Cooler Master Silencio 550 Case Review

Cases & PSU/Cases by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-21 read/post comments(0)

With todays powerful hardware components, most computer case designs are mainly focused on maximizing airflow. Sometimes compromising on one vital aspect, which is noise reduction. It's pretty hard to get a decent balance in a midi sized tower between decent airflow and near silent operation. Cooler Master is targeting, with this Silencio 550, those that look to build a silent PC. Yet no compromises are made in build quality, air flow is decent to warrant safe operation and all this with a very affordable price tag. read more

XFX Radeon HD 7770 Black Super Overclocked Edition DD Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2012-02-21 read/post comments(0)

The Radeon HD 7770 Black Super Overclocked Edition Double Dissipation is a video card from XFX featuring the new "Cape Verde" mainstream GPU. The card is cooled by the new dual fan cooling system from the same manufacturer, which is both efficient and silent, the GPU reaching no more than 65 degrees after 15 minutes of stress testing in Furmark. The card comes pre-overclocked and still has some headroom left without the need of raising the stock voltage. read more

ASUS X79 Sabretooth Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S2011 by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-17 read/post comments(0)

The ASUS Sabretooth lineup always has been part of a little controversy. Some had no idea why the TUF series ever had to be made. Claiming high Durability and Reliability. So the other ASUS boards were inferior then in build quality ? Wouldn't they survive the torture test that the Sabretooth series do ? I've had the Sandybridge P67 version for internal testing and must say that it was a joy to work with. Even when benching with LN2, the board remained hassle free. It was no surprise that with the launch of Sandy Bridge-E another Sabretooth would appear on the market. Today we are gonna have a look at the latest addition to the TUF series : The Sabretooth… read more

Corsair Vengeance K90 Performance MMO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2012-02-17 read/post comments(0)

The K90 Performance MMO Gaming Keyboard from Corsair is a solid product and comes with a combination of MX Red switches and silicone domes (the domes are only used for the less frequent used keys). On the left we have no less than 18 programmable keys and thanks to the extra 3 memory banks, we can assign a total of 54 macros on a single profile. The product integrates very well with the previously reviewed M90 mouse and the software is unified so we can access both mouse and keyboard interfaces from the same menu. read more

Zalman ZM-VE300 2.5” USB3.0 External HDD Enclosure Review

Storage/Other by stefan @ 2012-02-14 read/post comments(1)

The ZM-VE300 from Zalman may look a lot like the previous VE200 version, but it brings a lot of new features like the USB 3.0 interface, a more intuitive and rich menu, a pre-applied tape for avoiding short-circuits inside its chassis and a backup software for added value. read more

Hitachi Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2012-02-09 read/post comments(0)

The Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD from Hitachi is a product with enough storage space (backup purposes) for most home users, provides high read/write transfer speeds thanks to the 7200RPM drive inside, to the USB 3.0 interface, and for extra value the manufacturer has included a free backup software, along with 3GB of free space “in the cloud”. The online storage space can be expanded up to 250GB, via subscription. read more
Others/Miscelleneous Vaja Libretto Limited Edition iPad 2 Case Review by stefan @ 2012-02-07
Cooling/CPU Cooling Cooler Master GeminII M4 CPU Cooler Review by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-06
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133CL9Q-16GBZH Memory Kit Review by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-02
Others/Mice & Keyboards Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance Laser Gaming Mouse Review by stefan @ 2012-02-02
Memory GeIL Enhance Corsa PC3-12800 1600MHz 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit Review by stefan @ 2012-01-30

Hardware or Gadgets/Multimedia news

Silicon Power launches Chinese Year of the Dragon Souvenir Edition USB Flash Drive

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Leading memory storage brand, SP/Silicon Power announces the launch of the Year of the Dragon Souvenir Edition Touch 836 USB flash drive to welcome this lucky Chinese Zodiac Year with customers. The Chinese dragon has a legendary mystery and symbolizes… Go To Full Article

