Akasa Mirage-62 chassis Review
Bit-Tech published a review of the Akasa Mirage-62 chassis

Due to the similarities between this and the Eclipse-62, the Mirage was always going to be compared to its sibling, the Eclipse. However, when you look at the case on its own, you realise just what a good piece of kit it really is. Probably the best removable motherboard tray I've ever used, combined with rock solid build quality from the light and durable aluminium frame make a great base for a system build, and while the look of the case could be seen as a little boring, there's plenty of room for customisation.

Although the component temperatures were admittedly a little disappointing, we feel the Mirage more than makes up for this slight stumble with simple brilliant noise levels, and its customisable, spacious and straightforward internal layout. However, I can't help but feel that this update to the Eclipse could, and perhaps should have been so much more than a face lift, especially when you consider the £20 price difference between the two models.

Just because something works well, doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, and despite a few nice additions, and the excellent noise performance, I came away wanting more. In the end, both are very well built and very high quality cases -- it'll be down to personal preference whether you pay the extra money for the Mirage and its door.

Akasa Mirage-62 chassis Review

ECS A780GM-A Black Series AMD 780G Motherboard Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the ECS A780GM-A Black Series AMD 780G Motherboard

The ECS A780GM-A Black Series AMD 780G motherboard wound up being quite interesting. It offers quite a few appealing features, such as a back panel full of useful connections, onboard HD audio and video with HDMI output, an integrated RAID controller, support for AMD's Hybrid CrossFire and their new Phenom processors. With such a selection of goodies onboard, the relatively low price initially seems too good to be true.

ECS A780GM-A Black Series AMD 780G Motherboard Review



Palit 9600 Geforce GSO Sonic Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the Palit 9600 Geforce GSO Sonic.

Today, Matt Homan takes a look at the new powerhouse from PALIT, the Geforce 9600GSO Sonic graphics card. With its 768MB, 192-bit DDR3 memory, we're sure it's going to rock the benchmarks. Check it out!

Palit 9600 Geforce GSO Sonic Review

ASUS HD EAH3870 Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the ASUS HD EAH3870.

The ASUS ATI Radeon EAH3870 is up for review today at Bjorn3D and I am ready to dive in. It is a 512 MB DDR4 card with plenty of bang for the buck. Actually we are going to find out if it is more beneficial to own an ASUS EAH3870 or a Leadtek Winfast PX9600GT card. Both are priced closely at a wopping $20 difference. Will the 3870 perform better, achieve lower temperatures, and deliver the 9600GT a black eye? That is what we will find out in this review. Behold the goodness of ASUS, 'Rock Solid - Heart Touching'.

ASUS HD EAH3870 Review

ZEROtherm Zen FZ120 CPU Cooler Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the ZEROtherm Zen FZ120 CPU Cooler

The FZ120 Zen does what I believe ZEROtherm wanted it to do, and it does a great job. It has performance very close to that of the Nirvana, is quieter than the Nirvana, and is cheaper than the Nirvana. The Zen can be found for $39 + shipping, and that’s a steal. With a price like that the Zen is an inexpensive upgrade for anyone, and is almost (depending where you shop) $15-20 cheaper than its bigger brother, the Nirvana...

ZEROtherm Zen FZ120 CPU Cooler Review

Songbird 0.5 Media Player Review
Bios Magazine posted a review on the Songbird 0.5 Media Player

Songbird is still in Beta, but in the few weeks we've been using it the software has been stable and crashed only a couple of times. It's worth remembering that Songbird isn't a Mozilla product - it's based on the Mozilla platform, which is open source, but hasn't been developed by the team behind Firefox or Thunderbird. There's no video player, graphic equalisers or disc burning tools at the moment, but we still think you'll really enjoy Songbird.

Songbird 0.5 Media Player Review

Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock

Thermaltake has just come up with the ultimate enthusiast accessory; at least that is what went through my head when I first saw the press release of the new BlacX and BlacX SE. As I read the release my mind started to drift away, thinking about the two foot tall stack of SATA drives sitting in my closet and how useful it would be to just grab a drive and start transferring data to it within seconds.

Forget about the need to take off the side panel, get on the floor, find a flash light and locate one of two hundred SATA cables that are in the room (that you can never find when you need one). Just grab a drive and plug it in. If this scenario sounds familiar, than you are definitely a PC enthusiast and will want to read on to have a look at the new Thermaltake BlacX.

Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock Review

Cyber Snipa Stinger Review
BurnOutPC.com has just posted their review on the Cyber Snipa Stinger Mouse.

Cyber Snipa has made a very comfortable and great looking mouse with the Cyber Snipa Stinger. The mouse feels great in your hand and the rubber on both sides gives a lot more grip than a plastic surface. The buttons are placed in the right position, although I would have liked to see an addition of 2 more buttons on the right side. The different DPI settings along with the dpi button are an easy way to adjust the sensitivity, but I feel that most users only use one dpi setting, like I do. In the end, this is a mouse priced just right, it costs nearly 50 US Dollars and it's well worth the money!

Cyber Snipa Stinger Review

Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock

Thermaltake has just come up with the ultimate enthusiast accessory; at least that is what went through my head when I first saw the press release of the new BlacX and BlacX SE. As I read the release my mind started to drift away, thinking about the two foot tall stack of SATA drives sitting in my closet and how useful it would be to just grab a drive and start transferring data to it within seconds.

