ATEN CS1782 USB 2.0 DVI KVM Switch Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the ATEN CS1782 USB 2.0 DVI KVM Switch.

I have used an array of KVM switches over the years both in my work as a database administrator and also at my home to run multiple computers simultaneously with one mouse, monitor, and keyboard. These, however, were not DVI based and had very few features other than a few that used USB instead of PS2 for keyboard and mouse connections. I had also come to know that each of the KVM switches I had used, including the professional quality ones at my workplace, had idiosyncrasies that in some cases compromised their efficiency. So my quest to find a switch that would meet my rather heightened needs at home continued in silence and up until recently I had all but given up.

As luck would have it I was recently contacted by ATEN, a company that is well known for manufacturing excellent KVM switches. ATEN wanted to know if we would be interested in reviewing a DVI KVM switch they had recently released with a slew of features that targeted the gamer and the computer enthusiast. One look at the specs and features and I felt as though my prayers just might have been answered. Having written computer products reviews for a number of years I knew better than proclaim the product a winner without first taking a long test drive. Today it is my pleasure to share the results that we assimilated from our review of the ATEN CS1782 USB 2.0 DVI KVMP Switch.

ATEN CS1782 USB 2.0 DVI KVM Switch Review

Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic Watercooled Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the watercooled Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic video card

Sapphire HD 3870 X2 Atomic Edition comes with pre-filled, pre-sealed and maintenance free watercooling. This allows Sapphire to ship the card with higher clocks, making the card the fastest HD 3870 X2 on the market today. As you would expect from such a premium product the presentation is outstanding, and so is the price.

Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic Watercooled Review



Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers

Today we introduce the first in a series of Audiophile articles/reviews. It's fitting we begin with the company Audioengine, their AE2 and AE5 powered speakers represent relatively a recent development in the Audiophile industry. A merger between High End Audio and PC's...

Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers Review

GIGABYTE GeForce 9600GT TurboForce 1GB Review
TweakTown posted a review on the GIGABYTE GeForce 9600GT TurboForce 1GB

Only just the other day we looked at the GIGABYTE 9600GT TurboForce 512MB; today we look at the 1GB version of this card. While we’ve never been a huge fan of 1GB mid-range cards, the GIGABYTE TurboForce version carrying with it a hefty core and memory increase seemed to help the card out a little bit more.

It made sense that we include the 512MB version of the card in our testing today. We’ve also included the Sapphire HD 3870 Ultimate which is a passively cooled card as well.

GIGABYTE GeForce 9600GT TurboForce 1GB Review

Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review
Legit Reviews posted Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review

The Austrian company Noctua sent us their newest cooler the NH-C12P. This time around the folks at Noctua made the cooler smaller, lighter, and squeezed in 2 more heat pipes for a total of 6. Noctua has been shaking up the CPU cooling market with their silent yet efficient coolers all year. Join us as we put the NH-C12P CPU cooler through the paces and see if it can dethrone its predecessor from the top of our performance charts.

Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review

Imation Atom Flash Drive Review
BIOS Magazine posted a review on the Imation Atom Flash Drive

Intel's Atom is the world's smallest processor, built with the world's smallest transistors. Iomega's Atom is probably the smallest Flash memory drive. The race for the smallest Flash memory stick is most definitely on. Imation is hot on Super Talent's tail with the Atom Flash Drive, a miniscule device designed for those craving the latest gizmos.

Imation Atom Flash Drive Review

XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition Review
DriverHeaven posted a review on the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition

The Geforce 9800 GTS has been around for some time now and the maturing of the product brings with it a selection of cards which look to improve on the reference specification or design. We have one such card on our test bench today, XFXs 9800 GTX Black Edition from a handpicked range of cards which feature enhanced core and memory speeds for exceptional performance and stability.

XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition Review

H2GLOW Faucet Light Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the H2GLOW Faucet Light.

Every day there are more and more household gadgets to keep you busy and entertained. Today, we investigate the H2GLOW faucet attachment which is produced by Sector Labs. This device has a fairly innovative feature that helps to protect its users.

H2GLOW Faucet Light Review

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Review
Digit-Life posted a review on the AMD Phenom X4 9850 processor

In the previous article devoted to benchmarking an engineering sample of a quad-core AMD Phenom we failed to "cross all t's," because this processor has a bug officially acknowledged by AMD. Now we have an AMD Phenom X4 9850 of B3 stepping, in which this bug is fixed. Since it's the fastest CPU from AMD for now, it will be interesting to compare it to Intel processors.

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Review

Lian Li PC-A77 Full Tower Chassis Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Lian Li PC-A77 Full Tower Chassis.

The PC-A77 has some of the great features we have grown to love in Lian Li cases over the years. A removable motherboard tray, top panel, and hard-drive cage make for flexible installation. Their unique hard-drive installation system greatly reduces vibrations, and they even included a fan controller. Continue on as we check this case out in greater detail.

