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USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps Tested On Gigabyte P55A-UD6 USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps Tested On Gigabyte P55A-UD6
A couple of motherboard manufacturers are now including SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 chips on their motherboards. In this to the point article, we take look at the performance for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 compared with their predecessors. ...
by Terw_Dan @ 2010-02-07
MSI Wind U135 Review - An Intel Pinetrail Netbook MSI Wind U135 Review - An Intel Pinetrail Netbook
The new model from MSI is a special edition based on Intel´s latest Pinetrail platform to celebrate the sale of one million 10-inch U100 Wind netbooks.The special edition is available in either blue or red.
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by windwithme @ 2010-02-04
Intel Clarkdale CPU Overclocking With IGP Enabled - Reaching High BCLK Intel Clarkdale CPU Overclocking With IGP Enabled - Reaching High BCLK
Since the launch of the new CPUs from Intel, nicknamed Clarkdale, we have seen a fair share of overclocking attempts; some people even breaking world records, pushing the a Clarkdale over 7Ghz. We have read reports from overclockers who had issues with pushing the BCLK higher when the IGP was enabled. In this article we will explore possible solutions to help circumvent this limit, so you can enjo...
by massman @ 2010-02-02
Three AMD 785G Motherboards Compared and Overclocked Three AMD 785G Motherboards Compared and Overclocked
In this overclocking test three AMD 785G Chipset based motherboards are put through a series of tests in combination with a Phenom II X2 545,DFI LANPARTY BI 785G-M35, GIGABYTE GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H and BIOSTAR TA785G3 HD are used to overclock and unlock the X2 to X4 at 3.75Ghz...
by windwithme @ 2010-01-27
Vidabox Premium Wireless ACC-KBLTB Keyboard Review Vidabox Premium Wireless ACC-KBLTB Keyboard Review
To start off this is a totally new experience to me. Yes even at my age I am still in for some learning action. Being used to review motherboards, CPUs and GPUs and cooling equipment, I had no idea how to approach a review about a keyboard. Being an avid gamer, in a past far away, I always avoided wireless input. Even though technology has come a long way since the dark ages, I am still sceptical ...
by leeghoofd @ 2010-01-22
OCZ Throttle 32Gb eSATA and USB Memory Stick Review OCZ Throttle 32Gb eSATA and USB Memory Stick Review
The fastest memory stick on the face of the earth? OCZ is definitely gunning for the title with their Throttle eSATA 32Gb unit, we measured read speeds up to 85.9Mb/s, almost three times as fast compared to your standard USB variation. More performance numbers and stress testing inside....
by jmke @ 2010-01-21
Seven Intel P55 Motherboards Tested From Asus, DFI, MSI, Gigabyte Seven Intel P55 Motherboards Tested From Asus, DFI, MSI, Gigabyte
With a Big Bang we Maximus test a few SuperComputer motherboards based around the P55 chipset for our next LanParty rig. Compared to the previous 3 models this roundup provides you with in-depth test results of 7 Intel P55 mainboards from MSI, Asus, Gigabyte and DFI....
by massman @ 2010-01-17

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    Hardware TPM Hacked

    The new attack discovered by Christopher Tarnovsky is difficult to pull off, partly because it requires physical access to a computer. But laptops and smart phones get lost and stolen all the time. And the data that the most dangerous computer criminals would seek likely would be worth the expense of an elaborate espionage operation. Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat security conference and a member of the US Department of Homeland Security's advisory council, called Tarnovsky's finding "amazing."



    Chinese Site Copies Google's Logo, now "it's on"

    A Google spokeswoman said on Tuesday that the company has officially asked Goojje to stop copying Google's logo, which is protected by trademark. China has a notoriously poor record at protecting intellectual property rights. Pirated software, music, movies and clothing, among a host of other goods, are widely available throughout the country despite repeated government crackdowns.



    Configure Your Computer to Backup to a Windows Home Server

    One of the cool features of Windows Home Server is being able to set backups of the other computers on your network to the server. Today we take a look at the process of configuring a computer on your network to be backed up automatically to WHS.



