ATX12V 2.0 Power Supply Roundup - 8 PSUs Reviewed
Hardcoreware posted an ATX12V 2.0 Power Supply Roundup

Now more than ever, it's apparent that the power supply is one of the most critical components in a high end PC. We've always known that it is important not to just throw as many "watts" as you can at it, but rather know where all the power is going, and how stable and efficient it is under load.

Today we're looking at eight power supplies from five different manufacturers. All of these units are compliant to at least the ATX12V 2.01 spec; some are 2.20. Some units have EPS12V connectors and multiple PCI-E connectors, while others do not. What does all this mean? We explain all that as well.

ATX12V 2.0 Power Supply Roundup - 8 PSUs Reviewed

Cooler Master NotePal P1 Review
Trusted Reviews posted a review on the Cooler Master NotePal P1

However, as amusing as the story is, there is a lesson to learn from it - notebooks get warm. In fact, the very fact that they get called notebooks instead of laptops, is so that aren't advertised as being safe or capable of being used on a lap. With desktop replacement lap-, err, I mean notebooks, this heat is especially noticeable, but even on the incredibly cool running Core Solo and Core Duo notebooks, they can still get a little toasty.

Cooler Master NotePal P1 Review



Digital Camera Tutorial: Composition (Part 2)
TrustedReviews published Part 2 of their Digital Camera Tutorial

In last month’s tutorial, we looked at several basic but useful compositional techniques, including the famous Rule of Thirds, camera angle, focal length, framing and the use of foreground and background features. This month I want to move on to some more advanced techniques that will help to sharpen up your photographic technique.

Digital Camera Tutorial: Composition (Part 2)

Cooler Master Hyper TX Socket 775 CPU Cooler Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Cooler Master Hyper TX Socket 775 CPU Cooler

The Cooler Master Hyper TX offers just about everything you would want in a processor cooler; easy installation, minimal noise, respectable cooling performance, and the secondary benefit of cooling motherboard
components near the processor... Despite the compact size and light weight of the Hyper TX, it did quite well when it came to thermal testing.

Cooler Master Hyper TX Socket 775 CPU Cooler Review

Thermaltake Aguila chassis Review
HEXUS posted a review on the Thermaltake Aguila chassis

We recently reviewed one of Thermaltake's full-tower offerings, the Armor LCS, and whilst the case and the water-cooling were good in isolation, they just didn’t get on that well together. With that in mind, we have another of its chassis here today, a mid-tower sized model, the Aguila.

Thermaltake Aguila chassis Review

The Future of USB Flash Drives
Techuprising takes a look at the Future of USB Flash Drives

To get a better idea of where we are and where we’re going with USB Flash Drive technology, we collected feedback from some key industry leaders. Managers from SanDisk, Lexar, Imation and Transcend were gracious enough to respond to our request for an interview. We blended their responses in with other available facts and predictions to see both where we are currently and where we are headed with this technology.

The Future of USB Flash Drives

A brief look at Slackware 11.0
All about Linux published a brief look at Slackware 11.0

When you hear the name Slackware, you are at once transported to a world where Linux users feel more at home in setting the configurations by editing ordinary text files. In fact the credo of Slackware is to keep it as simple as possible. In popular speak, it is known by the acronym KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). When I use the word simple, I mean simple in relation to a person who is already well versed in the use of Linux. So you won't find any Slackware specific memory hogging GUI front-ends to set up simple day to day configuration parameters. Apart from the ones provided by KDE - the default desktop of Slackware, you will not find any GUI helper apps as are common in other popular Linux distributions.

A brief look at Slackware 11.0

Monsoon II Active TEC CPU Cooling System Review
Legit Reviews has posted a review on the Monsoon II Active TEC CPU Cooling System

The Monsoon II TEC CPU Cooling System was designed exclusively for Vigor Gaming by Macstek Technology and brings TEC cooling to the enthusiast community in package that is nearly all enthusiasts can use without a problem. The Monsoon II is RoHS compliant, which means it can be sold around the world and available to many markets. The Monsoon II takes advantage of something found back in the 1834 by a scientist named of Jean Peltier. Peltier discovered the inverse of the Seebeck effect, and came up with the "Peltier effect". The Monsoon II takes this cooling technology from 1834 and has added the latest in heat pipe and monitoring technology to come up with a CPU cooling system that performs better than standard air coolers.