Lian Li PC-A77 Full Tower Chassis Review

Accessible Digital Cameras Roundup
InsideHW.com has posted an article about Accessible Digital Cameras

This time we have tested accessible digital cameras with price tag
below 160. We couldn't test all cameras in this price range so we tested only models that we found interesting. On the market you can find cameras with similar specifications to those that we have tested which very often mean just different number of megapixels. Since summer vacations are approaching we hope that this round-up will help you in making decision for your new camera.

Accessible Digital Cameras Roundup

Memory Cards Roundup
InsideHW.com has posted a Memory Cards Roundup

A great variety of memory card standards currently coexist on the market. The product gamma which these cards can be coupled with is no smaller in number. From computers, both personal and portable ones, over mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras, up to gaming consoles - the list seems endless. Naturally, with such a large base of devices, there are many uses memory cards are required for; that's the reason for this variety of more or less popular card types. The memory card history starts back in the beginning of the nineties, when the first PCMCIA models hit the market.

Memory Cards Roundup

Seasonic M12II 500W Power Supply Report
APH Networks has published a Seasonic M12II 500W Power Supply Report

Whether you want to recognize it or not, power supplies are an integral part of your computer. And it's not just about wattage -- if you don't have a quality power supply that delivers, your latest quad core, pair of graphics card, and half a dozen of hard drives won't run stably. And then you would end up blaming that on the OS or whatever. On the other hand, most people with relative high end configurations probably won't even need 1200W power supplies anyway -- my Core 2 Extreme QX9650 and 8800GTS G92 (Plus all the relatively high end components) needed no more than a quality, efficient, high performance power supply that delivers what it's rated for. I used to run my computer off a Seasonic M12 500W. That was my first Seasonic power supply that impressed me throughly in both performance, efficiency, and silence. When Seasonic released the M12II, it didn't take me too long before I got one and installed it to see what kind of improvements they had made to it, in order to make it an even better power supply. With relatively modest power ratings by today's standards of only up to 500W, how will this power supply accomplish its tasks with the latest configurations? Although we won't directly test performance, as we don't have professional load testers and for the fact that this is only a product report -- we'll take a look at what kind of internal components it takes off with.

Seasonic M12II 500W Power Supply Report

LapLogic G800 Aerogel Extreme Laptop Pad Review
APH Networks posted a review on the LapLogic G800 Aerogel Extreme Laptop Pad

If you've had a laptop, you've been there; half an hour of use leaves you with an uncomfortable burn, a couple of hours could leave you with a scorching mark. I won't deny that this problem has been overlooked -- but now has finally been taken seriously by the general public. Especially as of late, there has been much concern surrounding the region dubbed by Jonathan Kwan as the "male proprietary region" when using your laptop on your lap. After the studies brought to our attention that the heat from laptops do affect said region, we at APH Networks were panicking -- I mean, we are guys, and we are computer geeks. I was already planning on purchasing a laptop, but I realized that I would need a cooler of some sort as well, so I picked up the Thermaltake iXoft, which we had introduced earlier. However, today, we are taking a look at a product that doesn't aim to keep the laptop cool -- but rather, the user (Hey guys, you'll want to look at this). Differing from laptop coolers in that sense, let me introduce you to the LapLogic G800 Aerogel Extreme. Yeah yeah, it still uses chemistry knowledge -- but for a whole different purpose.

LapLogic G800 Aerogel Extreme Laptop Pad Review

Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT 512MB OC Review
TheTechLounge posted a review on the Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT 512MB OC

Everyone recommends the GeForce 9600 GT first, and they should. It's
got a price-to-performance ratio unlike any card before. I'm not exaggerating. This card could very well be the best deal NVIDIA has ever put to market. I spent a day with Chaintech's factory-overclocked card... And I found a couple things I didn't like. Deal breakers? Hardly.

Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT 512MB OC Review

Cyber Snipa Stinger Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Tweaknews.net posted Cyber Snipa Stinger Laser Gaming Mouse Review

At a modest price the Stinger delivers a high quality, feature packed Laser mouse. Whilst not the best mouse I have tested, at this price point, the Stinger is not too far behind. This is probably the best bang for your buck you can get at the moment.

Cyber Snipa Stinger Laser Gaming Mouse Review

NZXT Tempest Review
OCC has published a new review on the NZXT Tempest

Moving up to the top of the Tempest, you'll notice something that will catch your eye - there are two 140mm exhaust fans here to whisk the hot air out of the case and keep those critical components cooler. Also on the top of the case are the Power and Reset buttons, two USB 2.0 ports, audio ports, and eSATA port. It's nice to see the inclusion of the eSATA port, since it is becoming a standard for external hard drives these days. Your motherboard does not need an eSATA port to use this feature, as it connects with a bridge from a standard SATA port on the board.

NZXT Tempest Review

Lamptron UV Cathodes Review
Tech-Reviews.co.uk has completed their review for the MSI NX8800GT Zilent.

Case modding has become a more prominent factor in hardware junkies when purchasing cases as the need to make your computer look "cool" is important to many.

