Thecus N5200PRO NAS Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Thecus N5200PRO NAS

Thecus' N5200 PRO NAS device holds up to five drives internally in any RAID configuration desired for maximum safety. With plenty of features and a modular design, when it comes to both hardware and software, it fits anyone's needs. As the N5200 PRO uses a fast 1.5 GHz CPU it has serious potential to stomp the competition.

Thecus N5200PRO NAS Review

Diskeeper 2008 Professional Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review of Diskeeper 2008 Professional

As hard drives become bigger, the possibility of fragmentation increases.Using innovative technologies that work behind the scenes, your hard drives will never succumb to fragmentation slow down with Diskeeper 2008 on duty. Some of these components have impressive names such as: InviTasking Technology, I-FAAST 2.0, Frag Shield 2.0. Today I will look at the Professional version of this degfragmenting software.

Diskeeper 2008 Professional Review



Cooler Master CSX Medusa Cosmos Chassis Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Cooler Master CSX Medusa Cosmos Chassis

For over two years, Cooler Master has awed members of the media at trade shows like CES and Computex with their CSX line of premium cases. CSX cases are part of a calibration between Cooler Master and Smooth Creations, a private company specializing in applying show quality automotive finishes to consumer electronics.

‘Till now, Cooler Master has held on to their limited production cases with a tight grip; some costing as much as 1200 U.S. Dollars. Media samples were non-existent so coverage of the products has been limited to the snap shots thrown in from event coverage.

Cooler Master CSX Medusa Cosmos Chassis Review

Nova Master Review
XSReviews has reviewed the Nova Master mouse mat

As we've seen with many reviews of mouse pads they can be an important part of a gamers arsenal of ultimate ownage. Nova have been making high quality gaming surfaces for over 15 years by now they should have gotten good at it. Their latest series of mouse pads has been much revered by gamers around the world so lets see how the biggest, therefore best - because of course size is what's most important - pad in this series fairs under a normal gamer's scrutiny.

Nova Master Review

Vuzix VR920 Video Eyewear Review
Bios Magazine posted a review on the Vuzix VR920 Video Eyewear

Vuzix's iWear VR920 ($399) is pitched as the world's first fully immersive virtual reality video eyewear. Now I'm not sure if that means there are other virtual reality glasses on the market that aren't 'fully immersive', but the VR920 certainly are a head trip. This PC and Mac-compatible eyewear is packed with technology that would leave the most ardent Star Trek geek baffled. Inside the plastic rims are progressive scan LCDs, a 32-degree field of view, head tracker, 3D support and a virtual 62-inch screen. The VR920 is a niche product aimed at hardcore gamers looking for the next buzz. Designed with the PC gaming and simulation in mind and using the same technology the U.S. Military employs, the VR920's progressive scan LCDs display a 62-inch display at resolutions up to 1024x768. There's also a built-in microphone for abusing your online buddies, and the headphones are adjustable (flexible stems can be bent and twisted to adjust to your particular needs or removed if you wish to use an alternate audio source) for getting the best sound quality.

Vuzix VR920 Video Eyewear Review

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Review
ASE Labs takes a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870

Just a few weeks ago, the Radeon HD 4850 was released and with it came a huge boost of performance for the price. The 4870 is the highend version of the RV770 series of GPU released from AMD. Sapphire provided a card for this review and the Radeon HD 4870 is here.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Review

ASUS's Eee Box B202 small form factor PC
The Tech Report posted a review of ASUS's Eee Box B202 small form factor PC

When Asus released the Eee PC, it introduced a brand-new class of notebook to the market. Asus's goal seemed fairly simple: to create a notebook as inexpensive and portable as possible. In doing so, it recognized our most common computing tasks—Internet use and word processing—and used those tasks as a baseline for the hardware. The result was a machine designed around a "waste not, want not" sort of philosophy coupled with a recognition that oftentimes, notebooks are used not as a primary computer, but as a secondary companion.

Released at an attractively low $299 price point, the Eee PC was such a runaway success that it led Asus to spin off an entire Eee division and brand, and inspired countless imitators from major competitors such as Dell, HP, and Acer. Recently, even Lenovo has gotten in on the action, announcing the IdeaPad S10 as the latest competitor in this new class of notebook popularly dubbed the "netbook."

