Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000 HTPC/Gaming Chassis Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000 HTPC/Gaming Chassis

Lian-Li is pulling out all the stops with the new Tyr case series. On our testbench is the X2000, which is not only the tallest case we have ever tested, but is packed with SATA backplates for six hard drives, three 140 mm fans and a long list of other features, too numerous to mention.

Lian-Li Tyr PC-X2000 HTPC/Gaming Chassis Review

Preview of the AMD HD4870X2
Bjorn3D posted a preview of the AMD HD4870X2.

When AMD launched the HD4850 and HD4870 earlier this year they continued with the strategy that they had started with the HD3000-series. Instead of trying to create a really fast, and expensive, GPU and then scale it down over the following 6-12 months for other segments, AMD decided to create the best GPU for the $200-$300 enthusiast segment and then either scale it down for the entry level segment or combine more than one GPU for the hard core gamers. The reception of the HD4850 and the HD4870 has been very good and these GPU's even got NVIDIA to lower their prices quite a lot just to be able to compete.

All that really has been missing is a card that could go up directly against the GTX280 and today we are previewing the card that wants to do exactly that; the HD4870X2, codenamed R700.

Preview of the AMD HD4870X2



ASUS P5Q-E Motherboard Review
HardwareLogic posted a review on the ASUS P5Q-E Motherboard

The ASUS P5Q-E motherboard aims to do just that by featuring Intel's new hotness, the P45 Express chipset that has everyone buzzing. Among its many highlights, the P5Q-E delivers native 1600 FSB CPU support, CrossFireX capable, eSATA, RoHS certified and recognizes up to 16GB of DDR2-1200 memory. Wow. Considering this all comes at an affordable price point, I couldn't wait to get it in the lab and on the test bench. If you're in the market for a new motherboard, you'll definitely want to check this review out. Read on as HardwareLogic unleashes its entire benchmarking suite on this board to find out if its worthy of being the foundation of your next build.

ASUS P5Q-E Motherboard Review

Lian Li V1010 Case Review
Ninjalane has posted their review of the new Lian Li V1010 computer case

This is a full aluminum unit designed for normal and extended ATX motherboards complete with separate heat zones to enhance PSU, HDD and motherboard cooling.

Lian Li V1010 Case Review

Super Talent Pico-C 8gb 24K Gold USB Drive Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the Super Talent Pico-C 8gb 24K Gold USB Drive

Today for review I've got a bit of bling for you, we all like gold, no matter guy or girl, gold is something that signifies money, power and status in our society and has for many centuries, so how about a 24k gold plated USB drive? Super Talent has come out with a special version of their very popular Pico-C USB drive, this time they've gold plated it with 24 karat gold to add a bit of class and style to this already excellent and popular product. The Pico-C Gold is so small and looks so good that you could possibly wear it as a charm on a necklace or even a bracelet. Included with the Pico-C Gold is also a strong gold chain that can be used to attach the Pico-C to your keychain, phone or anywhere else you wish to. While the Pico-C does look good, looks aren't everything as we know, so I've put the Pico-C up against a few other popular USB drives on the market today from ATP, OCZ and Super Talents own as well.

Super Talent Pico-C 8gb 24K Gold USB Drive Review

APACK ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 Premium Review
TweakTown posted a review on the APACK ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 Premium

Even though ZEROtherm doesn’t have a long history of enthusiast products, their quality has impressed me thus far. The Hurricane HC92 won an award in our Mega 9-way VGA cooler roundup back in April. And their latest product, the ZEN FZ 120 proved to be a great performer with the added benefit of costing less than enthusiast CPU coolers. Today we will be looking at ZEROtherm’s flagship cooler; the Nirvana NV120 Premium.

The Nirvana has a small price premium over the ZEN; around 10 Dollars here in the States. Newegg currently lists the ZEN with a 10 Dollar mail-in rebate which negates the price difference. It will be interesting to see if and how much better the Premium cooler performs compared to the newer ZEN 120 that we reviewed last month.

APACK ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 Premium Review

EVGA UV Plus+ UV16 USB 2.0 Video Adapter Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the EVGA UV Plus+ UV16 USB 2.0 Video Adapter

In recent months EVGA introduced the EVGA UV Plus+ UV-16 USB 2.0 video adapter. This device allows you to take any available USB port on your Desktop or Notebook computer and turn it into an additional video output for use with another display. For under $75 the UV Plus+ UV-16 can handle up to 1600x1200 resolutions and doesn't need a video card to operate!

