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Logitech Cordless Desktop S520 10-05-2008

Logitech knows a thing or two about being successful and they have injected this knowledge into their business model. They know that you have to supply a steady stream of new and innovative products to keep customers coming back. They are also well aware that you need a wide range of products, from high end gear all the way down to items that will fit any budget. It is with this mindset that Logitech released the Cordless Desktop S520 last month, the latest addition to their keyboard + mice combos that checks in at a very attractive price point.

Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Case 10-02-2008

Such begins the introduction for Cooler Master's latest full tower design, the HAF 932. HAF stands for High Air Flow, which seems to be the driving force behind this case structure, with three 230mm fans plus another 140mm fan pre-installed. The entire front of the chassis consists of open mesh from top to bottom, and additional use of large openings in the side, top and rear.

NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse 09-23-2008

NZXT introduces the first gaming mouse from their award winning design team. As with all of NZXT's PC accessories, Avatar is designed to provide gamers with the ultimate crafted gaming armor to emerge victorious in the gaming arena of choice. Featuring an ambidextrous and smaller form, the Avatar mouse is versatile and ideal for gamers.

TekNmotion Yapster Gaming Headset 09-15-2008

You don’t need to spend a fortune for a high quality, multiple-use stereo headset. That is, according to TekNmotion, makers of the Yapster Gaming Headset. Yapster was designed for a large audience of users ranging from everyday online computer uses such as PC gaming, internet chat, VOIP or simply high quality stereo music.

Swiftech Apogee GTZ Water Block 09-10-2008

Swiftech has been around since 1994 and is perhaps best known for their thermoelectric and liquid cooling solutions that first gained popularity in late 2000 / early 2001. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to test the Swiftech H20-220 Compact water cooling kit, and liked it so much I'm still using it on my primary system. Today I have for review the Apogee™ GTZ, Swiftech's new flagship water block. While it shares the same name with its predecessors, it also leaps beyond the GT and GTX performance charts thanks to an entirely new design that pushes and refines both thermal and mechanical specifications to the limits of today's technology.

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Weekend News Roundup posted on 10-05-2008

Dessert Menu of the Day.

» HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4 PCI-E SAS Controller • TweakTown
» Gigabyte 9800GT 512MB Video Card • motherboards.org
» Zalman CNPS 9300AT • Overclockers Online
» A-DATA Vitesta Gaming DDR2-800 4GB Kit • Phoronix
» XFX 260GTX XXX VGA Card • CDRInfo.com
» Free Anti-Virus Roundup • VelocityReviews.com
» XSpice Croon 750w power supply • XSReviews
» Enermax Aurora Premium Keyboard & Enermax JAZZ • DriverHeaven
» First Look: Asus P6T Deluxe (X58) Preview • CPU3D.com
» ASUS My Cinema U3100Mini USB 2.0 Digital TV Receiver • Legit Reviews
» Gigabyte GV-R4850MC-1GH Graphics Card • CPU3D.com
» 5-way High-End 1KW+ PSU Round-Up • Overclock3D.Net
» OCZ's EliteXStreme 800W PSU • bit-tech.net
» nVidia 9800GT SLI • t-break
» Zalman CNPS 9300AT • Overclockers Online
» Imation Apollo 500GB 2.5" Portable Hard Drive • TestFreaks.com
» HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX graphics card • bit-tech.net



Thermaltake VI-ON HDD Enclosure • BCCHardware.

"Thermaltake never rests. They are constantly making new products, updating old products and trying to get into the home of every computer user in North America. The VI-ON is one of their latest enclosures and coupled with the popular eSATA and USB2.0 interfaces, you don't have to sacrifice speed over connectivity anymore. If you've got an eSATA capable machine, performance of an external Hard Drive almost mirrors internal connected speeds, but if you've got an older computer without eSATA or want to connect the VI-ON to your laptop, you're set with the USB2.0 interface. . ."



Thermaltake Vi-ON 3.5-inch External Hard Drive Enclosure • ThinkComputers.org.

