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Title: Zivio Boom Wireless Bluetooth Headset @ TestFreaks
Review Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/zivio-boom-wireless-bluetooth-headset/
Review Snipit:
” Today for review I’ve got the Zivio Boom Wireless Headset, it’s Bluetooth obviously, and it’s basically for use with your cellphone, but it can be used with other BT devices as well. I’ll be honest here, I hated this product when I first got it, it was very difficult to fit to my ear, it just wouldn’t stay in my ear, it kept falling out no matter what I did. My ear was actually sore from the time I spent playing with it trying to get it to fit me correctly, so I did what anyone would do, I gave up, at least for a couple days until my frustration wore off. Taking a fresh look at it, I got it fitted and in my ear in less that 5 minutes, not sure what I did different this time, but it fit and stayed in my ear, and I like it, I like it very much now. The Zivio Boom gets it’s name from the boom style microphone that can be pulled out of the ear piece, the sound is loud and clear, and it’s nicely made. So, continue on to learn more about a very nice product…”
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Title: iLuv iCC71: Silicone Case for your iPhone 3G @ TestFreaks
Review Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/iluv-icc71-silicone-case-for-your-iphone-3g/
Review Snipit:
“A few weeks ago, we reviewed the iLuv iCC74 Clear Acrylic Case, today we will look at iLuv iCC71 which is a Silicone Case for the iPhone 3G. It is designed for those who don’t want bulk while carrying their iPhone 3G. This silicone case helps keep the iPhone 3G securely in ones hand by providing excellent gripability, while at the same time protecting it from scrapes and scratches. ”
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We have just posted up a review of the Thermolab Baram Heatsink. This heatsink ships in a plain brown bow without a fan – reminisent of Thermalright coolers. While Thermolab doesn’t offer a lot if the way of flash, the performance of this cooler makes up for it. Catch all the details in our full review.
Title: Thermolab Baram Heatsink
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6928&Itemid=40
Quote:
This heatsink performs well, even when cooling the AMD X4 9950 that kicks out 140 watts of heat, and under full load lowered our temperatures at least 10 degress Celsius from stock cooling. The Baram isn’t a flashy cooler, it doesn’t have lights or any gimmicks (even the box isn’t flashy), but it gets the job done.
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NEW CONTENT (Cases, Cooling and Power Supplies) – Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 Core i7 Specific CPU Cooler
QUOTE: “The last review I did for Noctua was of the NH-U9B which is sort of the little brother to the NH-U12P that Chris reviewed for us earlier on. This time Noctua sends the newest variation, the NH-U12P SE1366 CPU cooler. The SE or “Special Edition” refers to this model being Core i7 specific. The NH-U12P tested very well amongst our other coolers, so I expect no less from Noctua with this SE version.
The whole idea here is that Noctua has taken an already proven cooler and “spiced it up” a bit to handle the demand of the new Core i7 processors. Noctua has designed and engineered their new mounting system and named it the SecuFirm2â„¢. This is a Corei7 specific mount which means that this cooler is only applicable to said processors and motherboards. Time again to get some images and strap the NH-U12P SE1366 CPU cooler to the T.E.C.C. and see if Noctua, has once again, provided end-users with another way to silently handle our processors.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1799/noctua_nh_u12p_se1366_core_i7_specific_cpu_cooler/index.html
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Title: AMD Phenom II X4 810 Review
@ ModReactor
Direct Link:
http://www.modreactor.com/english/Reviews/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-810-Review.html
Quote: “Release of the first 45nm quad core AMD processors – Phenom
II 940 and 920 in the beginning of the year was the most important
event for the company and was the first significant success for the
company processor division in quite a while. The new processors
offered splendid performance for their price, and users still could
use them with their good old cheap AM2/AM2+ motherboards along with
their also old and cheap DDR2 memory. Now it’s time to review the
first AMD processor supporting the new AM3 platform, namely – AMD
Phenom II 810 with operational frequency of 2.6GHz and very budget
orientated price.”
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Title: NOX Coolbay HX Computer Case
Review   @ ModReactor
Direct Link:
http://www.modreactor.com/english/Reviews/GlacialTech-UFO-V51-CPU-Cooler-Review.html
Quote: “Is it a toy? Is it a flying saucer? No! It’s a brand new
heatpipe cooler that flew in the Modreactor lab. The work of art in
question – GlacialTech UFO V51, and its somewhat unclear purpose is in
fact the new prototype of CPU cooler from GlacialTech. ”
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Quote: With the launch of AMD’s new GPU on the horizon, some retailers haven’t been able to resist running a few benchmarks of their own.