As far as case modding goes, UV cathodes are very good at making your pc's internals look cool. With this in mind Lamptron have sent over some for me to review so lets light 'em up and see what's what.

Lamptron UV Cathodes Review

Novint Falcon Limited Edition Review
I4U NEWS published a review of the Novint Falcon Limited Edition unique touch enabled game controller.

Today we are looking at the interesting mouse replacement called the Novint Falcon. The device allows you to feel items in compatible video games and adds a new dimension to games. Overall the Novint Falcon is a very interesting device. The biggest drawback is the lack of top-tier games that are Haptx enabled. Novint is working on that though and more top-tier titles are coming soon. The Novint Falcon works very well, even if it is a bit sluggish for a gamer used to much more sensitive mice.

Novint Falcon Limited Edition Review

ZOTAC GeForce 8300 AM2+ Motherboard Review
TweakTown posted a review on the ZOTAC GeForce 8300 AM2+ Motherboard

Though AMD themselves have an impressive chipset line-up for the Phenom, we can’t forget one of the biggest supporters of AMD. In fact, they have helped AMD out something incredible. Starting back when the Athlon was a Socket A chip, nForce chipsets have been around to help boost the performance. NVIDIA are back again with GeForce based chipsets sporting IGP graphics.

Today we have our first board from ZOTAC, one of the many companies we met at Computex. They have sent us their GeForce 8300 based Micro-ATX offering aimed at the digital home segment. How well does it perform? Read on to find out.

ZOTAC GeForce 8300 AM2+ Motherboard Review

Vizo Uranus HDD Enclosure Review
Tech-Reviews.co.uk has completed the review for the Vizo Uranus HDD enclosure.

The demand for external hard drives has increased significantly in recent years, due to the need for more storage space and the added security from backing up data. A 500GB hard drive can be bought for as little as 35 and so pairing this with an external hard drive enclosure is a cheap way of protecting your data. The benefit of a hard drive enclosure over a pre-builtexternal hard drive is that you can use one the old hard drives you may have lying around.

Vizo Uranus HDD Enclosure Review

Thermaltake Armor+ MX And Prowater 850i
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Thermaltake Armor+ MX And Prowater 850i.

Price is a major consideration with a lot of people but with cases I tend to take the long view. It's well worth spending a few extra bucks on a case if you can use it through several evolutions of that killer gaming rig you've got in the computer shrine. Thermaltake has been making cases and cooling products for quite a while now, they've managed to combine their cooling expertise with their case design and come up with mid priced quality Chassis that takes cooling into consideration from the word go.

Have they managed to blend an eye catching case with a functional water cooling kit that will meet your needs today and in the future? Let's take the Fifty Cent tour and find out.

Thermaltake Armor+ MX And Prowater 850i

HP's 2133 Mini-note sub-notebook
Bit-Tech published a review of HP's 2133 Mini-note sub-notebook

The HP 2133 Mini-note Linux Edition is an incredibly good looking piece of kit, but is sadly a classic example of style over substance. Gorgeously designed and stunning to look at, the 2133 Mini-note seems to have it all at first glance. The keyboard is perfectly sized and the screen is bright and perky. It's so pleasurable to use that it could probably only be topped by an invitation to have a go on a jelly-covered bouncy castle with the half-naked celebrity of your choice.

It's a bit disappointing then that this is all that the 2133 stands out for. Throughout our time with the notebook it slowly dawned on us that although the Mini-note wasn't a bad netbook, it certainly isn't the best. While it does manage to tick most of the right boxes and do everything it sets out to do, it just doesn't do those things as well or as fast as other products.

Price is a limiting factor too and the HP is in danger of putting itself out of the market with the £350 price tag as the reality is although it looks like you're getting bang for your buck, all you're actually getting is the appearance that that is what you get.

In the end, the HP 2133 Mini-note is very much like the aforementioned celebrity-endorsed jelly-castle adventure. It sounds good in theory, it's great while you're doing it and you're sure to have a lot of fun. When all is said and done though you'll just be left slightly frustrated that the experience didn't quite live up to your expectations. Also, it'll be messy.

As a netbook the Mini-note is OK, but there are better and faster products on the market that would work out cheaper.

HP's 2133 Mini-note sub-notebook

Kingston 2GB 800MHz HyperX FB-DIMM Memory Kit Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Kingston 2GB 800MHz HyperX FB-DIMM Memory Kit

The Kingston 800MHz HyperX FB-DIMMs are hands down the most innovative cooling design that we have seen Kingston bring to market. The design is flawless and the modules run cooler than any other FB-DIMMs that we have seen. For those that want even better cooling, simply place a fan on the modules like we did and you'll notice another massive temperature reduction. When it comes to building a high-end enthusiast platform using the Intel Skulltrail motherboard having the right memory modules is critical and Kingston should be the top brand on the short shopping list...

Kingston 2GB 800MHz HyperX FB-DIMM Memory Kit Review