Ultra Grid Case Review
Pro-Clockers posted a review on the Ultra Grid Case

When Ultra released the Aluminus PC case it gave the computer a nice new look on an older chassis. The glossy paint job and light weight give all the modders out there a perfect case to start their next project. After we reviewed the Aluminus here at PC we were to believe that it would be hard for Ultra to top it. Today, Ultra has sent us our next sample project to share with our readers. The Grid is a smaller mid size tower that looks to give a person the option to utilize a standard size motherboard is a smaller enclosure. Does the Grid live up to the levels of the Aluminus? Let's find out.

Ultra Grid Case Review

Enermax Galaxy EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Enermax Galaxy EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply

In addition to stables voltages, the advanced features of the Enermax Galaxy EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply include five 12V+ rails, power issue notification through both an LED and a buzzer, native and modular cables, active PFC, Quad GPU compatibility, Quad CPU Support, and an 85% efficiency rating. These features help to place this power supply in the most wanted list.

Enermax Galaxy EGA1000EWL 1000W Power Supply Review



Canon DC95 Reviewed
BIOS Magazine posted a review on the Canon DC95

Canon's brand-new DC95 (around 250) is an entry-level DVD (-R/-RW) camcorder, capable of recording widescreen video straight to disc. 16:9 widescreen televisions have become very popular in the last two years. Many TV programmes are broadcast in widescreen - and most DVD movies are of course widescreen - but what about your home movies? With advanced capture technologies, Canon's latest batch of digital camcorders are capable of recording 'true' 16:9 widescreen video.

Canon DC95 Reviewed

Mandriva 2007 Beta 2 - short review
Polish Linux published a short review of Mandriva 2007 Beta 2

Beta versions of Mandriva 2007 have been appearing for a while now and the final release is coming soon. Bugs gets fixed, new features appear, together with the new looks… Thus, we have decided to give Mandriva 2007 beta 2 “Odin” a shot. This short review covers the key changes introduced in beta 2 - the Live-CD version with GNOME desktop onboard. Some screenshots are attached as well

Mandriva 2007 Beta 2 - short review

Swissbit S.Beat 1GB MP3 Player/Knife Review
Hardware-Review checked out the Swissbit S.Beat 1GB MP3 Player/Knife

We love all types of gadgets here at Hardware-Review.net, especially when they are packed with cool functions and other “manly” features. One very masculine gizmo we have on your test bench is Swissbit’s S. Beat 1GB MP3 Player/Knife. This combination MP3 player/knife is capable of playing our favorite tunes as well as having all the normal features youÂ’d expect from a Swiss Army knife like mini scissors, nail file, and of course, a knife. Now, you can jam out and peel an apple all at the same time! How cool is that?

Swissbit S.Beat 1GB MP3 Player/Knife Review

Apevia X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case Review
Hardware Review posted a review on the Apevia X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case

As a PC enthusiast, I like my computer cases to have clean lines, a sturdy chassis, and a touch of class that only a hardcore geek could love. But, sometimes I get the urge to put my expensive hardware into a more flashy case that has glowing lights, acrylic windows, and other cool features. Apevia, formerly Aspire, has developed the X-Discovery that sports a thick acrylic front door with two pulsing blue LED lights as well as a sweet analog temperature gauge on the front bezel. This case is sure to bring joy to many gamers and PC lovers alike with its unique design and classy silver exterior.

Apevia X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case Review

Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W (W0116RU) Power Supply Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W (W0116RU) Power Supply

Toughpower 750 W is today the most high-end power supply from Thermaltake and they are going to release very soon 850 W, 1,000 W and 1,200 W models on this very same series. This model, internally called W0116RU, features a modular cabling system, a big 140-mm fan, is EPS12V-compatible and should deliver more power than any regular user needs, being targeted to SLI and CrossFire systems. Let’s take an in-depth look on this power supply.

Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W (W0116RU) Power Supply Review

Altec Lansing iM9 Portable Audio System Review
XYZ Computing posted a review on the Altec Lansing iM9 Portable Audio System

There are already a lot of very good iPod speakers on the market but more keep coming every month. With so many iPod owners out there, a lot of people are interested in accessorizing their MP3 player. Speakers are a popular choice because they allow the iPod to be used without headphones, as you would at home or at a party. The speakers we are looking at this time are the Altec Lansing iM9. This is high-end set of portable speakers which is designed to compete with products like the iM7 and Logitech's mm50. It features a portable design and a rugged build which is meant to handle all the rigors of mobile use. If nothing else, this is one of the cooler looking set of iPod speakers on the market, so it's worth a look.

Altec Lansing iM9 Portable Audio System Review

Asetek WaterChill Xternal Review
HotHardware.Com posted an article where they evaluate the features and performance of Asetek's WaterChill Xternal water-cooling kit.

Today we have one of the newest external water cooling solutions on the market, the Asetek Waterchill Xternal. Certainly one of the more refined external water cooling kits to date, Asetek claims that their new solution can provide performance levels on par with internal water cooling systems with the ease-of-use of an external solution. As Asetek is one of the most respected names in the enthusiast cooling market, this lends credence to their claims.

Asetek WaterChill Xternal Review

How To Use Car Audio On Your PC
Hardware3D.com explains how to use car audio on your PC

Car audio is recognized for its chest pounding subwoofers and powerful amplifiers. Often, people wish to setup a system of equal perfomance in their home, but either fail to deliver due to poor, overpriced home audio equipment, or end up spending thousands. But you really don't have to go mainstream. There are ways to get around using expensive home audio; one of which is to port a car audio setup to work with your PC.

How To Use Car Audio On Your PC

SilverStone MS01 External 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review
PC Apex have a new review up on a HDD enclosure code-named the MS01, from SilverStone.

The MS01 is a sexy little thing. Maybe because the Coke bottle shape is so reminiscent of the female form or maybe its because I'm an incurable geek. Either way, the appeal of brushed aluminum and graceful lines is undeniable. Whether you are someone looking for an enclosure that doesn't clash with the high dollar aluminum computer case in your office or you're Mr. Bling Bling Boy with an Amazing Modded Computer of Death, the MS01 is a very attractive piece that would be at home on most anyone's desk.

SilverStone MS01 External 3.5" Hard Drive Enclosure Review

A-Data 1GB EPP PC2-8000 Vitesta Extreme Edition Review
Techgage posted a review of the to be released A-Data EPP 1GB kit

In the memory market, there are two things I am skeptical of. 1GB kits, and EPP. Today we are looking at a new kit from A-Data that has both. It proves to have some solid overclocking ability, thanks to it's GMH chips. Are you willing to pay $200+ for a 1GB kit though?

A-Data 1GB EPP PC2-8000 Vitesta Extreme Edition Review

ACEplus Melody Bluetooth Audio Player Review
Tech ARP has posted a review on the ACEplus Melody Bluetooth Audio Player

The new ACEplus Melody is no ordinary audio player. It actually supports Bluetooth so that you can instantly take incoming calls from your mobile phone without taking off the earphones or even pulling out your mobile phone. Just how great is that? Read on and find out!

ACEplus Melody Bluetooth Audio Player Review

AlphaShield Home Edition Firewall Review
GruntvillE.com has posted a review on the AlphaShield Home Edition Firewall

The AlphaShield repelled attacks from the hacking-for-dummies type tools without even breaking a sweat, so it was time for the big guns. We decided that it is unlikely that anyone would spend more than a few hours trying to hack someone's home network so we gave our hacker a time limit of 4 hours. Surely 99% of the people trying to hack a home network would give up after 4 hours.

