Article Name: Cooler Master V8 Giant CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews.net
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/cooler_master_v8/
Article Snippet:
“The V8 outperformed all the coolers in the comparison, although not by much in a couple of cases. Frankly, I expected a bit better performance out of a cooler of this immense size, particularly at full fan speed. But, there’s no question that this is a very good cooling solution.”
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| MSI DKA790GX Platinum Motherboard Review |
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Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-19-2008
MSI has built a stellar motherboard with the DKA790GX Platinum board. The board has all of the features that you would want from a 790GX motherboard including HD 3300 graphics with Crossfire X capability, ACC overclocking and more. From a performance point of view, the DKA790GX has nearly the same performance as the other 790GX board that I tested, meaning that it is pretty high on the totem pole. It did work better in Hybrid CrossFire than our previous 790GX boards and that is a very good thing.The 790GX integrated graphics are the best on the market in terms of performance and features and this is a great example of the total package MSI has put together in this motherboard. The Advanced Calibration Control that the 790GX supports allows for higher overclocking than the 790FX chipset, meaning that this board is a good choice for those wanting the best out of their system.
Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1826_1.html
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Sid Meier’s Colonization - PC Review
Date: 10-19-2008 By Vlad Mihaiescu
Sid Meier’s Colonization is a great game. It successfully combines three video game genres into one solid game. The game is a turn-based 4X strategy game, but due to the resource gathering system it also resembles your traditional RTS, and the colony management aspect of the game also introduces aspects of the tycoon genre. And not only that, but this awesome new game is only 30 bucks brand new. I’ve reviewed almost unplayable games that cost me over $50 with the tax. Colonization is a true bargain. It is a solid game from every single aspect (as long as you appreciate the genre). And if you find someone with just as much free time as yourself, you can always partake in some multiplayer games.
Link: http://www.gamepyre.com/reviewsd.html?aid=1023&p=1
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Eagle has brought us a new enclosure just begging for your old hardware. Or new hardware. It doesn’t care. Enclosure don’t discriminate. Except when they only take SATA, like this one. Then it discriminates quite a bit. The Eagle L-Series can hold 2.5? SATA drives up to 250GB with a max of 7200RPM. I don’t think that’s too bad. That’s more than enough storage for all your music, video, games, and all that other stuff you downloaded illegal while connected to your neighbor’s wireless network.
Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1381
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Title: Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/gigabyte_ep45-extreme/
Quote: Intel’s P45 chipset proves to be one of the best mainstream offerings ever created, and Gigabyte put it to good use on their EP45-EXTREME. The board offers sweet cooling ability (which the help of a lot of copper), amazing overclocking potential (500MHz stable with a Quad!) and fantastic power efficiency - all at a good price.
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NEW CONTENT (Miscellaneous) - CyberPower Gamer Xtreme XE Gaming PC
QUOTE: “CyberPower understands the real gamer and has made a name for itself catering to the price vs. performance, bang for the buck crowd. I left Quakecon with a real understanding of what CyberPower has accomplished and what they are trying to do for the collage kid looking to actually play games and not worry about a 3DMark score.
Today we are going to look at one of CyberPower’s more popular products for gamers that fit the description of a real gamer. The Gamer Xtreme XE provides enough power to play the latest games, including Crysis, with high detail and high frame rates while keeping the price far below what you would expect to spend on such a performer.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1628/cyberpower_gamer_xtreme_xe_gaming_pc/index.html
Best Regards,
The TweakTown Team
http://www.tweaktown.com
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Broadcast live for the first time ever, Blizzcon 2008 was heralded to be bigger and better than ever before. With high hopes and expectations, gamers from around the world descended upon Anaheim California for the third Blizzcon. Taking place one year after the previous, gamers gathered in hopes of seeing a glimpse of their favorite unreleased game in the blizzard franchise. This year marked the first time in history that a game from each of Blizzards marquee franchises was available for public test play: Starcraft II, Wrath of the Lich King, and Diablo 3.
Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1386
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DV Hardware has published a review of the 32GB Kingston DataTraveler 150 USB stick:
Kingston DataTraveler 150
Over the years flash drives have become much larger, in terms of storage capacity, and more affordable. For the same price of a 256MB USB stick five years ago, you can now buy sticks with a capacity of 32GB such as the Kingston DataTraveler 150 32GB, which is the subject of this review. This drive not only offers 128x as much storage capacity as the drive you would have got five years ago - it’s also a lot faster.
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InsideHW.com has posted article about MSI N260GTX graphics card. You can read a clip from review:
“The interesting thing is that we didn’t have up to now GTX260 graphics card on test, probably because majority is already more interested for more affordable products from latest nVIDIA generation of graphics cards even though it is consisted, for now, from two products in total. Anyway, we got one GTX260 for testing and it is signed by manufacturer that is worldwide known – MSI…”
If you are interested to read some more, we present you link:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/MSI-N260GTX.html
Title:
MSI N260GTX @ InsideHW
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Title: Patriot Memory 32GB Xporter XT Review at Overclockers Online
Link: http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=2061
Quote: Through all of the benchmarking and everyday use of the Xporter XT
Boost I have been quite impressed. Even with the large capacity it is still
a speedy drive. With a capacity of 32GB, the Xporter XT Boost can easily fit
in your pocket and is a great replacement for that portable hard drive you
might be lugging around.
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MSI P45-8D Memory Lover Motherboard Review
“Did you know that the ‘I’ in MSI stands for ‘Innovation’? Well, it doesn´t, but it should be changed, because of one reason: the MSI P45-8D Memory Lover. This motherboard features 8-dimm slot memory configuration, unseen on the mainstream desktop market. Madshrimps has a look at the performances of this motherboard in both DDR2 and DDR3 test setting comparing it to three other P45 motherboards; a 4-way P45 motherboard comparison in other words.”
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=877
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Recently I got the chance to speak to Chet Faliszek of Valve Software about their pending Survival shooter Left 4 Dead. I want to thank Katie and Chet for taking the time to answer our questions.
OCMS: What is the background and setting for the game?
CF: It is the zombie apocalypse. Two weeks after the first infection we are at ground zero of the infection. There is confusion and zombies, lots and lots of zombies.
Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1379
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October 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
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