Hiper Type-R MKII HPU-5K880 / HPU-5B680 PSU's Review
Driver Heaven posted a review on the Hiper Type-R MKII HPU-5K880 / HPU-5B680 PSU's

Hiper were first known within enthusiast cycles for their Type-R PSU series released back in early 2005. Its many features, good looks and relatively competitive price made it a very reasonable choice of unit for a powerful system of the time. Three years have passed and Hiper have decided to completely redesign and revive the Type-R series, announcing the Type-R MKII units. These MKII units are entirely different than their predecessors, both in terms of features and appearance. Today we will thoroughly examine two Type-R MKII units, the HPU-5K880 and the HPU-5B680.

Hiper Type-R MKII HPU-5K880 / HPU-5B680 PSU's Review

Lexmark X500n Multifunction Colour Laser Review
TrustedReviews have looked at the Lexmark X500n Multifunction Colour Laser.

This is a multifunction colour laser printer with a low asking price and it could see a lot of application in small offices. It's not that quick, particularly when printing colour, and is quite bulky, but print quality is reasonable, especially when printing text. It's a little bit expensive to print colour on and the five different maintenance intervals could be irritating, especially if your print output is high each month.

Lexmark X500n Multifunction Colour Laser Review



Ultra m998 Mid-ATX Case Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Ultra m998 Mid-ATX Case.

But the desktop case is special. It's a completely different and independent entity that fulfills its function just by existing around other stuff. It's a sculptural centerpiece that everyone notices, and it's always flaunting some visual personality for your rig. For the artistically inclined modder, a Dremel can often chisel 1980s NEC Beige into Super-Ironic Water-Cooled Vintage-Inspired Mega Machine; but for the less savvy DIYer prone to slicing off some fingers along with lightweight aluminum, finding an appealing stock case can be a daunting chore.

Enter Ultra Products m998 an oddly enticing mix of Lian Li-style industrial minimalism and Humvees classic military vehicle, the M998. Throw in a healthy dose of Global WIN and Akasa inspiration circa 2001, some awesome innovations in modular tech, and you've got a rock solid mid-ATX case that earns the title of feature rich.

Ultra m998 Mid-ATX Case Review

Unreal Tournament 3 and Ageia PhysX Review
bit-tech published a review of Unreal Tournament 3 and Aeiga PhysX

Unreal Tournament 3 is an excellent game and there's no doubt in my mind that it'll be the backbone of PC multiplayer gaming for a fair old while -- alongside Team Fortress 2, of course. Frankly, it knocks /Enemy Territory: Quake Wars out of the water like the limp fish it is. Then it beats it to death with something embarrassing and probably slightly rude. Fill in the blank for yourself, you filthy perverts.

Unreal Tournament 3 and Ageia PhysX Review

Maximo iM-490S iMetal Earphones Review
Legit Reviews takes a look at the Maximo iM-490S iMetal Earphones

Maximo Products, who makes their home in Vancouver, Washington and has been developing and marketing consumer-electronic products and accessories for many years, has introduced the iM-490S isolation earphones. The earphones, released just in time for the holidays are supposed to rival what is offered by high end earphone manufacturers. On paper, the iM-490S competes with headsets like the V-Moda Vibe quite closely. At its core, the iM-490S has an all-metal light-weight body design with neodymium drivers for maximum frequency response. All of this for under $50!

Maximo iM-490S iMetal Earphones Review

iStar S-9-H34 Elegant Storm Case Review
HardwareLogic posted a review on the iStar S-9-H34 Elegant Storm Case

Featuring a hot-swappable SATA enclosure, iStar's Elegant Storm S-9-H34 sports a feature that most enthusiasts are not accustomed to seeing in a Mid-ATX tower. Is this the case you've been looking for? Leave it up to HardwareLogic to find out.

iStar S-9-H34 Elegant Storm Case Review

Inexpensive Coolers for AMD Processors
Digit-Life takes a look at Inexpensive Coolers for AMD Processors

The market of budget coolers for AMD processors is still saturated despite growing manufacturing costs, high competition, price erosion, and serious pressure from boxed CPUs. Thus it's time to review some new products, namely 16 coolers from ASUS, Foxconn, GlacialTech, Thermaltake, and Titan.