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We have a new article online: where we have a very close look at the new FSP Everest Pro 1200 W power-supply.:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=359301
If you need a translator for German to English you will find one here:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=359301
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Everything USB is pleased to announce our Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB (silver) portable hard drive review.
Hard drives and external drive enclosures can be sourced cheaply through a wide variety of retailers. The FreeAgent Go portable hard drive is a new-comer to Seagate’s drive family of portable storage solutions and in an age where gigabytes of storage are needed in common households for data, photo and movie archival. Can a new case design, hard drive management software and a brand name renowned for great warranty service and reliability grab your attention? Read on.
http://www.everythingusb.com/seagate-freeagent-go-portable-hard-drive-16352.html
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TITLE: ACARD ANS-9010 DDR2 SATA RAM-Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
DESCRIPTION: The ACARD ANS-9010 is a solid state SATA RAM-Drive made of several DDR2 memory modules. A RAM-Disk allows for faster transfer speeds than traditional IDE/SATA hard drives and USB/eSATA flash drives. RAM-Disks offer a speedy random access rate and shorter access time, and are best-suited for graphic designers and database systems. The ACARD ANS-9010 supports an CompactFlash (CF) slot for data backup and restoration to prevent data loss. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the ACARD ANS-9010 RAM-Disk against the fastest SSDs on the market today.
ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=308&Itemid=60
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NEW CONTENT (Motherboards) – ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Motherboard
QUOTE: “Today we have been given an Intel Core 2 series supporting ITX model on steroids in the form of the 9300-ITX WiFi. Costing a mere $145 USD from Newegg it’s priced right, but will it perform? – Let’s have a look.
Today we have the new 9300-ITX WiFi board up against our 610i and 630i based boards from ZOTAC; this just to see if this new board is able to outperform the previous generation boards.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1798/zotac_geforce_9300_itx_wifi_motherboard/index.html
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TITLE: Antec Nine Hundred Two Review @ LanOC Reviews
DESCRIPTION: For the past two years, Antec’s Nine Hundred has dominated the field at lan parties and in the hearts of gamers. The high airflow and slick looks made the case very popular. Two years later there are numerous competitors who have brought out products to tap into that same market. Recently, Antec brought out the Twelve Hundred with a similar design to the Nine Hundred but with some much-needed changes. They have decided to add some of those changes to the Nine Hundred along with a few new ideas. The new product is called the Nine Hundred Two, today we are going to take a closer look.
ARTICLE URL: http://lanoc.org/reviews/antec-nine-hundred-two/
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Hardware Bistro has just posted latest review on Noctua NH-U9B CPU Cooler.
Quote: “After reviewed couple of giant CPU coolers (with 120mm fan) from Noctua; NH-U12P & NH-C12P, today we are going to review its smaller brother; NH-U9B. Noctua NH-U9B looks identical with NH-U12P but it only support 92mm fan rather than 120mm fan and Noctua NH-U9B is an ideal cooler for those are having casing space constraint especially HTPC case.”
Read More:
http://hardwarebistro.com/index.php?option=com_simple_review&Itemid=84&review=75-Noctua-NH-U9B-CPU-Cooler
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Quote: Introducing the MSI X58 Pro – A diamond in the rough or just plain dog rough? Find out in our latest X58 motherboard review…
Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/cpu_mainboard/msi_x58_pro_motherboard/1
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Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer 92mm Heatsink Review
“Sunbeamtech’s Core-Contact Freezer 92mm heatsink stands 122mm tall, measures 97mm across and accommodates one or two 92mm fans. The heatsink ships with a single fan mounted on rubber vibration absorbing posts that spins at 1,200~2,200 RPM, extra rubber mounting posts are supplied. The all aluminum construction, apart from four 6mm copper heatpipes exposed at the base, keeps weight down to a feathery 272 grams. In all other respects the Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer 92mm Edition is essentially a shrunken down version of its namesake. It will no doubt satisfy users looking for a sub-125mm tall cooler for compact PC cases.”
