EVGA X58 SLI motherboard Review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the EVGA X58 SLI motherboard

Today we'll test the fifth X58 motherboard in a row, this time from the folks at eVGA. They recently released their eVGA X58 SLI motherboard loaded with features. Tagged with a 299 USD sales price this motherboard seem to be very impressive. But since it's eVGA, they decided that this motherboard should be all about overclocking, and nothing else.

So hypothetically, if you were planning to purchase this product, pop in a Core i7 processor and leave things as they are .. well, you'd be wasting money really. In this article we'll show you why that is. We'll cover the motherboard from A to Z, and to spice it up a little I'll slap on some water-cooling and overclock our processor towards 4.2 GHz, stable.

EVGA X58 SLI motherboard Review

Sapphire's Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic
bit-tech published a review of Sapphire's Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic

We find the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic in something of an odd position. It is unquestionably the fastest single consumer graphics card currently available to buy -- our benchmarks prove this unequivocally. Its watercooling loop is also able to keep the GPU remarkably cool, significantly more so than a stock card and much quieter in doing so as well. The problem lies in not only the price, which borders on the ridiculous, but the knock on effects of putting such a high thermal output card into such a relatively small watercooling loop. CPU temperatures suffer terribly to the point that even a £10 aftermarket cooler will comfortably outperform it.

What this product is then, is niche. In fact, it's a niche within a niche. It's for those looking for the absolute fastest graphics card without the hassle of building a waterloop themselves and have money to burn. If you fall into this, admittedly small demographic, then the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic is a great product that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do -- it's the fastest consumer card in the world right now, is an absolute breeze to fit, and runs cooler than a stock card by a wide margin even under load.

If however you're like the rest of us who don't have the best part of £600 to spend on a single graphics card or even fancy being brave enough to try putting together your own watercooling loop, then this isn't such a success. Similar performance can be had at a much cheaper price point by either watercooling and overclocking a stock 4870 X2 (although you'll lose your warranty by fitting the waterblock), or by picking up a pair of GeForce GTX 260 (216) cards and running them in SLI. While respectively more difficult to install than and not as elegant as the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic, you'll save a packet either way.

Sapphire's Radeon HD 4870 X2 Atomic



Kingston Data Traveler 150 32GB Flash Drive Review
Everything USB posted their Kingston Data Traveler 150 32GB Flash Drive review.

The newest USB flash drive on the market comes from a world leader in memory technologies, Kingston Technology. But can this aged expert in memory still keep up with relative newcomers in the flash market? Our newest review has an in-depth look at the Kingston Datatraveler 150 32GB model sporting both copious amounts of storage capacity and a fancy design that does little to innovate but a lot to refine USB flash drive appearances.

Kingston Data Traveler 150 32GB Flash Drive Review

Sapphire Atomic HD4870 X2 2GB Watercooled Videocard Review
Tweaknews.net posted a review on the Sapphire Atomic HD4870 X2 2GB Watercooled Videocard

Sure not everyone needs a watercooled videocard, but this videocard is not targeted towards the everyday gamer. This product has the crosshairs on the consumer that has the money, wants the best, wants it easily installed, and wants to game as fast as possible without the noise and bother. To me, if you can afford it, you cannot afford to turn this option down. Period.....

Sapphire Atomic HD4870 X2 2GB Watercooled Videocard Review

nMediaPC HTPC 3000B Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the nMediaPC HTPC 3000B

Several HTPC cases are the same width and height as a typical stereo system. The unit we are looking at today, however, is setup as a desktop computer. nMediaPC has done a pretty good job of dressing it up though, so it doesn't look out of place next to a stereo system. It actually reminds me of a powered subwoofer enclosure. With its sleek lines, ported opening on the bottom and a little LCD display, it doesn't look like a computer, at first glance. This is due to them tucking the optical drive, front panel ports, and even a card reader behind the two doors to keep everything looking nice.

nMediaPC HTPC 3000B Review

Sapphire HD 4870 X2 Atomic Watercooled Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Sapphire HD 4870 X2 Atomic Watercooled

Sapphire's new HD 4870 X2 Atomic Watercooled is a special edition of the popular dual-RV770 design that comes with a prefilled watercooling kit that also includes a waterbock for your processor. Being delivered in a nice aluminum case there are a load of extra accessories ranging from software to cabling - but the price tag is also outstanding: over $600.

Sapphire HD 4870 X2 Atomic Watercooled Review

ATI RV740 - A 40nm RV770 In Disguise
VR-Zone posted an article about 40nm RV740

RV740 is often misunderstood as the successor to RV730 which in fact is far from it. RV740 is expected to take the market by storm by Q2 next year as the best value/performance chip from AMD. It is AMD's first 40nm GPG chip with all IP being re-designed and characterized for 40nm. Due to its 40nm process, power consumption clearly will be much lower than HD 4830 yet faster. Performance of RV740 is estimated to be between HD 4830 and HD 4850.

