Reinventing the tools of OC http://www.octools.com Power Supply. Below is a direct quote from the review: Here at OCIA.net, were no strangers to power supplies. However, Ive personally only had the chance to look at one BFG PSU before, the impressive performance series LS-680: a non-modular unit aimed towards the middle-of-the-line crowd. Today, were going to have a look at a higher end unit, the EX-1000, enthusiast series modular power supply weighing in at 1KW of power. http://www.ocia.net/reviews/bfgex1000/page1.shtml Review Snipit: Today for review Ive got the USB 2.0 VGA / DVI / HDMI multi-display Adapter from USBFever, this little device allows you to use your USB port and connect you desktop or laptop to either DVI, VGA or HDMI enabled monitors and TVs. Its based off the Displaylink chipset, its easy to use, and it offers the user an easy way to add a display. http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13292&Itemid=1 http://www.dnswl.org/, SATA RAID seems to be the rage these days. Practically all motherboard manufacturers have at least a few motherboards with SATA RAID features built-in. With RAID support built into most motherboards and hard disk drive prices continuously dropping, more and more people are opting for RAID solutions as a cheap way to improve performance and/or reliability. Today, we are going to take a look at how you can optimize your SATA RAID solution. Lets see whats the best RAID solution for your needs! http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=141 *Its easy to get lost in the sea of infinite Piano and Piano Li te applications available on the apple app store. Many of these piano apps attempt to bring the real piano experience to the user but often fail miserably. The fact of the matter is that no company will bring a comple te piano experience to the iPhone. Voice Keyboard doesnt attempt to do t hat, rather it attempts to create a fun music experience. And it accomplishes just that. http://overclockershq.com/gadget-reviews/voice-keyboard-iphone-app-review.html Quote: So Optimization World sent me an email asking me to check out their low-cost HDMI cables, and normally Id say no to such as small product, but Ive been meaning to compare HDMI cables to see really if there was any differences between them. I told them go ahead and send it along, so they sent me their 3 Ft. Ultra-High Speed 28 Gauge Gold Plated HDMI Cable to check out. With the Optimization World HDMI cable Ive got five total on hand from the likes of Sony, Vizio and Homer and Cirago and I compared them to each other to see how much of a difference there is between a $10 cable and ones that go up to $70. So yes this is a review, but its more of a comparison of HDMI cable. http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/3-ft-ultra-high-speed-28-gauge-gold-plated-13b-hdmi-cable/ http://www.gamingheaven.net/gamingreviews.php?reviewid=783 http://www.eteknix.com/news/win-a-brand-new-thermaltake-cooling-bundle-2-days-left/ http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/cooler-master-storm-scout-gaming-case/ This afternoon we were invited to the GIGABYTE headquarters in Taipei to get a look at its very latest revision and full range of Intel P55 Express based motherboards. In fact, the four motherboards we looked at only arrive at their office today and are super fresh off the production line - still crispy even. http://www.tweaktown.com/news/12704/gigabyte_full_range_latest_p55_mobos_video_intro/index.html If youve decided to use an online backup service, Carbonite is the best in the business. There are many positive points that the service provides including ease of use, the security of off-site storage, and low cost. On the downside, some people may get nervous about having their complete data in the hands of others and feel out of control, and you need a fast always-on broadband connection - the service would be totally impractical on a slow connection and impossible on dial up. But the same can be said about all online backup services. The long initial upload is also worth remembering as is can take many hours and perhaps days to complete if you are backing up a large hard disk drive. On the plus side, the upload operates in the background which means that your computer can still be used, but it does mean that the computer needs to be on with constant access to a high speed broadband connection during this time. Backing up a computers hard drive is becoming an increasingly important part of digital life. Theres no better online solution than Carbonite. Its hand-holding approach and close integration with Windows makes it accessible to all. http://www.dnswl.org/, http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=802 The times are a-changin. In the past for extreme overclocking co oling solutions your options were rather limited. You could pay an arm an d a leg to a machine shop to make a one-off pot or turn to the handful of pot makers and wait till they had another batch complete. With Koolance things have been simplified to directing your browser to Koolance.com and swiping(typing in) your credit card. Within a week you could be up and r unning, easily