TrustedReviews have looked at the RAC Satnav 220

The fuzzy searching alone is enough to make me want the RAC Sat-nav 220 in my car. Add in the wide screen, superbly loud and precise spoken directions, TMC information and European maps and I’m hooked. If the RAC wants to offer added, non sat-nav features, though, it needs to think carefully about what to offer and how they should be implemented.

RAC Satnav 220 Review

TrustedReviews have looked at the Olympus FE-230

The FE-230 is Olympus' entry into the fastest-selling sector of the digital camera market. It's very simple and easy to use, but has it got what it takes to compete with similar models from Casio, Canon, Nikon and Pentax?

Olympus FE-230 Review



Bit-Tech published a review of Nesteq's Nova 600W External PSU

It's a great looking and innovative product with so much potential, that actually works silently rather than just claiming it on the packaging like so many others. But unfortunately there was a complete lacking in attention to detail: the PSU fails on half of its rails as soon as you hit full load and the cabling quality and connectors used are nothing special.

At £130 including VAT, it is a lot of money to spend and if you're using it for a little case with reasonably low power components for a silent system, you'll likely get away with it. 3.3V and 5V are less important that 12V rails in a modern PC, but you're more likely to encounter stability issues if you use it with a higher specced PC.

Nesteq Nova 600W External PSU Review

Bigbruin.com has posted Eagle Tech Computers D-Series External Storage System review

This review will take a look at an interesting new enclosure from Eagle Tech Computers. Their D-Series External Storage System, model ET-CSDU2F-BK, supports two SATA hard drive (with capacities up to 750GB each) in either a RAID 0 or JBOD configuration, and connects to a host computer via either USB 2.0 or Firewire.

Eagle Tech Computers D-Series External Storage System Review

Legit Reviews posted a review on the BlueAnt Supertooth Light Bluetooth Speakerphone

The BlueAnt Supertooth Light Bluetooth handsfree speakerphone is an easy way to create a hands-free environment in your automobile. It easily mounts to your sun visor and comes with noise-cancelling technology powered by a Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The sound quality coming from the speaker is very...

BlueAnt Supertooth Light Bluetooth Speakerphone Review

Beyond3D posted a coverage from the AMD Tech Day at Develop 2007

We'll cover what was presented by the AMD Classic, AMD Graphics Products Group and Microsoft speakers, dicussing things as we go along. The focus is definitely D3D10 on Vista and multi-threaded game programming on Windows, with a little about the upcoming new dual- and quad-core AMD processor architecture at the end. Let's forge on.

AMD Tech Day at Develop 2007

PC Stats posted a new guide: How To Make a Budget Desktop Computer on the Cheap

Once you have a general idea on those two fronts, the next decision is whether to get a PC that suits you from a large vendor like Dell, a local computer store or even try building it yourself. All three are valid routes, but if you are technically inclined, building a computer from scratch is a fun way to ensure you get exactly what you want.

How To Make a Budget Desktop Computer on the Cheap

HotHardware.com evaluate the Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB SATA HDD

We aren't sure why Western Digital waited so long to offer a drive bigger than 500GB, but we are happy to see the competition heating up. Plus, with storage prices so low right now, Western Digital's move seems rather smart. The company can offer its flagship drive (in terms of capacity) at a very attractive price. The MSRP for the new 750GB WD Caviar SE16 is only $249.99, which is roughly $0.33/GB.

Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB HD Review

APH Networks has published a new review on the Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

Thermal paste is an interesting category of products to review. Whether you want to call it overlooked or underlooked, enthusiasts whose attention focuses on performance and overclocking will want their heat generating components running as cool as possible. Being that, the last thing anyone wants is poor thermal transfer from one medium to another due to insufficient contact. Theoretically, metal-to-metal is the most optimum and efficient method of thermal conduction. However, no two surfaces are completely flat -- while it gets pretty close, microscopic valleys do exist at a certain level. Regarding this, a thermal interface material such as a paste is used. The most popular product in this area is Arctic Silver 5 non-conductive polysynthetic silver and has been dominating the market for years. Today, Arctic Cooling is up to challenge the best with their MX-2 thermal compound. Will it gain the title of being the best? Let's find out!

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound Review

HardwareLogic posted Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Motherboard Review

Recently I had the opportunity to visit Gigabyte's US Headquarters, where I was given a tour of Gigabyte's new products, including their "Ultra Durable 2" Series of motherboards. Today, HL takes a look at Gigabyte's ultra-versatile GA-P35C-DS3R. Built around INTEL's P35 Bear Lake Chipset, the GA-P35C-DS3R is unique in that it's the first board we've covered that supports both DDR2 and DDR3 memory.

Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Motherboard Review

3D Game Man posted a review on the Ultra X3 1600W Modular Power Supply

There's no question that the Ultra X3 1600W Modular Power Supply has a lot of power. Considering your typical computer build only requires 500W or less, is there any need for 1600 watts? Well, if you have the very latest hardware installed, there might be. If you have an ATI 2900XT Crossfire setup and lots of other hardware installed it can easily eat up 700-900 watts of power. That's still leaves a lot of power for other uses or for future hardware that will consume even power. The fact is, this power supply has all the power you'll ever need, comes with modular FlexForce cables and two quiet fans. This puts it into a class of its own! Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.