"Thermaltake recently released the Vi-ON 3.5-inch External Hard Drive Enclosure, which has many innovative features. Thermaltake designed the world's first hard disk drive suspension system that helps reduce vibration noise. It also includes an Active SMART Cooling System which keeps the hard drive cool with a temperature sensing fan. This simple, yet elegant design is available in both black and white and has models that support both USB and USB + e-SATA. Read on further to see how it works"



ATI Radeon HD 4870 Overclocking Guide Rev. 3.0 • Tech ARP.

"Of course, this does not mean we are not going to try overclocking the card. Even though the Radeon HD 4870 will handily tackle practically every 3D game out there, there is still a dragon left to slay and that dragon is called Crysis. The Radeon HD 4870 delivered an average frame rate of 38 fps at 1600 x 1200 and 32 fps at 1920 x 1200. Very good but it would be nice to have better frame rates, wouldn't it? So, let's see how well the Radeon HD 4870 overclocks!"



TGIF!!! posted on 10-03-2008

Dessert Menu of the Day.

» Antec Twelve Hundred Gaming Case • Benchmark Reviews
» Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME CPU Cooler • TweakTown
» Arctic Cooling Accelero S1/S2 Turbo Module • Tweaknews.net
» CoolerMaster V8 CPU Cooler • Bjorn3D
» HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX graphics card • bit-tech.net



Corsair HX520W • Overclockers Club.

"I would highly recommend the Corsair HX520W to anyone considering mid-range graphics cards in SLI or Crossfire but perhaps it's a little underpowered for the serious gamer/overclocker. The Corsair HX520W is Nvidia certified for up to, but not including, the 7800GTX and is listed on the Nvidia website in the "For all other SLI configurations" section. This will no doubt put the majority of gamers considering an SLI or Crossfire setup off this power supply but if you require one for an Internet, office and single graphics card PC then look no further, the Corsair HX520W would be a wise choice"



NZXT Guardian 921 Mid Tower Case • ThinkComputers.org.

"The latest addition to the NZXT Crafted Series is sure to attract many in the gaming culture. The NZXT Guardian 921 is similar in design to the original Guardian case with a more futuristic and sleeker look. The case comes available in high gloss black and comes equipped with three 120mm fans, two of which have a blue LED. I used to see the NZXT Guardian multiple times at LAN parties and I think with the sleek redesign I think I'll start to see the NZXT Guardian 921 more this winter LAN season"



FSP Group Everest 80PLUS 700 Watt PSU • TechwareLabs.

"Today Mike takes a look at the FSP Everest 700 Watt Power Supply. We have high expectations of the Everest since FSP has such a good record for quality and performance. Join Mike as he climbs the voltage mountain to test the Everest 700 Watt PSU attempting to become a legend."



Wednesday News posted on 10-01-2008

Dessert Menu of the Day.

» ATI Radeon HD 4550 Video Card • Legit Reviews
» Sapphire HD 4670 Graphics Card • Modders-Inc.com
» Logitech G9 Mouse • NGOHQ.com
» Lian Li PC-A01 - Aluminium Tower for Micro-ATX • TweakPC
» Nova Master 8000dpi Professional Mousepad • [OC]ModShop
» ATI Radeon HD 4550 Versus EVGA GeForce 9500GT • motherboards.org
» AMD Phenom 8750 Black Edition • InsideHW.com
» Gigabyte 3D Mars Full Tower • The Tech Report
» Thermaltake V9 Gaming Case • Pro-Clockers
» Asus 9800GT HybridPower • t-break
» Samsung's SM2693HM 25.5" widescreen monitor • bit-tech.net
» Gainward GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Graphics Card • TweakTown
» HD 4850 / 4870 / Golden Sample and Bliss 9600 GSO Golden Sample • Digit-Life
» Das Keyboard Professional Premium Mechanical Keyboard • Tweaknews.net
» Zalman CNPS-9300 AT CPU Cooler • Bjorn3D
» Lian-Li PC-60F Aluminum Chassis • CPU3D.com
» Palit's HD 4850 Sonic 512MB Graphics Card • BCCHardware
» Akasa Infiniti Zor Case • Overclock3D.Net
» 4850X2 - MultiGPU Solution for Masses? • InsideHW.com
» Tuniq Ensemble 1200w Power Supply • Virtual-Hideout
» 790GX and SB750 explored • madshrimps.be



Competitions & Giveaways.