pushing your processor beyond what is possible with air, w ater, or simple phase change cooling systems. Koolances CPU-LN2 is a nic kle plated copper pot designed to be used with dry ice and liquid nitroge n for extreme overclocking... http://legitreviews.com/article/987/1/ Zalmans new tower design is the CNPS10X Extreme with a unique and innovative fan controller built right into the cooler itself. I know a bunch of coolers have inline fan controls with a peg type dial ad apted in and usually offer very rough control of the fans speed. Zalman t akes all this a large step forward and builds it into an all black nickel plated cooler. The fins, the heatpipes, the base, everything gets plating. This with a s triking blue LED in the 120mm accompanying fan puts on quite a show for t he eyes. Lets discuss the specs and get to the images and the testing, as Im sure you are as eager as I to see what the Zalman CNPS10X Extre me is capable of. http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2811/zalman_cnps10x_extreme_cpu_cooler/index.html *Recently I built a decent AMD/ATI based system for gaming that was built in the NZXT Guardian 921 case, which is a normal size mid tower gaming case. This case, though roomy enough to accommodate a 4870 X2 graphics card, was unable to house a tall heatsink, such as the Titan Fenrir or Thermaltake ISGC 300, comfortably without removing the cases side fan and having the heatsink touching the side panel acrylic window. Now this left me considering taking the system back out and using a different case, but then I realized that I had received a new heatsink that might just fit and provide the performance I would need, and it was even a part of the silent gaming series from Thermaltake./ http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cooling/heatsinksfans/860-thermaltake-isgc-400-cpu-cooler-review SNIP: With portability and space constraints becoming a nessecity in todays busy world, people are leaving their desktops behind for powerful laptops. To keep those powerful laptops cool, NZXT has released the Cryo LX and most recent the Cryo S. We give the Cryo S a test drive to see how well it does with a work-focused based laptop. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1611 http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1610 Expanding the lineup we see that Corsair has added a PC3-16000 ki t which offers a stock clock of 2000MHz. This for most people is simply u nnecessary. But if youre serious about your benchmarking or simply want the fastest stuff on the market, they could be worth looking at. What well do is have a look at the package before checking out the modul es and see what exactly theyre capable of before seeing what 2000MHz l ooks like and what it means in the performance department. http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2810/corsair_dominator_gt_pc3_16000_6gb_memory_kit/index.html Quote: Asus has designed a card that uses what it calls the Ultimate Armaments to build a card that performs well not only at stock speeds but to push the envelope when overclocked. Lower RDS on MOSFETs that run cooler, solid capacitors for a longer service life, shielded DVI connections for improved clarity and covered chokes for cooler operation and better efficiency are the things that ASUS uses to separate its products from the reference design cards. Pricing on the reference HD 4770 cards runs anywhere from $99 to $119, which is right at the price point for many of the reference design HD 4850s, which could put a crimp in the sales of the 4770. Rumors of a shortage of 40nm chips may have prompted AMD/ATI to drop the price on the HD 4850 to keep the pressure on nVidia at this price point since really this is where the money is made for the most part. What you have in the Asus EAH4770 is a video card that performs above its price point when overclocked, delivers cooling performance without the noise penalty associated with AMD/ATI reference heatsinks and is built with high quality components for a price that wont break the bank. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_eah4770_formula/Img: While Blu-ray might have won the HD war, the platform really hasnt gained too much for use as a storage medium but is gaining some ground with high definition movies. With the PX-B310U you get an external DVD burner with a bonus, the added ability to watch Blu-ray discs. The included suite of PlexUtilities and Cyberlink BD Suite gives you everything you need to fully utilize DVD burning and Blu-ray watching right out of the box. http://mailman.llorien.org/private/news *Quote:* *The Maximus II GENE is targeting case modders, LAN gamers, and just about anyone who enjoys having a more compact system but who doesnt want to give up anything in the form of performance, multi-GPU support, overclocking, etc. Lets face the facts, aside from the **DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS* *, all micro ATX motherboards on the market are quite boring, budget-oriented models with very little appeal to those who want compact but high-performance systems.