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ECS Readying GeForce GTS 250 with Highest Core Clock Speed

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · June 19, 2009 · 3385 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

ECS is readying new custom-designed graphics accelerators based on the GeForce GTS 250 GPU, with the highest factory overclocked settings. There are 2 GB and 1 GB variants of the ECS GTS 250 Black Edition, which features a core clock speed of 815 MHz, and memory running at 2200 MHz (1100 MHz actual). While the shader…

Scythe Announces Slip Stream 120 mm Slim Fans

Cooling · Author HaSLeS · June 19, 2009 · 1911 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

Scythe Europe is officially announcing the new Slip Stream 120 mm Slim case fan series which were first displayed at the exhibition CeBIT 2009 (Germany). Due to its thickness of only 12 mm, this new case fans are the best suited for HTPCs and PC cases with limited space where a normal case fan with 25 mm thickness…

Stealth Computer Releases a Rugged Waterproof Fanless PC

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · June 18, 2009 · 2274 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

Stealth Computer, a leading ISO 9001 manufacturer of industrial rugged computers and peripherals has released the new Model WPC-500F, a waterproof rugged, small footprint, fanless computer for environments where ordinary computer hardware won't survive. The new Stealth WPC-500F is a rugged PC that is completely…

ModReactor: GeIL Black Dragon DDR2 1066MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit Review

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · June 18, 2009 · 3784 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

These days, with Vista, memory performance is important, you know it. Let us remind you that if you are overclocking enthusiast or just a hardcore gamer, you'd better have high performance memory so it doesn't bottleneck the other components in your system. Today we take a close look at one product from GeIL, part of…

Hipro K1 580W - PSU Review

PSUs · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2009 · 16424 reads · ★★★★☆ (17 votes)

Time has come for the review of the last participant in our "best PSU competition". Today we're reviewing a PSU from yet another little known brand - Hipro. The particular model, center of this review is from the K1 series and is rated at 580W. Our friends from Risk chose to acquaint us with the products of one…

Seventeam V-Force ST-750P-AF PSU review

PSUs · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2009 · 12353 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

As we have already mentioned before, recently we acquired some PSUs, and overwhelmed with joy decided to create a short series of articles comparing them all. Today is the turn of the third PSU in these series - Seventeam V-Force ST-750P-AF. Seventeam , though quite unknown to users in Bulgaria is in fact one of the…

Affiliate reviews today [17-06-2009]

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2009 · 1981 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Cases NZXT Beta @ techPowerUp | Coolermaster HAF 922 Review @ Rbmods | Technic3D/Xigmatek Midgard Case | NZXT BETA Classic Series PC Case @ TestFreaks | NZXT Whisper Classic Series PC Case @ DragonSteelMods | NZXT Beta Case Review @ Rbmods | NZXT GUARDIAN 921 Crafted Series PC Case Reviewed @ TestFreaks |…

Review of Geil Black Dragon DDR2 1066MHz dual channel kit

Memory · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2009 · 22886 reads · ★★★★☆ (17 votes)

Ram memory is important for the computer. By now you have noticed. And since we agree on that fact, let us remind you that if you are overclockers/gamers or just need high performance machine, it would be prudent to provide a good memory for it. Today we'll be reviewing a gaming product of the famous memory maker…

AMD Preparing Phenom II TWKR for Overclock Enthusiast Market

Hardware · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · June 15, 2009 · 1769 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

AMD tasted a bit of success with its Phenom II series of processors, which reflected in recent market share figures, where the company's share grew by around 5 percent, despite a fall in sales throughout the PC processor industry. Leading its pack currently, is the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, which holds a…

Patriot Adds Futuremark Bundles to Viper II Tri-Channel Memory Kits

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · June 12, 2009 · 1765 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Patriot Memory, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, NAND flash and computer technology, today announced the release of their Tri-Channel Viper II Series bundle packs with Futuremark 3DMark Vantage software. Patriot Memory and Futuremark have teamed up once again to offer PC enthusiasts and overclockers the…