Monsoon II Active TEC CPU Cooling System Review

Inno3D GeForce 7950 GT Review
bit-tech.net have a look at Inno3D's GeForce 7950 GT

For many of you, the question will be: buy now or wait for a DirectX 10 compatible card? The answer comes down to how often you upgrade your video card, and what games you are looking to play. If you are looking for more performance in current generation games, and are happy to spend another £200-300 when next generation hardware arrives, then both ATI's Radeon X1900XT 256MB and Inno3D's GeForce 7950 GT 512MB will suit your needs well, depending on the resolutions you're looking to play at.

Inno3D GeForce 7950 GT Review

Sapphire Pure Crossfire AM2 motherboard review
Neoseeker has published a review of Sapphire's Pure CrossFire 3200 AM2 board

So, I flashed it. And once flashed, the overclocking went much, much smoother. But there was a hitch involved. For some reason, the board didn't seem to like those 4-4-4-12 memory timings we had set in the beginning. So, to get it running we reset the memory to 5-5-5-18, and that seemed to work wonders. In the end, our final score came out to be a 524.8 x 2MHz memory speed, for a total of 1049.6MHz memory. As for the processor itself, with the help of a BIOS update, lower memory timings, and a lot of hope, we managed a decent overclock. With an 8x CPU multiplier tied to a 333MHz bus, our final rating of 2,664MHz (2.6Ghz) wasn't half bad. But it obviously wasn't that good either.

Sapphire Pure Crossfire AM2 motherboard review

Powercolor X1650 Pro Review
techPowerUp! posted a new review on the Powercolor X1650 Pro

ATI's Radeon X1650 was introduced with the X1950 XTX and the X1300 XT. Just what is this card? As the name suggests, it is a little step up from the X1600 XT. With the same amount of pipelines, and slightly higher clocks, is there anything to look forward to with the X1650 Pro? No doubt, this card at least runs cooler - insured by a smaller manufacturing process. Does it bring balanced performance at a fair price? How does it fair compared to the X1300 XT? Most importantly, is it worth buying?

Powercolor X1650 Pro Review

nForce 590 SLI Motherboard Round-Up: Gigabyte, Asus, MSI
HotHardware.Com posted an NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI AMD Edition motherboard round-up

We pit Gigabyte's GA-M59SLI-S5, ASUS' M2N32 WS Pro, and MSI's K9N Diamond motherboards against each other. Head on over to the site to find out which one we thought was best.

nForce 590 SLI Motherboard Round-Up: Gigabyte, Asus, MSI

SteelSeries SteelSecurity Review
DreamWare Computers takes a look at SteelSeries SteelSecurity

A couple months ago we wrote a short article about our first impressions with the SteelSecurity Beta. This was SteelSeries's first venture into the software market with a full-on security suite for the hardcore gamer. It offered antivirus, spam filtering, firewall and individual game profiles to allow for customization. Being just a beta, things were bound to change before the final release so at the time we didn't go too in depth with it. However, the official release has now arrived and we have a copy in our hands for testing!

SteelSeries SteelSecurity Review

Sumo Lounge Omni Bean Bag Chair Review
XYZ Computing put up a Sumo Lounge Omni Bean Bag Chair Review

Sumo Lounge's Omni is not just any bean bag. The term 'bean bag' probably brings you back to your childhood and thoughts of a large foam-filled sphere with a rubbery exterior. Well, those days are long gone because the bean bag, if you can even still call it that, has gone high class. As seen in the Omni, and also in the Fatboy, there is a market for products like that one you used to kick around your basement, but with much higher quality and better design. After all, with a few improvements, the bean bag could actually be a useful and extremely versatile piece of furniture.