    Seagate debuts the Savvio 10K.4 enterprise HDDs

    Cayman Islands-abandoning storage company Seagate Technology has initiated shipments of its newest 2.5-inch enterprise hard drive which goes by the name of Savvio 10K.4 and comes in 450GB and 600GB capacities. The fresh HDDs work at 10,000 RPM (rotations per minute), have a MTBF (mean time before failure) of 2 million hours, 16MB of cache, are available with either 6 Gbps SAS or 4 Gb/s Fiber Channel, and boast an average latency of 3ms.

    "Our customers face challenging storage needs requiring the most efficient use of space and power while maintaining the highest performance possible," said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Dell Storage Product Management. "The new 2.5-inch 10K-rpm 600GB capacity point allows a doubling of capacity within the same rack space of current 3.5-inch 15K 600GB drives while increasing overall system-level performance and decreasing power usage."





    AMD to Sample 32 nm Processors Within H1 2010

    AMD, in its presentation at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2010, presented its plan to build its much talked about 'Fusion' processor platform, codenamed Llano, central to which, is the Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). AMD's APU is expected to be the first design to embed a multi-core x86 CPU and a GPU onto a single die. This design goes a notch ahead of Intel's recently released 'Clarkdale' processor, where Intel strapped a 32 nm dual-core CPU die and a 45 nm northbridge die with integrated graphics, onto an MCM (multi chip module) package. Llano is also expected to feature four processing cores, along with other design innovations. Some of the most notable announcements in AMD's presentation is that the company will begin sampling the chip to its industry partners within the first half of 2010. The Llano die will be build on a 32 nm High-K Metal Gate process. On this process, each x86 core will be as small as 9.69 mm². Other important components on the Llano die are a DDR3 memory controller, on-die northbridge, and a DirectX 11 compliant graphics core derived from the Evergreen family of GPUs. The x86 cores are expected to run at speeds of over 3 GHz. Each core has 1 MB of dedicated L2 cache, taking the total chip cache size to 4 MB.



    NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf

    As far as laptops go, the UL50Vf is a decent design but it's definitely not our favorite product ever. ASUS deserves some praise for being first, and the best part of the laptop is the Optimus technology we just finished praising. However, Optimus is set to launch in numerous other laptops in the near future and we expect some of the upcoming models will surpass the UL50Vf in several areas. Arrandale models will offer improved performance, and we should see 13.3" laptops with the same components as the UL50Vf. We should also see 15.6" laptops with a faster GPU, and Alienware's M11x has a GT335M in an 11.6" chassis—though we haven't been able to confirm whether the M11x uses Optimus or if it uses the older gen2 switchable graphics.



    Windows 7 Battery Notification Messages

    Over the past week we have seen a little bit of blogosphere activity regarding Windows 7 and batteries, specifically the new Windows 7 message “Considering replacing your battery”. Since this is related to the engineering of Windows 7 we’re going to use this blog to provide an update to people. Several press articles this past week have drawn attention to blog and forum postings by users claiming Windows 7 is warning them to “consider replacing your battery” in systems which appeared to be operating satisfactorily before upgrading to Windows 7. These articles described posts in the support forums indicating that Windows 7 is not just warning users of failing batteries – as we designed Windows 7 to do this – but also implying Windows 7 is falsely reporting this situation or even worse, causing these batteries to fail. Using all the tools at our disposal including contacting customers reporting this issue on forums, customer service communications, partnerships with our PC makers, and of course the telemetry in Windows 7, we have been monitoring reports and discussions regarding this new feature, trying to separate reports of the designed behavior from those that might indicate an issue with Windows 7. In the latter cases we are trying to understand the scope of applicability and obtain hardware on which to reproduce a faulty behavior. To date all such steps indicate that we do have customers seeing reports of battery health issues and in all cases we have investigated Windows 7 has simply accurately detected a failing battery.



    Asus jumps the gun, announces Nvidia Optimus-equipped laptops

    Through a newly-issued Asus has declared itself a launch partner for the Nvidia Optimus technology and revealed several N, U and UL series laptops which make use of it. Optimus is a re-enacting of Hybrid SLI, a solution that combines Intel's new 32nm processors which feature integrated graphics, with Nvidia-branded discrete GPUs to enable the making of laptops that have a longer battery life but, when needed, can also handle some more serious gaming. The first Asus laptops to feature Optimus technology are the N61Jv, N71Jv, N82Jv, U30Jc and UL50Vf.