XFX Radeon HD 4770 and New PSU Pictured

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · June 11, 2009 · 2528 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

We had a chance to drop by the XFX suite during the Computex. They are showing off their Radeon HD 4770. It comes with the dual slot reference cooler, which was actually not intended for retail and the power supply has a very unique design along with a cable management system. The PSU is rated for 850W and features a…

Affiliate reviews today [10-06-2009]

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 10, 2009 · 2048 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

Cases Silverstone LC10B-E HTPC Case @ Benchmark Reviews | CM Storm Scout Case @ Rbmods | Chieftec Dragon CH-07B-R @ techPowerUp | Thermaltake LanBox Lite Review @ High Tech Reviews | Games The Sims 3 Game Review on Technic3D | H.A.W.X. PC Game Review @ TestFreaks | Goaaal! iPhone Game Reviewed @ TestFreaks |…

Practical test of toothpaste paired with system cooling

Cooling · Author Stuyo · June 10, 2009 · 2089 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

The Russians are always ready to amaze us and here is the next proof. Our colleagues at Overclockers.ru made a practical comparrison of 7 brands of toothpaste and their thermal conductivity by applying them as thermal compound for system coolers. The results naturally are disasterous, as only on of the pretendents…

China Squeezes PC Makers

Software · Author Stuyo · June 10, 2009 · 2198 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

BEIJING -- China plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the Internet. The government, which has told global PC makers of…

Flexible organic display brings PIP-Boy one step closer to reality

WTF · Author Stuyo · June 10, 2009 · 2009 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

We've seen the occasional PIP-Boy-esque wearable in the past, and now more details have emerged on this flexible OLED that we first peeped at CES in January. The 4-inch organic electroluminescent display sports up to 1.67 million colors, QVGA (320 x 240) 100ppi resolution, and can be bent to a curvature radius of…

Mechanical Memory Key stores your data with the precision of an Antide Janvier timepiece

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 10, 2009 · 5429 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Listen up, steampunkers: Have you been having a hard time finding an appropriate USB thumb drive to wear on a gold chain next to your pocket watch? Artype's 16GB Mechanical Memory Key is a handcrafted beaut, with materials that include Purpleheart for the case and twenty-six rubies. When this device is drawing USB…

Fatal1ty teams with Fusion-io to launch 80GB ioXtreme PCI Express SSD

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 9, 2009 · 3749 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Up until now, Fusion-io's glorious creations have largely been priced out of consideration for general consumers. During E3, however, the storage gurus teamed up with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel in order to debut a consumer-level PCI Express SSD card. Engineered to provide wicked fast transfer rates within…

LED cooling fans steal sexy back from liquid-based solutions

Cooling · Author Stuyo · June 8, 2009 · 6966 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

Skipping the air cooled approach in favor of some fancy water-cooled rig? Think again, chum. Over at Computex, a smallish company going by the name of Fresh-Tech was on hand to demonstrate the absolutely howling device you see above: a LED-infused PC cooling fan. The fans can be programmed to display nearly anything…

Peregrine wires you into a keyboard, we go hands-in

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 8, 2009 · 1604 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Got a game with a lot of commands, but are sick of supporting the Big Keyboard industry? Meet your rebel input replacement, the Peregrine. Demonstrated to us at E3, the Peregrine is basically an elastic glove with some wires sewn into it at various points. Connecting one of those points to conductive patches on the…

Video: hands-on with ASUS' Eee Keyboard at Computex

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 8, 2009 · 810 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

We first caught sight of ASUS' totally weird Eee Keyboard -- a full PC with an Intel Atom N270 CPU built in -- way back at CES in January. Well, our friends at Engadget Chinese have laid hands on it at Computex, and it's looking a bit different than what we expected... and a whole lot more awesome. The 5-inch, 800 x…

TUL creates a new ATI graphics card brand: VTX

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · June 5, 2009 · 2128 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

