Thermaltake DuOrb Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Thermaltake DuOrb Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Installing the Thermaltake DuOrb heatpipe CPU cooler on a motherboard with an open layout should be very simple thanks to the well thought out mounting hardware that will hold the cooler in place and will keep it from sliding around. As seen in the review, there could be issues installing the DuOrb on some motherboards.

Thermaltake DuOrb Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review

ECS P45T-A Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review
PC Stats posted an ECS P45T-A Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review

Built with the Intel P45 Express and Intel ICH10R chipsets, the ECS
P45T-A motherboard supports all Socket 775 Intel processors running with a Front Side Bus of 800/1066/1333 MHz. That includes the new generation of 45nm 'Yorkfield' and 'Wolfdale' Core 2 Duo processors. Gamers who plan on running a pair of CrossfireX enabled videocards in tandem (say, a pair of Radeon HD4850's for example), will find two PCI Express 2.0 compliant PCIe x16 slots at their disposal.

ECS P45T-A Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review



ASUS Radeon HD 4870 TOP 512MB Graphics Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the ASUS Radeon HD 4870 TOP 512MB Graphics Card

What’s so great about the TOP line-up from ASUS is that they don’t get a card and just add an extra 10MHz to the core and 20MHz to the memory, the TOP line-up of cards are really well overclocked cards that stand out from the competition.

That latest card to carry the TOP name comes from the AMD team; the HD 4870 has quickly become a hot product for so many people thanks to the aggressive performance and even more aggressive price tag. Today we’ll be checking out how the ASUS overclocked version goes against a stock clocked offering and see if it’s worth paying the premium that the TOP cards carry to get the larger out of the box clocks.

ASUS Radeon HD 4870 TOP 512MB Graphics Card Review

Icy Dock 3.5 Inch Screwless External Enclosure Review
ASE Labs takes a look at the Icy Dock 3.5 Inch Screwless External Enclosure

It seemed like some time ago that external storage was the oddball for people. Times have certainly changed now that internal hard drives are so large that backing up to optical media is really an impossibility. More and more external drive enclosures are coming out to provide the need, but they aren't created equal. Icy Dock's 3.5" External Screwless Hard Drive Enclosure (MB664US-1S) aims to fit the external storage needs of everyone in a convenient to use package. I believe they have achieved that.

Icy Dock 3.5 Inch Screwless External Enclosure Review

Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer

Sunbeam's Core Contact Freezer is a cost effective CPU cooler for AMD and Intel CPUs. Its eight heatpipes make direct contact with the processor for optimum cooling. Also included in the package is a fan controller which allows you to optimize the acoustics to your usage scenario.

Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer Review

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC Review
bit-tech published a review of Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC

On the face of things the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC looks like a pretty poor choice for those looking to grab a budget graphics card. It finds itself in the no-man's land of being a good £30 more expensive than the cheapest HD 4850 cards on the market, and only £35 less than the cheapest HD 4870, which it trails by a good few FPS in most tests.

However, the cooling advantage brought by the Zalman VF900, which sells for £15 separately, (and that's before you void your warranty by fitting it), is certainly worth the price of admission, as are the performance improvements brought by Sapphire's decent pre-overclock, and the perfectly stable 700 MHz/1,200 MHz core and memory overclocks available in the ATI overdrive settings that are all made possible by the improved cooling setup. It's certainly been nice to be able to remove a Radeon HD 4850 from our test setup post-benchmark and not need oven gloves

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC Review

Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review
Legit Reviews posted Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review

The cost of high performance video cards has dropped drastically in the last year. Gone are the days of the GeForce 8800 Ultra reigning supreme and gone are the $600-$1000 cards needed to game at high resolutions. The HD 4870 is AMD's fastest single-GPU card available on the market and packs quite a punch for a graphics card that can be found for under $250 after rebate. Read on to see how the Diamond Radeon HD 4870 does against a number of other cards in the same price range.

Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Video Card Review

ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 Review
InsideHW.com has posted review for ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card

Launch of nVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280 brought a huge enthusiasm in last two months, but it already begun to fade. The main "culprit" is ATi which showed to all of us that even when hard times come they are continuing with good work as if competition isn't a problem and as confirmation of their efforts we got incredible new generation of graphics cards. The whole story started with great Radeon HD 4850 and continued with HD 4870 that had GDDR5 memory. After great critics for these two GPUs, ATi was aware that they shouldn't stop there, if they want to overthrown nVIDIA from the top performance throne. And they did it.

ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 Review

ECS GF8200A Review
OCC has published a new review on the ECS GF8200A

On this ECS board, I did not get very far with my attempts at overclocking. I attribute this to the board only having a 4-pin CPU power connector and a four phase voltage regulator setup. I could not get enough clean power through the board to sustain a stable overclock. I did get the ECS GF8200A up to 2.94GHz by bumping the CPU frequency up to 210MHz from the stock 200MHz, and upping the CPU multiplier to 14x. However, to do this, I had to push the CPU voltage up to 1.55v, which is, in my opinion, the highest I would ever like to see the vCore of a CPU. With everything stable at 2.94GHz, that's where the overclocking benchmarks will be run.

ECS GF8200A Review

ATEN CS1782 Dual Link DVI KVM Switch Review
TweakTown posted a review on the ATEN CS1782 Dual Link DVI KVM Switch

The KVM, as a device isn’t all that confusing; it simply let’s you use two or more (depending on the model) computers while only needing a single Keyboard, Video (Screen) and Mouse – or KVM.

Over the past 18 months, I would have liked to have ventured into the world that is the KVM, but since my upgrade to Dual-Link DVI enabled monitors, it hasn’t been possible as the DVI side of things on all KVMs only support a maximum of 1920 x 1200; until now, that is!

ATEN CS1782 Dual Link DVI KVM Switch Review

Asus Eee PC 1000 40G netbook Review
Tech Report takes a look at the Asus Eee PC 1000 40G netbook

Just one year ago, there was no such thing as a netbook. The word simply didn't exist. Today, however, everyone and their contract manufacturer seems to have at least one of a new breed of diminutive portables available for sale or looming just over the horizon. This explosion of interest in what was formerly the budget subnotebook space all started with Asus' Eee PC—an unlikely hero saddled with a low-resolution 7" screen, a cramped keyboard comfortable only for munchkin fingers, limited storage capacity, an underclocked Celeron processor, and average battery life.

My, how things have changed.

Today's netbook market is littered with much more capable devices powered by Intel's slick new Atom processor. Screens have gotten bigger, too, bringing with them not only higher display resolutions, but enough space for larger keyboards that can easily accommodate adult hands and high-speed typing. Storage capacity has also risen to the occasion, and battery life and connectivity options have expanded. The netbook has quickly grown up before our eyes.

I quite liked the first Eee PC, but despite its infectious novelty and honest-to-goodness utility, what is now known as the 700 series is hampered by too many limitations to be a viable notebook replacement for most folks. Asus' new Eee PC 1000 40G, however, is another beast entirely. Perhaps the most mature of this latest crop of netbooks, the 40G sports a 1.6GHz Atom processor, a 10" screen with 1024x600 display resolution, a 91% keyboard, 40GB of solid-state storage, and a six-cell battery. Of course, the Eee PC's form factor has grown to host this new goodness, and so has its price. Read on to see whether the result strikes a good enough balance between value, functionality, and portability to make you reconsider your next netbook—or even notebook—purchase.

Asus Eee PC 1000 40G netbook Review

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Review
bit-tech published a review of the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

The DS3R was designed as an inexpensive essentials board and it exceeds its quota. While we cannot recommend the board for Multi-GPU purposes that doesn't mean you can't use a good single card or a GX2/X2 or the second slot for another Nvidia card for PhysX. Like any P45 if you can tweak the nuts off it the performance is exceptionally good - and the Gigabyte has plenty of options that work (!!) to do this

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Review