Fedora Remix for Raspberry Pi Released

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Developers at the Seneca College released a version of Fedora Remix ARM that's optimized for the Raspberry Pi. Fedora Remix is itself a lightweight version of the open-source Red Hat Linux derivative, which is now further optimized for this $25… Go To Full Article

Intel Readies Atom D2550 "Cedar View" with Faster Graphics

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Intel is reportedly working on a new Atom "Cedar View" processor model for low-power static computing devices such as entry-level PCs and nettops, the Atom D2550. This new model retains most of the specifications of the Atom D2500. Its two… Go To Full Article

Corsair TX550M & TX750M Power Supply Review @ OCC

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The DC voltage load regulation is generally good, with a worst case -3.6% on the +3.3V rail. The noise/ripple values, on the other hand, could be better although it manages to stay within the limits set down by the ATX12V… Go To Full Article

Dell Vostro V131 Notebook Review @ Hardware Canucks

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Dell has been angling most of their product stack towards value oriented market segments and the newest addition to the Vostro lineup –the V131- seems to follow this same path but with some interesting twists along the way. As with… Go To Full Article

Corsair H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ Hi Tech Legion

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The Corsair H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler looks to up the ante in the H70's spot in the Hydro lineup. The Corsair H80 comes with a newer square block design that features a copper cold plate and a split-flow… Go To Full Article

Hitachi's 7-mm Travelstar Z7K500 eyes Ivy Brige ultrabooks

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Although most 2.5" hard drives measure 9.5 mm thick, ultraportables are increasingly using slimmer 7-mm models. Hitachi says it's shipped 25 million of the slender drives already. Now, there's a new one ready just in time for Ivy Bridge ultrabooks.… Go To Full Article

CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Review @ FusionMods.Net

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Mechanical keyboards are starting to come into the mainstream in a big way. As more gaming peripheral makers provide products with mechanical keys, the details are what count. Go To Full Article

Win 8 Security Bundle An Antitrust Magnet

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Damn, not this crap again? Microsoft could be saddled with antitrust lawsuits for bundling its Windows Defender security suite with the upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS), as such an act may be considered an abuse of a dominant position… Go To Full Article

SilverStone Grandia Series GD06 Chassis Review

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The Media PC market has been thriving in the last year with leading manufacturers such as Lian Li releasing a raft of capable, attractive chassis designs specifically for this audience. Today we are looking at the Silverstone Grandia Series GD06… Go To Full Article

NVIDIA Posts GeForce 295.73 Driver Package

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NVIDIA has just posted GeForce graphics driver 295.73, its latest WHQL-certified driver package for desktops and laptops running 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The drivers, NVIDIA's first non-beta driver package since last October, improve performance… Go To Full Article

Dell Reports Record Fiscal Year 2012

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Dell's further expansion as an enterprise solutions and services provider highlighted the company's most successful financial year ever. New corporate highs were achieved for a full fiscal year with revenue of $62.1 billion, earnings per share of $1.88 (GAAP) and… Go To Full Article

ProView Open To Talks with Apple Over iPad Trademark

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After taking Apple to court over alleged infringement of the iPad trademark, successfully convincing the court over the allegations, leading to incidents of Chinese authorities pulling iPad off shelves, and taking it further to seek an seeking an export ban,… Go To Full Article

Tabula Confirms Move to Intel’s 22 nm Process Featuring 3-D Tri-Gate Transistors

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Tabula Inc., advancing programmable logic solutions for network infrastructure systems, today confirmed previous speculation that it is implementing a family of 3PLD products manufactured by Intel using its advanced 22 nm manufacturing process featuring 3-D Tri-Gate transistors and co-optimized packaging… Go To Full Article

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Review

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The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlext Ultra-Portable hard drive is more than just a portable 2.5" SATA HDD. key to the system's brilliant usefulness is that Seagate designed this hard drive to interface with a series of modular cable interface adaptors, docks… Go To Full Article