    MSI Shows Passive Cooled Geforce GT 220

    The new model boasts 48 Processing Cores @ 1580 MHz, a GPU clock of 625 MHz, a 128-bit memory interface, and 1GB of DDR2 memory set to 810 MHz. MSI's card also has DirectX 10.1 support, a cooling system equipped with two heatpipes, Solid State Chokes, solid capacitors, and D-Sub, DVI and HDMI outputs.



    AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5570 Video Card Review

    Today, AMD is launching the Radeon HD 5570. At $75-85 MSRP, the Radeon HD 5570 sits in-between the Radeon HD 5450 and Radeon HD 5670. The question on the table is, what is its value when the Radeon HD 5670 sits close in price? We’ll bring this question to bare, and show you our gameplay experiences, and provide our opinions on the value of this video card.



    Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU to have up to 2 GPUs

    We were quite shocked to learn that Intel might be the first company to ever launch two GPUs on the same die. Not only does it look like Intel might be the first with monolithically integrated with the CPU and have Fusion before AMD, bit it might be the first “graphics” company to ever launch two GPUs on the same die. According to Intel’s plans that were revealed to partners and industry insiders Sandy Bridge, brand new 32nm architecture will have one to two graphics cores on a monolithic die.



    Intel Core i7 660UM Dual-Core with HT Comes In Q3 2010

    Intel plans yet another reinforcement to its Ultra low voltage generation of Arrandale CPUs. We still have to see Core i5 520UM, Core i5 540UM as well as Core i7 620UM and Core i7 640UM, all supposed to stay under 18W TDP, and Intel plans to introduce one, a bit faster version simply called Core i7 660UM. This new CPU is based on the 32nm Arrandale dual-core that is capable of supporting four threads and it is clocked at a quite modest 1.33GHz. This is not bad for a CPU that has graphics and most of the chipset on the same socket. The best part, however, is that it will be able to overclock all the way to 2.4GHz.



    AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops

    The "Llano" processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11-compatible GPU with four out-of-order CPU cores on a single, 32nm processor die. Details on the highly parallel vector hardware—the "GPU" part of the device—have yet to be disclosed, but AMD is focusing today's revelations on the CPU part of the design. In a nutshell, AMD has taken the "STARS" core that's used in their current 45nm offerings, shrunk it to a new 32nm SOI high-K process, and added new power gating and dynamic power optimization capabilities to it. Each out-of-order core has a bit under 35 million transistors, and a 1MB L2 cache that's not included in that number. AMD is targeting sub-3GHz operation, and a power consumption range of 2.5 to 25 watts.



    MSI P55-GD55: A Mainboard to Forget?

    Last year a promising-looking MSI P55-GD65 mainboard was one of the first that we received for our tests but we didn’t do much with it. When we tried to update its BIOS with the integrated M-Flash utility, the mainboard reported an error and refused to start up thereafter. But our series of reviews of P55 Express based mainboards wouldn’t be complete without a product from MicroStar, so we purchased an MSI P55-GD55 instead. Why did we choose it? First of all, this is a rather new model that was introduced later than MSI’s first batch of P55 Express based products. Thus, the developer had had a chance to implement some improvements basing on users’ feedback. Second, this is a rather simple product. Lacking some redundant features you can meet in premium products, the MSI P55-GD55 instead has a more appealing price tag. So, let’s see what functionality we get for that appealing price.



    AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?

    After cashing Intel’s check and appearing more competitive than expected against Clarkdale 2010 is like a fresh start for AMD. The news gets better. Late last year AMD said that before the end of 2010 it would be sampling its first APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) - codenamed Llano. Today AMD is announcing that the first Llano samples, built on Global Foundries 32nm high-k + metal gate, SOI process will be sampling to partners in the first half of this year.



    AMD’s Radeon HD 5570: Low Profile, Higher Performance

    When AMD launched the 5670, they told us they had 2 more cards on the way: the 5450, and a 5500 series card. Last week we saw the launch of the 5450, utilizing the Cedar GPU and finishing off AMD’s chip stack. Today we’re looking at that 5500 series card, the Radeon HD 5570.



    Gigabyte HD 5670 OC

    While the "OC" is virtually a non-factor, and the bundle is just the basics, neither of these phase us too much. And while you can get more gaming performance from a last-gen card for about the same price as the HD 5670, performance offered by the HD 5670 isn't all that bad, and the feature set offered with the HD 5000 series is strong, which helps to offset the card's negatives.