URL LINK: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2386
TAG-LINE: Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer 92mm Heatsink Review @ Frostytech.com
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Titel:
Sapphire HD4870 512MB @ Spielesuechtig.de
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Auszug:
Sapphire Technology, eine Firma welche PC Nutzern und Gamern seit mehr als
einem Jahrzehnt ein Begriff für Qualität und Ausstattung ist. Für den
nachfolgenden Test hat uns AMDs größter Vendor für Grafikkarten eine HD4870
mit 512 MB GDDR5 Speicher zur Verfügung gestellt. Die HD4870 basiert auf
AMDs letzten RV770 Chip in der 55nm Fertigung.
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URL:
http://www.spielesuechtig.de/articles,review,1,1597.htm
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Title: Seasonic M12D 750W PSU Review on Technic3D
Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-818,1-seasonic-netzteil-m12d-750w-im-test.htm
Quote: “The Seasonic M12D 750W arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with two +12V rails, 120mm Fan (Thermal fan control), 11x SATA hard disk connectors and 4x PCI-e 6+2 Pin.”
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Hiper Group M1000 – 1KW PSU Review @ High Tech Reviews
Quote – As we continue our power supply reviews we will be examining
a nice looking power supply from our friends over at Hiper Group. The
unit we will be checking out is the Hiper Group M1000 1KW Power Supply
. This power supply has a 80 PLUS Bronze certification. It also
complies with latest ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 form factors it also
has a very High Efficiency at >85%. The M1000 also has support for
Active PFC, for those of you that are not familiar with what active
PFC is here is a brief description.
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If you have a large or growing collection of digital photos, videos, and music, and want to share this media with other users in your household–or perhaps you want to consolidate all the media from different users and systems to a single source–then you can benefit from a NAS device. Add in automatic backups of all locally-networked PCs and remote access to the device over the Internet and you have the Linksys by Cisco Media Hub device.
The Linksys by Cisco Media Hub comes in three different versions. The NMH305 comes with 500GB of storage that can be user-upgraded to 1TB, and it sells for $299.99 (MSRP). The NMH405 also has 500GB of storage that can be user-upgraded to 1TB; but it also includes a color LCD status window, a media-card-reader, and sells for $349.99. Finally, the NMH410 has the same features as the NMH405, but it comes with a full 1TB of storage and sells for $429.99. We evaluated the 500GB NMH405 and have the article posted right here:
Linksys by Cisco Media Hub
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Linksys-by-Cisco-Media-Hub/
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http://accelenation.com/?ac.id.281.1
And here’s a quote:
This article is going to be slightly different. Instead of testing the most powerful and expensive graphics card currently available in a high-end system, we’ll be plugging it into a fairly old AMD dual core system. That’s right, no fancy Core i7 X58 system here… not even a Core 2 system.
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I4U News published a review of the OCZ Throttle 32GB Flash Drive.
Quote from the review:
“Today we are going to look at the OCZ Throttle flash drive. The Throttle is special for its dual interface design that allows you to use it as an eSATA drive or a USB drive depending on the computer you are using. The Throttle offers massive amounts of storage and is one of the fastest drives you can get. Read on for all the details on the OCZ Throttle flash drive.”
Full Review:
http://www.i4u.com/full-review-521.html
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The main stand out feature for this card is its upgraded cooling system, which consists of a “TWIN TURBO Heatpipe cooler & Dual Silent Fan†which aims to stop the overclocked cards temperatures from getting to high while remaining quiet. This is a nice thing to see, since most manufactures who market “Extreme Overclocked†cards still just leave the stock cooler on and charge a bit more for slightly increased core and memory frequencies.
Read the rest of the review … http://www.cpu3d.com/review/7426-1/twintech-geforce-gts-250-xt-oc-edition/introduction.html
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NEW CONTENT (Cases, Cooling and Power Supplies) – Tagan A+ Cupid 3 Mini-ITX HTPC Chassis
QUOTE: “At this point in building and reviewing products, I have had my hands in quite a few types and models of cases. Not too long ago I was greeted with an e-mail asking if I would like to review a mini-ITX case. I accepted the challenge and went on Newegg and got a hold of a ZOTAC mini-ITX motherboard to go along with parts I already had on hand, ready for a build. The case finally arrived at my door from A+, one of three of the Cupid series. I asked for the Cupid 3 for reasons I will address later, but there is also a Cupid 1 and a Cupid 2 in this line-up.
