ThinkComputers.org posted Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler Review

Thermaltake is known for great cooling products. Today we will be looking at one of their newer CPU cooler the V1. The cooler's design is very different from Thermaltake's products, it reminds me more of a Zalman product. It is a very unique design though. Thermaltake says this says this cooler is both silent and overclocking proof. We will have to see if this is true. Read on for the review.

Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler Review

OCIA.net takes a look at the Mountain Mods U2-UFO Duality in their latest review.

You would expect something of this size to weigh a ton, but thanks to the aluminum construction, the total weight is only 15 lbs. A total of 12 fan mounts ensure that your components will be kept nice and chilly. Six drive bays should be plenty for most users, and the ability to hold 18 hard drives will give you more than enough room to hold all of your pr0n, err... documents.

Mountain Mods U2-UFO Duality Review



Hardware Secrets posted Foxconn A690GM2MA Motherboard Review

Foxconn A690GM2MA (its full name is A690GM2MA-8KRS2H; we are always amazed by the creativity of motherboard manufacturers) is a socket AM2 motherboard with on-board video based on the latest chipset from AMD/ATI, AMD 690G, also known by its codename RS690. This is the first chipset coming from the collaboration between AMD and ATI, after AMD bought ATI. We were very curious to compare its performance to the previous on-board video solution from ATI, Radeon Xpress 1100, to its main competitors, GeForce 6100 and GeForce 7025 from nVidia, and also to cheap add-in video cards, like GeForce 6200. Let’s take a look on the performance and features of Foxconn A690GM2MA.

Foxconn A690GM2MA Motherboard Review

PC Modding Malaysia posted Team Xtreem 2GB PC6400 CL3 Review

Once the latencies were eased up to 4-4-4-8, the modules felt very relaxed and wanted to clock higher. Since the AW9D-MAX runs out of steam at about 470FSB, we had to use dividers to get the modules to operate at a higher speed. We easily achieved 500MHz at 4-4-4-8 with just 2.35V but we had to pump more voltage to get it going. We finally ended up at 550MHz (DDR2-1100) which required 2.55V to be stable. This is not bad considering that the latencies were pretty tight at 4-4-4-8.

Team Xtreem 2GB PC6400 CL3 Review

PC Stats posted Mushkin XP2-6400 4GB Memory Kit Review

Cobble together two different pairs of 2GB DDR2 memory sticks and chances are the motherboard will mistakenly report only 2.7GB, 3.3GB or 3.7GB of RAM installed... Worse yet, mixing and matching different 2GB memory sets may force you to use lax memory timings, or even to turn down the memory speed. Bummer. It's a good thing that Mushkin has produced this high performance 4GB memory kit... yes, that's FOUR GIGABYTES!

Mushkin XP2-6400 4GB Memory Kit Review

PC Stats posted Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED Low Noise Heatsink Review

The Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED is a slightly more compact version of the CNPS7700-C LED heatsink - a massive cooler with a wingspan of nearly 140mm - and slightly lighter too. The heatsink is compatible with socket 478 & 775 Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad processors, and socket 754/939/940/AM2 AMD Athlon64 CPUs.

Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED Low Noise Heatsink Review

InsideHW.com posted Cooler Master NotePal W1 Review

Do you frequently experience that after using notebook for long period of time, it seriously heats, due to simple reason its air flow is on the lower side? Of course, given it is insufficiently distant, there is no enough air, and its temperature constantly rises. Cooler Master has solution - NotePal W1, widescreen notebook cooler!

Cooler Master NotePal W1 Review

TheTechlounge posted a review on the Lian-Li PC-A05 Mid-Tower Case

What can be said about Lian-Li? I have always felt their name was synonymous with quality, style, and shiny brushed aluminum. Lian-Li's own website describes the company as one of the largest and most reputable manufacturers of aluminum PC cases in Taiwan. And rightfully so. With over twenty years of experience, Lian-Li is a salty dog. The PC-A05 is a new offering, and a departure from previous doctrine 'Big Is Beautiful', which targets the lower segment of the market. The case promises to be very un-big in size while remaining big on features. An ambitious endeavor, but can it deliver?

Lian-Li PC-A05 Mid-Tower Case Review

techPowerUp posted a new review on the Danger Den Torture Rack

Danger Den has been making water cooling blocks for ages. Now the company has decided to expand its portfolio and has started offering cases. Danger Den offers acrylic cases, with optional UV panels. Today, we take a look at the Torture rack - a case that is supposed to let you stress components to the max, provide adequate cooling for them, and make it easy for you to change over stuff quickly and efficiently.

Danger Den Torture Rack Review

techPowerUp posted a review on the Thermaltake Max Orb

The Max Orb is Thermaltake's new "flagship" cooler, which consists of six heatpipes, a nickel-plated copper base and lightweight aluminum fins. This new cooler is compatible with many current CPU socket types, including Intel's Socket T (LGA775) and AMD's Sockets AM2, 939 and 754. The Max Orb definitely has a lot of good looks, but what about the performance?

Thermaltake Max Orb Review

DragonSteelMods has posted a review on the Spire BlackFin Mid-ATX PC Case

Spire is known for their cooling and power supplies, but they also have an excellent line of very stylish PC cases. Today I'll be looking at the Blackfin, a mid-sized ATX case that offers quite a few features, along with style and
functionality...

