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News archives from April, 2006
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Vizo Luxon External Drive Enclosure |
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April 29th, 2006 - When buying an external drive enclosure most people look for two major features; an IDE or SATA interface to match that of their hard drive, and of course the styling because it will probably be displayed on their desk for everyone to see. Today we''re looking at the Vizo Luxon external drive enclosure. Not only is this single enclosure both IDE and SATA drive compatible, but it also has great looks and has lots of included goodies.
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Samsung DVD Recorder/VCR VR-325 |
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April 26th, 2006 - With VCR''s and VHS tapes soon to be phased out completely by DVD players, many consumers want to digitize their old VHS tapes to the new format. There are various ways to accomplish this, but none are as easy as using Samsungs VR-325 DVD Recorder/VCR.
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HIS IceQ RADEON X1600 PRO Turbo 128MB PCI-E, Testing X1600 PRO Turbo 2x128MB CrossFire |
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April 26th, 2006 - Today we review some unusual cards. Yep, they are marked X1600 PRO, but operate at 590/1380 MHz. That is they are X1600 XT cards. But why pass a faster product off as a weaker one? In fact, both X1600 PRO and X1600 XT cards are equipped with 256 MB of memory by default. But HIS manufactures this card with 128 MB of it. That was only fair (quite a rare thing today, by the way!) to name the card X1600 PRO Turbo - sort of an overclocked X1600 PRO. The product took an intermediate position between the X1600 XT and the X1600 PRO.
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Formats War II: HD DVD Advances, Flying the Flag of NEC. But only in DVD-ROM |
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April 24th, 2006 - Two formats are currently fighting for the blue laser market of optical storage drives - Blu-Ray and HD DVD. Blu-Ray demonstrates high storage capacity, but its manufacturing requires lots of investments to upgrade the existing facilities or to launch new ones. Hence a more expensive end product for a consumer. HD DVD - lower capacity of the media, but it can be manufactured in the existing facilities (only minimally modernized) so it''s a potentially more popular and cheaper product. HD DVD was the first to find its way into our lab in the form of the HD DVD-ROM optical drive from NEC, HR-1100A model.
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ASUS V6J - Now on Intel Centrino Duo |
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April 21st, 2006 - The model range of notebooks from ASUS is rather interesting. One and the same case may contain different components, which is reflected in the model number. In this case, J means that it''s an Intel Centrino Duo notebook with external (or discrete) graphics controller. This logic is quite clear - notebook exterior changes nowadays much less dynamically than technical innards. Besides, one and the same case may be used for a notebook on the Intel or AMD platform.
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ASUS EAX1900XTX (RADEON X1900 XTX), ASUS EAX1900XT CrossFire (RADEON X1900 XT CrossFire Edition) |
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April 21st, 2006 - Our today''s article is not usual. First of all, all experienced users know well that video cards of the RADEON X1900 XT/XTX level are manufactured on third-party plants, ordered by ATI. That''s why any ATI partner has nothing to do with their manufacturing. All vendors, including ASUSTeK, buy ready cards from ATI and just sell them under their brands. That''s why today we shall just review the ASUS'' bundle. Secondly, taking advantage of availability of a master card X1900 XT CFE in our lab, we are going to publish final CF test results on RD580.
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Vizo Gemini Wireless Mouse |
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April 20th, 2006 - Today we take a look at a new mouse from Vizo. The Vizo Gemini Mouse features an 800 dpi high precision optical sensor and is cordless to boot.
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Sytrin KuFormula VF1 Review |
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April 18th, 2006 - Once again, Sytrin brings yet another great product to the = market and the KuFormula VF1 Plus is one of the top graphic card coolers = with good cooling performance. However, the whole setup is bulky and it = is definitely not for dual graphic cards users. The price for the Sytrin = KuFormula VF1 Plus is around 45USD/ RM165, although it might be = expensive for a graphic card cooler but it is worth it if you have = graphic card which generate a lot of heat.
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Spire's Verticool II Heatsink |
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April 18th, 2006 - Today we take a look at a new uniquely designed heatsink/fan combo from Spire Coolers. The Verticool II is made of an all copper heatsink with dual copper heatpipes leading up to forty five aluminum micro-fins providing the optimal cooling configuration. The Verticool II is also capable of fitting nearly every processor available on the market today.
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New Review at : Quick Access Bar |
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April 14th, 2006 - Process Library is an interesting online resource that has been adding more and more utilities to their suite of windows management tools. The latest of these is Quick Access, an on-the-fly task examining utility. We=92ll explain why this is much more than just another background task here.
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NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB PCI-E |
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April 14th, 2006 - We''ll compare GeForce 7600 GS not only with RADEON X1600 PRO, opposed by this product, but also with RADEON X1600 XT - its future competitor. It will be up to a user to decide, who will see real prices for these products and compare them.
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XTracPads Mouse Bungee Review |
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April 11th, 2006 - As a verdict, the Mouse Bungee really proves to be a nifty = device that does just the job it was designed for: to keep the mouse = cord out of the way! Price wise, well to be honest, I probably woudn''t = think about parting with my money until I tried it, and now I wouldn''t = want my mouse to part with this gizmo. Definitely deserves a recommended = award.
