Here the first reviews roundup of today with 14 new articles, including Enermax Platimax 1200W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply Review, ioSafe Rugged Portable External Hard Drive Review, and AMD FX Bulldozer CPU Preview
Enermax Platimax 1200W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Enermax Platimax 1200W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply
Enermax Platimax 1200W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Enermax Platimax 1200W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply
As with any product though there is always room for an upgrade here, a tweak there and that is exactly what Enermax have done to create the Platimax range. Building on the excellent foundations of the MAXREVO design is a unit which is 80 Plus Platinum certified and today attached to our test rig we have the 1200w model.[/quote6
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Dell Vostro 3550 Review
Tech-Reviews.co.uk posted a review on the Dell Vostro 3550The Dell Vostro 3550 is a laptop designed for the executive in of you, featuring a beefy 2.30GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor, 4GB of RAM (upgradable up to 8GB) as well as USB 3.0 and more, this is definitely a high performing machine. The price comes inRead more
at around £100 less than the previously reviewed Asus U37JC; and with both featuring similar specs, the 3550 could definitely be a winner, we'll have to see what happens during testing.
Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Review
techPowerUp checked out the new Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 caseThe Thermaltake Chaser MK-1, a futuristic looking chassis with a long list of useful features manages to impress in terms of looks, but can it hold up on our test bench? We fill the case with hardware to see if it ends up being chased or really manages to stay the chaser in every scenario.Read more
Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SSD Review
Hardware Secrets takes a look at the Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SSDIn the past few months, the number of SATA-600 solid state drives on the market has increased substantially. So there is now more choice than ever if you're looking to upgrade your computer with a performance SSD. We believe that 120 GB SSDs offer the best compromise between price and capacity as you can combine them with a traditional mechanical hard drive to provide storage capacity for media files and documents. In this review we will be analysing the new Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SSD. Check it out!Read more
Steelseries Sensei Gaming Mouse Review
XSReviews has a new review on the Steelseries Sensei gaming mouseIt's amazing to think that we once all gamed with a rollerball mouse. Then most of us transitioned through optical, eventually ending up utilising either infrared or laser based rodents. Today I'm looking at one of the latter, a new gaming peipheral from Steelseries, the Sensei.Read more
It sits at the high end of the gaming mouse price range, but it does have an impressive feature set. Pitting itself against the most expensive rodents out there, can the Sensei dig out its own niche, or will it be another overpriced peripheral? With a claimed CPI (DPI) of up to 11,400, it's certainly got my attention. Let's find out if it's up to scratch.
Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-inch LCD Monitor Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-inch LCD MonitorFront on, the new U2412M shares a similar layout to the other U series monitors we've seen over the last 12 months in the sense that it's quite a square design for the most part. What differs, though, is the corners are all rounded and the overall bezel seems just a few mm thinner. Like most Dell monitors, some would argue it's boring, while others will say it's simplistic which is pleasant.Read more
The main differences between the $479 US U2410 and $329 US U2412M, though, are as you'd expect, in the panel itself. The really good news is that Dell have stuck to the 16:10 1920 x 1200 resolution and avoided making the jump to the 1920 x 1080 16:9 resolution. This is no doubt a big positive for a lot of people who indeed enjoy the higher 16:10 resolution.
