Gigabyte GA-P55 UD5P Review
ocaholic.ch posted a review on the Gigabyte GA-P55 UD5P

With the GA-P55 UD5P Gigabyte presents a mainboard which is based on Intels new P55 chipset which has been designed mainly for the mainstream market. Ten SATA ports as well as the possibility to drive graphic cards in CrossFireX an SLI give you a lot of headroom while setting up a specific configuration.

Gigabyte GA-P55 UD5P Review

Top 10 Free Windows Applications
InsideHW.com has reviewed Top 10 Free Windows Applications

Windows users often don’t have to buy additional software because free alternatives (freeware) does exist. The fact is that Windows comes with lot of additional software, but in many cases free alternatives does the same job much better and quicker. In some cases, free software presents better solution compared to commercial products. This is our Top 10 Free applications for every Windows user…

Top 10 Free Windows Applications



P55 Roundup: Gigabyte P55-UD6 / P55-UD6 and MSI P55-GD80
Madshrimps has posted a P55 motherboard roundup featuring Gigabyte P55-UD6 / P55-UD6 and MSI P55-GD80

Almost two weeks after the official release of the Core i5 platform, we review three LGA1156 motherboards. We put the Gigabyte P55-UD3 and UD6 through the same batch of tests as the MSI P55-GD80 and check who comes out on top. Next to that we have some surprising results for those who want to use Turbo mode and also have a look at the extreme overclocking capabilities of both high-end motherboards.

P55 Roundup: Gigabyte P55-UD6 / P55-UD6 and MSI P55-GD80

Wi-Fire Wi-Fi Adapter Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Wi-Fire Wi-Fi Adapter

The product I've got for review today claims to extend your wireless range by up to 1000 Feet, if true it could be a very valuable tool for many people. The product is called the Wi-Fire, it consists of a wedge shaped directional antenna that connects to your PC via the USB port. It includes software to help you get connected and it's also compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac right out of the box.

Wi-Fire Wi-Fi Adapter Review

ThermoLAB BARAM CPU Cooler Review
Verdis Reviews posted a review on the ThermoLAB BARAM CPU Cooler

A lot has been made of the high TDP's of Intel's i7 range of processors, only surpassed by the 140W TDP of AMD's Phenom II X4 965 BE, requiring more cooling especially when at overclocked settings. In terms of air cooling, many of the smaller designs just can't cope with the heat demands of the i7's and so the larger heatsinks with more fins, surface area and heat pipes have been left to fight it out to see which cooler performs
best.

ThermoLAB, a Korean company, have created the BARAM - a huge aluminium heatsink with a very particular fin structure. But how will it contend with many of the other top air CPU coolers? Let's take a look.

ThermoLAB BARAM CPU Cooler Review

CM Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review
Techgage.com posted a review on the CM Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse

Cooler Master has just released its first gaming mouse under the CM Storm branding, and it happens to be quite good. Targeting more serious gamers, there's the ability for robust macros, all of which will be saved right on the mouse itself. To add to the cool-factor, there's even color-varying LEDs and an OLED display.

CM Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review

AeroCool PGS Vx-e Mid Tower Chassis Review
ThinkComputers.org posted AeroCool PGS Vx-e Mid Tower Chassis Review

With today's economy people are looking for the best bang for their buck. If you're in the market for a new case then the AeroCool PGS Vx-e Mid Tower Chassis is right for you. This case has performance, quality, style and value all built into a single case. This stylish gaming case comes equipped with its own turbine powered by a 120mm blue LED fan. This is only one of the many features of this budget-reliever case. Read on further to see what they are.

AeroCool PGS Vx-e Mid Tower Chassis Review

Darkest of Days Performance Testing Review
OCC has published a review on Darkest of Days Performance Testing

What you can see based on the results in these graphs is that when the Physx effects are set to the lowest level, the performance from ATI's cards is almost identical to the competing Nvidia cards. However, the GTX 285 finally pulls away from the HD4890 at the top end. The point of showing these numbers is to show that yes, the game is playable with non Physx-enabled cards. When playing through the game without the Physx effects after playing with them enabled, it leaves a somewhat less than satisfied taste in your mouth. In this series of testing, you can see that a Crossfire profile is not ready for this game, as the dual-GPUs perform at a level less than the single-GPU HD4890. On the other hand, the GTX 295 just flies through this game, showing that Nvidia has the SLI profile in place and working.

Darkest of Days Performance Testing Review

MSI P55-GD65 Xtreme Speed Motherboard Review
Futurelooks checks out MSI's answer to Intel's P55

As you know, the Lynnfield LGA 1156 processor is supported by the P55 Chipset which may be second fiddle to the X58, but has clearly shown in our testing that it is no slacker. It's also substantially cheaper than its older brother which means that you'll have more cash to spend on a processors as well as something like the MSI P55-GD65 Motherboard on the test bench today. Does the dark and mysterious MSI work for this platform? Let's find out!

MSI P55-GD65 Xtreme Speed Motherboard Review

AZZA Spartan 101 Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the AZZA Spartan 101 mid-tower case.

The AZZA Spartan 101 is a value oriented mid-tower case placed squarely in the middle of AZZA's product lineup. Occasionally, low price doesn't translate to a cheap product. Getting a great value on a case that has all the features and quality needed, can allow you to upgrade other components like a graphics card or CPU and still remain within your budget. The Spartan 101 may turn out to be exactly that.

AZZA Spartan 101 Review

Team Group Supreme U100 64GB USB flash drive review
Elite Bastards posted a review on the Team Group Supreme U100 64GB USB flash drive

Team Group's mammoth flash drive comes packaged in the kind of typical heat-sealed plastic shell which we're used to seeing with such drives - The kind of packaging which usually leads to cuts, tears and swear words aplenty unless you're particularly adept with a pair of scissors. Which I have to say I seem to have become after opening up so many of these. Aside from that 64GB capacity, Windows ReadyBoost support is also promised by this particular drive.

The rear of the box talks about the different capacities available in this range of drives (from 8GB to 64GB incidentally, so we're taking a look at the highest capacity unit here), the dimensions of the drive itself, and a promise that it should be capable of retaining data for as long as ten years. Needless to say, it also sports a USB 2.0 interface with support for any modern Operating System.

Team Group Supreme U100 64GB USB flash drive review

HIS Radeon HD 4890 iCooler x4 1GB Video Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the HIS Radeon HD 4890 iCooler x4 1GB Video Card

Recently we've seen more and more companies begin to mix up the HD 4890 quite a bit. Be it big overclocks, new coolers or both, we're seeing more of the card now than we did in recent months. What makes this so interesting, though, is that the new HD 5800 series which is designed to take over where the HD 4800 leaves off is ready to come out.

Today we'll be looking at a HD 4890 from HIS which comes under the iCooler x4 name. Since this is a series we haven't looked at before, we're pretty sure that it carries with it a new cooler. HIS tends to offer a pretty good cooler when they move outside the box, so hopefully this time is no different. Let's have a look at the package before we have a closer look at the card itself and its spec before checking out the performance.

HIS Radeon HD 4890 iCooler x4 1GB Video Card Review