TUL Corporation who are best known for their VGA card brand Powercolor, have started a new company called "VTX". Like Powercolor it will sell ATI based graphics cards, but initially focuses on markets like Russia and Turkey. The cards will be priced extremely competitive and based on custom PCB designs which will help…

EVGA Releases X58 SLI LE Motherboard

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 4, 2009 · 2412 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

EVGA expanded its motherboard lineup with the LGA-1366 based X58 SLI LE (141-BL-E757-TR). This ATX motherboard supports the most common standards of EVGA motherboards in the sub-series, at a price-point lower than that of its 3X-SLI series. It is priced at US $239. Making use of only the X58+ICH10R chipset, with no…

LaCie debuts LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD HD media players

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 4, 2009 · 2017 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

LaCie's LaCinema Black MAX is but a few months old, and already the aforesaid company is expanding the family. The newest two are the LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD, both of which enable users to stream HD media over their network, house content internally with up to 1TB of space and connect sans wires via WiFi. As…

Brando's Paper Storage Box inconspicuously hides your HDDs

Tutorials · Author Stuyo · June 4, 2009 · 3871 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Oh, Brando -- how you make our hearts flutter. One day, you're pumping out new kit fit only for our Crapgadget roundup; the next, you're delivering gems such as this. The 5-bay HDD Paper Storage Box with Cover covertly hides up to five of your precious 3.5-inch hard drives, and it likely provides more security for…

Nova Overslide - Mouse Surface Review

Peripherals · Author Теодор Фичев a.k.a. Onufrii_fichev · June 4, 2009 · 6623 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Recently we've tested one of the newest products of Nova Gaming, namely - Slider X600 , their very first gaming mouse. Today we'll be reviewing Over Slide, the mouse pad that combined with the mouse should provide awesome performance and unsurpassed gaming comfort. The mouse pad in question is one of the few that Nova…

Computex 2009: Hardware Preview

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 3, 2009 · 1933 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Everyone seems to have hit the city of Taipei in Taiwan this week for a scoot around to see some of the latest and greatest to expect from this year's Computex trade show. As usual bit-tech has the exclusive first looks you will certainly want to see! Source: http://www.bit-tech.net

GETAC's ultra-rugged V100 gets upgrades for performance, not looks

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 3, 2009 · 1636 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

For those of you in need of a PC capable of operating in extreme conditions (anyone reading this from a mine shaft or a bunker, for instance). Getac's battle-tested and war-weary V100 convertible tablet PC has received several key upgrades, including a bump in processing power to a 1.4 GHz Intel Penryn, a front side…

SilverPac SilverFrame packs Windows SideShow, FrameIt -- but is it still a photo frame?

Hardware · Author Stuyo · June 3, 2009 · 3325 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

Digital photo frames may have once been among the more predictable gadgets out there, but they're fast becoming something else entirely, as evidenced by SilverPac's new SilverFrame now on display at Computex. While it'll apparently function just fine as a regular 10.1-inch photo frame, the Windows Embedded 6.0-based…

Pandora creeps ever closer to production in latest round of photos

Consoles · Author Stuyo · June 3, 2009 · 1952 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

We keep hearing about how Pandora's "almost" in production... and we don't like to be naysayers, so we're not going to get sarcastic about it now. And while it is taking it's sweet time in getting to us, but the evidence of progress just keeps piling on, day in, day out. The newest photos that have emerged show a…

Affiliate reviews today [02-06-2009]

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 2, 2009 · 1987 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

Cases Compucase Cougar 98R9 Super Tower Case Review on Technic3D | NZXT Beta Mid-Tower Review @ High Tech Reviews | Thermaltake Speedo Advance Package Case @ Benchmark Reviews | World-Exclusive: Thermaltake Luxa? LM300 Touch Pro @ techPowerUp | Storage Kingston 32GB Class 4 SDHC @ Hardware Bistro | Hornettek Viper and…