ASUS Rampage II GENE Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the ASUS Rampage II GENE

As they say, it's not the size that matters, it's on how well you use it. Well, this pretty much sums up the ASUS Rampage II GENE. Upon hearing that I was gonna review this board, I immedietly did a quick Google search for pictures and also to get an idea of what this motherboard looked like and its layout.

Once I recieved this motherboard, I quickly opened up the package for a quick visual scan of the motherboard to make sure nothing was damaged. I realized that this motherboard again was, in fact, a micro ATX design. Don't get me wrong. There are good micro ATX motherboards out there, and some even have some overclockability capabilities, but not much. So, this was my mind set, and even though the settings are there, does not mean I am gonna be able to get very far?

ASUS Rampage II GENE Review

IN WIN BM650 Mini-ITX Chassis Review
TweakTown posted a review on the IN WIN BM650 Mini-ITX Chassis

Taiwan is home to a lot of technology companies and manufacturing plants, with most of the big names having a sizeable piece of Taiwan real-estate. IN WIN is no exception to this and is one of the native Taiwan companies who are producing some mighty fine products this year.

The case is designed to be oriented either horizontally or vertically, depending on your requirements. Small rubber feet are supplied to attach on both sides so that you don’t scratch your desk and to help reduce vibration noise from the case resonating through it.

IN WIN BM650 Mini-ITX Chassis Review



Nexus Value 430 Watt (Eco) PSU Review
XtremeComputing posted a review on the Nexus Value 430 Watt (Eco) PSU

The big 12v rails do come at a cost though, the 3.3v and 5v rails are quite a bit lower than those on the power supply it replaced (12 amps and 6 amps lower respectively to be precise) but then comparing it to its competition of a similar rating its right on a par on the power rating of the 3.3v and 5v rails.

Nexus Value 430 Watt (Eco) PSU Review

Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB Notebook Hard Drive Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB Notebook Hard Drive

The Seagate Momentus 7200.3 laptop hard drive offers the an even combination of high performance, capacity and mobility in a 2.5-inch drive. The 320GB version that LR is looking at today is ideal for mainstream and performance-class laptops, small form factor PCs and many other small or mobile environments where performance and size are critical.

Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB Notebook Hard Drive Review

Thermaltake Element S Review
Hardware Logic posted a review on the Thermaltake Element S case

The Element is Thermaltake's latest enclosure made for the enthusiast market. At first glance, it appears to be a modest mainstream case. Thermaltake touts the Element S as a box that provides plenty of cooling, low-noise and an inside out, black paint job. As intriguing as that sounds, we really want to see for ourselves.

Thermaltake Element S Review

SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player

Digital music and portable digital music players have transformed our listening experience. Now a well-known company called SanDisk is offering a new twist to purchasing and listening to digital music. Their slotMusic Player plays microSD cards which you can fill yourself or you can purchase with DRM-free albums pre-loaded. It is a unique idea that combines the old-fashioned "buying a record or CD" with the new iPod-like way of listening to music. We took a look at the slotMusic Player and slotMusic cards to check out the pros and cons of this new way of packaging and listening to digital music.

SanDisk Sansa slotMusic Player Review

USB Geek USB Frog Mouse Review
Rbmods posted a review on the USB Geek USB Frog Mouse

USB Geek is reseller of many USB-gadgets. Their product range includes devices from many manufacturers. You can find almost everything which fits to USB from their websites with reasonable prices too. Today we will have a look at their frog mouse, which is mainly targeted to children.

USB Geek USB Frog Mouse Review

AMD Phenom II X3 720 and X4 810 Processors Review
iXBT Labs posted a review on the AMD Phenom II X3 720 and X4 810 Processors

Overclocking non-top processors (that do not have special options to facilitate the process) requires following certain rules. There are certain tricks of the trade, which we're going to cover in this article.

AMD Phenom II X3 720 and X4 810 Processors Review

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card

The HD 4890 is an interesting card. We haven't heard loads about it and the general excitement about the card is quite low. But the main reason we think people aren't that excited about the card is because both they and we know that the card isn't going to be as fast as the dual GPU wielding GTX 295. And this is what most people want, especially when the HD 4800 series of ATI cards have been out for so long.

The HD 4890, though, should do what ATI do best lately; offer pretty good performance at a pretty good price. Originally the card wasn't due to be released till the 9th, but due to companies selling the card early and NVIDIA having the GTX 275 coming out a few days earlier than its original NDA, the launch date for this card has been moved forward.

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card Review

Sapphire HD 4890 1GB Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review on the Sapphire HD 4890 1GB video card

Enter the brand new HD 4890 1GB, a card that builds upon the HD 4870 with increased clock speeds under its belt and supposedly bucket loads of overclocking potential. Essentially, this is exactly what the name suggests: an overclocked HD 4870 with the new designation of RV790. This sticks quite well with what we mentioned about modified versions of existing technologies being used to cement a company's place in the market. Indeed, it seems like ATI has really hit its stride with their current 55nm cores and they are making good use of them once again.

Sapphire HD 4890 1GB Review

Sapphire HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5 Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Sapphire HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5

Sapphire's new HD 4890 comes with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and yet unseen clock speeds offering much better performance at a competitive price. Will that be enough to beat NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 275 ?