Inexpensive Coolers for AMD Processors

CoolerMaster Hyper212 Review
OCC has published a new review of the CoolerMaster Hyper212

The heatsink itself is very thin and has brackets for two fans, with one already in use by the stock fan. The four heatpipe configuration can be seen in the top down view of the heatsink, which is the most unique part, along with the two fans, about this cooler. The fins are separated by a couple of millimeters, as is standard with most heatsinks. On the top fan bracket, CoolerMaster can be seen elegantly inscribed, which is a nice addition if you like to show off your computer's internals. The included fan has a 3-pin power connector that is used by plugging it into your motherboard's fan header. There was no 3-pin-to-molex adapter provided, but those are easily obtainable, although it would have been a nice addition.

CoolerMaster Hyper212 Review

Hades-Gaming Styx GP1 Gaming Mousepad Review
DragonSteelMods.com posted a review on the Hades-Gaming Styx GP1 Gaming Mousepad

It not only looks very cool with it's metallic red surface, but it's very slick and highly accurate. The Styx GP1 is a cloth and plastic hybrid type of pad, it has a hard surface but yet it can be rolled for storage or transporting. It's the first of it's kind that I've had the chance to review and I am truly impressed by it's quality and accuracy in all thins I've done with it.

Hades-Gaming Styx GP1 Gaming Mousepad Review

Sunbeam Tuniq Ensemble 1200W Review
techPowerUp posted areview on the Sunbeam Tuniq Ensemble 1200W

The Tuniq Ensemble is Sunbeam's latest high-end PSU offering. It comes in at a whooping 1200 Watts with a large number of connectors included. For all your SLI/CrossFire needs you have two PCI-E 6-pin and two PCI-E 8-pin connectors available. Sunbeam has focused on making this a stable and efficient power supply and did a great job, the efficiency rating during our testing is well above 83%.

Sunbeam Tuniq Ensemble 1200W Review

Thermaltake DH-101 VF7001BNS Review
Velocity Reviews has a new review of the Thermaltake DH-101 VF7001BNS, a great looking HTPC chassis with LCD display

The chassis has a large bridging support between the back and the 5 Drive bays. This support runs across the CPU so your large passive coolers may have problems fitting, if so you can remove this bridge and have the chassis without it. Working forward from the rear, there is quick PCI release tools, very simple and easy to use, they hold quite well. But as always I suggest you remove them if you plan to install any expensive hardware in the slots, and screw the hardware in.

Thermaltake DH-101 VF7001BNS Review

Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Review
Hardware Secrets posted Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Review

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650, formerly known as Yorkfield, is the first 45-nm desktop CPU from Intel, being a quad-core CPU running internally at 3 GHz and externally at 1,333 MHz, the same clock specs of Core 2 Extreme QX6850. QX9650, however, brings two novelties: the new SSE4 instruction set and a larger 12 MB L2 memory cache, making it the most high-end desktop CPU available today. Did these two new features improve the CPU performance? That is exactly we are going to find out.

Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Review

Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound Review
OCIA.net takes a look at the Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound in their latest review.

All thermal paste is relatively the same, and as long as you use something between your processor and heatsink (besides a thermal pad) you're good.

Or is it?

Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound Review

Zalman ZM850-HP Power Supply Review
Virtual-Hideout posted Zalman ZM850-HP Power Supply Review

Zalman which is famous for its high quality copper heatpipes and very quiet PC cooling hardware started releasing high quality, quiet and efficient power supplies not long ago with 500w and 600w models with integrated heatpipes to cool its innards. Zalman is upping their ante into this crowded market with a new 850w and 1000w model for those extreme users. I reviewed the 600w version back in December 2006 and it was quite nice so I expect the 850w version I'm reviewing today to be more of the good stuff. Read on to find out if it lives up to the Zalman name.

Zalman ZM850-HP Power Supply Review