Gigabyte Sumo 4112 Case Review Technic 3d :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"The Gigabyte Sumo 4112 Case is the next PC Case in the Technic3D Editorship. The Midi-Tower Sumo 4112 with Brushed aluminum body and panels, free 2.5” enclosure and built-in dock for this plug’n play enclosure and Disc storage design at the back of the front aluminum door better than other Cases?"
Introduction to 4D Systems OLED Product Metku Mods :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"Getting a nice and easy to use screen to a project can be a bit tricky as it usually involves complex fiddling with libraries etc. But don't worry, here's a nice
solution to this problem: OLED displays from 4D Systems!"
In-Win B2 Stealth Bomber PC Chassis Review Overclockers HQ :: Friday, June 26, 2009
Speed, stealth, and function are important for more than just a military air craft. Using the design and overall theme of an aircraft the people at in-win came out with the B2 Stealth Bomber PC Chassis. Combining form function and silence all in one packaged they seek to surgically strike there competition with a carefully planned airstrike from their latest case. There is a lot of competition in the gaming chassis world so In-Win is going to need a top quality product to break into the market. Let’s take this puppy out for a spin and see how she handle:
Kingston HyperX T1 PC3-16000 3GB Memory Kit Hardware Logic :: Friday, June 26, 2009
As the largest memory company in the world, Kingston Technology knows a thing or two about making fast, high quality products that fits users' needs. Want proof? Check out their HyperX T1 Series PC3-16000 memory kit which runs at 2000MHz with 8-8-8-24 timings. Besides being one of the fastest rated kits on the market, this memory comes with two XMP profiles for easy overclocking and the tallest heatsinks you can get. Let's find out if this RAM has what it takes to be your next upgrade.
Corsair® Launches New 128GB and 64GB Performance Series Solid State Drives Friday, June 26, 2009
Building on the success of the award-winning P256 SSD, the Corsair P128 delivers the same 220MB/sec read speeds and 200MB/sec write speeds as its higher capacity cousin, at a lower cost. The P64 is one of the best-performing, lower-density SSDs available, with read speeds of up to 220MB/sec and write speeds of up to 120MB/sec. Both drives utilize the same cutting-edge technology as the P256, including a sophisticated Samsung controller IC with 128MB of cache memory and NCQ support to deliver class-leading, stutter-free performance.
Spire TherMax II techPowerUp :: Friday, June 26, 2009
Spire's TherMax II is a new DHT CPU cooler for AMD and Intel CPUs. Its four heatpipes make direct contact with the processor for optimum cooling. Also included in the package is a fan controller which allows you to control the UV reactive fan in any way you want.
Highpoint RocketRAID 3510 SATA II RAID Controller Review Overclockers Online :: Friday, June 26, 2009
The RocketRAID 3510 is amazingly fast. For a mid range priced card it
provides excellent performance and although we only had two SSD drives to
test with, the card showed some excellent capabilities. In terms of features
the RocketRAID 3510 had all the goods we enjoyed with the RocketRAID 2680
and 4320 cards; an excellent web interface, easy to navigate system BIOS,
and was easy to setup.
2 TB Hard Disk Drive Battle: Seagate Barracuda LP vs. Western Digital Caviar Green Hardware Secrets :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"So far only two 2 TB hard disk drives have reached the market and both are "green" models, meaning they rotate at lower speeds in order to save energy. Models spinning at 7,200 rpm will reach the market only by the end of the year (it is more complicated to build a 7,200 rpm 2 TB drive than a 5,400 rpm one) and they will be faster than these two models we are reviewing today. Let's compare the performance of Seagate Barracuda LP with Western Digital Caviar Green."
ASUS M4N82 Deluxe Neoseeker :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"I am highly pleased with that ASUS motherboard sporting the disguised 780a chipset, despite a few downsides. I think it is stupid to use SATA ports which allow only the supplied cables to be used. Also, it is a bit deceiving that the small fan bundled with the motherboard won't fit along a large processor heatsink. Furthermore, if the case in which the computer is housed is not well ventilated, this fan will be a must. Without it, on my tech station, the northbridge was uncomfortably hot. I had to put a 120 mm fan over the setup so that it would be fine."