TP-Link TL-PA211KIT Review
R&B Mods posted a review on the TP-Link TL-PA211KITToday we will take a look at TP-Link TL-PA211KIT which is ethernet over a powerline adapter from TP-Link. What does this mean? It makes it possible to use powerlines to carry your ethernet and therefore making networking houses without CAT-cabling very easy. Let’s take a look how well it performs in our tests.Read more
Dead Island Game Review (PC) Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on Dead Island for the PCAt its core Dead Island is a mixture of hack and slash gameplay mixed with a number of RPG-ish elements. We play as one of four selectable characters who each have their own back story but essentially we wake up on a holiday island with the place in chaos. Our hotel is trashed, blood and bodies are everywhere, zombies roam free and we have to fight for survival from the start.Read more
Cooler Master NotePal U Stand Notebook Cooler Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Cooler Master NotePal U Stand Notebook CoolerMost of the laptop coolers aren't very efficient at cooling my particular Lenovo that I use to test with, but they do in fact keep the top of your lap cool by removing the whole notebook from direct contact. When I think notebook cooling, I feel the notebook is what needs to be cooled primarily and not necessarily do I need it to cool my legs. For my usage of many of the coolers I have tested, they sit on my desk. While lights and flashy finishes are all nice and have their market, I find myself gravitating towards the aluminum solutions that come with either one large fan, or a pair of smaller fans attached in some manner.Read more
The cooler we are about to look at today, the NotePal U Stand from Cooler Master takes on what I expect from a cooler of this nature, and takes it a couple steps further. What we are about to see offers plenty of additional USB connectivity, offers an adjustable support system and has positional cooling with the use of a pair of 100mm fans included in the kit.
ioSafe Rugged Portable External Hard Drive Review
TweakTown posted a review on the ioSafe Rugged Portable External Hard DriveWhat is there to say about a storage product that I personally shot with a shotgun and watched it come to life as soon as it was plugged into a USB port? Amazing, incredible, unreal, wicked…I really just don't know where to begin. You see, my job is to look at a product and find faults. The companies that send these products hate that I do things in reverse, but take great pleasure in having an honest opinion on their products (when the results are favorable).Read more
The ioSafe Rugged Portable is heavy. This damn thing weighs as much as a brick; OK maybe as much as half a brick. That's it - it weighs as much as half a brick. After spending the last three months toting a 750GB Rugged Portable around in a backpack and using it exclusively as my personal portable storage device, that is the best I can come up with.
Thermaltake Frio OCK & Jing CPU Coolers Review
Techgage posted a look at Thermaltake's Frio OCK and Jing CPU coolers.All CPU coolers promise effective CPU cooling, but how each one manages their goal can vary wildly. One may be super-quiet but be the size of a car, while another may be modest-sized but sound like a jet engine. The Frio OCK and Jing from Thermaltake aren't so extreme, but make a perfect case for noise vs. size vs. cooling performance.Read more
AMD FX Bulldozer CPU Preview
Vortez posted AMD FX Bulldozer CPU PreviewEarly this month, AMD sent us an invite to a preview of their new FX CPU products and we here at Vortez jumped at the opportunity. AMD's new CPU lineup is not far away and AMD were keen to show us what it was all about before launch. Almost all the information regarding performance, price and so on is still under NDA, but today we have a quick preview of the overclocking potential of the Bulldozer-based chips.Read more
TechSmith's Camtasia Studio 7.1 Review
BWC published a review of TechSmith’s Camtasia Studio 7.1Camtasia Studio 7.1’s pricing may deter small businesses, and those looking to create comprehensive eLearning videos will be much better served by the rich interactivity of Adobe’s Captivate 5.5 (£635 ex. VAT), but Camtasia Studio 7.1 is a superb product for turning screen recordings into polished videos that train, teach, sell or simply entertain. Users shouldn’t be put off by the professional look of the end product—the software is as easy to use as Apple’s GarageBand.Read more
Bigfoot Networks Killer 1102 Wireless-N Network Card Comparison Review
ThinkComputers.org posted Networks Killer 1102 Wireless-N Network Card Comparison ReviewWhen Bigfoot Networks‘ VP of Marketing John Drewry unveiled its partnership with several motherboard manufacturers at CES 2011, he hinted at the possibility of a wireless version of the Killer NIC. In March, BFN announced the Killer Wireless-N series. We’ve finally gotten our hands on a pair of otherwise identical laptops — one with the Killer Wireless-N 1102 adapter and one with an Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN adapter. We send a big thank you to BFN for arranging this comparison review.Read more