Sumo Lounge Omni Bean Bag Chair Review

Dell 2007WFP vs Samsung SM205BW
PureOverclock posted a comparison review between 20" WS: Dell 2007WFP and Samsung SM205BW

Over the last year we've seen a steady trend of manufacturers moving away from the already popular and well established 19" sector to concentrate on the emerging 20" market. This has been matched by a growing demand by the consumer for a larger format and resolution, with an increased interest in the widescreen format in particular. Widescreen popularity is on the increase due to modern games, High Definition TV, and gaming devices all offering support for this aspect ratio. People are now looking for multi-purpose displays capable of meeting their combined multimedia needs ranging from normal desktop PC use to the connection of Blu-Ray DVD and XBox 360 devices.

Dell 2007WFP vs Samsung SM205BW

MSI mPC 945 Barebone SFF
Viper Lair posted a review on MSI's latest barebone PC, which adds support for dual core CPUs, DDR2, Gigabit networking and HD audio.

HD Audio, and Gigabit LAN are welcome additions and "modernizes" the mPC family. The WiFi connection is an option and was offered as such with their previous mPC, but needless to say, this does give the user more options about the PC's placement should there be no hard wired Ethernet connection near by. The mPC 945 is not terribly noisy and much quieter than the majority of full desktop PCs. Temperatures are kept in check, and most of the time, stays under 60°C. Stability was never in question, and performance was quite good at stock speed, slightly faster than MSI's previous mPC 915.

MSI mPC 945 Barebone SFF

CoolerMaster Mini Aquagate Review
Techware Labs has published a review of the CoolerMaster Mini Aquagate

The team at Cooler Master has sent TWL the entry level water cooling system called 'Mini Aquagate'. This preassembled kit is for the gamer who is looking to water cooler their processor w/o the high cost of your present market water cooling systems. Techwarelabs has installed and tested the Mini Aquagate and bring you the results.

CoolerMaster Mini Aquagate Review

How to Setup a RAID System
Hardware Secrets posted a new guide: How to Setup a RAID System

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks and with at least two hard disk drives you can setup them as a RAID array in order to increase the disk performance or to improve data reliability. In this tutorial we will teach you how to setup a RAID system on your PC.

How to Setup a RAID System

CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler (TEC) Review
3D Game Man posted a review on the CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler (TEC)

The CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler performs great, is easy to install, very quiet, and looks great. I really love how they've implemented the peltier reservoirs. Normally you'll see them implemented on a heatsink or right on the waterblock. The way this liquid cooling system is designed makes it work very well. I suspect there will be many more products in the near future using thermoelectric coolers. Watch the Video to find out more...

CoolIT Freezone CPU Cooler (TEC) Review

Choosing the right Portable MP3 player (part 1)
OCModShop posted: Choosing the right Portable MP3 player (part 1)

MP3 players are everywhere! It seems that the number of makes and models in this market is growing daily, with features and capabilities intended to appeal to just about anyone shopping for one of these devices.

Choosing the right Portable MP3 player (part 1)

Zalman Reserator 1 V2 & Fan Kit Review
Techgage posted a review of Zalmans water cooling system, the Reserator 1 V2

Water cooling has a lot of benefits. First off it's more
effective, water removes heat close to ten times better than air. Secondly it's generally quieter, this is owed to waters better thermal capacity and the fact that the radiators used have way more area than a simple HSF does. Today we take a look at an un-traditional water cooling system that's about as quiet as you'll ever get. . We are also taking a look at the optional fan kit to see if any differences are made (there isn't).

Zalman Reserator 1 V2 & Fan Kit Review

Elife Colorful Card USB Drive Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Elife Colorful Card USB Drive

When it comes to portable storage many people do not want to be carrying around something extra. USB flash drives are nice, but they are something extra to carry around with you. What is something that almost everyone carries around with them? A wallet! Today we are taking a look at the Elife Colorful Card USB drive that will fit inside your wallet just like a credit card, and each drive comes with an image on the front so it looks more like a credit card, or something that you would actually have in your wallet.

Elife Colorful Card USB Drive Review