Emboldened by the success of the Eee PC, and with its new Eee division blossoming, Asus seeks to do for the desktop market what it did for notebooks. Many of the ideas the Eee PC was built around also apply to desktops, so it stands to reason a similar bare-essentials approach could be just as effective in a small form factor PC. Thus, the Eee Box was born.

ASUS's Eee Box B202 small form factor PC

Velocity Micro Edge Z55 Gaming System Review
HotHardware.com takes a look at the Velocity Micro Edge Z55 Gaming System

Unlike the enthusiast system manufacturers, Alienware and VoodooPC, Richmond, Virginia-based Velocity Micro is still an independent, privately held company. In fact, Velocity Micro is doing well enough on its own to have even purchased the enthusiast, boutique system maker, Overdrive PC last year. On top of that, Velocity Micro is one of the few (if only) independently owned, U.S.-based, high-end gaming systems manufacturers that--in addition to selling direct--also sells its systems at Best Buy and Circuit City. That's a claim that even Velocity Micro's competitors, Oregon-based Falcon Northwest, New Jersey-based Maingear, and California-based Vigor Gaming, can't make.

As do most enthusiast system manufacturers, Velocity Micro makes hand-built, high-end gaming rigs using top-of-line components. We received the highest end model in the company's Edge series, the Z55. Velocity Micro configured it with a few options, taking the system price up to $2,664 and we put it through its paced in this hands-on evaluation. Read on to see how the Edge Z55 faired...

Velocity Micro Edge Z55 Gaming System Review

Sapphire HD4870 512MB Review
Modders-Inc.com posted a review on the Sapphire HD4870 512MB video card

The use of the GDDR5 memory, increased bandwidth, DirectX 10.1 and a 55nm GPU it sounds like it should place this card in the higher end of the "pay for what you get" scale, but it can be had for about $285 USD

Sapphire HD4870 512MB Review

HTC Touch Smartphone Reviewed
TheTechLounge posted a review on the HTC Touch Smartphone

For me, Windows Mobile has always been primarily focused on data access, rather than data creation or modification. The Touch excels in this regard. It's not a multimedia powerhouse, but it will get an acceptable job done for most of your basic needs. If HTC added a hardware keyboard and a standard audio port, I think this would be a perfect Windows Mobile device. For now, if you are looking for a small, attractive smartphone and you can put up with a less-than-ideal input solution, the Touch may be a great option for you.

HTC Touch Smartphone Reviewed

Canon FS11 Review
InsideHW.com has posted review for Canon FS11 digital camcorder

At the moment we saw it, we knew that this was the love at first sight. Canon FS11 is in true sense of word, compact digital camcorder with innovative and attractive functions, futuristic design and 16GB of memory for storing recorded video material. Canon Company revived camcorder market with FS11 model. It uses built-in memory instead of MiniDV tape or CD/DVD media. Canon FS11, beside low power consumption and small dimensions, brings completely new approach in recording home videos.

Canon FS11 Review

Nexus NX-8060 Silent Power Supply Review
Mikhailtech posted a review on the Nexus NX-8060 Silent Power Supply

“Nexus Technology BV was established in 2000 by a group of experts on heat conductivity and noise reduction in the computer industry. The founders have build up an in depth knowledge and experience on heat conductivity issues and thermal characteristics by working closely with many of the larger pc manufacturers for several years.

The idea to have a full line of high quality computer components to improve the working environment by reducing noise levels brought the founders together. Continuously developing products to reduce noise levels and consequentially improve heat conductivity and airflow.

Our goal: Building a strong and reliable trademark for silent computing.”

The Nexus NX-8060 Modular Power Supply is the most powerful from the Nexus power supplies lineup and it is advertised as a very silent one

Nexus NX-8060 Silent Power Supply Review

BFG ES Series ES-800 800 Watt Power Supply
TechAddicts posted a review on the BFG ES Series ES-800 800 Watt Power Supply

This power supply would be perfect for anyone looking to build a quad core system with multiple video cards, especially because it offers SLi certification for up to two NVIDIA 8800 GTX's. At around $170, this power supply has great performance combined with high quality parts; with the lifetime warranty and 24/7 technical support, it is hard to find another power supply that offers the same peace of mind and performance.