Sapphire HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5 Review

ATI Radeon HD 4890: The RV790 Unveiled
HotHardware.com posted a review on the ATI Radeon HD 4890

As anyone remotely in tune with the tech sector can attest, the rivalry in the PC graphics card market between AMD / ATI and NVIDIA is as intense as ever. It used to be that one of the two companies would release a new product, only to have the other release a competing offering a few weeks, or maybe a few months later. But even in these gloomy economic times, AMD and NVIDIA continue to fight on and today both graphics giants are releasing new graphics cards aimed squarely at one another. Not a few weeks apart, but simultaneously on the very same day. Don't believe us? We've got some NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 coverage too.

AMD is rolling out the ATI Radeon HD 4890 today, technically a new graphics card, but one that borrows heavily from the previous generation. The Radeon HD 4890 is based on an updated variant of the popular RV770 GPU which powers Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 cards, dubbed the RV790. We've got some technical details regarding the RV790 GPU below and have more particulars regarding the actual cards and performance on the pages ahead. Read on to see what AMD has in store with the brand new Radeon HD 4890...

ATI Radeon HD 4890: The RV790 Unveiled

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 Unleashed
HotHardware.com posted a review on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

This will no doubt be an exciting day for graphics card aficionados. As we've shown you here, AMD has literally just launched a brand new more powerful, single-GPU based Radeon, dubbed the Radeon HD 4890. However, arch rival NVIDIA has something on tap as well, in the form of the GeForce GTX 275. And wouldn't you know it, the GTX 275 is positioned right alongside AMD's latest offering.

As its name suggests, the new GeForce GTX 275 is based on NVIDIA's 55nm GT200b GPU, which is also employed on the GeForce GTX 295, GTX 285 and some GTX 260 Core 216 cards. The new GTX 275's performance level--as you have probably guessed--is expected to fall somewhere in between the GTX 260 and GTX 285. Where exactly it falls on the performance scale, we plan to show you on the pages ahead...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 Unleashed

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 RV790 Video Card Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 RV790 Video Card

The Radeon HD 4800-series has been a real success for AMD, and combined with Phenom II Processors they create a synergistic effect called the Dragon platform. The new Radeon RV790 GPU is the next well-bred concept from the ATI labs, and in this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 GDDR5 video card against the rest of the high-end segment. Since the Radeon 4890 is the most-powerful single GPU video card produced by AMD, it's going to be a tough fight to beat out NVIDIA.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 RV790 Video Card Review

Sapphire and PowerColor HD 4890 Review
Neoseeker takes a look at two HD 4890's: one from Sapphire, and one from PowerColor, and also, how they run in CrossFire.

Like NVIDIA's move from 192 shaders to 216 for the first and second version of the GTX 260, and the GTX 285 replacing the GTX 280, ATI is constantly trying to get a leg up on the competition in the fierce, fast and frantic world of video card development. As the sun slowly sets on this generation of cards -- now in April, we are fairly far into the HD 4000's product life-cycle now -- ATI have been applying all that they have recently learnt, into some final designs that will bear the HD 4000 series badge.

Sapphire and PowerColor HD 4890 Review

PowerColor HD 4890 Review
OCC has published a new review on the PowerColor HD 4890

Overclocking the HD 4890 from Powercolor was no different than any other ATI based video card I have looked at. To make sure the HD4890 stayed as cool as possible, I increased the fan speed to 100% in the Catalyst Control Panel and was greeted with the old familiar sound that the ATI reference cooling solutions deliver at full song. But it does keep the card relatively cool to the tune of 55C under load. I then went straight to the clock speeds and started bumping up both the RV790 core and GDDR5 memory, first on the GPU core and then on the memory. I found the maximum stable speed for each sub system and then worked to find the best combination of both memory and GPU core speed. Individually, the core and memory could run slighty higher speeds but together, the best I could manage was 970MHz on the RV790 core and 1060MHz on the GDDR5 memory. This is an increase of 115MHz or roughly a 14% increase - not too shabby. Percentage wise, the memory increase is less dramatic at 85MHz or just under 9%.

PowerColor HD 4890 Review

Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard Review
Tweaknews posted a review on the Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard

Spending a ton of money will buy you a myriad of features and great performance, but some of those extras you may not need or will use very infrequently. Strip away the bells and whistles and you're left with a boring old standard keyboard, which isn't good enough for gamers of any skill level either. Fortunately, Razer has found a happy medium with the Arctosa. It puts an emphasis on performance and style while leaving out unnecessary things like backlighting and integrated USB ports.

Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard Review

PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 Plus 1GB video card Review
Elite Bastards posted a review on the PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 Plus 1GB video card

Compared to a reference board, PowerColor's Radeon HD 4890 Plus features the same 975MHz clock speed for its 1GB of GDDR5 memory, but sees the speed of its RV790 core boosted by 50MHz to a new core clock of 900MHz.

The board also makes use of AMD's dual-slot reference cooler, with the usual additional power requirements of two six-pin PCI Express power connectors.

PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 Plus 1GB video card Review