ATI RV740 - A 40nm RV770 In Disguise

Zalman ZM460B-APS 460 W Power Supply Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Zalman ZM460B-APS 460 W Power Supply

APS is the entry-level power supply series from Zalman, targeted to users that want a good power supply at an affordable price, featuring active PFC, 120-mm fan but no modular cabling system as other units from this manufacturer, what helps lowering the price from this series. We have already tested the 360 W model from this series, which achieved excellent results. Is the 460 W also a good product? Let's see.

Zalman ZM460B-APS 460 W Power Supply Review

ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-Ray SATA DVD Writer Review
PC Stats posted a review on the ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-Ray SATA DVD Writer

This new optical drive from ASUS not only allows Blu-ray playback, it also doubles as a DVD and CD burner, meaning it can handle pretty much every major format of optical media on the market today (sorry Laserdisc fans, it's time to move on). The BC-1205PT supports DVD reading and writing in both the + and - formats, as well as being able to read and write to DVD-RAM and Dual-Layered DVD discs. Naturally, it can also handle and CD-R and CD-RW discs.

ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-Ray SATA DVD Writer Review


CoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler Review
Futurelooks posted a review on the CoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler

CoolIT Systems is known for providing high performance pre-built water cooling kits for enthusiasts with the money to push their hardware as far as possible. However the enthusiast market isn’t where they’re targeting their latest product. The Domino A.L.C. CPU cooler is CoolIT’s attempt to bring a high performance water cooler to the masses for as little money as possible. But this isn’t some half baked kit, produced with the idea of putting something on store shelves as quickly as possible. The Domino has spent over 12 months in research and development and was literally just released yesterday. Even with its recent release, the Domino has already been recognized by the Consumer Electronics Association with the 2009 CES Innovations Honouree Award in the field of Computer Peripherals. Say that ten times fast.

CoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler Review

Razer Salmosa Review
BurnOutPC.com has posted their review on the Razer Salmosa Gaming Mouse

The Razer Salmosa hasn't let me down through the weeks of abuse. The mouse worked flawlessly. The speeds manufactures advertise with which the mouse operates on and how fast it is, it's the same as car manufactures like Ferrari and Porsche keep telling their customers that they made their already fast car even a second faster. Will you actually feel or notice the difference? Does this mean the Salmosa with its optical sensor is less good than infrared sensor powered mice, or laser mice? No not necessarily.

Razer Salmosa Review

Samsung U800 Smartphone Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Samsung U800 Smartphone

Holding the U800 is not only a pleasure to the eyes, but also to the geek in all of us. With a full metal body it has a healthy weight to it and a solid build, something most other mobile phones lack these days.

Thankfully, with the solid build you also get a solid keyboard. Texting is a pleasure and shows to be very responsive. Keys are not placed too close to each other so you won’t be mistyping many messages either.

Samsung U800 Smartphone Review

Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Review
Maximum CPU has posted it's review of Microsoft's Wireless Laser Desktop 6000.

When asked what first comes to mind when one hears the name Microsoft one's first thought is often of their operating system or software, and rarely an excellent piece of hardware. However,Microsoft does still have some often overlooked areas of expertise. Today we will be taking a look at Microsoft's newest keyboard and mouse combo, the Wireless Laser Desktop 6000.

Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Review

GELID Silent Spirit Cooler & PWM Fans Review
DriverHeaven posted a review on the GELID Silent Spirit Cooler & PWM Fans

Gelid are a new name in the business and have already impressed us with their high performance GC-1 thermal compound which rates up there with the best already available. Today we are going to look at their first ever CPU cooler, a mid-range heatsink which could be a very important product for the company.

GELID Silent Spirit Cooler & PWM Fans Review

Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 Watt Power Supply Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 Watt Power Supply.

The question you have to ask yourself, and that we had to ask ourselves is; do I want to chance running these beasts on a power supply that isn't rated by Nvidia to drive those three beasts. Do I want to take a chance on destroying a beautiful rig, and tanking 3 uber expensive GPU's in the process? The correct answer to that question would be, no you don't.

We were recently faced with that same question, we have 3 GTX-280's in house and currently driving them in dual SLI mode for lack of a suitable Triple SLI approved PSU. That's a sad thing when your looking at 3 of the fastest GPU's in existence and knowing that you won't be able to drive them properly because you have a wimpy 1000 watt PSU, okay so 1000 Watt isn't wimpy, but still to drive triple GTX-280's Nvidia says we need 1200 watts of thumping raw power. Not only do we need 1200 watts of raw power, we need 1200 watts of Nvidia triple SLI approved power. You don't need to look any farther than one of the most trusted names in the business to fix what ails you. The Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 watt PSU is rated by Nvidia to handle 3 GTX-280's running in SLI. In preparation for running all 3 of those beasts we're going to test the Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 running Dual GTX-280's, then after it's had some break in time you'll be seeing it driving our Triple SLI GTX-280 rig. Yes it's been a long time coming, but soon very soon, thanks to Thermaltake, Nvidia, and Bjorn3D you'll be seeing some serious SLI/Crossfire action head to head on the hottest platform known.

Thermaltake Toughpower 1200 Watt Power Supply Review