Growing up as a kid, I spent my winters building model cars and planes, which is what I liken this mini-ITX build to. With the interior space being very limited with the basic idea of the mini-ITX form factor, one needs to take their time and make sure everything is secure and in its proper place. Making sure you have a bit of extra time and patience is the key to making it all go together smoothly. The anticipation has gotten to me; I think it’s about time we get down to business and show what the A+ Cupid 3 has to offer the HTPC community.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1797/tagan_a_cupid_3_mini_itx_htpc_chassis/index.html
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Title: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive
URL: http://www.bigbruin.com/2009/wd2tb_1
Quote: Â Western Digital is one of the big names in hard drives, and one of their latest releases puts a much stronger emphasis on the word big. Model number WD20EADS is a 3.5″ SATA 3Gbps hard drive from their “eco-friendly” Caviar Green series that sports 32MB of cache memory and an industry leading 2TB of storage capacity.
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Article Name: ECONOMIC RECESSION : Rebirth Of The Smart Computer Consumer @ Tweaknews
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/recession_smart_consumer/
Article Snippet:
“Consumers are no longer replacing their computer every 2-3 years seeing the one they bought in 2002 after a format and OS reinstall is still perfectly fast and they are only out the cost of paying a tech to return their computer back to factory fresh.”
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NEW CONTENT (Cases, Cooling and Power Supplies) – BFG EX-1200 Watt Modular Power Supply
QUOTE: “Today we have the opportunity to review the continued evolution of this unique design in the form of the BFG EX-1200 Watt power supply. Unlike the ES 800 before it, this power supply is definitely not shy on the latest features and power capacity. It boasts modular cabling, six PCI-E cables, a whopping 40 amps available on each of the 12V rails and something called frequency conversion technology to improve efficiency at lower loads.
So, we have a power supply that is efficient with low power delivery while offering huge capacity. It is kind of like a friend with a pick-up truck, always there with additional capacity when you need it. Sounds like a winner to me. Let’s see if the bench tests tell another story. But, before we do, let’s take a closer look at the BFG EX-1200 Watt power supply.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1796/bfg_ex_1200_watt_modular_power_supply/index.html
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OCIA.net has posted their review of the Razer Arctosa Gaming Keyboard. Below is a direct quote from the review:
Link: http://techgage.com/article/evga_x58_sli/
Quote:
EVGA’s X58 SLI isn’t a new offering, but it’s still quite relevant. So, we’re taking a fresh look at the board to see where it stands in today’s competition. While its overclocking-ability may not be overly impressive, EVGA makes it apparent that they don’t cut corners and deliver a board that’s attractive to both gamers and new system builders alike.==================================
InsideHW.com has reviewed digital camera Olympus FE-5000. Here is a quote from this review:
“The FE-5000 model represents novelty in FE series of Olympus digital photo camera product lineup and it is positioned as top model in this series, right beside Olympus FE-5010 model. Difference between these two cameras is in 2MP larger sensor that uses model FE-5010, along with noise reduction for expositions slower than 0.5 seconds. Olympus FE-5000 has its debut on this year’s CES held in Las Vegas and it was announced as “new budget camera†with “One button, one Function†design principle. Olympus FE-5000 has excellent built quality. It has metal body coloured in black with two thin silver straps all the way lateral sides that additionally accentuate elegancy of this model. Screen is framed with shiny plastic and you must count on evident fingerprints at least on area around screen and keys…â€
Article link:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Digital-cameras/Olympus-FE-5000.html
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Title: Laptop for Kids
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/blog/131
Category: Blog
Here is a snippet:
“Today we are going to explore a rather different market segment: kids. What are the features one should expect to find on a portable computer targeted to children?”
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Title: Samsung Monochrome Laser Printer ML-2855ND Review @ CCE Reviews
Link:
http://www.ccereviews.com/reviews/samsung-monochrome-laser-printer-ml-2855nd
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Quote: While we have moved into an age where e-mails and text messages flood
our screens, a printer is still a tool any worker cannot live without.
Features like duplex printing and network capabilities add value by saving
the number of trees we cut down and by allowing everyone to print from their
own computer instead of sharing a single PC or configuring a separate print
server computer. Printing at a speed of 31ppm on letter size and 14.6ppm for
duplex, you’ll be able to spend more time working and less time waiting.