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ATI Radeon HD 5850 Crossfire Review

ATI Radeon HD 5850 Crossfire Review :: Hardware

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-04-2009

Two HD 5850s are definitely better than a single card in almost every game. To take advantage of two cards of this magnitude you a...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X Review

Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X Review :: Hardware

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-03-2009

The Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X video card is a slightly faster overclocked version of their regular HD 5750 card. While a 10M...

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review :: Hardware

Author: Elric Phares Date: 11-03-2009

Patriot Torqx 128 GB Solid State Drive SSD Real World Tests. Along with the synthetic tests, we like to show you real world tests ...

Silverstone Raven 2 Case Review

Silverstone Raven 2 Case Review :: Hardware

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-02-2009

SilverStone has taken the design innovation of the RV-01 and improved it with their Raven 2 case. The construction and installatio...

SilverStone 8X Slim Line DVD +/- Review

SilverStone 8X Slim Line DVD +/- Review :: Hardware

Author: Elric Phares Date: 10-26-2009

SlimLine drives are not something everybody is looking for, but when its needed its good to have an idea of who and what to buy as...

GIGABYTE HD 5850 Video Card Review

GIGABYTE HD 5850 Video Card Review :: Hardware

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-26-2009

Every ATI HD 5850 card on the market is exactly the same at the moment with differentiators being the Support and the bundle. GIGA...

Kingston 32GB DT410 Flash Drive Review

Kingston 32GB DT410 Flash Drive Review :: Hardware

Author: Elric Phares Date: 10-26-2009

Kingston is one of the strongest players in the memory game and since SSD and memory stick (Flash Drives) products are also memory...

ASUS P7P55D Premium Motherboard Review

ASUS P7P55D Premium Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 11-04-2009

The P55 Express and LGA-1156 CPU combination has been a success for Intel as they have no real competition in this market due to t...

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO Motherboard review

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO Motherboard review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-26-2009

For the target market of the AMD Socket AM3 CPU purchaser the ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO doesn’t get much better than this as the board l...

GIGABYTE P55-UD6 Motherboard Review

GIGABYTE P55-UD6 Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-18-2009

Phase Power and much more bring this board to one of the most feature-rich P55 motherboards on the market today. The inclusion of ...

ASRock P55 Deluxe Motherboard Review

ASRock P55 Deluxe Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 10-01-2009

ASRock is not well known in the enthusiast community as they often have niche motherboards based on esoteric chipsets with unique ...

Intel DP55KG Motherboard Review

Intel DP55KG Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 09-16-2009

Intel has done a great job with the DP55KG Extreme motherboard. The board overclocks decently, but the real treat for this board i...

MSI P55-GD65 Motherboard Review

MSI P55-GD65 Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 09-13-2009

The MSI P55-GD65 has a few distinctions over the P55-CD53 motherboard which I reviewed on launch day. First is the ability to do V...

ASUS P7P55DX Deluxe  Motherboard Review

ASUS P7P55DX Deluxe Motherboard Review :: Motherboards

Author: Benjamin Sun Date: 09-13-2009

ASUS has really gone the extra mile with their P7P55D Deluxe board with performance that exceeds that of its competition and a sle...

Industry Headlines, News and Reviews From Around the World :: The Motherboard Daily
November 7, 2009

News: Nexus Edge Case @ Rbmods

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Fri Nov 06 2009 23:48 pm PST Comments (0)

Nexus is one of the leading manufacturers of computer power supplies and enclosures. Their products are combined with great quality with reasonable price. Today we will have a look at their newest enclosure Nexus Edge, which is aimed for enthustiastic markets and highend users.

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News: Nesteq ASM XZero 500W PSU Review @ Driverheaven

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Fri Nov 06 2009 23:45 pm PST Comments (0)

Today we are going to have a look at a product from Nesteq a German computer products designer, the ASM Xzero 500W power supply. What makes the Xzero unique is that although it has a cooling fan it only uses it when the internal temperature rises above a certain temperature, making it what we would call a semi-passive running unit. It also ships with a variety of distinct features which we will analyse thoroughly in our review today.