AlphaShield Home Edition Firewall Review

Premium Socket 939 Heatsink Round-Up
The Tech Lounge posted a Premium Socket 939 Heatsink Round-Up

AM2 has revitalized AMD’s K8 architecture. Core 2 has spurred the competition fiercely. Socket 939 has lost its leg up. Or has it? From the early nForce3 and K8T800 chipsets to the awesome nForce 4 SLI x16, this champion of microprocessors has been paired with motherboards that have defined and re-defined out-of-box high-performance features, like early adoption of gigabit ethernet, RAID, PCI-Express, automatic and extreme overclocking systems, CPU throttling, hardware firewalls, and ridiculously comprehensive BIOS-level control, all of which are now standards of the industry. So what of the gains made by AMD and Intel’s new offerings? We’re seeing the streamers of change, but the real-world performance differences are still decidedly marginal. No one is about to set fire to his or her rig because some upstart hardware has shown up, trying to unseat solid computing. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and show some steel, crank up the volts, and overclock. These heatsinks included in this round-up are the apex of air cooling. Which of them is going to pull ahead and give you the greatest advantage?

Premium Socket 939 Heatsink Round-Up

Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt PSU Review
FastlaneHW posted a review on the Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt PSU

So today we're looking at what appears to be a decent PSU from the folks at Ultra Products (henceforth just Ultra). This is the Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt PSU w/ Active PFC (in black, with a retail price of $119.99). The PSU is "SLi Ready" according to Ultra web site, so I'm going to be testing an SLi configuration to see if a 500 Watt PSU can run an overclocked gaming machine.

Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt PSU Review

Is PC Gaming getting more and more boring?
Tweaknews.net has posted a new editorial: Is PC Gaming getting more and more boring?

To quote something I agree with "The stagnation of the game industry is dependant on the point of view of the individual". A good point, no game can satisfy the entire demographic just the same way as even the best movies are not enjoyed by everyone.

Is PC Gaming getting more and more boring?

Victory WorldCard Office Card Scanner Review
The TechZone has posted a review of the Victory WorldCard Office Card Scanner.

It never fails. I attend a major convention like Computex or the International CES and I end up with hundreds of business cards to take home. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to quickly grab the information off the card so you don't have to haul a ton for business card size pieces of paper around? Well, that's where the WordCard Office from Victory comes in.

Victory WorldCard Office Card Scanner Review

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocking Adventure
Virtual-Hideout looked at Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocking

Overclocking the Core 2 Duo is extremely easy in my opinion, especially with a quality motherboard. It's actually dangerously easy because cranking this E6400 up past 3.2GHz was super easy, but the heat generated is the killer here. And if you don't monitor the temperatures you're crazy. I used the included AiSuite...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Overclocking Adventure

Verbatim USB Drive for Careless Corporate Executives
DailyCE posted a story on a new Verbatim USB Drive

How many times have we heard about otherwise genius corporate executives or high level government officials lose critical data? Yep, millions of times. Thankfully, Verbatim has a solution for these careless people - a highly secure drive that will prevent the society’s elite from making headlines.

Verbatim USB Drive for Careless Corporate Executives

Why Linux Kernel 2.6 Rocks
OSWeekly.com posted an article on Linux Kernel 2.6

If you are the kind of person who believes in the phrase "More is Good," then get ready to be bogged down by the impressive new set of features that Linux kernel 2.6 boasts. Since the very beginning, Linux is known for its stability, and kernel version 2.6 continues the saga. With a host of new features, support for virtually million devices (and that includes an array of mobile and embedded devices), improved audio-video capabilities, journaling and distributed file systems, increased user space for application programs, support for up to 64GB of RAM, 16 terabytes of file systems and millions of users, the further improved GNU/Linux will most certainly win your hearts.

Why Linux Kernel 2.6 Rocks

Wolverine Flash Pac 7040 Portable Data Storage 7 in 1 Memory Card Reader Review
Futurelooks put up a Wolverine Flash Pac 7040 Portable Data Storage 7 in 1 Memory Card Reader review

Wolverine (not Logan!) sent us their Flash Pac 7000 Series 40 GB portable data storage and 7 in 1 memory card reader to check out. If you tend to shoot big pictures, but never seem to have enough room on the memory cards, this might be your solution.