Ultra X3 1600W Modular Power Supply Review

DragonSteelMods takes a look at the 14 LED Torch from GizGeek

For some reason I've always liked flashlights, I find them very useful and they can be very interesting items. I've got quite a few of them, numerous Maglights, big and small, a Streamlight and numerous others; It seems I can never have too many flashlights floating around. GizGeek has sent me their 14 LED Torch for review, (flashlight on this side of the ocean), and this thing is just amazing, the quality of it is excellent and I've found it to be extremely useful for many, many things. One of the best things about it is the price, this flashlight is very inexpensive, I wasn't expecting much for the low price and I was truly shocked by just how nice this thing really is...

14 LED Torch from GizGeek

Virtual-Hideout posted ASRock 4Core1333-FullHD HTPC Motherboard Review

The latest motherboard to reach my test bench is the ASRock 4Core1333-FullHD HTPC Motherboard. The features it offers aren't completely new yet it does support 1333 Front Side Processors right out of the box. Being a movie buff that enjoys a good movie, I also enjoy great sound to go with the movie even more. Compared to current A/V Component systems you can pick up at any Best Buy or Fry's, the ASRock board offers up upgradeability and a more configurable Home Theater experience. This is a new kind of ASRock, so read on to see what kind of goodness we found.

ASRock 4Core1333-FullHD HTPC Motherboard Review

T-Break posted a review on the Foxconn Mars Motherboard

Foxconn Technology sent us an Engineering Sample of their first ever gaming motherboard based on the new Mars series. We're looking at the P35 chipset based motherboard today and since this is an ES, it doesnt come in a retail package and had a few things missing that will be pointed out. Think of this article as more of a preview than a full blooded review.

Foxconn Mars Motherboard Review

Hardspell takes a look at the nForce 680i SLI and P35 motherboards

In order to further develop the chipset market, NVIDIA released nForce 680i SLI motherboard at the end of last year. Accompany 1333MHz processor and P35 chipset launches, more and more people turned their eyes to them. Today we will contrast nForce 680i SLI and P35 motherboards and we believe this will be helpful for you.

nForce 680i SLI and P35 motherboards

R&B Mods posted a review on the Cooler Master Vortex 752 Cpu Cooler

Got a hot computer? Want a universal cpu cooler that will work with most sockets on the market? Well then you should really read on as we take a look at a Cpu cooler from Coolermaster today.

We got their latest creation that they named Vortex 752. This cooler unit works with both Intel and AMD setups. The noise level is supposed to be below 20dBA and that is one of the things we will look at tonight in the review.

Cooler Master Vortex 752 Cpu Cooler Review

BCC Hardware checked out the CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler (TEC)

At the end of the day this is one of the best cooling solutions I have ever seen or used, you can't find many other out of the box solutions that you can install in under 30 minutes that can perform like this. If you aren't worried about the price tag, then you'll love this cooler. . .

CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler (TEC) Review

3D Game Man posted a review on the Dark Power Pro 1000 Watt Power Supply

Energy consumption of our PC's has grown massively over the past year or two. We went from PC's that consume roughly 300-350 Watts towards gaming rigs with dual or quad core GPU based graphics cards, dual and quad core processors, multiple drives, tweaked and overclocked rigs and so on and so on. A Kilowatt PSU isn't that strange to consider anymore. It'll give you a lot of leverage and stability as you know for sure that the system can cope with power distribution in every possible segment.

This is where we land at the premises of Listan. The premesis of the BeQuiet series of Power Supplies. Wer'll review their KiloWatt BeQuiet Dark Power Pro, a terrific PSU with even better specs and performance. Six 12 volts rails for example. Well just read the review, this PSU is really nice.

Dark Power Pro 1000 Watt Power Supply Review

Bjorn3D posted a review on the AluBoxDuo LAN

If you have more than one computer in your home network you probably want to access the extra storage from all of them at the same time. To achieve this there are several types of external enclosures available that work over the network. AC Ryan has released a range of enclosures and the one that we are reviewing today, the AluBoxDuo LAN, is a NDAS enclosure that not only is supposed to be much faster than a NAS-solution but also offers a couple of extra cool features like aggregation or RAID of the hard drives.

AluBoxDuo LAN Review

FastSilicon posted a review on the Emerson LC320EM8 32" LCD HDTV

As a media center PC display, it fared exceptionally well when used at a near native resolution of 1280x720. Though not as crisp or sharp as a PC-centric display would have been (due to scaling), it was still quite adequate for living room use, web browsing, and light productivity work. It's built in HDMI port removes one snag for the high definition disc crowd, which is exceedingly welcome.

Emerson LC320EM8 32" LCD HDTV Review

Tech ARP has posted a Hard Drive Buying Guide

The hard drive is one of the most popular upgrades for the PC. Like RAM, you can never have enough hard drive storage space. It always seem to run out before you realize it. Maybe it's all that porn and bootleg anime you have been downloading. So, should you just run out and buy the hard drive with the largest capacity that you can afford? Or is there more to it than just storage space?

Join Empire23 as he goes through the intricacies of the hard drives and breaks it down into the key issues you need to know before you pick up a new hard drive. If this can be challenging to even seasoned PC hardware enthusiasts, it can be quite impossible for a newbie.

Hard Drive Buying Guide