    Sapphire HD 5570 1 GB

    For many people $200 USD is just too much for a graphics card, but they still want to be able to play games. While mid range cards don't have the performance to max out all of the latest games, they can at least play them and deliver that playability at a low price point. Today we have the latest addition to ATI's lineup, the HD 5570. This card aims to replace the aging HD 4670. Many owners of a 4670 will praise its amazing price to performance ratio. These same owneres will no doubt pick up a 5570, or maybe take a step up to the 5600 series. However if you are not able to afford a 5600 series card, or are planning a lower power PC then the 5500 series is an amazing option. The 5500 series combines all of the features of its big brothers incldueing its amazing power useage. When I say the 5500 series uses almost no power, I mean it uses almost no power (under 45 watts). This card is a great option for a HTPC, or budget gameing machine, but lets take a closer look at the card!



    Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+

    PowerColor's brand new HD 5870 PCS+ comes with an overclock out of the box and an amazing cooling solution that makes the card quieter than any other card in this performance segment. For a price increase of only $10-$20 over the reference design this seems like a great deal.



    [M] MSI P55-GD80 encounters OC Genie

    The first model supporting LGA 1156 is P55. Also, it’s a very special chipset. Intel originally planned to launch P57. However, lots of news on the internet said they won’t launch the new chipset. As a result, P55 becomes the unique chipset of LGA 1156. It’s also the latest MB which many companies are eager to release. MSI also launched 4 models for P55 in this trend. Now I have one of their highest products, MSI P55-GD80. First we take a look at the carton. MSI packs their latest MB products with this kind of package. Hmm… what could I say? The pattern is not bad but it’s a little difficult to impress consumers. I think it is fine if MSI uses simple pattern on the low-end and middle-end packages. Maybe some people like this kind of easy pattern in design; everyone has different thought.



    Thermaltake Element V Case Review

    "Thermaltake recently sent me the 301 Wing RS midi-tower case, which is at the budget end of the market, for review. Today I will be reviewing the Thermaltake Element V gaming full tower case. This case is far more up the high-end scale compared to the 301 Wing RS, and as such will demand a premium in price.



    Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB video card review

    While this card's GPU might have more in common with the Radeon HD 5670, the PCB and board design itself bears a closer resemblance to the Radeon HD 5450, providing us with a low-profile card that will fit in the smallest of chassis. While the Radeon HD 5450 is treated to an entirely passive cooling solution, Sapphire's Radeon HD 5570 comes equipped with a small, single slot active cooler with fan. As you'd expect, this card requires no additional power, with the PCI Express 16x slot providing all of the juice required. The usual CrossFire inter-GPU connectors are also absent here, although two (or more) Radeon HD 5570 boards can still be run in a CrossFire configuration, with data sent over the PCI Express bus instead.



    ATI Radeon HD 5570 - Sub-$100 HTPC & Gaming Solution

    AMD's clear goal at the moment is to finish rounding-off its HD 5000-series line-up in advance of NVIDIA's Fermi launch, and so far, it's doing a good job. It's continuing its success in this goal with the release of the $80 Radeon HD 5570, a card that's designed to offer stellar media capabilities along with reasonable gaming performance.



    Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3

    The Sapphire Radeon 5570 is a low-power budget graphics card, marketed in the $80 range to consumers who are interested in some light gaming, and indeed the card is more capable than the lowly 5450 in terms of gaming performance. At this price range, the Nvidia GeForce GT 240 is the 5570's closest competitor. Question is: Can the 5570 continue with ATI's winning ways, or can the humble Nvidia GT 240 prove to be a bit too much as competition? Let's take a look at the Sapphire Radeon 5570 1GB and see how it fares.



    Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card

    It would be interesting to know the strategy behind ATI and their decision to release the HD 5400 series before the HD 5500. Considering the samples arrived only days apart, we doubt it was because one was ready and not the other. They could've almost released both cards at the same time; maybe they just wanted to spread it out a bit so they received more coverage instead of having one review / article on two models. Now they end up with two. The big question that needs to be answered today is whether or not the HD 5570 performs closer to the HD 5670 or closer to the HD 5450. For the simple fact that we like performance, we hope that it leans towards the HD 5670, but we're really not sure. Before we find out just how it does perform, let's take a closer look at the package and the card itself.