* *Image URL:* http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/mac/reviews/asus/maximusIIgene/36th.jpg We would appreciate it if you would post this in your News section. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/19083-asus-maximus-ii-gene-p45-matx-motherboard-review.html With the ENGTX275, Asus once again shows how it has managed to prosper for so long: by offering, once again, a solid build with good components, a complete bundle (including the useful Asus SmartDoctor software), at a fair price. http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/asusengtx275review/ Roccat which is a well known brand on the market now, has made products like mice, mousepads, keyboards and more. They sent us their Tusko laptop travel bag for test, it seems to be a very safe and protective bag at first look however the 15-19 inch max monitor size worries me. Maybe we can push in something even bigger into this bag? Lets have a closer look. http://www.rbmods.com/content/10505/roccat-tusko-features.aspx During this one we talk about the Corsair TEC Memory Cooler, rants on how nothing seems to change about PCs, Left 4 Dead 2, World of Warcraft is a drug, how to come up with ideas on creating your case mod, the thermal paste review over at Benchmark Reviews, and the Nipple Case. http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=NDArticles&op=Story&ndar_id=20 http://techreport.com/discussions.x/17123 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/751 http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1186 Firefox 3.5 is a major improvement over Firefox 3, though casual users probably wont notice any difference. For many people, the browser wars are all about one thing: speed. Theres no doubt that version 3.5 is faster than version 3, thanks to the new JavaScript engine, but it still frequently crashes - at least it does on my Vista machine running Flash-based sites. If youre a Firefox user you should definitely upgrade. Personally, I prefer the simplicity and reliability of Googles Chrome. Considering Mozilla has been working on the browser for a year, it has already announced it will patch the 1-day-old Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version. This is typical of open-source software. Firefox 3.5.1, which Mozilla intends to deliver in mid-to-late July, will include fixes for at least three bugs and topcrashes, the term the company uses to describe the frequently-reported crashes. Like many applications, Firefox asks users to report crashes by displaying a prompt after the browser goes down. One of the topcrashes scheduled for a fix involves TraceMonkey, the new, faster JavaScript engine. http://www.dnswl.org/, Snippet:* More and more home based businesses are springing up these days with billions being made through internet business people are dropping the shackles of office over head and cozying up to the home based business ides . http://www.overclockershq.com/hardware-reviews/trendnet-wireless-n-gigabit-router-and-wireless-n-usb-dongle-review.html http://www.ocinside.de/html/workshop/amd_phenom_ii_unlock.html http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/iMetal/iM-590 If youre in the market for a new video card and wondering if Spa rkle is a brand you can trust, Id say the answer is yes. The companys c ard and bundle doesnt include any goodies or extras to wow or surprise, but the actual product is as stable a video card as one could ask for, an d thats what ultimately matters. As for the Geforce GTX 275, its a soli d design thats generally a bit faster than its closest competitor, the A TI Radeon HD 4890. The GeForce GTX 275 is also a bit more expensive than its closest ATI competitor, so the price/performance ratio between the tw o is more-or-less consistent... http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1006/1/ Back when we reviewed the Kingston X25-M SSDNow Kingston was shipping the drives in the same manner as Intel, a drive in a protective plastic package wrapped in a brown box. Since then the company has given thought to distinguishing their product from the pack and is now shipping a value added retail package. The Kingston SSDNow Upgrade Kit is a product whose time has come. Not only does the retail kit make it much easier to install a blazing fast SSD into your desktop in less than 30 minutes with your data migrated over, but it also gives desktop users the option to easily install a traditional notebook sized drive into their desktop. http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2809/kingston_ssdnow_m_series_ssd_upgrade_kit/index.html *The In Win Matrix HTPC case is a compact, microATX case with a full array of features. The In Win Matrix has integrated cable management and well designed assembly. The plain, subtle style of the white Matrix is accented nicely through well trimmed out black lines and with innovative doors to optimize concealment of the computer components, leaving the HTPC not looking like a PC./ http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cases/908-in-win-matrix-htpc-case-review Quote: Today for review Ive got the Eagle Arion ET-AR402IR-BK 2.1 iDock Speak ers with Subwoofer, its an iPod dock, but most any audio source can be hooke d up to it. When you