How to Perform a Dell System Restore Computing on Demand :: Friday, June 26, 2009
There are times when simply doing a Windows restore isn't enough; you also may
not have been provided with any operating system / restore CD's or DVD's for
your Dell computer. Luckily for you, Dell places restore materials on a
separate partition of your hard drive. If all else fails and your last resort
is [...]
A Testing Hypothesis Techgage :: Friday, June 26, 2009
Should content posted on a website be decided by its readers, or companies? Rather than have typical advertising sustain a site and support its growth, are there other avenues worth exploring? These are the questions on the table, and Senior Editor Brett Thomas has taken a hard look at both, analyzing the pros, and the far more important cons.
Coolermaster Sileo 500 Chassis Series Case Review Hi Tech Legion :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"Stating the obvious here, computer cases are unique in their own ways. Some aim to be flashy and decorative, and others aim to be quiet and reliable. There are some products out there that are a mix of these qualities, decorative and quiet, for example. Also, people know of the different sizes of cases. I know most people out there have a certain preference. There are full towers, mid towers, and mini towers. Some are made up of steel, aluminum, and a mix of both. With this case, I would categorize it as quiet and reliable. The Sileo 500 Chassis Series by Cooler Master is the product I have for you. Cooler Master’s Sileo 500 Chassis Series is aimed to be quiet and reliable. It is a mid tower case, with it being silent as you go about your life, surfing the internet or doing your work."
Kingston SSDNow V-Series Pure Overclock :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"Kingston has released their SSDNow V-Series Solid State Drive, specifically targeting the entry-level consumer that may be looking to jump on the SSD bandwagon. But this drive comes with the infamous JMicron controller, notorious for stuttering problems. However, Kingston is confident they've eliminated the problem. Have they? If so, how? We take a closer look at the Kingston SSDNow V-Series as we absolutely hammer this drive to find out. Fair warning before continuing: you may be surprised at the results."
ECS X58B-A Review Overclockers Club :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"The ECS X58B-A delivers a little of the good, the bad and not so much on the ugly. The board is a full featured board that at stock speeds delivers performance on par with some hardware that costs as much as $180 more than the X58B-A. The onboard debug LED is useful for diagnosing no boot conditions and just in case you go too far the CMOS reset button is within easy reach on the I/O panel. The onboard power and reset buttons are easy to use and come in handy on a tech bench when you don't want to spend the time to hook up the front panel connections. Overclocking the ECS X58B-A was a challenge. All of the boards I have looked at were able to hit at least a 200+ MHz bclock without any drama. The ECS was just not going to play nice at this level. No amount of tweaking would get me there, voltages, timings, nada! That's not to say that the ECS X58B-A can't overclock, indeed it can taking my little CO stepping i7 920 up to 3.7GHz running at 185x20. This means that the overclock is just over 1GHz from the ECS X58 solution. The one thing I feel holding it back is that there is a serious drop in voltage to the CPU when loading it heavily. When the CPU core voltage is set to 1.425 in the BIOS, under load I saw as little as 1.35 volts during some serious Prime 95 load testing. The CPU I used in this review runs Prime stable at 4.1GHz with 1.4125 volts."
ASRock M3A780GXH/128M Phoronix :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"Back in April we reviewed the ASRock X58 SuperComputer and
found it to be a phenomenal motherboard for use with Intel Core i7
processors. While ASRock is regarded as being a budget manufacturer,
this affordable Intel X58 motherboard could overclock quite far, ran
well with Linux, and offered a great set of features. While that was a
very nice Intel product, how are ASRock's current offerings on the AMD
side? In this review we have our hands on the ASRock M3A780GXH/128M to
see how well this AM3 Socket motherboard with a 780G + SB710 Chipset
performs under Linux."
New Overclock, Benchmark, Backup, Diagnostic Software and Tools Roundup OC Inside :: Friday, June 26, 2009
The ocinside.de overclocking software page got an extensive update
with dozens of small tools to tune, benchmark and test the PC hardware.