» Win a Be-Quiet 1.2kw PSU • Overclock3D.Net



ASRock AOD790GX/128M AMD 790GX Motherboard • ThinkComputers.org.

"This chipset was so successful that AMD decided to design a new chipset based on it, giving it a higher clock speed, sideport memory, and upgrade to ATI 3300 integrated graphics. Along with the new NB, AMD has also built a new Southbridge, known as the SB750, which not only adds RAID5, but has added a new feature called Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC), that AMD claims will allow much higher overclocking of the Phenom CPU. Will ASRock's version of the 790GX, in the AOD790GX/128M, be a winner? Read on to see!""



Thermaltake VI-ON 3.5” HDD Enclosure • Rbmods.

"Two causes of hard drive failures can be excessive heat and vibration. So would it make sense to buy a hard drive enclosure that combats both of those failure modes? Thermaltake, makers of a wide range of computer products, has developed an enclosure, the Thermaltake VI-ON 3.5” HDD Enclosure, which offers such protection. Will it prove to be a worthwhile cause? Read on to find out more."



OCZ Dominatrix Laser Gaming Mouse • I4U NEWS.

"Today we are looking at the OCZ Dominatrix laser gaming mouse. The mouse is a bargain at close to $40 compared to the $80 or more that comparable gaming mice retail for. Performance is very good as well. The mouse has many of the features you expect to find on high-end gaming mice like adjustable weight and sensitivity with a much lower price. Read on to find out how well it stacks up to the other gaming mice on the market"



Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot Heatsink • Overclockers Club.

"The Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot is a slightly different animal than the standard HD4850 from Sapphire. It maintains the same GPU (RV770) and amount of memory (512MB GDDR3 on a 256 bit bus), but is built on a Sapphire designed and built PCB, rather than using the reference design PCB. In addition to the non-reference PCB, there is the non-reference cooling solution to go with the board. There are no memory heatsinks used, but there is one additional heatsink at the front of the PCB. The clock speeds stay right at the factory specified 625MHz on the GPU core and 993MHz on the 512MB of memory. The card is slightly shorter than the standard PCB so this should allow some additional clearance in tight cases"



NZXT Sentry LX fan controller • XSReviews.

"Here at XSR we've reviewed a lot of fans and talked endlessly about the importance of cooling and so on and so forth. However we seem to have neglected in the most part the role of the fan speed controller. In this age of HTPC, where silence is paramount, a fan speed controller is a very good idea. However can a controller compete with small programs that run in the back ground, a growing number of automatically variated fans or even motherboards that control everything automatically? I plan to find out by testing one such product, the Sentry LX from NZXT"



Corsair Introduces 64GB Portable USB Flash Drive From Corsair Memory posted on 09-30-2008

-Ultra-High Density USB Flash Voyager Serves Double Duty by Providing Portable Data Storage and Hard Drive Backup Capability-

Fremont, CA, September 29, 2008 – Corsair® www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced today that it is expanding its best selling Flash Voyager USB family lines with a new 64GB capacity offering. The new 64GB USB Flash Voyager has enough capacity for a library of DVD-length movies and tens of thousands of high-resolution digital images.

Thanks to the 64GB USB Flash Voyager, users now have the ultimate solution for storing, transporting and backing up large amounts of personal and professional data. With storage capacity that just a year ago could only be found in hard drives, the 64GB USB Flash Voyager drive also provides the added ruggedness, water resistance and performance not found in storage drives utilizing rotating media.

