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Monday December 1st 2008 - dean

Lights Edition

Anyone out there with kids under 10 will appreciate this.  The weekend after Thanksgiving marks the time for getting the Christmas tree up (under duress no less) and then tackling the untangling of tree light strands.  To all you Dad's out there that got it done without a trip to the trashcan and then Wal-Mart, Cheers!


Antec Three Hundred Case review posted up today at Techware Labs.

Everything considered, you are getting a $100+ case when you consider the feature set, for $30 less. The ability to select your own power supply instead of being forced into a manufacturer selected PSU is also a nice feature.


While these small mice drive me nuts, there is indeed a large market segment that loves em'.  Inside HW has a go with the Logitech V550 Nano wireless laser mouse for notebooks.

Many users have fear of fast battery discharge and very often avoid wireless mouse because of that reason. V550 Nano has battery that lasts for 18 months and at the moment is the only wireless Logitech mouse with this possibility. Mouse turns off automatically when is hooked on dock or when the Nano receiver is on its storage place inside of mouse and prolonging battery life.


Razer Piranha Gaming Communicator up at TestFreaks.

Wearing this headset for prolonged periods proved to be uncomfortable, as the rigid plastic tended to squeeze on my head. The adjustable portion of the headband does not provide much room either, so if you have an abnormally large head, then the Piranha’s may not sit well on your melon.

They also look at the Icydock EZ-DOCK 2.5"/3.5" SATA to eSATA & USB HDD Docking Station Enclosure.


The NZXT Rogue Case is a pretty nifty little LAN box if you ask me.  You are limited to a MicroATX board but hey, it's a portable box.  R&B Mods has the skinny.

The NZXT Rogue Small Form Factor (SFF) computer case is a uniquely designed case that adds a bit of flair to any computer build. The case has a solid aluminum/steel construction that lends itself well being transported around, and the large number of fans/openings provides excellent cooling performance.


See how the Sapphire HD 4830 fares on Bjorn3D's bench.

Overall, I am completely pleased with the performance of the card. It beat the 8800GT OC in the majority of the test runs and, in my opinion, the image quality is slightly better.


Low price and a weird name I guess cancel each other out.  Motherboards.org checks into it with this review of the ASUS EN9800GT HybridPower VGA Card.

The price is competitive with the ATI card at this price point, the HD 4830 and with faster performance apparently in several reviews. Another positive is the silent operation of the card which is pretty interesting considering the huge fan and heatsink on the card.


Still in the weird realm but very much on the cool side of it is the GMC R-4 Bulldozer Case.  Hardware Bistro has one on deck.

GMC R-4 BullDozer is a standard full ATX case but it is much slimmer size in term of case depth due to its unique vertical ODD design as normal cases will have horizontal ODD installation which makes the case much depth.

 

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Saturday November 29th 2008 - dean

Weekend Edition

Happy weekend all.  Starting our day out at Sidewinder Computers we find that more and more Radeon HD4870 aftermarket coolers are coming out and are available.  Take this Swiftech MCW60-4870 - ATI HD4870 GPU Waterblock for instance.  Also check out this MOSFET Waterblock that could be at the heart of a number of projects.  They also have a ton of Intel air coolers on sale.

Let's check in with the news.


The pros over at Overclocker's Club show off what looks like a fairly solid board; the ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Edition.

Where the Asus separated itself from the Intel offering was on the overclocking front. This really was the expected result. The Intel offering was able to gain about the same overclock but did so with a much lower baseclock frequency that results in less memory bandwidth and performance in real tasks and games. When the limits are pushed, the Asus P6T was able to recover from every failed overclocking attempt I tried with a simple shut down and reboot.


Does the extra RAM make it all worthwhile?  Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850 1GB action up at bit-tech.

There are some clear benefits to the additional 512MB of graphics memory present on Gigabyte's Radeon HD 4850 1GB graphics card in some titles, but they're not there in others. Over time, the industry trend is definitely moving towards more graphics memory - that trend has existed for years now and it's not going to change any time soon - but the improvements on the Radeon HD 4850 1GB aren't quite as profound as they are on the Radeon HD 4870 1GB.


Free Stuff!  (OCZ DDR3 Triple Channel Memory Kit)


Very nice.  Tweaktown has new gen RAM on deck with their review of the Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 6GB Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Kit.

Core i7 is here and its performance is undeniable. One thing that has come from all this new technology is that finally Intel has gotten the message; kill the FSB and move the memory controller onto the CPU. With that happening we finally have the ability to take full advantage of DDR3’s increased bandwidth.


Now if you momma needs a card...  The ASUS Radeon HD 4830 could be good for that or a HTPC.  Benchmark Reviews has one up on deck.

The HD 4830 is built around the same RV770 GPU used in the rest of the HD 4800 series, but with only 640 stream processors activated instead of the full 800. In this review we'll look at just how much difference those extra 160 stream processors can make by testing it against our reference HD 4850. We'll also be comparing it to the HD 4670, which ATI considers to be one step below the 4830 in both price and performance.


You have to love the venting and the built in card reader on the GlacialTech Altair A380 Home Theatre PC Case that PC Stats has a look at today.

At first glance the all-aluminum GlacialTech Altair A380 HTPC case reminds us of the IBM desktop-style cases of yesteryear, except it's silver in colour. The styling of the case will fit in just fine with the rest of your home entertainment hardware, and on its own the Altair A380 blends into the background quite nicely.


NZXT Alpha Case review translated from its original German on Technic3D.


The Cooler Master ATCS 840 Case has shown up what seems like everywhere in the past few days.  Nice to see the familiar ATCS case line back.  Driver Heaven has it this time.

Today were going to take a look at the ATCS 840, a full tower case that Coolermaster hopes will break into the high end market when it is released next month. With many components growing in size and the demand for water cooling support increasing, they have constructed a huge full tower case designed to accommodate the modern demands of enthusiasts.


HEXUS has a new piece posted titled appropriately enough: MSI Eclipse SLI - SLI or CrossFireX the choice is yours.

You've already seen how it performs in 3-way SLI, now find out how MSI's latest and greatest fares in our 2D and 3-way CrossFire test-suite.
 


The finisher.

Nova Slider X600 Gamer Mouse at XS Reviews.

ATV Flash at Dragon Steel Mods.

KeyScan KS810 Keyboard-Scanner at Hardware Secrets.

Thermaltake MaxOrb EX CPU Cooler at Think Computers.

Intel 80GB SSD at Bjorn3D.

 

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