    ATI Radeon HD5570 Video Card Review

    Last week saw the entry-level ATI Radeon HD 5450 based on AMD's Cedar core, with the ATI Radeon HD 5670 introducing Redwood a couple of weeks prior to that. The HD 5570 slots in between the HD 5670 and the HD 5450 in terms of price, but not in terms of performance. The Redwood architecture is pruned to allow big features in small form factor (SFF) or Home Theater PC (HTPC). Join us as we take a look at AMD's latest video card, the HD 5570.



    Sapphire HD 5570 1GB Review

    For the rest of us, overclocking is where it's at, and luckily in this regard, the 5570 doesn't disappoint. The overclocking potential is due to the GPU processor being built on a 40nm die that is easily cooled by the passive heatsink on the card. After some tweaking, I was able to adjust the core clock by 251MHz and the memory speeds were able to be increase by 200MHz. Once I reached these final overclocking speeds, the HD 5570 really started to perform better and in many instances it was equal to or just shy of its older (and more expensive) brother, the HD 5670.



    Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 Review and Radeon Value Card Roundup

    Today we will be taking a look at Sapphires 5570 to see where the new GPU fits into the market in a selection of real world gaming tests, GPU computing tasks and high definition playback. In addition to this we will also take a look back at two other products in the value area, the XFX 5670 and HIS 5450...



    LiteOn Strong-Page MLC SSD LA-32M1S

    Hopefully one day soon Solid State Drives will be standard equipment for new computer systems, but first SSDs must become available as an optional upgrade item for build-it-yourself orders. Plextor/LiteOn hopes to bring this service to tier-one OEMs, and computers from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Sony could soon offer lightning-fast SSD performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the LiteOn 32GB 'Strong-Page' SSD, model LA-32M1S, built on the Marvell 88SS8014-BHP2 Da-Vinci controller.



    Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review

    We all know who the big case manufacturers out there are and we turn to them when it’s time to get a new case or purchase a case for a build. Not often a new company comes along and blows things out of the water. Well the case we are talking a look at today isn’t from a new company, but they are new to cases. Corsair introduces their first case the Obsidian Series 800D. This case is one of the best cases I’ve seen in a while featuring 4 hot-swappable bays, 3 isolated cooling zones, tool-free optical drive installation, and unique cable routing holes. Let’s take a look at the 80 0D and see if Corsair has a winner in its first case.



    [M] DFI LANParty DK X58-T3eH9 Overclocking test

    LGA 1156 is the latest Intel platform which announced two months ago. P55 is the first chipset designed for the new platform; and at this moment, there are three LGA 1156 CPUs in retail, Core i5-750, i7-860 & i7-870. By following Intel’s marketing segmentation, almost every MB manufacturers launched P55 product for mainstream to mid-high market. DFI LANParty launched P55 later than other brands; finally, we found DFI P55 in market in the end of October. Recently, we also heard some news about DFI’s P55 in mini-ITX form factor, maybe DFI want to create a different segment for P55?



    Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 Single & Crossfire Review

    With ATI’s assault on the high and mid-range price segments nearly complete, their focus has now shifted to the lower end of the market. Hot on the heels of their HD 5450 release comes a card with substantially more graphics horsepower but with a sub-$100 price: the HD 5570 1GB. In this review we take a look at this card and how it does alone and in Crossfire configuration against some stiff competition



    Kingwin Lazer 850W

    Today we're looking at the Kingwin Lazer 850W power supply, a unit that comes with enough horsepower for a hungry SLI/Crossfire setup, but with a price tag that won't break the bank. It's got some unique aesthetics with the ability to not only change the fan LED colour from blue to white, but also some modular connectors that illuminate as well. Flash will only get you so far though, performance has to back it up. Let's take a look and see if the Kingwin Lazer 850W has enough dash to go with the flash.



    Intel Core i5 661 Processor Review

    Codenamed Clarkdale, the new LGA 1156 i3 / i5 chips are built on the Westmere 32nm process, joining the previous 45nm Bloomfield and Lynnfield releases in the Nehalem family. Another new idea Intel implemented in these chips is adding a GPU core directly on the processor alongside the CPU. Three new chipsets were also introduced that allow you to run one of these GPU-equipped processors without a discrete video card. Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading make an appearance in the i5 series as well. All of this and more just ahead as we take a detailed look at the Intel Core i5 661 processor.



