IN WIN Ammo 2.5 Inch HD-Case Review
ocaholic posted a review on the IN WIN Ammo 2.5 Inch HD-Case

IN WIN is meanwhile not only known for grey and boring computer cases, with the ammo they present an external hard drive case with an army design. If you look at the specs you'll quickly see that it comes with a RFID chip built in which is able to lock the disk.

IN WIN Ammo 2.5 Inch HD-Case Review

ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard

Knowing ASrock as a company that usually pumps out zillions of colourfull entry level boards, sometimes innovating by integrating older technology like eg AGP slots onto new platforms, makes them stand out from the crowd. Sadly when you mention ASrock, most immediately are thinking about cheap hardware, correlating it with poor build quality and durability, lack of features...

Well let me tell you this 890GX board is absolutely bullet proof. I had zero issues with it during weeks of bashing. It even survived several short LN2 sessions and a 5 hour marathon one at the AOCM OC party in Mindfeld!

ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard Review



Thermaltake Frio Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review
Bigbruin.com has published a review on the Thermaltake Frio Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Thermaltake has an incredible cooler on their hands. The Frio is designed to cool all modern processors, even while overclocked, and it should do so very well. Thermaltake even includes a second 120mm fan in the box, so if you want the additional cooling that a push-pull configuration can provide, you don't have to purchase anything else.

Thermaltake Frio Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review

Sparkle Computer Corp 80Plus 1250 Watt ATX Power Supply Review
DragonSteelMods takes a look at the Sparkle Computer Corp 80Plus 1250 Watt ATX Power Supply

Today for review I've got a new power supply from a company called Sparkle, and it's big, not in size but in terms of power. This power supply is 1250 watts, with an 80 plus certification. This PSU has six 12v rails with 120amps across them to make sure you've got enough power for everything.

Sparkle Computer Corp 80Plus 1250 Watt ATX Power Supply Review

Sparkle 1250 Watt Modular Power Supply Review
TechwareLabs has a review of the Sparkle 1250 Watt Modular Power Supply

Not everyone needs 1250 watts of raw electron chugging potential. If you're like us and love to live on the bleeding edge of tech and performance, then it's worth your time to find out how you'll be powering your next build. Do you have a lot of storage, are you planning on buying two or more of the latest video card? If so then you need to think about providing a good power supply for those expensive components.

Sparkle 1250 Watt Modular Power Supply Review

Dimastech Test Bench Table Easy V2.5 Review
PC Perspective posted a review on Dimastech Test Bench Table Easy V2.5

Hardware reviewers and overclockers typically have one common trait they hare - they like to test new components every day and push them to their limits. Instead of using the retail box the motherboard came in to create a "test bench" of sorts, Dimastech has provided users an alternative called the Bench/Test Table Easy version 2.5. This steel, open-air beast supports a variety of motherboard types and CPU cooling solutions. This looks to be the most sturdy test bench we've seen yet!

Dimastech Test Bench Table Easy V2.5 Review

Thecus N4200 4-Bay NAS Server Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Thecus N4200 4-Bay NAS Server

The Thecus N4200 arrived and since NAS servers take a very long time to test, I dove right in taking my pictures of the box, kind of glancing over things and moving along. When it was time to open things up is when it hit me like a steam roller. The new OLED display is just gorgeous, a real improvement over the old display. At that point I turned the unit around and the real shock came; there is a battery slot and more importantly, a battery!

Thecus’ marketing material may hype up the display that is so clear you can read it from 10 feet away and is actually useful for more than just checking your IP address, but the real standout product feature of the N4200 is the included battery that slides into the back of the NAS, making it one of the most cost effective, less pain in the behind NAS servers ever made for the small office market. This isn’t a feature that is equivalent to a car parking itself; it is more like an autopilot. How many of you have a car that can drive itself? Well, that is the same number of other NAS appliances on the market that have built in battery protection.

Thecus N4200 4-Bay NAS Server Review

Arctic Cooling E352 Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Arctic Cooling E352

Arctic Cooling's wooden in-ears are put to the test. Dubbed E352 these in-ears are closely related to the E361s which we recently had the pleasure of testing. For a budget of only about $50 you get solid sound quality coupled with a nice finish.

Arctic Cooling E352 Review

NZXT Cases Storming In: Lexa S & Gamma
InsideHW.com has reviewed NZXT Gamma and NZXT Lexa S cases

The market has obviously turned interesting for NZXT, since we’ve received another two enclosure models from this company, apart from the two we’ve already reviewed, belonging to different price ranges. The first tested model belongs to a somewhat more expensive Crafted series and goes under the Lexa S name, while the other model comes from the Classic series and is simply named Gamma…

NZXT Cases Storming In: Lexa S & Gamma

Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 Motherboard Video Review
eTeknix.com posted Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 Motherboard Video Review

Today we are looking at the Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 socket AM3 motherboard.

This particular board comes with support for the latest AMD Phenom II processors, 4 DDR3 slots and uses the AMD 790GX and SB750 chipset and has integrated 7.1 channel HD audio, Gigabit LAN and onboard Radeon 3300 graphics.

Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 Motherboard Video Review

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard Review
Maximum CPU posted a review on the Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard

Modern keyboards (like the one on my Macbook Pro, that I am using to type this) have a moderate degree of redundant circuitry to allow for keyboard commands, but still fall short of some selective usage scenarios. I can easily press a few different keys at once (and elicit the appropriate response), but pressing four keys arranged next to each other in a square will only report the first three. Video games have emerged as the group of applications that have the fastest combinations involving the most unique keys. For these programs, users are not aware that their key-presses are going unreported, and will often assume the program or their skill is at fault. To address this problem, Microsoft has developed more advanced circuitry in their SideWinder X4 to allow for more simultaneous keys to be reported. Additionally, this technology allows for any of the QWERTY keys to be used simultaneously, and is cheaper than addressing each key with unique circuitry.

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard Review

AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller

Today, ThinkComputers has the opportunity to check out AeroCools latest Touch LCD Fan Controller, the V12XT. The touch LCD display shows current temperatures and fan speeds in a dashboard-like display. The extra style makes it unique from other fan controllers. This peripheral would make a great addition to those two extra 5.25 empty drive bays you have. Read on further to see how well it will fill them!

AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller Review

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Moorestown Atom Processor Platform
HotHardware.com takes a first look at the new Intel Atom Processor Z6xx Series

Today, Intel is officially unveiling the Moorestown platform, which consists of the new Intel Atom Processor Z6xx Series (previously codenamed Lincroft), the Intel Platform Controller Hub MP20 (previously codenamed Langwell) and a Mixed Signal IC (MSIC), codenamed Briertown. We've got the full scoop along with some video of the platform in action avaialble here...

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Moorestown Atom Processor Platform

Core i7 CPU Water Block Roundup
PureOverclock posted Core i7 CPU Water Block Roundup

Looking for the top CPU water block on the market? We set out with a mission to take several of the best CPU water blocks on the market and evaluate them after close inspection. Aesthetics, cost, quality, and performance are all important criteria, so we'll pit them head to head and see which is victorious.

Core i7 CPU Water Block Roundup

QNAP TS-259 Pro Turbo NAS Server Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the QNAP TS-259 Pro Turbo NAS Server

Network storage is a concept that many people use without a second thought in corporate environments, but what about at home? Count the number of PCs in your house and tell me it wouldn't be nice to have one central location for backups, video and music storage, and everything else. All that and much more is readily available in a Network Attached Storage server. The QNAP TS-259 Pro NAS server uses a custom Linux distro and a powerful, energy-efficient 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 CPU with 1GB of DDR2-800 memory to eliminate any potential bottlenecks. Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet controllers allow failover safety and teaming, while two SATA drive bays offer single disk, JBOD, and RAID 0/1 configurations. Benchmark Reviews examines the QNAP TS-259 Pro in detail here, and tests its performance against a wide variety of NAS servers. We also have a pleasent surprise for Win7 users.

QNAP TS-259 Pro Turbo NAS Server Review

AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller

Today, ThinkComputers has the opportunity to check out AeroCools latest Touch LCD Fan Controller, the V12XT. The touch LCD display shows current temperatures and fan speeds in a dashboard-like display. The extra style makes it unique from other fan controllers. This peripheral would make a great addition to those two extra 5.25 empty drive bays you have. Read on further to see how well it will fill them!

AeroCool V12XT Touch LCD Fan Controller Review

Scythe Samurai ZZ CPU Cooler Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Scythe Samurai ZZ CPU Cooler

With a pretty serious lineup of products already out from Scythe, they decided to rethink and redesign to bring life to a name that has been with Scythe for many years. The Samurai cooler was a cantankerous looking cooler developed in the days when there was little thought of overclocking with the jumpers, or modifying the sockets for more volts. As the needs of users changed, Scythe rolled with the punches and developed the Samurai Z. This was a very basic, two heat-pipe cooler and I use that term loosely. By today’s standards, those two pipes ran to the outer edges and would have improved cooling then, but it couldn’t handle the TDP of today’s processors. With the Samurai Z there was even improvement made and a revision “b” cooler was soon out on shelves.

Even with all the working and reworking of the Samurai coolers, Scythe saw ways to improve the idea even further. This time around the Samurai gets more pipes and a very unique mounting setup, which has moved up to include all the newest sockets from both AMD and Intel. Since its inception, the Samurai coolers have never taken up loads of room, as do tower coolers. At that time it was more the normal size for coolers. Today it offers those with a SFF or HTPC chassis; yet another candidate to cool your machines. With all the new goods and redesign, Scythe has also adapted the naming as to differentiate this against the previous versions. Today we will be taking a look at the Samurai ZZ from Scythe. Let’s get it mounted to the T.E.C.C. and see just how well it does.

Scythe Samurai ZZ CPU Cooler Review

DimasTech Bench Test/Table Easy V2.5 Review
OCC has published a review on the DimasTech Bench Test/Table Easy V2.5

The Bench Test/Table Easy v2.5 is the first product I have used from DimasTech, but after having it in use for some time now I have to say that I am very impressed with what this company has to offer. The first thing that caught my eye about the case was the use of solid SECC steel throughout the entire chassis making it very durable, and strong enough to support even the heaviest of components or cooling solutions.

DimasTech Bench Test/Table Easy V2.5 Review