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News: Roccat Kova Review - XSReviews

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Fri Nov 06 2009 23:44 pm PST Comments (0)

"Roccat are well known at this stage for their impressive PC peripherals, introducing desktop spacial management along with massive ammounts of viral media. Today we're looking at a product form them that's definately in the Roccat vein. Known as the Kova, it's a 3200 DPI mouse, with a solid plastic shell, and an interesting driverless design. Sounds intriguing, let's check it out."

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News: Cooler Master Lab Test Bench V1.0 Review @ Madshrimps

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:08 am PST Comments (0)

Today we have a look at the Cooler Master Lab open casing, which is built and designed for people who switch hardware on very regular basis. Ideal for reviewers and overclockers and luckily I am both.


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News: Athlon II X3 435 Triple Core Processor @ TechwareLabs

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:06 am PST Comments (0)

With the ongoing buzz of people worrying about the economy and their own funds, the term "low budget" is becoming used far more often. Today, we are going to be looking at AMD's Athlon II X3 435 processor. The Athlon II X3 435 has 1.5MBs of L2 Cache per core and is a 95W (45nm) processor. It supports all the same features found in the rest of the Athlon II processors (X2, X3 and X4 alike). However, AMD's larger aim is based on it's price point. With a amazing sub $90 price there should be no reason not to take a second look at the new Athlon II CPUs, especially if you are on a budget.

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News: ASRock M3A785GXH/128M Motherboard Review

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:05 am PST Comments (0)

"The ASRock M3A785GXH128M uses a 4+1 Phase power design. While this might be a red flag for some, we were able to overclock a 140W Phenom II X4 965 to a vCore of 1.55v with just a simple 80mm fan blowing across the MOSFETs. With a BIOS made for overclocking and AMD's awesome OverDrive at our disposal we were able to squeeze an extra 500mhz out of our Phenom II X4 965 Black edition Processor. Even with bare MOSFETS we had no trouble cranking up the voltage to 1.52v. and were able to reach 3.9GHz!"

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News: LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:04 am PST Comments (0)

"For a good example of the features a modern optical drive should have, look no further than the Lite-On iHAS424 DL-DVD burner. It's got everything you'd expect from a DVD-writer, including dual-layer DVD writing and reading, compatibility with both + and - formats, as well as support for lightscribe label burning if you have photosensitive media. Of course, it'll also read and write CD-Rs and CD-RWs."

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News: Sapphire HD 5750 1 GB GDDR5 @ techPowerUp

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:03 am PST Comments (0)

Sapphire's HD 5750 is priced competitively below $150 and offers all the new features like DirectX 11, AMD Eyefinity, native HDMI & DP and more. Even though the cooler does not look like it, it works extremely well and keeps the card cool and very quiet. We were also able to overclock our sample by more than 20% which essentialy brings the HD 5750's performance to levels of the HD 5770.

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News: Synology DS209 Advance NAS Enclosures @ Pro-Clockers

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:02 am PST Comments (0)

The power supply is the foundation of any computer. Without it, all that expensive, high-performance gear just sits idle. You can go without a case. Some people do. However, none of those bells and whistles are going to make a peep, if you don't have a power supply. Not only that, but you should never skimp on your power supply. I've seen more than a few computers taken out by a failing PSU. I've even seen one catch fire at a Lan Party I was attending. The site of a grown man crying isn't pretty. It is especially ugly when all of his friends are playing video games and making fun of him. This is the age of digital media and mass storage. Digital downloading is present in many homes via sites like iTunes and Rhapsody. Many people have digital cameras and high definition video cameras. We need massive storage capacities in order to save the large formats raw or in jpeg. Let's not forget about the large amounts of space these video camera video files can take up. You're going to need a place to keep all that data. That device is the Synology DS209 which we will be reviewing next.

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News: Leadtek Winfast Geforce GT 220 1Gb - A 9500 GT with DX10.1

Posted by: THRASHER2 on Thu Nov 05 2009 11:01 am PST Comments (0)

NVIDIA released a new GPU onto the unsuspecting masses, it features DX10.1 support and is their first 40nm product. It is not a new high end card though, the Geforce GT 220 has retail price on average of €50, so let us find out where it lands performance wise.

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