    Mushkin PC3-12800 6GB Kit

    Mushkin sent us a sample of their new DDR3 memory kit. We got a sample of their Tri channel kit with 3x2GB Ram kits at 12800 speed and 7-9-7-24 timings. What can we do with this kit and our Core i7 920 Cpu? Lets have a closer look.



    Seagate Constellation ES SATA HDD

    Technology is growing at an amazing rate. Every couple of years we experience some kind of major changes in the industry. Just about two years ago we reached new and higher speeds of transferring data from one in interface to another. With SATA/SAS 3 Gb/s many companies converted their SCSI interface environments in to SATA/SAS and saved alot of money on power and got increase in storage. Lets face it a SCSI hard drive would cost roughly 200$ for 140 GB. With the same 200$ we could purchase a 1 TB hard drive and save some money in the long run. It is time to move forward with the technology and now we are offered with SATA/SAS speeds up to 6 Gb/s and much higher storage options. Today we are going to be looking at a newest Seagate family member, Constellation ES 2 TB hard drives (ST32000644NS). This Constellation ES hard drives are SATA versions and run up to 3 Gb/s. Let us take a look at these drives and what they have to offer.



    Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review

    In the last few years, there seems to have been a definite slow-down in the modification of CPU coolers. Companies are now seeming to follow a standard: aluminium fins, copper heat-pipes and a 120mm fan. And would you blame them? Well as the saying goes ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, so probably not. Today, for review, we have a CPU cooler from a company named ‘Spire’, they’re fairly new to us, so let’s see if this TherMax Pro cooler surprises us with any new offerings to the processor cooling scene…



    [M] Core i5 661 With BIOSTAR H55 OC 5Ghz On Air

    In the past six months, we often saw a lot of news about Intel 32nm CPU on the internet; more information was about Core i7-980X, also LGA 1366 6 physical cores + 6 virtual HT cores (12 Threading). The orientation of 32nm CPU belongs to Intel future highest-level LGA 1366 platform, which most consumers show less interest in because of higher price. Now take a look at Intel LGA 1156 platform. About this new product line, there will be some 32nm CPU products put on sale, including Core i5 6XX and Core i3 5XX series, and named Clarkdale.



    NZXT Beta Evo Midi-Tower Review

    The NZXT Beta Evo Midi-Tower is the next PC Gamer-Case in the Technic3D Editorship. Beta EVO features advanced cooling performance with support for up to 6x 120 mm fans with an option of a 140mm fan at the top. Beta EVO also provides external dual radiator support along with a meshed front panel allowing for enhanced cooling potential. We will check this and more in the following Review.



    Noctua NF-P14 FLX Case Fan Review

    With the continued flux of PC cooling companies on to the international scene, reputation is key and perhaps it is this, Noctua’s seemingly legendary status as a premium quality cooling Solutions Company that has held them at the forefront of the market for several years since its establishment in 2005. Formed through the merger of Austrian Rascom Computerdistribution Ges.m.b.H and the Taiwanese Kolink International Corporation, Noctua has focused predominately on the cooling of the central processing unit with an array of aluminium heatsinks and fans symbolised by their peach and brown colour schemes. Noctua’s fan selection is reasonably extensive and previous designs such as the NF-P12 have been highly decorated with awards but it is until now that the cooling company has decided to add a larger, 140mm fan to its prestigious range. With limited coolers requiring a 140mm fan though, the NF-P14 FLX is essentially an alternative for the more commonly used 120mm designs making use of a larger impeller for a superior airflow/noise ratio but with the ability to fit on to both 120mm and 140mm mounts. Let’s take a closer look…



    ASRock ION 330HT NetTop HTPC Review

    For the longest time, Asus was the kind of company that was only known by techies and enthusiasts. That changed in recent years with the release of devices like the Eee PC line of netbooks and soon expanded into the realm of all-in-one PCs with the Asus Eee Top. Now the company is going one step further with its one of its first home theater PCs. Working off a subsidiary, we discover the ASRock Ion 330HT NetTop. It’s got ASRock branding, but this is an Asus product through and through.



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