Coolermaster Hyper 612 PWM Heatsink Review

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On the test bench today is a boxy tower-style processor heatsink from Cooler Master called the Hyper 612 PWM. This is a pseudo-quiet cooling heatsink built around six, 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a single 120x120mm PWM fan. The fan… Go To Full Article

Correction on NVIDIA PDXLAN 19 Event: Still a Damp Squib

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On Sunday (19/2) we ran a story on NVIDIA + Gearbox event on the sidelines of PDXLAN 19. Apparently we got the contents of the event inaccurate. We are sorry about that. NVIDIA wrote to us pointing that out, however,… Go To Full Article

Apple MacBook Air refresh gets detailed

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Apple is reportedly preparing to refresh its MacBook Air lineup, which was last updated in July of 2011. 

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Spire Introduces the TME III CPU Cooler

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The TMEIII is the next evolution of the hugely successful TherMax Eclipse CPU cooler series. The increased number of heat-pipes combined with a higher number and density of dimpled fins and crowned with two (2) high airflow, Nano Bearing DC… Go To Full Article

New ADATA Server DIMM Boosts Performance, Trims Energy Costs

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ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today announced the launch of new DDR3 server memory modules for cloud business solutions, which feature improved levels of energy efficiency and performance. … Go To Full Article

Tesoro Durandal Ultimate G1NL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ HardwareHeaven.com

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With a name such as Durandal Ultimate the latest product from Tesoro certainly has a lot to live up to and some fierce competition from the likes of Razers Blackwidow or Steelseries 7G. Let's find out if it is an… Go To Full Article

Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room

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What you see before you is a single image purporting to be Microsoft's new Office app for iOS. We can certainly believe such an app exists, and according to The Daily, the UI is similar to OneNote with an added… Go To Full Article

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC Dual-Fan 3 GB GDDR5 Review @ Hardware-Mag.de

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We have just released a Review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC graphics card with 3 GB GDDR5 and Dual-Fan, including lots of Benchmarks in different Presets, power consumption, loudness, temperatures and many more details. Go To Full Article

All items Neonode Beat Apple to "Slide to Unlock" Patent by 3 Years: Analysis

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Even as Apple is going on a childish suing spree over every touchscreen device manufacturer that uses a "slide to unlock" mechanism to wake sleeping devices up, it has emerged that Apple wasn't the first to patent such as technology… Go To Full Article

Noctua Presents the NH-L12 Low-Profile CPU Cooler

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Noctua today presented its new NH-L12 low-profile cooler for Small Form Factor cases and HTPC environments. The NH-L12 features a flexible NF-F12 (120 mm) / NF-B9 (92 mm) dual PWM fan setup that can be configured either for full performance… Go To Full Article

Antec HCG-620M 620 W @ techPowerUp

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Antec recently added three new units to their High Current Gamer series. The main difference between these new PSUs and the older ones is that the first utilize a semi-modular cabling design, becoming this way the first members of this… Go To Full Article

SteelSeries Kana Black 1.1 Gaming Mouse Review

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I briefly mentioned the adapted sensors, but to add to that, there is also a bit of software to add some really cool functionality to what is already an impressive mouse to use. With the software in action you can… Go To Full Article

Facebook Profiles Accurately Predict Job Performance

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A new study says that your Facebook profile lets employers know what kind of employee you will be. Quick, remove all those embarrassing posts and pics from your FB page! That's the advice of a new study from the Northern… Go To Full Article

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC Video Card Review

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The AMD Radeon HD 7950 challenges the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 closer to its price point than the impressive Radeon HD 7970 does. We've got Sapphire's best Radeon HD 7950 here, and we've run it through our gauntlet to see… Go To Full Article

Corsair Hydro Series H100

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There is a review of the Corsair Hydro Series H100 posted at circuitREMIX today that is worth checking out. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes. Today I'll be looking at a modern version of an all-in-one liquid… Go To Full Article

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