Yeah, it’s 9 degrees here… brrrrrrrr chilly
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Title: Windows 7 Gaming Performance or Lack Thereof and Random Thoughts @ TestFreaks.com
Article Snipit:
“Windows 7 the beta! Yep got me one along with most people reading this I’m sure, is it all that? Not sure yet as it’s just a beta. Though if you look around the web you’ll find many sites touting the superiority of W7 over Vista and even (god forbid I say anything bad about it) XP, I still can’t figure out how they do this with a beta, maybe they know something I don’t… ”
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Article Name: Thecus N3200 Pro Raid 5 Three Bay NAS Review @ Tweaknews.net
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thecus_n3200_pro_nas_review/
Article Snippet:
“Thecus took a great NAS and made it even better with the N3200 Pro. It’s difficult to tell it apart from the original N3200 just by looking at it, because underneath the hood is where all the upgrades have taken place. During testing, RAID 5 build time was impressive and transferring files with the Pro model is faster when compared to its predecessor.”
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Hardware Bistro has just posted latest review on TRENDnet TEW-639GR Wireless N Gigabit Router. Thanks
Quote: “802.11n is the latest version of 802.11 standards which has 14x greater speed and 6x greater range than 802.11g. Although 802.11n is still in draft which will not be finalized until December 2009 but many related networking products are being sold based on draft 2 of the 802.11n proposal. Today we will take a look on TRENDnet TEW-639GR; 300Mbps wireless N Gigabit router.”
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OCIA.net has posted their review of the OCZ Gold Series 8GB SDHC Memory Card. Below is a direct quote from the review:
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article about the CES 2009 with a lot of video material:
http://www.pc-max.de/forum/article.php?&a=772
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NEW CONTENT (Audio) – ASUS Xonar Essence STX Sound Card
QUOTE: “Just after Christmas I received a small black box in the mail; this contained one ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI-Express sound card. The first shock I received was how fast ASUS had managed to get this sample out to myself; this tells me they’re excited about the product and to be honest, I am too!
The Essence STX is not only a great member of the Xonar family, it’s the best sounding board I’ve ever heard in this price bracket. I’m sure it will leave a lasting impression in the minds of competitors and may even send a few back to the chalk boards, scratching their heads. But most of all, I think it’s the age old cliché; `attention to detail` that lifts the STX above the crowd with some really nice components chosen and a very high degree of build quality, as with all ASUS products.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1712/asus_xonar_essence_stx_sound_card/index.html
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Title: Lian-Li PC-888 Case
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/682
Category: First Look
Summary:
During CES 2009 Lian-Li introduced a concept case, PC-888, shaped like a billowing sail, made of blue anodized aluminum and costing a fortune. Let’s take a look on this very different case.
Here is a snippet:
“During CES 2009 Lian-Li introduced a concept case, PC-888, shaped like a billowing sail – making it to look like the famous Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai –, made of blue anodized aluminum and costing a fortune – according to the manufacturer since this case is a limited handcraft edition, it should not reach the market for less than USD 500. Let’s take a look on this very different case.”
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Well, it’s time for OCZ to come up with some new CPU coolers … we welcome the OCZ Gladiator (92mm version) and the OCZ Galdiator Max (120mm version) featuring 4 heatpipes. Both coolers feature the OCZ’s heatpipe direct touch technology which allows direct contact with the processor using four copper heat pipes, and ensures the most rapid heat transfer. The unique “folded†fin configuration also helps maximize surface area while maintaining a compact form factor.
Read the rest of the review here … http://www.cpu3d.com/review/6987-1/ocz-gladiator-max-cpu-cooler/introduction.html
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nsideHW.com has reviewed Toshiba Tecra R10-10S notebook. Here is a quote from this review:
“Good business notebook should be lightweight, reliable, fast and with long autonomy and good quality. Toshiba built Tecra R10 for business users that travel a lot and we will see if Toshiba fulfilled its goal. At first sight Toshiba Tecra R10-10S doesn’t look tough. This impression is consequence mostly because of slim and flexible cover. Surprisingly, even under severe bending of cover, there was no picture distortion. After thorough inspection we concluded that toughness and quality of Tecra R10 aren’t that bad. Although if you expected casing that can withstand extreme punches you will be slightly disappointed…â€
Article link:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/Toshiba-Tecra-R10-10S.html
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On our yearly jaunts to the Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronics Show, we meet with numerous companies and see a myriad of products–some we can, and some we can’t talk about–in what is always an absolute whirlwind of a trip. This year was no exception. Although the show itself wasn’t quite as big as it has been in previous years in terms of attendance, it was nevertheless loaded with cool products and technology that filled not only the Las Vegas Convention center, but multiple surrounding venues, hotels, and suites all along the strip. Â Come on by the site and take a look…
CES 2009 Highlights and Photo-Report
http://hothardware.com/Articles/CES-2009-Highlights
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Foxconn X58 Quantum Force BloodRage Overclocking Test
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Title: Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler Review on Technic3D
Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-784,1-cooler-master-hyper-z600-cpu-kuehler-hyper-oder-hipe.htm
Quote: “The Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Heatsink arrived Technic3D. Unique “X†design creates lower back pressure to make air pass through heatsink quickly and guide more air pass through the heatsink? You can see that in the following Review.”
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Whoopty has reviewed the XFX 9800GTX + Black graphics card.
Title: XFX 9800GTX + Black Review @ XSReviews
Review Link: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/graphics-cards/xfx-9800gtx-black/
Quote: “nVidia have recently decided to rename a lot of their 9 series cards with the GT1 series moniker. Fortunately, XFX sent us over a couple before this, so today I’m not testing a GT something or other, it’s a 9800 GTX + Black Edition. Let’s check it out.“
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Titel: Triple Channel DDR3 Speicher
Text:
Der Start der Core i7 Prozessoren-Reihe von Intel brachte einige Bewegung in den Hardware-Markt. So bot sich nicht nur die Gelegenheit für Mainboard-Hersteller, neue Modelle mit dem neuen Sockel an die Kundschaft zu bringen, auch Speicherhersteller machen ihre Produkte in einer neuen Kategorie verfügbar. Die Rede ist von Triple-Channel-Kits, bei denen zwar immer noch das bekannte DDR3-RAM verwendet wird, allerdings in Zusammenstellungen von drei oder sechs Speicherriegeln statt bis anhin zwei oder vier.
Im heutigen Artikel stellen wir euch drei solche Speicherkits vor und vergleichen sie in Sachen Leistung und Ãœbertaktbarkeit. Bei den drei Kits handelt es sich um Kingston HyperX KHX1600, takeMS take3 DDR3-1333 und Mushkin XP3-12800.
URL: http://www.dexgo.com/index.php?site=artikel/view.php&rubrik=Hardware&id=340
English translated by Babel Fish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexgo.com%2Findex.php%3Fsite%3Dartikel%2Fview.php%26rubrik%3DHardware%26id%3D340
English translated by Google: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexgo.com%2Findex.php%3Fsite%3Dartikel%2Fview.php%26rubrik%3DHardware%26id%3D340&sl=de&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
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Title: Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=13376
Summary: “As we shared last month, at Phoronix we will begin delivering reviews of retail netbooks and notebooks with all testing (of course) being done under Linux. Earlier this month we looked at the Samsung NC10 Netbook and are in the process of working on a few other reviews currently, but in this review we are looking at Dell’s Inspiron 1525 notebook.”