Corsair 64GB USB Flash Voyager drives provide the capacity necessary to store complete seasons of your favorite TV shows or the entire contents of most notebook hard drives. These large density drives can also be used as portable back-up devices for critical or sensitive information. In addition, Corsair 64GB USB Flash Voyager drives are bootable, which means users can actually store full versions of operating systems and applications in order to quickly “re-create” the necessary software environments to troubleshoot system problems.

Corsair 64GB USB Flash Voyager drives will be available immediately at a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of $249.99

"Corsair is always developing new and exciting flash products, and the 64GB USB Flash Voyager is no exception," said John Beekley, Vice President of Applications at Corsair. "With more storage space than most laptops, we can offer a full suite of features – whether it be backing up data, building a portable media library, or simply transporting huge amounts of data." added Beekley.

Corsair 64GB USB Flash Voyager drives are available through Corsair's authorized distributors and resellers world-wide. Each drive is bundled with a lanyard, security software/driver preloaded, and USB extension cable. Corsair flash products are backed by a 10-year Limited Warranty. Complete customer support via telephone, email, forum and Tech Support Xpress is also available. For more information on Corsair USB drives, please visit www.corsair.com

Tuesday News posted on 09-30-2008

Dessert Menu of the Day.

» HighPoint RocketRAID 3120 PCI-E SATA RAID Controller • TweakTown
» SilverStone Raven RVM01B Mouse • Phoronix
» IcyDock MB454SPF-B SATA 4-Bay Hot-Swap 3.5-inch Drive Bay • PCSTATS.com
» Coolermaster V8 Heatsink • Frostytech.com
» GMC Noblesse K-2 Ebony • Hard Tecs 4U
» ATI Radeon HD 4550 Entry-Level DX 10.1 GPU • HotHardware.com
» Thermaltake's A2413 7" LCD display • The Tech Report
» Force3D Radeon HD 4870 Black Edition Graphics Card • TweakTown
» Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Video Card • Benchmark Reviews
» HD 4550 • Neoseeker.com
» AMD Radeon HD 4550 • HEXUS.net
» OCZ Dominatrix Laser Gaming Mouse • Overclock3D.Net
» Creative HS-1000 Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset • Everything USB



Corsair HX620W Power Supply • TechwareLabs.

"Corsair delivers some of the most reliable power supplies in the industry and has a reputation for crafting high quality products as well. We test their mid range HX620W which is capable of churning out 620W for your rig. Does the HX620W deliver for us? Read Justin's review to find out."



Foxconn BlackOps X48 Motherboard • Tech ARP.

"Based on the Intel X48 Express chipset, the BlackOps is Foxconn's ultimate motherboard for the Intel LGA775 platform. They threw everything but the kitchen sink into this motherboard, making it their ultimate X48 motherboard and possibly one of the best in the market.
If you are interested in extreme overclocking and tweaking options in the BIOS, built-in water-cooling and/or extreme cooling options as well as enthusiast-level features like 100% solid capacitors and 8-phase digital PWM, then this is a motherboard you must consider.
"



Patriot Viper DDR3 2000MHz 2x2GB • Overclockers Club.

"At 1333MHz, the Patriot Viper RAM was able to beat every other kit in its class at the PCMark Vantage tests, however the 9-9-9-24 latencies did not do the Viper RAM any justice at the 1333MHz speeds during the Sandra XII testing. Again, the Patriot Viper DDR3 at 1600MHz was able to beat the other comparison kits when it was tested using PCMark Vantage, but was unable to keep up during the Sandra testing. When the Viper Kit was overclocked to 1700MHz, however, it was able to beat out all of the other kits in every test"



Altec Lansing iM600 iPod Speaker System • ThinkComputers.org.

"One thing that the iPod has always lacked was the inclusion of a FM radio. Many other MP3 players have incorporated this feature, but Apple has decided to leave this out of their popular MP3 player. For that reason many iPod speaker systems include an FM radio. Today we are looking at one such speaker system, the Altec Lansing iM600. Not only does this speaker system have an included FM radio it also has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which makes it very portable"




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