Spire BlackFin Mid-ATX PC Case Review

BlueTomorrow.com has posted a new article on the iPhone

Leading up to the highly anticipated release of the Apple iPhone, many Bluetooth advocates (Including BlueTomorrow.com) were eager to find out whether Apple had finally embraced Bluetooth's advancements by integrating the Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) into their new iPhone. If you are not aware, Bluetooth A2DP is the Bluetooth profile that allows for the wireless streaming of stereo audio to other devices such as stereo headphones, car stereos, portable speakers, home stereo systems, etc.

iPhone Fails to Deliver Without Stereo Bluetooth

TechwareLabs has published a review of the Razer Krait 1600dpi Gaming Mouse

With the vast number of computer parts and peripherals on the market today, there is one main peripheral that connects the user with the heart and soul of their personal computer - the mouse. While some computer mice choose to have lasers, and some to have balls (wink), Razer decides to simply make the best gaming mice available. With a line of computer mice that fits everyone's personality and wallet, Razer brings us one of their fine products: the Krait, for an MSRP of $39.99. We took the Krait for a test drive and evaluate not only the mouse but the software. Read our review to find out why we feel this is the perfect mouse for most users and a definite choice for replacing the mouse you have now.

Razer Krait 1600dpi Gaming Mouse Review

Techgage posted a review of Microsoft's Wireless Desktop 7000

If you have a media PC, chances are you are looking for the perfect keyboard and mouse to compliment it. Microsoft's prime offering is the Wireless Desktop 7000, which uses Bluetooth technology and is perfectly suited for Windows Vista.

Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000 Review

OCC has published a new review of the Abit IP35 Dark Raider Socket 775 Motherboard

It's time for a new motherboard and you just don't know where to turn. With the dizzying array of products out on the market today, it's tough to make a decision about who, what, where and why. If the Intel side of the fence is where your loyalties lie, Abit has a series of motherboards that offer performance from mild to wild with its IP35 series. Today's test subject is the IP35 "Dark Raider", the middle board in a trilogy of boards. Off Limits is stated boldly on the box, will the performance delivered be Off Limits? Let's find out. This board offers support for the latest 1333 FSB processors, support for quad-core, 7.1 Realtek sound with HDMI capabilities, and solid state capacitors.

Abit IP35 Dark Raider Socket 775 Motherboard Review

Elite Bastards taking a look at one of Thermaltake's 1000 Watt power supply

As you'd probably guess, this PSU is an ATX 12V v2.3 specification, 1000 Watt rated (surprise!) part, with active PFC. Where things get interesting is looking at the output properties of the M1000 - Where Thermaltake's ToughPower featured quad +12 Volt rails, Cooler Master one-ups it by featuring no less than six +12V rails, with a total output of 960 Watts, while giving the +3.3V and +5V rails 250 Watts to play with. Unfortunately, I don't have any details as to exactly how these six +12V rails are broken down as regards supplying the various aspects of connectivity available to the PSU, so all we can say at this point is 'Blimey, that's a lot of 12 Volt rails'.

Cooler Master Real Power M1000 power supply review

Futurelooks checks out a quick but tough USB Flash Drive

Corsair sent their Super Tough 8 GB Flash Voyager USB 2.0 Flash Memory Drive in February. Of course, we beat the snot out of it because they said it was tough. Now Corsair has made one that's even faster called the GT. Let's see how much faster and most importantly, is it still tough? Let's find out!

CORSAIR Flash Voyager GT 8 GB USB 2.0 Flash Memory Drive Review

XSReviews has reviewed the Lian Li PC-A71

We've tested a couple of Lian Li's aluminium creations, both of which were met with open arms. However, neither of these cases catered for the extreme user who counts more as better. Well today I have the Lian Li PC-A71 top case which features enthusiast extras such as water cooling grommets, six 120mm fans and enough HDD bays to have 10 terabytes of storage. Sounds interesting...

Lian Li PC-A71 Review

bit-tech published a review of Abit's IP35 Pro motherboard

It's good to know Abit can still make a great board and one that is completely designed with the enthusiast and overclocker in mind. It's no MAX board, but for £120 it's a damn sight cheaper than the IN9-32X MAX and should overclock to at least similar levels. With such a tailoring to this niche of user we can forgive Abit for some of the board's shortcomings, like very few USB ports and PCI-based Ethernet controllers. Also, if you consider the attention to detail with design tweaks like the enhanced power regulation, uGuru and large voltage adjustment potential, including the ability to adjust GTL Reference voltage.

Abit IP35 Pro Review

Bigbruin.com posted a review on the NZXT Precise 1200W Power Supply

To put it simply, the NZXT Precise 1200W Power Supply is superb. The voltage regulation is way above par, the overall build quality is very good, and it has a simple understated design without any gawdy extras. Anyone who has a huge, power hungry computer may be interested in this unit, but unless your middle name is "Overkill", then it will honestly be a lot more power than you could possibly need.

NZXT Precise 1200W Power Supply Review

Howtoforge published a guide about Virtual Hosting with PureFTPd and MySQL on Fedora 7

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management)