EVGA UV Plus+ UV16 USB 2.0 Video Adapter Review

Eagle Tech N-Series Pro SATA Enclosure Review
ASE Labs takes a look at the Eagle Tech N-Series Pro SATA Enclosure

ASE Labs prides itself on giving you fair and honest reviews for all types of computer products. This is one of the reasons that ASE Labs has been around for over seven years and keeps going strong. Today ASE Labs has the Eagle Tech N-Series Pro Serial ATA to USB2 Hard Drive Enclosure on the review bench. The fair and brutally honest review follows.

Eagle Tech N-Series Pro SATA Enclosure Review

Spire CoolFlow III Review
XSReviews has reviewed the Spire CoolFlow III

When it comes time for an enthusiast to upgrade his or her processor, it's usually quite a momentous occasion. Lots of planning goes into the perfect choice of hardware, and it's not uncommon for a cooler upgrade too; as faster usually means hotter. Therefore they usually go for something something much beefier than before -- not one which looks similar to the stock Intel model. It's odd saying that as today, we've got a Spire CoolFlow for review, which does, look remarkably similar to the stock Intel heat-sink and fan. Let's just hope it gives a boost in performance.

Spire CoolFlow III Review

Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler Review
DriverHeaven posted a review on the Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler

At Cebit earlier this year Cooler Master were displaying their new range of CPU coolers, however they were not quite ready for retail availability. That changed in May with the release of the Hyper Z600, a large but very stylish item which is designed to operate silently or in single and dual fan configurations. Today we will be running the Z600 through a number of tests using Intels X9770 CPU to establish just how good Cooler Masters new product is.

Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler Review

Thermalright True Black 120 CPU Cooler Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the Thermalright True Black 120 CPU Cooler

The True Black 120 CPU cooler features a solid copper base, six U-shaped heat pipes and a large aluminum fin array. Although there are physically just six heat pipes, the U-shape configuration results in six evaporator sections (where the heat pipes contact the base and absorb heat from the CPU) and twelve condenser sections (where heat is dissipated into the aluminum fins). As we will see later, this results in a very efficient heat transfer arrangement!

Thermalright True Black 120 CPU Cooler Review

DLO TransDock Deluxe Review
Hardware Secrets takes a look at the DLO Transdock Deluxe, a FM transmitter and charger for iPods.

If you have an older car or truck, you don't have to envy the new car owners who have built-in iPod docks. You can have your music close at hand in your old vehicle with the new DLO TransDock Deluxe. The TransDock Deluxe is an in-car iPod dock and FM transmitter that plays your iPod through your car stereo, also charging its battery. It also allows you to play videos on bigger LCD screens (if you have them already installed on your car) and charge cell phones or any other device that can be charged thru a USB port. Let's take a good look on DLO TransDock Deluxe.

QNAP TS-209 Pro II Review
PC Review have a new review of the QNAP TS-209 Pro II, an advanced network attached storage device that includes features such as a webserver and bit-torrent downloader

Many small businesses and advanced home users will use some form of external storage device to backup data or store common files across a network. One of the most convenient methods of doing this is to use a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, which allows you to access network shares from all other PCs connected to the same network. The QNAP TS-209 Pro II provides space for two SATA hard drives, providing ample storage capacity (for example, 2 x 1TB drives). However this NAS unit isn't quite as simple as just providing access to storage space, it can do a whole lot more.

[url=http://www.pcreview.co.uk/reviews/Storage/QNAP_TS-209_Pro_II/]QNAP TS-209 Pro II Review

SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Headphone Review
Metku took a closer look at SteelSeries Siberia Neckband

In 2007 we saw Steelseries acquiring Icemat which brought the Siberia-brand to Steelseries. The Siberia Neckband headphones carry on the legacy from the Icemat Siberia headphones. Let us see if they're worthy.

SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Headphone Review

Cool IT Systems NV Reference SLI Cooler Review
techPowerUp posted a new article on the Cool IT Systems NV Reference SLI Cooler

The CoolIT Systems coolers are certainly a unique way to get into liquid cooling. They come pre-assembled and are maintenance free. We are taking a look at their dual card cooler for two GeForce 8800 GTXs, but CoolIT offers a very similar variant for the GTX 260/280 and for AMD cards as well.

Cool IT Systems NV Reference SLI Cooler Review

Asus M3N78 Pro Motherboard Review
NVNews.Net posted Asus M3N78 Pro Motherboard Review

For a budget motherboard, the M3N78 Pro offers leading-edge features like support for the latest AMD Phenom processors, PCI-Express 2.0, NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI Technology, which is available on Windows Vista only, and dual-channel DDR2 memory. Although this motherboard does not support traditional SLI using multiple discrete graphics cards, it does offer GeForce Boost and HybridPower technologies.