Forget about the need to take off the side panel, get on the floor, find a flash light and locate one of two hundred SATA cables that are in the room (that you can never find when you need one). Just grab a drive and plug it in. If this scenario sounds familiar, than you are definitely a PC enthusiast and will want to read on to have a look at the new Thermaltake BlacX.

Thermaltake BlacX SATA to USB HDD Dock Review

AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2: Something Old, Something New...
PC Perspective compared the AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2

While much has been made of Phenom's lack of performance when compared to the Intel Core 2 based products, I was curious how much faster the Phenom was than the older Athlon X2. It turns out that AMD had been quite busy under the hood, and the results were more impressive than I had originally expected.

AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2: Something Old, Something New...

NZXT Tempest Review
XSReviews has reviewed the NZXT Tempest

Here at XSReviews we've taken quite an extensive look at NZXT's range of cases, but NZXT have found one we haven't had out mitts on yet. This one's called the Tempest, and it has it's own slogan: "Welcome the airflow king".

NZXT have made some pretty immense cases in the past so lets take this one for a spin and see how it performs and if it deserves its catchphrase.

NZXT Tempest Review

Radius Atomic Bass Earphones for iPods Review
I4U NEWS has published a review of the Radius Atomic Bass Earphones.

The Atomic Bass are certainly one of the best sounding sets of earphones that I have tried and give my iPhone music some serious bass, which I like. I would like to see a set of these with a mic built-in for use with the iPhone for making and receiving calls.

Radius Atomic Bass Earphones for iPods Review

Soyo Graphite Series 22" LCD HDTV (SYTPT2238AB) Review
3D Game Man posted a review on the Soyo Graphite Series 22" LCD HDTV

If you're in the market for a small LCD HDTV that has great picture quality at an affordable price, be sure to check out the Soyo Graphite Series 22" LCD HDTV (SYTPT2238AB). This LCD HDTV is 22" wide, aspect ratio is 16:10, comes with a 3D Comb Filter, it has a resolution of 1680x1050 and capable of 480i/p, 720i/p or 1080i, contrast ratio is 1000:1, the horizontal viewing angle is 170 degrees and vertical viewing angle is 160 degrees, the response time is a 2ms, the brightness is 300 nits (candela per square metre), it has 16.7 million colors, NTSC, ATSC tuner and it consumes a maximum of 60 watts. Watch the video to find out more.

Soyo Graphite Series 22" LCD HDTV (SYTPT2238AB) Review

First Look: MSI's Wind sub-notebook
Bit-Tech published a hands-on preview of MSI's Wind sub-notebook

We dropped into MSI's headquarters in Taiwan this morning to get some hands on time with its new Wind PC. For those unaware of its importance, it's not only MSI's first //netbook but also one of the first to carry
the Intel Atom processor.

Having played with the Eee PC and quite frankly, finding it much too small to be comfortable, the 10-inch Wind was a real pleasure to use without crippling my hands into looking like a lobster claw (fingers all pinched together).

The Wind will launch in plain white, but will also have the option of these cool tattoos. Now, not being one for art splashed over the cover of electronic gadgets I have to say (while reaffirming my masculinity here) that it looks awesome.

Another thing the Wind has over the Eee PC is the fact it feels like a quality product -- with the Eee, you're aware of the (inexpensive) price you pay in the feel of the plastic. I have to say that it's even got a less cheap plastic feeling than MSI's notebooks that are twice the price.

First Look: MSI's Wind sub-notebook

G.SKILL PC2-8500 4GB PI DDR2 Memory Kit Review
Virtual-Hideout posted G.SKILL PC2-8500 4GB PI DDR2 Memory Kit Review

The G.Skill PC2-8500 4GB PI Memory is another strong performing dual channel memory kit. Stability is top notch and the kit is very reliable under pressure. At full load, the memory keeps its composure and pumps out the bandwidth. Thanks to the new spreaders, it was only slightly warm to the touch and looks pretty sweet. It's also very nice to see that the heat spreaders haven't added much extra weight to the modules.

G.SKILL PC2-8500 4GB PI DDR2 Memory Kit Review

Yuin OK1 Earphones Review
techPowerUp posted a new article on the Yuin OK1 Earphones

Yuin OK1 is the name of Yuin's brand new top-of-line earphone. The OK1s are rather special since they can both function as a pair of regular earbuds or as in-ears. The design is also completely revamped. When driven by a proper amp the sound is lightyears ahead of any other earbud we have previously tested.

Yuin OK1 Earphones Review

GSkill PC2-6400 2x1GB 800mhz DDR2 Ram F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the GSkill PC2-6400 2x1GB 800mhz DDR2 Ram F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ memory<

Up on the review block today is a slick looking set of ram from GSkill, with it's red and silver heatspreaders it just screams fast sitting in the box, but is it?

GSkill PC2-6400 2x1GB 800mhz DDR2 Ram F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ Review

Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal and Anti-Glare Screen Protectors Review
DragonSteelMods posted Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal and Anti-Glare Screen Protectors Review

I've got two screen protectors from Boxwave for review today, both are their ClearTouch brand, but one is the Anti-Glare version while the other is the Crystal version. I had both installed for 2 weeks each to get a good idea of how they work and just how good they are and of course to compare them together for this review. In my time with them I've found them both to be very good quality and offer excellent protection for your phones sceen, they're both washable and reusable making them a long lasting product, not something you'll use and toss away. Of course after using them I found one to be more to my liking than the other, but that's just for my personal preference, which one you'll choose will depend on your own needs.

Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal and Anti-Glare Screen Protectors Review