If you like to overclock, backup, or monitor your PC or if you just like to check
your components, this is the right place for you.
There are useful older Shareware and Freeware tools, as well as the latest tweakting tools
to change the CPU multiplier or FSB and to overclock current nVidia or ATI video cards.
Additionally, several PCMark and 3DMark benchmark programs got an update in June 2009
and the current 3DMark Vantage software is hosted on the ocinside.de Servers.
The overview contains direct downloads, links to the developers, a small description
and the size of the respective software.
ICY DOCK MB877SK-B Bjorn 3d :: Friday, June 26, 2009
The ICY DOCK MB877SK-B HDD mobile rack allows users to use their 3.5' backup Hard Disk Drives and turns them into a portable device. This device gives us the ability to remove our SATA HDD's easily and without the need of going inside of our computers, unplugging the HDD's SATA cables, power cables, while also not having to remove a bunch of screws so we can remove that drive. It is as simple as counting 1,2,3 and that drive we need is out. This unit is also perfect for those who need to recover your family's/friend's precious information stored on their HDD's simply and effortlessly.
Five Premium CPU Coolers In Tests IXBT :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"Today we are going to examine five premium coolers: ASUS Royal Knight, Noctua NH-C12P, Scythe Mugen 2, Thermalright IFX-14, and Thermaltake BigTyp14Pro. They are the best there is. Although only Scythe Mugen 2 is a new model here (taking the first steps on our market), all of them, including the true veterans Noctua NH-C12P and Thermalright IFX-14, are leading their series."
NZXT Cryo S 15" Notebook Cooler Review Legit Reviews :: Friday, June 26, 2009
NZXT has a sound product offering with its CRYO S notebook cooler. Beautifully crafted, attractive features and a price tag you can live with, the CRYO S is a solid choice for those needing some cooling for their notebook or netbook device..."
CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Ultra reviewed IT Reviewed :: Friday, June 26, 2009
“Whereas PowerDVD 8 was a modest upgrade from PowerDVD 7, aimed at making PowerDVD more ‘fun’ as opposed to any real playback improvements, PowerDVD 9 sets the standard for home theatre playback with superior video and audio performance. Colours look more natural and contrast is greatly improved, so you’ll see more detail in those extra dark and extra light movie scenes. To top it off, the program is simple to use. It adapts the video to your specific monitor or screen size so you’ll have no more annoying black spaces, just optimal picture with the best ratio for your screen, and unlike most DVD player software it can play movies directly from your hard drive. If you only want a DVD player that supports MPEG-4 you’ll save money with PowerDVD 9 Deluxe (from £25.29/$49.99). If you want to read Blu-ray discs, PowerDVD 9 Ultra (from £46.33/$69.99) is the way to go.”
SSD-Roundup Technic 3d :: Friday, June 26, 2009
"The Intel X-25M, G.Skill Titan and Falcon and the Super Talent Ultradrive ME SSD arrived Technic3D. Four candidates are given a rendezvous with some new controllers, large cache, and falling prices for the first SSD Roundup on Technic3D. All SSDs better than the HDDs?"
G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 CL9 6 GB Tri-Channel Kit techPowerUp :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Trident Series from G.Skill is a very affordable kit, but manages up to 2000 MHz right out of the box. The kit also has very nice high quality heatspreaders. We push the kit to 1.65 V and way beyond that to see check for additional OC potential or if it manages to impress us with a great price / performance ratio.
Cooler Master Sileo 500 Mid-Tower ATX Computer Case Review Tweaknews :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
"If, as they say, silence is golden, then Cooler Master chose the wrong color for their Sileo 500 computer case. As this review shows, the Sileo is clearly up to the task of keeping even the most demanding hardware comfortably cool, and doing it at near silence. After playing with this chassis for a week or so, I can assure you it would be very easy to build a silent machine using this chassis and some carefully chosen mainstream hardware."