first get the Eagle Arion iDock, the first thing youl l notice is that its heavy and very well made with a nice subtle design to it. The design should fit in with most any decor, it looks very professiona l with clean lines, and a sleek look. Looks though arent everything, with an iPod dock, the sound quality is what we really care about, and with the Arion iDock, youll find the sound is very good with nice crisp highs and deep bass, thanks to the dual three inch full spectrum drivers and four inc h subwoofer. It even includes a remote to adjust bass and treble along with controls for your attached iPod, in addition to the controls on the unit itself. One last thing is that the Arion iDock can get loud, and I mean ver y loud, I was very surprised at the volume this little dock can reach. http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/eagle-arion-et-ar402ir-bk-21-idock-speakers-with-subwoofer/ http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/coolit-domino-a-l-c-water-cooling-kit/ http://www.gamingheaven.net/gamingreviews.php?reviewid=782 http://www.dnswl.org/, SNIP: The computer mouse is one of the most overlooked peripherals, in my opinion. We often upgrade everything inside of a computer but overlook one piece of hardware that is frequently used. Choosing the right mouse is a challenge because you need to balance budget, comfort, and performance. And its especially true if you are into gaming and want a mouse that has a fast DPI (dot per inch) and is comfortable enough so that you will not feel the pain on your wrist after hours of playing games. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1607 Today we have another brand arrived on our doorstep Jetart which sounds new to most of us but actually Jetart has been established since 1989 where computer cooling is their major line of business. MP2000 is our first review on Jetart product which is a multi-functional mousepad a combination of USB 2.0 hub and a mouse pad sound interesting right? Lets move on.

http://hardwarebistro.com/index.php?option=com_simple_review&Itemid=84&review=104-Jetart-MP2000-Multi-Functional-Pad-Review http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=801 http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/nexus-tdd-9000-liquid-cooling-pad/ http://www.dexgo.com/index.php?site=artikel/view.php&rubrik=Hard=ware&id=395 http://www.techspot.com/article/175-awesome-apps-you-didnt-knew-about/ http://www.tbreak.com/2009/07/apple-the-perfect-diva/ AM3 has never looked so good. With support for both DDR2 and DDR3 on the same CPU, the possibilities with this platform are endless. We ha ve already seen quite a few good boards come out, either supporting one o r the other technology and some with both. But one thing remains constant a good price and a pretty good performing board and CPU combo for the o utlay. Just recently we took a look at the little brother of todays candidate from GIGABYTE this new one is based on DDR3 memory and the 790FX chipse t. Coning in at 179.99 U.S. Dollars over at Newegg , its a bit higher priced than most. But can it handle the pressure? Lets see how it goes . http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2808/gigabyte_ma790fxt_ud5p_am3_motherboard/index.html Quote: For Maxcubes first case, I must say I am impressed with the features it brings to the table. Not only is the case sleek and stylish, but it has function as well. The case features two more front USB ports than most cases Ive seen and is following with the new trend of bring eSATA to the front panel as well. Tool-free cases have been around for a while and Maxcube has integrated this feature into the Amoris. It even introduced a new concept to me, the external CMOS reset switch, which would be useful to any overclocker, as you wouldnt have to open the case to reset CMOS. Having the CMOS reset is nice, but it has been almost standard on high performance motherboard I/O panels for well over a year now. The case did lose some ground in the tests however, probably due to the fact it only runs on two fans. Nevertheless, for only having two fans, it kept up pretty well with the competition, which in the case of open air, had no fans, or with both the X-Fighter and Super Lanboy, had an average of three fans. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/maxcube_amoris_6010/Img: http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/reviews/97-cases/11777-thermaltake-v9 The Evercool Buffalo HPFI7-10025 CPU cooler offers Socket 1366 compatibility in a small form 100mm fan setup. It is a good looking little heatsink that offers stunning value as the least expensive Socket 1366 performance cooler on the market. The question is, however: how well does it cool? http://www.pureoverclock.com/article775.html http://techarkade.com/component/content/article/38-cooling/295-spire-thermax-ii-review.html http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/19351-nzxt-panzerbox-mid-tower-case-review.html http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1601 PCs have been creeping into our living rooms for many years now. http://mailman.llorien.org/private/news http://techreport.com/articles.x/17136