Asus M3N78 Pro Motherboard Review

ASUS P5Q Pro P45 Motherboard Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the wildly popular ASUS P5Q Pro P45 motherboard.

With this latest chipset release, ASUS has created the diverse P5Q series product line, with a total of nine different P45 models announced so far. We say "so far" only because if the company's seventeen P35-based motherboards are any indication, we can expect a few additional models down the line. The fact that ASUS offers such a vast selection of models catered to many different price points is another factor that explains the company's popularity among the D-I-Y computer crowd. The motherboard we are reviewing today is the P5Q PRO, which is squarely aimed towards the mainstream market.

ASUS P5Q Pro P45 Motherboard Review

Thermaltake VH6000BWS Armor+ Case Review
HardwareLogic posted a review on the Thermaltake VH6000BWS Armor+ Case

In an effort to market their products, companies resort to naming schemes that offer a clue into that products particular identity. This is no more realized than the newly redesigned Thermaltake Armor+, a full sized ATX enclosure solution that is sure to make any enthusiasts' eyes bleed. With enough features and gadgetry to make even the most tech-hardened nerd succumb to uncontrollable spasms, the Thermaltake Armor+ sits at the forefront of chassis innovation. Or does it? Will the Amor+ be able to withstand the fusillade that is the HardwareLogic review team? Or will the Armor+ lay waste to all that opposes it? Like the medieval times of yore, HL intends to go full tilt to find out!

Thermaltake VH6000BWS Armor+ Case Review

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini 320GB Review
Techgage posted a review of Maxtor's latest external enclosure, the OneTouch 4 Mini, weighing in at 320GB.

Maxtor's diminutive OneTouch 4 Mini pushes the capacity envelope again, packing a positively huge 320 gigabytes of storage into a tiny enclosure. It's also one of the sexiest mini external drives we've seen. Is the OneTouch 4 Mini 320GB a portable storage slam-dunk?

Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini 320GB Review

Palit GTX 280 Review
OCC has published a new review on the Palit GTX 280

Each and every video card is not going to overclock to the same level, just as the same CPU will not always overclock to the same level for any number of reasons. This holds true with the Palit GTX 280. When overclocking a video card, heat can become an issue in the same way that heat can impact your ability to overclock a CPU. Fortunately, I was able to push this card slightly higher than the XFX model that I reviewed. An increase of 126 MHz on the GPU core and 176 MHz on the memory are pretty stout overclocks. These speeds represent an increase of almost 18% on the GPU core and almost 14% on the memory. While not as over the top as the 9800GTX, there is definitely significant head room to play with. Does this increase in GPU and memory clock speed equate to similar performance increases? I think it's time to find out.

Palit GTX 280 Review

QNAP TS-409 PRO Four Bay NAS Network Attached Storage System Review
Tweaknews.net has released a review on the QNAP TS-409 PRO Four Bay NAS Network Attached Storage System

It carries a hefty $600 price tag, but the TS-409 Pro is a sound investment for a home or small business network. For those who need much more than just file storage and backup, this is the NAS to get. In addition to having a central location to store and back up files this product offers hard disk monitoring, FTP, Web, and SMTP server functions, user/group management, and one touch file copy from a USB disk – and that's just scratching the surface! Everything is managed through a well organized web interface that can be accessed remotely via a secure SSL connection.

QNAP TS-409 PRO Four Bay NAS Network Attached Storage System Review

AirLive AirTV-1000U Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the AirLive AirTV-1000U

The AirTV-1000U DVB-T TV Tuner is something you would not expect from a company like AirLive. They are known for their excellent networking products, not TV Tuners. The USB based AirTV-1000U features some interesting features, like recording, EPG and time shifting support.

AirLive AirTV-1000U Review

Kingston 4GB PC2-6400 HyperX Memory Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Kingston 4GB PC2-6400 HyperX Memory

When it comes to our computers, we'd love to always have the biggest and the best. However, reality indicates that isn't always possible. But that also doesn't mean we have to "settle" when it comes to memory options. For the PC enthusiasts who are looking for quality and value, Kingston offers the KHX6400D2LLK2/4G Memory Kit, a product in their HyperX DDR2 line. The HyperX DDR2 offers faster speeds, lower latencies, higher data bandwidths and lower power consumption than DDR.

Kingston 4GB PC2-6400 HyperX Memory Review

Tuniq Ensemble 1200W Power Supply Review
Bigbruin.com posted a review on the Tuniq Ensemble 1200W Power Supply

I expected the Tuniq Ensemble 1200W power supply to perform well after seeing what the 950W Tuniq Miniplant had to offer a few months ago, and my expectations wound up being exceeded. The unit ran cool and quiet, managing to provide stable power to the beefiest system I could put together while producing a trivial ripple of a fraction of one percent.