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Vizo Opera Portable HDD Enclosure & Multimedia Player |
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April 11th, 2006 - External hard drives so far have had only one purpose; to back up and store data. Today we take a look at a new innovative external hard drive enclosure from Vizo, the Opera Portable HDD Enclosure & Multimedia Player. The Opera not only backs up and stores data, but also does double duty as a multimedia player.
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Spire's Diamondcool II Heatsink |
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April 9th, 2006 - Today we take a look at a new heatsink/fan combo from Spire Coolers the Diamondcool II. The Diamondcool II was designed for low noise operation while maintaining effective cooling. To help the cooler achieve this, the unit features an all copper heatsink and uses heat pipes to help reduce CPU temperature.
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Last of the AGP Mohicans: GeForce 7800 GS, RADEON X1600 PRO, X1300 |
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April 9th, 2006 - Today we shall review a very interesting Hi-End product - GeForce 7800 GS, which promises to fair on the level of the 6800 Ultra or even better. At least this is the latest top AGP accelerator from NVIDIA. We shall also examine another three cards, based on Middle-End X1600 PRO and Low-End representatives - X1300.
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The Web 2.0 Revolution |
April 8th, 2006 - The World Wide Web that we find ourselves immersed in is constantly changing. Not only changing, but evolving. All the time new technologies and new design standards are being implemented in many sites out on the web. The latest of these evolutions is Web 2.0. Before embracing Web 2.0 its important to know what it is, how it affects you, and to see some real examples of what Web 2.0 really is. This article aims to fulfil these, and provide an introduction into the Web 2.0 Revolution. press release - news release
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Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 Heatsink (With Link) |
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April 6th, 2006 - When it comes to CPU heatsinks it''s sometimes hard to find a good balance between cooling performance and fan noise. Today we take a look at the Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 that boasts that it can achieve both of these things. Using a unique reversed fan, it reduces the noise from air-rebounding and creates a better air flow for heat dissipation.
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Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 Heatsink |
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April 5th, 2006 - When it comes to CPU heatsinks it''s sometimes hard to find a good balance between cooling performance and fan noise. Today we take a look at the Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 that boasts that it can achieve both of these things. Using a unique reversed fan, it reduces the noise from air-rebounding and creates a better air flow for heat dissipation.
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Cooler Master Ammo 533 case at ExtensiveMods.com |
April 5th, 2006 - LAN goers are always looking for a new and easier way to transport their PC around. Some gamers use what is known a shuttle PC while others still carry their full size PC, and then you have the real creative ones that will build their PC inside a cardboard box (me).  Today I''m going to be taking a look at the Cooler Master Ammo 533 LAN case. Will it get me out of the plain brown wrapper? Well hang around and see for yourself.
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Vizo Mirrorbox 32 in 1 Card Reader |
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April 5th, 2006 - With the amount of consumer electronic devices that use flash memory cards, it makes sense to have some sort of card reader for your computer. Flashcard readers are a handy and fast way to get your data from your digital device to your computer.
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Corsair 2048MB-TWINX4000PT Review |
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April 5th, 2006 - Overall the Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is a decent high capacity = DDR SDRAM DIMM. Although the 2 GBytes capacity doesn''t show much = improvement from the 1 GBytes capacity during our testing, but sooner or = later the 2 Gbytes memory is a must when especially for hardcore gaming = such as Battlefield 2 or running the yet to be released Window Vista. = The price for 2 Gbtyes Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is not that expensive, = just around USD220 (RM820) so most of us should able to afford it.
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Thermaltake Tide Water Plus Dual VGA Water Cooling Kit Review |
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April 5th, 2006 - All in all, the Tide Water Plus water cooling solution is yet = another ingenious dual GPU cooling solution by Thermaltake. The all in = one unit comes pre-assembled with integrated copper radiator, pump, = reservoir and an adjustable blower. We were also impressed to see that = Thermaltake used premium quality components to build the unit and the = system requires zero maintenance for the first 417 days, which means = you''ll probably upgrade your graphics cards even before refilling the = water cooling unit. The package was also complete and the cooler = supports a wide range of graphics card including the latest from ATi and = NVIDIA.
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Foxconn Winfast NFPIK8AA Review Ninjalane |
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April 5th, 2006 - It''s a proven fact that 90% of all enthusiast computer hardware = is designed with really one purpose in mind, gaming. However it doesn''t = always have to be that way, in fact aside from overclocking and various = BIOS and/or board level modifications enthusiast hardware can be = considered just about anything, including the original high performance = system, the workstation.
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XtracPads Xtrac Ripper and Insta Glide at ExtensiveMods.com |
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April 5th, 2006 - Mouse pads are usually overlooked, and without knowing any different, many people still use those crappy blue ones that can be picked up from the local store for about a dollar. Mouse pads come in all different sizes and colors; some are fabric while there is some that''s glass. You can purchase a plain one or there is snazzy acrylic ones with LEDs (that so your mouse can see where it''s going at night). Today I have the XtracPads Ripper mousepad on the bench for review. The Xtrac Ripper is a large gaming pad. Will it have game, or will it just be another mouse pad? Stick around and see.
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