OCZ PC3-16000 NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at OCZ PC3-16000 NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition.

Things are about to change in desktop memory. DDR3, which has been getting a bad rap from Intel users, is about to bloom into its heyday. DDR3 memory will run on pre-Nehalem series CPU's, but it was really designed with Intel's Nehalem in mind. People who scoffed at DDR3 as not being much better than DDR2 will soon have their noses rubbed in it in a big way.

The limitation with DDR3 hasn't been in the design of DDR3, which in itself is an elegant design that was well planned and well executed, but the bump in the road with DDR3 has always been with the motherboard and CPU limitations placed on it.

OCZ was nice enough to ship us a two Gigabit kit of their OCZ PC3-16000 NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition DDR3. Scoff if you will, but you need to take heed from those that have had Nehalem in hand. DDR3 is coming of age and it's good. It's really good. It's really fast. And it will be one of the most sought after performance products as soon as the Nehalem flood gates open.

OCZ PC3-16000 NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition Review

Pantech Matrix Review
TestFreaks.com posted a review on the Pantech Matrix

The Matrix features a dual slider with standard keypad and full qwerty keyboard that allows for quick and easy texting and emailing. It also features a video camera that you can zoom while recording, a 1.3MP still camera, Bluetooth, MP3 player and even XM radio.

Pantech Matrix Review



Blu-Ray Performance - Intel X4500HD Versus Radeon HD 4830
Legit Reviews takes a look of the Blu-Ray Performance of Intel X4500HD and Radeon HD 4830

The first movie to be tested was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This title is MPEG-4 (H.264) and has Dobly True HD 5.1 handling the audio side of things. The Intel DG45ID motherboard with X4500HD onboard graphics needed to use the CPU more during playback as it averaged 35% CPU usage to play the movie. With the Radeon HD 4830 graphics card installed in the system the average CPU usage lowered to just 9%, which is a 74% reduction in CPU usage...

Blu-Ray Performance - Intel X4500HD Versus Radeon HD 4830

ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Liquid Cooled SLI Kit Review
HotHardware evaluate the features and performance of ECS' GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra kit.

The ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra consists of a twinpack of GeForce 9800 GTX+ cards combined with a ThermalTake BigWater 760is liquid-cooling kit. It's possibly the first of its kind to include two graphics cards and a liquid-cooling kit, all in one box. Head on over to the site and check it out...

ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Liquid Cooled SLI Kit Review

ECS Hydra and Zotac Zone
Digit-Life posted a review on the ECS Hydra and Zotac Zone

Today we'll examine a GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card from Zotac that has a unique cooling system and the Hydra kit from ECS that offers two GeForce 9800 GTX+ cards, a customized liquid cooling system from Thermaltake and an expansion unit with a heatsink, liquid container, and pump. Note that the former solution is also available with the GeForce 9800 GTX+ modification.

ECS Hydra and Zotac Zone

NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse

There's always a first time for everything. NZXT is known for its line of designer cases and now the company is entering the gaming mice market with the Avatar. Following the steps from its cases, the Avatar is also a designer product. But it's not only easy on the eyes: it delivered a solid gaming experience and quickly endeared itself to us. Despite being a debut, the Avatar didn't feel the pressure and got a standing ovation like a pro.

NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Review

Thermaltake M9 Case Review
PC Stats posted Thermaltake M9 Case Review

Thermaltake's M9 caseis a straight forward case with all the nods towards keeping itself modern and useful. It stands 17" tall and 7.5" wide and is constructed out of plain old SECC steel, glossy black plastic, and mesh grating along its front bays. There's room inside for six 5.25" optical drives and three 3.5" bays in its default configuration, although that can be changed to open up as many as nine 5.25" bays by removing the hard drive cage.

Thermaltake M9 Case Review

Coolmax CUG-950B 950W Power Supply Review
Rbmods posted Coolmax CUG-950B 950W Power Supply Review

Nowadays, being "green" is the in thing. Many people are trying to find ways to save energy and save the planet, and there are a number of companies who are adopting those principles in designing their products. Coolmax, a maker of a wide range of cooling and other computer products, has released a new green power supply, the Coolmax CUG-950B 950W PSU. Does being green come with a sacrifice in performance? Read on to find out.

Coolmax CUG-950B 950W Power Supply Review

Alienware Area-51 QX9770 CrossFireX System Review
PC Per takes a look at the Alienware Area-51 QX9770 CrossFireX System

Alienware is the most well known name in the world of boutique system builders and they have a wide following of users consider the size of pre-built enthusiast PCs. Today we are looking a new Area-51 system configuration that sports some impressively fast components including a QX9770, VelociRaptor drives and CrossFire X graphics cards.

Alienware Area-51 QX9770 CrossFireX System Review

Asus P6T Deluxe & Intel Nehalem CPU
InsideHW.com has posted article about Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard based on X58 chipset with Nehalem processor

It's been awhile since rumors about new Intel's platform had started or more precisely about new processors with code name Nehalem and X58 controller logic. We managed to provide one Nehalem processor, for a very short time period, and we paired it with Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard based on X58 chipset. New motherboard, new chipset and new CPU architecture! Short time that we had for testing didn't allow us to test all details of new CPU (just few benchmark results) but we had enough time to do a proper motherboard test.

Asus P6T Deluxe & Intel Nehalem CPU

Antec Skeleton Case Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Antec Skeleton Case

It is impossible to be indifferent to Skeleton. It uses a complete different design, being completely opened for a better airflow. Our news editor, Cássio Lima, thinks it looks like a portable stove. We think it looks like a spider. This is one of the unusual products that you will either love it or hate it. Unfortunately we are in the second group. Find out why.

Antec Skeleton Case Review