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Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers. Briefly: "Today we introduce the first in a series of Audiophile articles/reviews. It's fitting we begin with the company Audioengine, their AE2 and AE5 powered speakers represent relatively a recent development in the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic Watercooled. Briefly: "Sapphire HD 3870 X2 Atomic Edition comes with pre-filled, pre-sealed and maintenance free watercooling. This allows Sapphire to ship the card with higher clocks, making the card the fastest HD 3870 X2 on the market…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB USB Stick. Briefly: "SanDisk is known for their digital storage solutions, today we take a look at their compact 4Gb Cruzer Micro USB stick which sports a retractable USB connector and promises speedy transfer speeds." Read the full review HERE…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Airlive AirView-2000 WiFi Projector Server. Briefly: "The AirView-2000 can stream your Windows desktop or favorite video to the device through any normal 54 MBit wireless network. So there are no cables to tie you down and you may walk around freely with your tablet PC…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted an Interview with David Makin / Palit Multimedia . Briefly: "In our interview with David Makin from Palit Multimedia we learned about recent US activities of the company and how Palit is working on increasing their market share. Also David talks about his personal background and how…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the GThermaltake Max 4 HDD Enclosure. Briefly: "We need more and more harddrive space these days and our cases might not be able to handle all the drives so therefore there are external HDD enclosures on the market. Thermaltake is one of the companies that have released several…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the G.SKILL F3-12800CL7D DDR3 Memory. Briefly: "Today we look at the new DDR3 kit from Gskill. The F3-12800CL7D seems to be a middle class memory kit from Gskill that is supposed to perform very well, it is also equipped with a new heatsink that is also supposed to outperform…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W Monitor . Briefly: "Zalman is mostly known from their high quality cooling solutions, but during the last months Zalman has expanded their product range to cover also other interesting products. New products are FG1000, their new mice, and couple of…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Yuin OK1 Earphones. Briefly: "Yuin OK1 is the name of Yuin's brand new top-of-line earphone. The OK1s are rather special since they can both function as a pair of regular earbuds or as in-ears. The design is also completely revamped. When driven by a proper amp the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the X-Spice Kira CS 530W Power Supply. Briefly: "Even though X-Spice is not a very well known brand name, they achieved what nobody else could do: building an extremely quiet power supply that is stable and affordable. We are testing the 530W model today and found that it…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler. Briefly: "A while back, we had a chance to check out the latest CPU cooler from Noctua, a well-known maker of high quality cooling products. Noctua didn’t stop with just one CPU cooler; rather, they made a slightly larger version that accommodates…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Glacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case. Briefly: "The Altair A380 is an affordable slim HTPC case, with a very clean look coupled with a very durable construction. The included power supply is 80 Plus certified and can easily power today's mATX boards with multi core CPUs.…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 4GB USB Stick. Briefly: "We take a closer look at the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB stick, testing performance and durability in this article which is first in a series. Can this supercharged USB stick serve as a portable HDD, available…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16GB. Briefly: "Flash memory has gotten bigger the past year and we have reviewed sizes up to 32 GB already. Today we are going to look at the Flash Voyager GT with 16GB of memory and since it is the GT line it's supposed to be a bit faster than the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Travagans Colors Portable Headphone Amp. Briefly: "Travagan's Colors is the name of a brand new portable headphone amplifier. It is much smaller than most normal portable amps and only costs $59. The design is quite outlandish since it resembles a dog bone. The…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Gelaskin for iPhone. Briefly: "Gelaskins is a very thin but effective sticker to protect your portable electronics devices from scratches and other light damage, but also adds a nice individual touch to your gadget. We tested the iPhone version of the product." Read…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the AMD Phenom X3. Briefly: "The AMD Phenom X2 was announced quite some time ago but still hasn't seen the light of day; instead we were greeted by the X3 Phenom, a new breed of processor, first in the market to offer a Triplecore solution. This CPU is priced lower than…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Building a 300W Fan Controller from an ATX PSU. Briefly: "What do you if you have more than 20x high speed fans in your PC and want to control them through an easy front-end? Build your own fan controller of course! In this tutorial we show you how to convert that old 300W ATX PSU into…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Cooler Master first to get 80 PLUS Silver for high-end PSU. Briefly: "Till now only Dell and NXP have achieved to reach 80 PLUS Silver with their 255W and 270W power supplies. But today Cooler Master is the first one that manages to achieve with a power supply above 300W. Where most…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Razer Lycosa Keyboard. Briefly: "You might have tried several keyboards but none really feels good. If that's the case then take a look at todays review; the Razer Lycosa keyboard. This is the latest gaming keyboard which has non slip rubber buttons which probably will come…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Sunbeamtech Acrylic Case. Briefly: "Looking for a case to show off all the hard work that you’ve done modifying your computer? While you could choose cases that have clear side panels, why not go for a case that’s completely see-through. Sunbeamtech, makers of a wide range…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of theRazer Piranha Headset. Briefly: "There are a few things you can't be without when you are a gamer and that is a good mouse and a good headset. Razer can provide you with both and for tonights review they have provided me with the Piranha headset from their latest headphone…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Passive CPU Coolers ShoutOut: CM Z600 vs Scythe Ninja CU. Briefly: "In this comparative performance test we put two 1000gr+ CPU coolers through our stress tests to see which one comes out on top. Both are designed for passive cooling but can benefit from a bit of forced airflow too.…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 OC: AIR vs Phase vs LN2 Cooling. Briefly: \"The Intel E8500 is the highest end dual core CPU currently on the market, it doesn\'t get any faster than this… or does it? In this Overclocking report we take a retail E8500 sample for a spin with high end air cooling,…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a TwinTech and Vvikoo overclocked 9600GT, 5-way roundup . Briefly: "For quite some time now NVIDIA has allowed their partners to sell their reference products at overclocked speeds with a custom VGA cooler. Today we take a look at two of such none-reference clocked 9600GT video cards,…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the Evercool NP-901 Royal Notebook Cooler. Briefly: "Here at VH, we seem to currently be on a little “notebook cooler pad kick” of sorts. Not that I’m complaining, especially after I received this next item up for review: the Royal Notebook Cooling Pad (Model: NP-901)…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Mountain Mods U2-UFO "Choose Your Own" Case. Briefly: "For nearly five years, Mountains Mods has been wowing the enthusiast community with their series of cube cases. Now Mountain Mods takes that to the next level with the classic U2-UFO design gone "Hyper Modular"…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the A-DATA X-Series DDR3 1600 MHz CL7 2GB Kit. Briefly: "The A-DATA X-Series is available in DDR2 and DDR3 flavors. Their DDR3 1600 MHz is set at a solid CL7 and comes with graphite colored heatspreaders in a very elaborate package. If 1600 MHz is not enough, you may go…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout visited the Intel Hawthorn Farm Campus. Briefly: "Over the last couple years, I've been attending various LANs and tech events looking for that other side we rarely get to see. InfernaLAN is just one of the many events sponsored by INTEL and wide variety of vendors and integrators…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the NesteQ ECS5001 500w Modular PSU. Briefly: "The price tag of the NesteQ ECS5001 comes in at around $115.00 which seems a little high given the wattage. It's right at about that mark where some users who aren't so worried about reliability will opt for a little…