Wolverine Flash Pac 7040 Portable Data Storage 7 in 1 Memory Card Reader Review

Gigabyte S-Series Core 2 Duo Motherboards: Value Boards for Core 2 Duo
Hardcoreware posted a review on the Gigabyte S-Series Core 2 Duo Motherboards

One of the biggest criticisms of building an Intel system from scratch is the fact that their motherboards are almost always more expensive than competing AMD boards. The same could be said for CPU prices and memory prices, until the launch of Core 2 Duo and AM2 respectively.

With the introduction of Gigabyte's S-Series of Core 2 Duo motherboards, they aim to reach the budget Core 2 Duo buyer. By using the year-old 945P chipset, they are able to offer a board than will retail for under $100! They also offer a low-priced P965 board as well. Both boards have basic features, but should excel in overclocking.

But how does the older chipset perform?

Gigabyte S-Series Core 2 Duo Motherboards: Value Boards for Core 2 Duo

HomePlug powerline network kits
Bit-Tech posted a review on the HomePlug powerline network kits

At the end of the day, 48Mbit/s is more than enough for both Internet use, as well as file sharing and more consistent that you are likely to get from wireless. Performance is a little lower than we would have expected and is certainly not out to replace traditional cabling, but the two kits do offer the same reliability of transfer. There are also no issues of reception and it can in theory travel up to 200m, which is pretty much any power outlet in your house.

HomePlug powerline network kits

Pittco 5 Lan Party
ThinkGaming.org posted a coverage from the Pittco 5 Lan Party

The last time we were at a Pittco event was their "lite" event back in March. This event was much smaller than Pittco's normal parties so I was excited to see what they have in store for Pittco 5. This time Pittco has a new location, a new power setup and a ton of prizes! Oh yeah there is gaming too so let's check this event out!

Pittco 5 Lan Party

Akasa Integral LAN Disk Enclosure Review
XtremeComputing has posted a review on the Akasa Integral LAN Disk Enclosure

With the Akasa Integral LAN using NDAS and supporting both FAT32 and NTFS all the little niggles I had with the NAS disk were out the window. Akasa have vastly improved there products over the last 2 years and this is another great edition to their ever growing line up of excellent offerings.

Akasa Integral LAN Disk Enclosure Review

ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A ver 5 Review
OCW posted a review on the ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A Ver 5.0 for Intel Conroe based on NV 570 SLI Intel edition chipset

Today, we bring your the world's exclusive review of the ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A Ver 5.0 for Intel Conroe based on NV 570 SLI Intel edition chipset.

ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A V5.1 is the updated version that supports the new Conroe 1066FSB processors. Based on the NF 570 SLI chipsets which comes in a duo NF4 SLI SPP north bridge + MCP 430 southbridge chipset. This mainboard supports LGA775 socket for latest Intel Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D processor FSB 1066/800/533 MHz. It supports Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture with 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16GB. Memory supported is DDR2 533/667 DDR SDRAM.

ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A ver 5 Review

Ultra Products X-Finity 500W PSU with Active PFC Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Ultra Products X-Finity 500W PSU with Active PFC

Ultra Products hit the nail on the head with the X-Finity 500W PSU with Active PFC. It not only addressed the bulk of issues I had with previous X-Finity units provided for review, but the new look is very much to my liking. The monotone black appearance may be boring to some, but it looks mean to me. To make a car analogy, it's more like an old school hot rod, while some of the other X-Finity models are the flashy import tuners. Sure the appearance changed, but that would have been a wasted effort if the performance suffered. Ultra Products addressed that area too, by increasing the fan size, using an aluminum housing for better cooling, and finally including Active PFC in one of their units.

Ultra Products X-Finity 500W PSU with Active PFC Review

Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6 Review
TrustedReviews looked at the Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6

Last month I reviewed the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1, a hybrid still/HD video camera. I was impressed by its unique abilities, especially its HD video mode, as well as its futuristic style and exemplary build quality. I was less impressed with its price. £540 for a five megapixel camera is a lot of money, especially since the still picture quality was below average.

Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6 Review