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TITLE: OCZ Vendetta 2 HPT CPU Cooler OCZVEND2 @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Computer hardware is an ever-evolving industry, and since Moores law only applies to an exponentially growing transistor count then there should probably be another law for cooling.  In the very recent past there have been two major trends which have accelerated the performance potential of CPU cooler.  That first development was the use of heat-pipes to directly contact with the CPU surface; which resulted in the Heat-pipe Direct Touch technology.  The second development is by no mean a new concept, just new to our industry in specific.  For many years now heatsinks have been full of right angles, but very recently companies have begun to recognize the need to disrupt smooth airflow and reduce the laminar skin effect which allows air to travel just above the solid surface.  Manufacturers like OCZ have used both of these trends in their new Vendetta 2 CPU cooler.  Benchmark Reviews will see how much this effects the overall performance as we test OCZVEND2 against a large segment of competitor products.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=1

Title: ASUS EN9800GTX 512MB @ Techgage

Quote: It’s not too often that the fastest single-GPU available is also affordable, but the 9800 GTX is just that. At just over $300, it delivers incredible performance at all resolutions and also turns out to be amazingly overclockable. It’s just too bad that the 8800 GTS 512 is not much slower…

TechwareLabs has published a review of the Tuniq Sanctum Hard Drive Cooler. Here’s a clip from the review:

Quote: One of the most unappreciated items in your computer is your hard drive. You buy fancy coolers for your CPU, fans for your case, and use rubber insulators for your power supplies, but what about your hard drive? Today, Tuniq brings to us their Sanctum cooler. Artiom shows us how you can get your hard drive to run up to 10 degrees cooler!

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cooling/Tuniq_Sanctum_HDD_Cooler/

Title: Tuniq Sanctum Hard Drive Cooler @ Techwarelabs

NEW CONTENT (Storage) - MTRON MOBI 64GB SATA Solid State Disk

QUOTE: “Several years ago in a thread posted within a storage section of a popular forum, I learned of the fabled RAM Drive. This was several years before the GIGABYTE product of the same name, back when using memory as a storage device was more of a fable, or story of myth. At the time, no one had ever actually seen a RAM Drive, or at least not anyone tooling around in forums. This wasn’t because they didn’t exist, it is just that they cost more than a Honda Civic.

Today we will be looking at the future of hard drives. Mechanical is on its way out, and with it rotational latency. Moving at the speed of electrons is in, near instant access times and faster loading screens are on the way.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1379/mtron_mobi_64gb_sata_solid_state_disk/index.html

Best Regards,

The TweakTown Team
http://www.tweaktown.com

Title: Summer Modding Giveaway @ FusionMods.Net

Link: http://www.fusionmods.net/index.php?theCase=viewThread&threadID=1401

Quote: “FusionMods is kickin off this summer with a Great modding Giveaway. Not just are we giving you the tools we\’ve giving you the supplies as well. With over $600 worth of prizes making a total of 6 prizes, this is one you can\’t miss out on!!”

Title: Ultra Stackables at Modders-Inc

Summary: The Ultra Stackables are a new creation from Ultra offering the ability to stack several external devices together with a single power supply. 

Articles URL:  http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=200

Site URL:  http://www.modders-inc.com

This morning LapWorks finally announced its new line of brightly-colored $49.95 Laptop Desk Futura laptop coolers. The initial eight colors and patterns include: Deep Red, Bustin’ Blue, Passion Pink, Tempting Teal, Largely Leopard, Desert Camou, Jungle Camou and Red Marble. I think you will like a couple of the options.

Highlights of Painted Futura Program:

 -            Customers choose a matte or semi-gloss finish, and black or translucent no-slip rubber pads. 

-            LapWorks will poll its customers and offer one or more new color or pattern every month throughout 2008.

-            They are affordable because they’re actually printed, using a specialized UV ink-jet printer that applies a heavy coat of industrial-grade ink that hardens when exposed to UV light

-            LapWorks believes it is the first to print a three-dimensional product using this process.

-            The UV-cured ink has a similar hardness to automotive paint, and a final coat of matte or semi-gloss acrylic further protects the colored surface.

As you know, the Laptop Desk Futura’s dual-purpose design creates an ergonomically-sound workspace across the lap, and folds into a wedge-shaped stand for use at a desk, while also cooling a notebook computer.  It comes standard in ‘gun-metal’ gray for $29.95.

For more details, here are a few links that may be of interest:

-          Painted Futura program: http://www.laptopdesk.net/painted/painted_futura_lapdesk.html

-          Ink-jet printing process: http://www.laptopdesk.net/painted/how_we_painted_futura.html

-          Voting page for new colors: http://www.laptopdesk.net/painted/vote_painted_futura.php

-          Press release: http://www.laptopdesk.net/2008-0409-pr.html

Today at HotHardware we take a look at NVIDIA’s latest entrant into the mid-range workstation graphics card market, the QuadroFX 3700. This card has an MSRP of about $1,700, which puts it smack-dab in between the price tags of NVIDIA’s mid-range and ultra-high-end products, although street prices for the QuadroFX 3700 are much lower than its MSRP. This card is based on NVIDIA’s popular G92 graphics processor, which has been prominently featured in their GeForce 8800 GT / GTS lineup at a very  competitive price point.  Likewise, with NVIDIA’s G92 GL GPU underneath the hood, this professional-grade QuadroFX should also deliver substantially better performance in high-end OpenGL applications, while tackling DirectX 10 applications similarly to the 8800 series GPU as well.  Head on over to the site and check it out…

Article URL: http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Nvidia_QuadroFX_3700_512_MB

Site: http://www.hothardware.com/

The release of the video enabled iPod has been wonderful for travelers.  However, sometimes one may want to watch the video on their iPod on a full screen.  Luckily, the USBFever people have the solution for this situation.  The iPod AV Cable allows one to use the iPod Video to play videos on any RCA composite enable monitor.  With this cable, you can hold a video stores worth of movies in your palm and enjoy them on a TV or monitor.  Unfortunately, Apple has modified the video out on the newer iPod Classic and third gen iPod Nano, so this cable is unable to output video with these iPods.

Read full review HERE