Aquacomputer Aquaduct 360 XT Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Aquacomputer Aquaduct 360 XT

Aqua-Computer is based in Germany and has been creating and manufacturing water cooling products since 2001. While they may be new to your desktop as you read this, they aren't new to the United States. Over the last couple years, they have produced some unique and really well polished water blocks, radiators, and cooling systems. They have been a big fan of Eheim pumps which are among the top choices among water cooling enthusiasts and are no strangers to Laing and Hydor pumps as well.

Aquacomputer Aquaduct 360 XT Review

Sound ID SM100 EarModule Bluetooth Headset Review
Bigbruin.com has posted a review on the Sound ID SM100 EarModule Bluetooth Headset

Bluetooth hands free devices are nothing new, and have been a common accessory for mobile phones for years. While the quality may vary greatly among all of the units on the market, the issues of sound clarity and user comfort seem to be common among many of them. The SM100 EarModule is touted by Sound ID as the solution to these common problems in mobile communications.

Sound ID SM100 EarModule Bluetooth Headset Review



Gigabyte Odin GT 800W Power Supply Review
3D Game Man posted a review on the Gigabyte Odin GT 800W Power Supply

The Gigabyte Odin GT 800W Power Supply is unlike any other power supply on the market. This power supply comes with a USB connection what get connected into any PC computer's USB port. The software that's included enables total control over the PSU at the click of a button. It displays current wattage usage for total wattage and peak wattage. It shows voltage and current information for all rails. It even gives the PSU fan and system fan speeds, along with PSU and system temperature information. There are a number of present modes for fan speed or you can choose a manual mode. There is also a voltage configuration area so the +12V, +5V and +3.3V rails can be decreased or increased depending on the application. Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.

Gigabyte Odin GT 800W Power Supply Review

NZXT Rogue Review
XSReviews has published a new review on the NZXT Rogue case

NZXT have been champions of the gamer case market for a while now. In order to keep a top position, you need to keep pumping out interesting cases designed for every user. To fit this bill, they've releases the Rogue.

Featuring a box shaped design and LAN carrying strap, it should be able to keep NZXT at the top of the game.

NZXT Rogue Review

Glacialtech Igloo 5062 Cu Light Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Glacialtech Igloo 5062 Cu Light Heatsink Review

The Glacialtech Igloo 5062 Cu Light is a socket 775 cooler for Intel Pentium D, Core 2 Duo and Celeron processors. This allows the Igloo 5062 Cu to operate quietly under power, generating about 45 dBA according to Frostytech's sound meter. The heatsink is compact in size, and weighs a feathery 341 grams. The Igloo 5062 Cu Light ships with a pre-applied patch of high viscosity thermal compound applied to its base which is a nice touch.

Glacialtech Igloo 5062 Cu Light Heatsink Review

MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review
PC Stats posted MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review

The MSI P6N Diamond is an Intel socket 775 motherboard that supports Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme and processors running on a 533/800/1066/1333 MHz Front Side Bus. That covers all Intel CPUs back to the Pentium D. Chipsets are the heart of the P6N Diamond, and this board is based on to very solid performers; the nVIDIA nForce 680i northbridge and nForce 590i southbridge. That puts a pile of PCI Express lanes at your feet, allowing dual SLI videocards to run in x16/x16 or quad PCI Express x16 videocards to run in x8/x8/x8/x8 mode.

MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review

QNAP TS-109 Pro All-in-One NAS Server Review
OCModShop posted a review on the QNAP TS-109 Pro All-in-One NAS Server

A Networked Attached Storage (NAS) appliance can serve the purpose of a home file server, and do it by sipping only 20 watts of electricity. Some NAS devices have other value-added services like print servers, media servers, full-features web server, and other handy features that can easily replace a large noisy computer.

QNAP is one company that has several innovative NAS appliances on offer. Their TS-109 Pro NAS server has a ton of exciting features that cater to the home and small business user. The unit also has some nifty features to dynamically expand storage and copy data to the unit without a computer. Not only can the unit serve files, but it also has support as a Media Server for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, in addition to all of the other standard NAS features.

QNAP TS-109 Pro All-in-One NAS Server Review

Antec Sonata III 500 Case Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Antec Sonata III 500 Case

Sonata III 500 is a mainstream high-quality mid-tower case from Antec, coming with a 500 W power supply (Antec EarthWatts 500), a three-speed 120-mm fan on the rear and a very beautiful black finishing. Let's take a look on this case from Antec.

Antec Sonata III 500 Case Review

Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Review
Overclockers Online has posted a new review on the Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave

In terms of comfort, the Wave keyboard is innovative and effective. The mouse is also comfortable. In fact, Logitech markets it not as an "ergonomic" set but as a "comfort" set. This may be because ergonomic keyboards are often associated with having a learning curve when it comes to using them. In my experience, I had no problems adapting to the Wave. In fact, if anything, the Wave feels more natural than a normal keyboard!

Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Review

Asus P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n X38 Motherboard Review
APH Networks has published a new review on the Asus P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n X38 Motherboard

As Intel's flagship X38 chipset rolls into the hands of motherboard makers, there are times when ordinary material is used to make extraordinary products. Of such is Asus' new, pretty much flagship (considering its price haha), motherboard -- the Asus P5E3-Deluxe with its full name of Asus P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n describing its wireless-N capabilities. There's a 'plain' Asus P5E3-Deluxe without the WiFi, but our focus would be the one with onboard wireless networking as we refer to the Asus P5E3-Deluxe for short. The latest and greatest, along with as many features as you can possibly imagine and beyond, is built into this motherboard. Like, an integrated Linux based operating system that boots in five seconds for instant internet access? Now that's something we've haven't seen in any motherboard before. Is the Asus P5E3-Deluxe truly the motherboard of desire, the envy of all your friends, and the ultimate girl magnet? Okay, maybe not the last one, but we will investigate the Asus P5E3-Deluxe together to see how well it stacks up against typical expectations.

Asus P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n X38 Motherboard Review

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card Review Rev. 2.0
Tech ARP updated their NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card Review

In this revision, we have added two pages of direct benchmark comparisons between the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT and also updated previous benchmark results.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT is based on the new NVIDIA G92 GPU. This is basically a tweaked and G80 silicon die-shrinked using the 65 nm process technology. This allows NVIDIA to cramp even more transistors into the die and yet produce a smaller chip.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT will be available in two "flavours" - the standard 512MB model and a cheaper 256MB model. Both models will retain the same clock speeds and 256-bit memory bus. So, the only real difference is the size of the memory buffer.

At launch, the standard NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory will be priced from US$199 to US$249, depending on the vendor and value-added features. The 256MB model will be slightly cheaper at US$179-US$199, again depending on the vendor and value-added features.

That's really quite cheap, isn't it? But will the new NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT make a great Christmas present, or should we be looking for something with even better value? Let's find out in this review.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card Review Rev. 2.0

Apack Zerotherm Nirvana NV-120 cooler Review (German)
Hardwareoverclock Austria has posted a review on the Apack Zerotherm Nirvana NV-120 cooler in German

The testing cpu was an E6600 @ 3240 MHz. More about noise and temperatures you can find in the review.

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Zalman CNPS7500-Cu & CNPS8700 CPU Coolers Review
Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Zalman CNPS7500-Cu & CNPS8700 CPU Coolers

The CNPS8700 LED, which was introduced at CeBIT 2007 in Hanover, Germany, is an all copper heatpipe and heatsink CPU cooler with a lower profile and larger, 110 mm fan as compared to the CNPS7000. The CNPS7500-Cu offers improved performance over the CNPS7700. It is also made of 100% copper and has an 110 mm silent fan just like the CNPS8700. Both coolers sport the Flower Heatsink Design, which is comprised of a plethora of copper fins atop a copper base, with a clear fan with LED lights set in the center of the fins. The only major difference between the two is that the CNPS8700 LED also has heatpipes incorporated into the design. Which one cools better? Are they as quiet as Zalman claims? These thought-provoking questions are just what this review will attempt to answer.

Zalman CNPS7500-Cu & CNPS8700 CPU Coolers Review

NVIDIA ForceWare 169.0x - Crysis rendering issues investigated
Elite Bastards posted an article on the NVIDIA ForceWare 169.0x - Crysis rendering issues

Since the release of the Crysis single-player demo a little over a week ago, NVIDIA have released several ForceWare 169-based driver sets, offering improved performance in this much-anticipated title. However, when we came to utilise these drivers for our own testing here at Elite Bastards, we came across some rather interesting rendering anomalies when benchmarking the Crysis demo - In this article, we investigate further, to see just how the discovered issue affects both performance and image quality on NVIDIA's GeForce 8 series boards, as well as how to work around the issue.

"Normally, Crysis updates the reflections on the water's surface after every few frames, so that the reflections constantly show what you are actually seeing on-screen at that time. This doesn't happen after every frame as a compromise between burning up lots of GPU cycles and making the image that you see in-game look realistic, with an update every three frames or so proving to be more or less adequate in keeping the reflection in the water looking as it should.

However, the 'stretching' effect we are seeing are due to the water reflections, with any of NVIDIA's ForceWare 169.0x series of drivers in use, being updated far more infrequently - Around every ten frames or so by my calculation. This means that although your viewpoint changes, the reflections don't, thus you actually see them stretch and distort as the camera pans and changes position. Like I say, it's quite difficult to explain without seeing it in action, but believe me, it's not pretty."

NVIDIA ForceWare 169.0x - Crysis rendering issues investigated