BFG ES Series ES-800 800 Watt Power Supply

Scythe Ninja 2 Review
OCC has published a new review on the Scythe Ninja 2

What is there to say about the Scythe Ninja 2 besides the fact that it not only looks good but can perform quite well! I was quite surprised when it came down to the testing, that the Scythe Ninja 2 CPU cooler was only beaten by the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme. Scythe has done something quite well with the release of the Ninja 2, as it not only performs well, but it also runs at relatively silent. I was unable to hear the supplied 120mm fan over the my HD4850 stock cooling or over the other fans installed inside of the case. I was still disappointed to see that Scythe did not include a PWM feature with the fan. Since the fan is already quiet, slowing it down isn't really necessary, but a PWM feature would be nice to have as an alert if your CPU fan stops.

Scythe Ninja 2 Review

MSI GeForce GTX 280 OC Graphics Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the MSI GeForce GTX 280 OC Graphics Card

While the GTX 280 might be the most powerful single cored graphics card on the market at the moment, it didn’t seem to be greeted with welcomed arms. A high price tag and small to no gains over its older dual GPU brother, the 9800 GX2 meant that people didn’t get all that excited about it.

Today we’re going to take the time to see what MSI have done to the card. We know they’ve decided to overclock the card, but we wonder if they’ve done anything else with it to let it stand out from the pack. While we haven’t fallen head over heels for the GTX 280, there’s no denying that it’s a very fast single core card and it’s difficult not to be impressed by the performance the single GPU puts out.

MSI GeForce GTX 280 OC Graphics Card Review

Antec P190 + 1200 Mid-Tower Review
Techgage posted a review of Antec's P190 + 1200 chassis with pre-installed power supplies

Planning a new build and don't know which chassis to choose? Does the idea of having a feature-packed mid-tower intrigue you? Well, the P190 is just that, with its intuitive design and two pre-installed power supplies, offering you a total of 1,200W of overkill pleasure. Is the case a true winner? Not exactly, but it's still worth a look.

Antec P190 + 1200 Mid-Tower Review

Norcotek RPC-450 Rackmount Enclosure Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Norcotek RPC-450 Rackmount Enclosure

These two things, though quite bad on their own, don't obscure the wall of pros that come hurling along with this chassis. Firstly, is the complete modularity, and secondly is the included hardware - being able to fit 11 hard drives which are cooled off the bat is incredible, especially when they're actively cooled. Couple this with the fact that this is one of so very few cases at this price point which are capable of holding an extended ATX system, and the fact that when the door works, the inbound airflow is filtered, the result becomes a very good deal, despite the flaws.

Norcotek RPC-450 Rackmount Enclosure Review

NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse

The NZXT Avatar is the first input device from the famous case and power supply manufacturer. It offers up to 2600 DPI, clean symmetric looks and a driver software that can rival what Razer and Logitech offer.

NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Review

ASRock X48 TurboTwins-WiFi Mainboard Review
Driver Heaven posted a review on the ASRock X48 TurboTwins-WiFi Mainboard

ASRock is a company whose goal is to bring motherboards with enthusiast class features to the mainstream market. Based in Taiwan, they offer a wide array of innovative solutions with the design concept of 3C, "Creative, Considerate, Cost-effective". ASRock aims to bring affordable motherboards without sacrificing performance. Today we are taking a look at the ASRock X48TurboTwins-WiFi. Based on the Intel X48 + ICH9R chipsets, this motherboard supports up to 8GB of Dual Channel DDR3 1600 and up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 1066, ATI Crossfire, and WiFi-802.11g.

ASRock X48 TurboTwins-WiFi Mainboard Review

ECS P45T-A Motherboard Review
HardwareLogic posted a review on the ECS P45T-A Motherboard

Since 1987, Elitegroup Computer Systems has been providing motherboards to the masses and now stands as the fourth largest manufacturer in the world. I will be taking a look at ECS' latest creation, the P45T-A, based on Intel's fantastic P45 Express chipset. The motherboard arrived at HardwareLogic's West Coast Lab and immediately demanded attention with its 1333 FSB, CrossFire support, eSATA, 8 channel audio and 16GB of DDR2 capacity. And since its from ECS, you know its affordable. Take a few minutes to check out this review as I throw the P45T-A motherboard on to my test bench for some serious benchmarking. How did it do? There's only one way to find out.

ECS P45T-A Motherboard Review