Arctic Cooling MX-3 vs. GELID GC-2 Driver Heaven :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
“Since then GC-1 and MX-2 have been competing for our hard earned money but things are about to get a little more interesting as both manufacturers are refreshing their product line. Gelid have GC-2 heading to stores across the world now and we have an exclusive preview of Arctic Cooling’s MX-3 which aims to be the best performing compound available.”
AMD Phenom x4 955 Black Edition AM3 Review Tech Reviews :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
“There are many essential components to every computer – some perhaps are less important i.e. sound cards etc – but most are vital. One such component which the entire system depends on is the CPU; basically the CPU is the “heart” of the computer. But it is more than that, it is the component which performs programmed instructions, performs arithmetic and controls data input/output functions.”
Synology Disk Station DS-409+ NAS review Tech Spot :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Over the past few years I have taken particular interest in network-attached storage, or NAS for short. As sharing large amounts of data from a standard desktop computer became problematic, the move to NAS just made sense and today provides a central point to share and store data in our office on a daily basis.
The Disk Station DS-409+ that we'll be reviewing today supports four hard drives with a powerful 1.06GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. This new NAS device supports 2TB hard drives and therefore can be configured with up to 8TBs of storage.
The DS-409+ is designed to appeal to small-and-medium business users seeking an affordable solution for efficient data sharing and backup. Read our full review where we take a closer look at the Disk Station DS-409+ unit's hardware, software and performance metrics for your consumption.
PC Power & Cooling Pro-Source 1500 Bjorn 3d :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PC Power & Cooling (Acquired by OCZ in 2007) has long been a serious player in the computer power supply arena. We were pleased and surprised when they contacted us about a Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS) called the Pro-Source 1500. The UPS arena is new for PC Power & Cooling but given their reputation for rock solid large single rail power supplies we're betting that the Pro-Source 1500 is just as dependable as the PSU so many people have come to know and love. While many PSU companies ran with the crowd and went modular and multiple rail PC Power & Cooling staunchly insisted the modularity in a computer PSU, and the removable power cords, change the PSU's ability to deliver clean power and add resistance to the delivered power. As for multiple rail PSU, PC Power & Cooling doesn't manufacture those, they stuck with large single rail PSU insisting that a single large rail delivers cleaner more dependable power. A company that refused to profit from trends and insists on doing things the single best way might not have the profitability of trendy companies, but you can bet that their product will be top of the line and no compromises were made in the manufacture of any of their products.
'Corel Home Office' reviewed IT Reviewed :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
“It’s fair to say that consumers and home-based business owners are increasingly seeking greater simplicity in their software. At the same time, the growing popularity of netbooks means that more users are focusing on a smaller set of core tasks. Corel’s Home Office addresses this segment’s specific needs by striking a reasonable balance between features and ease of use. Having said that, I just don’t see the point in paying for an office suite when there are such fantastic solutions available for free on the Internet. As an added incentive for netbook owners these programs don’t even need to be installed - all you need is a compatible Web browser. If you are after office suite functionality but don’t want to spend, why not stop by Google Docs or Zoho. Granted they don’t look as nice as Corel’s Home Office, but that’s rather trivial on the grand scale of things. Home Suite is a definite improvement on the company’s previous suites in terms of usability, but I think Corel is barking up the wrong tree. It needs to shift its product portfolio online, and quickly, if it wants to survive in the increasingly Web-centric world of software.”
Thermaltake ISGC-300 CPU Cooler Review Think Computers :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
“Today we got a chance to check out the Thermaltake ISGC-300, the third of four Thermaltake ISGC CPU Coolers. Its tall, yet narrow design allows for plenty of airflow and an easy of installation. Supporting the latest CPU's, the ISGC-300 provides a powerful cooling method which can be easily adjusted between low and high speed settings. Read on further to see how well it performed in comparison with the ISGC-100 and ISGC-200."
Acer Aspire easyStore H340 Review Digital Trends :: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
"U.S. consumers have been limited to two choices when it comes to deploying a Windows Home Server machine: They could roll their own (from scratch or by repurposing an existing computer) or they could buy one of HP's MediaSmart models. Now there's a compelling third choice on the market: Acer's Aspire easyStore H340."
