gaming-possible HTPC; or, for others with limited space available in their systems, as with some smaller mATX cases.

ATI HD 5570 Review

Adaptec RAID 5805Z PCI-E x1 SATA/SAS RAID Controller Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Adaptec RAID 5805Z PCI-E x1 SATA/SAS RAID Controller

In June we wrote an article about Adaptec’s new Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and explained how the company planned to introduce a revolutionary technology that would leave the battery protection behind for good. Two months later Adaptec once again broke new ground and announced their MaxIQ cache system that accelerates data transfers by using Intel solid state drives to increase I/O performance. Both of these high tech features can be used on Adaptec’s Series 5 RAID controllers like the 5805Z we are testing today.

You may notice the 5 Series product naming; the series has already been on the market for over a year but the Z models are updated with the new cache protection system. You can expect to spend around 500 USD for the standard drive without a battery and close to 800 for the Z Series RAID 5805(Z) according to PriceGrabber. The MaxIQ Upgrade Kit is also on the market already, but the price is a bit more significant. Look to spend around 1,100 Dollars for this add-on that is capable of boosting performance 10x as long as your data is able to fit into the “Hot Zone”. In the coming weeks we will have the additional MaxIQ hardware in house to test some scenarios that will see performance increases and a few that don’t. We will also answer the question, Will this increase the performance of my system?

Adaptec RAID 5805Z PCI-E x1 SATA/SAS RAID Controller Review

Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case Review
Tweaknews posted Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case Review

Thermaltake has a real gem in the Lanbox chassis. The design and styling elements join to produce a small, portable case that not only performs very well, but also is relatively easy to work in, given the space limitations. And, it looks as good as it performs. Its sleek, classy look garnered a lot of attention around here, and it's easy to see why. The all aluminum construction keeps the Lanbox light while the modular design keeps it strong.

Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case Review

ASUS Super-Multi SATA Optical Drive Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the ASUS Super-Multi SATA Optical Drive

All DVD-burners are the same, right? So what makes one better than the next. It's rare these days to hear about an optical drive, with all the other components that are getting faster, greener, and cheaper. Today, Benchmark Reviews is taking a look at ASUS's most recent addition to the optical drive market, the ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x DVD+/-RW. Many of us may have recently been contemplating an upgrade to our old drives. After a few years of wear and tear, optical drives can give out. Also, with recent upgrades in motherboards, you might find yourself without an IDE channel, necessitating the purchase of a newer SATA model drive. Benchmark Reviews will test the ASUS DRW-24B1ST against other optical drives with USB, IDE, and SATA connectors to find out just exactly what ASUS has in store with it's newest DVD-Burner.

ASUS Super-Multi SATA Optical Drive Review

ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Intel H55 mATX Motherboard Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Intel H55 mATX Motherboard

All of these changes in processor and chipset design, along with Intels new 32nm manufacture process, opened the door for their latest and most radical change yetplacing the VGA on the processor. Yes, Intels new 2010 Core i5 600 series processors have on-die graphics processing. Of course to accommodate this, Intel has released a new motherboard chipset, the H55 Express. Sporting the same LGA 1156 socket as the P55, this new design has monitor ports in the I/O panel. So far Ive seen 20 H55 motherboards for sale at my favorite online retailer. Of these 20 boards, 19 are mATX boards, including the motherboard I am looking at today, the Asus P7H55D-M EVO. Sporting Asus EVO cosmetics and onboard extras, this motherboard also natively supports the new Superspeed USB 3.0. Read on to check out the Asus P7H55D-M EVO!

ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Intel H55 mATX Motherboard Review

ECS Geforce GT 240 Review
OCC has published a review on the ECS Geforce GT 240

The ECS GT 240 is built on a blue PCB and the GPU core is cooled by an Arctic Cooling heatsink that consumes most of the card's length. The heatsink is an Accelero L2 Pro and operates very quietly with its 92mm PWM fan. The heatsink is mounted with MX-2 and is rated for up to 100 Watts of cooling.

ECS Geforce GT 240 Review

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler

Today's review item is the Cooler Master Hyper TX3. Unlike many of the coolers you're used to seeing reviewed here at OCIA.net, the Hyper TX3 is not designed for high-end processors, nor is it geared towards overclockers. Indeed, the TX3 is Cooler Master's latest mainstream cooling solution, compatible with i5 and below, as well as Phenom II and below.

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler Review