Flash drives have been getting larger and larger, and our need for portable storage is only getting greater. It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed Verbatim’s 2GB U3 flash drive, and we thought that was plenty of space for all of our portable data needs… but we quickly found ourselves starving for more data. I [...]
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Tuniq Tower T-120 CPU Heatsink
Who needs fancy, expensive water cooling for your CPU when you have 1¾ pounds of aluminum fins, heatpipes, and a 9-blade 120mm fan? Enter, the Tuniq Tower 120. It is, simply, the best CPU cooler you can buy; and for $50, it may very well change your life. The Tuniq Tower 120 Ultra Silent CPU [...]
ADS InstantHDTV PCI Capture Card
If you’re a video enthusiast, then you no doubt have (or want) a Home Theater PC. Not only can it replace an entire rack full of equipment, but it can do things that consumer equipment just cannot easily do… like record HDTV onto BluRay or HD-DVD disks. To even begin to step into this world, [...]
Silverstone GD01MX Grandia HTPC Case Review
I’ve been on a never-ending quest for the Ultimate Home Theater PC for many years. I seek the One Case to rule them all (as my HTPC server), and in darkness bind them (thru wireless ethernet). I have suffered through horribly-conceived steel boxes and converted behemoth desktop cases, and still haven’t been able to find [...]
A.C. Ryan Blackfire UV LED Lighted Fan
If you have a computer, then you have fans. Fans to circulate the air in and out of the case, fans to cool your processor, fans to cool your video card, and even fans to direct air to other fans! Many enthusiasts have a windowed computer case, and use tricked-out fans to complement their other [...]
D-Link DI-604 Broadband Router Review
It happens to the best of us—too many devices demanding easy access to the internet and each other. Yes, wireless is here and wonderful, but sometimes it’s just easier to use a wired connection. A modem is woefully inadequate once you have more than a mere computer seeking a meaningful connection to the outside world. [...]
What is Vista? (part 2)
Some notable Windows XP features and components have been replaced or removed in Windows Vista. Perhaps the most significant of these is the removal of Windows Messenger, the network Messenger Service, HyperTerminal, MSN Explorer, and the replacement of NetMeeting with Windows Meeting Space. Windows Vista also does not include the Windows XP “Luna” visual theme, [...]
Vizo Mirrorbox 32 in 1 Card Reader Review
I love VIZO! This company makes all these cool little gadgets that actually are made well and help scratch that itch I have… You know the itch, the one that constantly scratches and irritates you because of your overwhelming need to have more gizmos and electronic devices. It’s one of those things that I have [...]
Vantec Piano 101 Laptop Cooler with Speakers
Let’s take a look a Vantec’s new laptop station: the Piano 101. Piano? I am a veteran pianist, but what do speakers, fans, and ports have to do with a classical instrument? Perhaps the great sound? I dunno. Ponder the qualifications yourselves and see what you come up with. Even if the Piano 101 has [...]
DVD Formats Explained (Bluray, HD-DVD, Plus, Minus)
The number of different formats available in DVD drives can be confusing to anyone in the market for one. The list is much longer, but to address a few of the common formats, we have DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM ,DVD+R DL and DVD±RW. Wow! This list of common formats is long enough, no [...]
Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Players
Although DVD as we know it today will be around for some time to come, the advent of high definition playback for consumers is now available in the U.S., with recording capability also becoming available. Check out the latest offerings from these two high definition formats: Blu-ray and HD-DVD. NOTE: As new Blu-ray and HD-DVD [...]
OCZ Secure Duo 2GB SD Card
There are tons of digital gadgets these days, and many of them require an SD card (or other flash memory) for storage. Every company has some initiative that they’re going to create some proprietary form factor, but this ends up hurting the consumer. We have over 10 different flash memory standards, and each of these [...]
Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 Motherboard
Gigabyte motherboards have been around for a long time, and they have made some very impressive motherboards over the years. They’re no stranger to the enthusiast market, making both AMD and Intel boards geared towards hard-core overclocking. However, as with the graphic card industry, the largest market (and the most money) is in the mainstream [...]
Logitech MX Revolution Criticism
Throughout the years I’ve gone through a shed loads of keyboards and mice. Remember the good old times when optical mice just where invented? You couldn’t move them too fast or your cursor would jerk around the screen like a spast on speed… Back then I started with the Microsoft IntelliMouse (a nice mouse for [...]
Vizo’s Propellar Dual-Fan Cooler Card
Taking an exciting and different approach to card cooling, the developers at VIZO have thrust upon us, a new and exciting way to keep yer damn graphics card cooler (or any other card you may want getting cooler). The Propeller Dual-Fan card is such a simple idea, I can’t believe this is the first time [...]
Silverstone LC16M HTPC Case
I have been into home theater computers for a long, long time. In its infancy, HTPCs offered more functionality than was available to the average consumer (like upscaled DVD video, progressive scan displays, archived video library, etc), but at a severe usability cost. The unit was still primarily controlled using a standard keyboard and mouse, [...]
Vizo UFO 4-port USB Hub
Small and compact, circular and smooth, Vizo has unleashed it’s latest USB hub and it’s freakin cool looking. If you are like me, you probably have a gazillion things to plug into your computer. Cameras (both digital and camcorder), a PSP (Playstation portable), card reader, Nintendo DS charger (yes, they make those) and whatever other [...]
Seasonic S12 430-Watt Power Supply Review
Sea Sonic is a rising competitor in the consumer power supply market, dedicated to developing and manufacturing green and silent power supplies. To keep with their promise, the Sea Sonic S12-430W, contains numerous features to keep no only their power supply, but your computer running silent. The following is a list of some of the [...]
Scythe MINE CPU Cooler Review
In an ever-ending quest to find true silence, I have previously used watercooling, but today fans and cooling solutions have progressed to their its max and aircooling is becoming just as silent. Zalman is a leader in this industry, but there are many other heatsinks that do the job just as well. One of these [...]
Zalman ZM-CS1 Socket 775 Bracket
I have always loved Zalman’s coolers. The CNPS line have been some of the top-performing and quietest air coolers for the past few years, so they are installed in every single one of my computers… at least until I got a Core 2 Duo. My loyalty has swayed between Intel and AMD as the two [...]
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