Tuniq Ensemble 1200W Power Supply Review

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W Review
Bit-Tech published a review of Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W

Overall it has to be said that Be Quiet! has made a fantastic product - it works, it has supreme efficiency, excellent quality outputs, lots of cable variation (which is perfect for a modular PSU) and is damn near silent to boot. We were really struggling to find things wrong with it because it's really not /that/ expensive when you look at the whole package, and the only thing that grates us is the RMA to Germany - other companies offer better after-sales support.

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W Review

GIGABYTE 9800 GT Zalman Edition Review
TweakTown posted a review on the GIGABYTE 9800 GT Zalman Edition

It seems like NVIDIA graphics card releases run as clock work with the Catalyst drivers from AMD. With the GTX 280, GTX 260 and 9800 GTX+ released not all that long ago, it comes as no real surprise that NVIDIA has gotten up once again and released not only one new card today, but two.

GIGABYTE 9800 GT Zalman Edition Review

Leadtek WinFast GeForce PX9500 GT Review
TweakTown takes a look at the Leadtek WinFast GeForce PX9500 GT

If you find yourself getting sick to the stomach when you see how much cards like the GTX 280 and GTX 260 are and just can’t understand why people would spend so much money on a graphics card, the 9500 GT could be in your league. The 9500 GT, as you might have guessed comes in below the 9600 series and well below the 9800s. It’s designed for people who are looking at getting away from onboard graphics but don’t want to blow too much money.

You have to wonder with the new GTX 280 / 260 naming scheme as to why NVIDIA are still continuing to update the older 9000 series of cards. Either way, we have a new low to mid-range graphics card that’s cheap and can hopefully offer low resolution gamers something that doesn’t break the bank.

Leadtek WinFast GeForce PX9500 GT Review

GeForce 9500 GT Review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the GeForce 9500 GT

Today NVIDIA launches a new budget product. It's called the GeForce 9500 GT and pretty much is the GeForce 8600 GT yet made at a 65nm fab. The good thing is that the card is real cheap, even better is that we have been promised that the card will be faster than that two year old GeForce 8600 GT at half the price.

The card we'll test is an actual retail sample from the folks at Galaxy technology. This is the Galaxy GeForce 9500 GT Overclock edition by the way.

GeForce 9500 GT Review

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux
PCPer posted their review on the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

The NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT is a budget card with a sub $100 price tag that offers up impressive features and performance for the price. Does your girlfriend or dad finally get that much-needed gaming upgrade?? Or does this new GPU have potential for stingy gamers everywhere?

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Review - Budget Gaming Redux

VIA Nano L2100 vs. Intel Atom 230: Head to Head
HotHardware.com posted a comparsion between VIA Nano L2100 vs. Intel Atom 230

VIA caused quite a stir a few months ago when the company first revealed initial details regarding their low-power Nano processor. At the time, the product was referred to by its internal codename of Isaiah and the president of the design center that was tasked with making the processor was decidedly outspoken, which made for some exciting reporting. When news of the Isaiah core first broke, we hopped on the line with Glenn Henry, VIA's Centaur design center president, and got many questions answered regarding the processor's architecture, features, expected performance, and the company's plans for the CPU. We also covered the official announcement of the VIA Nano processor and detailed the exact models that would be available at launch. One thing we hadn't been able to do, however, was a direct performance comparison of the VIA Nano processor versus Intel's recently released Atom, which is target at the same market segment. Thankfully, we were recently given the opportunity to take a VIA Nano reference platform for a spin to see what it could do and will be presenting our results for you here today.

VIA Nano L2100 vs. Intel Atom 230: Head to Head

Sans Digital MS1U Media Saver Review
ASE Labs published a review on the Sans Digital MS1U Media Saver

You are probably like most people when they go on vacation and use a digital camera with a few memory cards. It would be great if you didn't need a computer all the time to constantly backup your photos. The MS1U from Sans Digital is billed as a digital photo bank and it does just that. It takes a laptop (IDE) hard drive and converts it into portable storage for your memory cards.

Sans Digital MS1U Media Saver Review

NorthQ Black Magic Flex 650W PSU Review
DriverHeaven posted a review on the NorthQ Black Magic Flex 650W PSU

NorthQ are a relatively newly formed Danish company who have a diverse range of products ranging from PC cooling solutions to power supply units. We have reviewed many NorthQ products in the past, including several power supply units which we found to be very capable. Today we will take a look at another NorthQ power supply, the Black Magic Flex 650W. This is a modular PSU selling at a very competitive price.

NorthQ Black Magic Flex 650W PSU Review