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In this review we will look at one cooling from the wide product range of Xilence, namely Xilent Blade Pro. Will the looks will be backed up with performance you will find after you read the review :P The review is only in Bulgarian for now, but soon will be available in English HERE
In this review we'll look at a budget PSU from the less known at our market manufacturer - Xilence. We wanted to see if the good specifications and awesome looks do hold their ground. Read the full review HERE .
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB USB Stick. Briefly: "SanDisk is known for their digital storage solutions, today we take a look at their compact 4Gb Cruzer Micro USB stick which sports a retractable USB connector and promises speedy transfer speeds." Read the full review HERE…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Airlive AirView-2000 WiFi Projector Server. Briefly: "The AirView-2000 can stream your Windows desktop or favorite video to the device through any normal 54 MBit wireless network. So there are no cables to tie you down and you may walk around freely with your tablet PC…
XFX is displaying their version of the GeForce 8300 mainboard for the first time. It comes with a heatpipe cooling unit, dual BIOS and post code display by the rear mainboard connectors. The other interesting item is the 750a, which is for AMD as well. This board boasts two PCIe x16 slots, which can be used in an…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted an Interview with David Makin / Palit Multimedia . Briefly: "In our interview with David Makin from Palit Multimedia we learned about recent US activities of the company and how Palit is working on increasing their market share. Also David talks about his personal background and how…
Thermaltake is one of the companies always showing a lot of new stuff at shows. Let's start with their coolers. The first, very interesting looking unit is the "Rotation", which uses a radial fan in the center, with some heatpipes to cool the CPU. The second looks much like a butterfly is called the "TMG IA1" and uses…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the GThermaltake Max 4 HDD Enclosure. Briefly: "We need more and more harddrive space these days and our cases might not be able to handle all the drives so therefore there are external HDD enclosures on the market. Thermaltake is one of the companies that have released several…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the G.SKILL F3-12800CL7D DDR3 Memory. Briefly: "Today we look at the new DDR3 kit from Gskill. The F3-12800CL7D seems to be a middle class memory kit from Gskill that is supposed to perform very well, it is also equipped with a new heatsink that is also supposed to outperform…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W Monitor . Briefly: "Zalman is mostly known from their high quality cooling solutions, but during the last months Zalman has expanded their product range to cover also other interesting products. New products are FG1000, their new mice, and couple of…
Even though it has not been announced officially yet by NVIDIA, ELSA has been showing a card at their Computex booth that is labeled as GeForce 9800 GT.The specs are nothing impressive, 112 shaders, 1 GB GDDR3, 256-bit memory, 630 MHz / 1800 MHz clocks. So basically the card is a rebranded GeForce 8800 GT. There are…
As the name suggests, the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DQ6 is based on Intel's new P45 chipset. What makes this board special is that it supports four Gigabit Ethernet ports, with an optional teaming feature. While this feature is only of limited use for desktop users, it becomes interesting when building a powerful office or LAN…
COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Despite NVIDIA's desperate attempts to keep its upcoming GT200 series graphics cards under tight wraps, more and more tidbits about the cards still continue to show up. VR-Zone has come through with the goods once again, bringing us all some very nicely presented naked shots of the top dog GTX…
The Denube Gaming Machine Concept is basically four computers in one case, powered by a single power supply.It is targeted at people that often have friends coming in for small-scale LAN parties. Also it would allow cost, size and power efficient installations for bigger Internet Cafes.At this time it is still a…
Noctua and Coolink are sharing a booth once again. Both have new products and prototypes on display. Starting with Noctua, the have various upcoming coolers and fans. The first is the NF-S12B, which will replace the current NF-S12. It features a redesigned blade, which translates into more airflow and pressure at the…
A-DATA is showing off their memory cooling solutions. These have changed slightly in shape and the memory heatspreaders have also been redesigned to fit the additional cooling units better. The memory scales up to 2133 MHz at CL9. As you can see, the heatspreader design is black or grey. The latter will be used from…
Sources close to bit-tech.net and the hard drive industry have revealed information that Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor hard drive to counter SSD drives. Just like the company's latest 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor (300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB Cache), the 20,000 RPM unit will come in a 2.5-inch form factor…
OCZ is showing off a lot of new products as well. They are now offering gaming memory and power supplies with Fatal1ty branding, with speeds of 1066 MHz at CL5 and 2.2V. The new DDR3 modules with XMP support come with the Core 2 Extreme logo and run at 1600 MHz CL8. On top of that, DDR3 SO-DIMMs are also available in…
Sapphire also has a suite at the Hyatt hotel. They are showing off the usual ATI graphic cards. You will not see any upcoming models at their suite, as these cards have not yet officially been released. Instead the company is showing off two new areas of business. The first are power supplies. These will be aimed at…
Once again there has been some buzz about Intel and NVIDIA not getting along. This time time it's about the license for Intel's next microarchitecture Nehalem. Apparently the two disagree on the scope of NVIDIA's license, which we assume Intel says does not include Nehalem, while NVIDIA says it does. Initial rumors,…
Computex 2008, AMD today announced the availability of its next-generation notebook platform, delivering the ultimate HD visual performance and increased energy efficiency on the go. The platform features new AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors with ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series Graphics for superior 3D…
The environment is important, that is why the next generation MSI P45 series mainboard are equipped with server-class DrMOS which provides high power efficiency, more stable overclocking and lower temperatures. Besides DrMOS, MSI offers MSI GreenPower Genie. What all began as a gadget in MSI engineering lab will now…
Super Talent is now bringing its reduced-cost SSDs to devices in the 1.8" form-factor. The new Micro-SATA MasterDrive KX SSDs are just 5mm thick and are available in capacities of 30GB, 60GB, and 120GB. The SSDs are priced at $299, $449, and $679 respectively. Like the 2.5" MasterDrive MX SSDs that were introduced…
The collegues at VR-ZONE have spotted a RV770PRO demo system over at Computex and we have checked out the settings of the beta Catalyst drivers for RV770 series. The card can be easily overclocked to 700MHz core and as a result, the score for 3DMark Vantage is P6466. Source: VR-ZONE
Western Digital Corp. today announced it is now shipping its new line of WD Scorpio Black 7200 RPM 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance notebook computers and portable storage devices. Available in capacities up to 320GB, WD Scorpio Black hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability,…
ASUS has confirmed the official specs for their ASUS Eee Box desktop PC. Take a look below. Name and Model: Eee Box B202 OS: Linux System / Hardware Compatible with Windows XP Processor: Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz, FSB 533) Memory: DDRII 512 MB / 1 GB / 2 GB (see US configs below) Storage: 80 GB / 120 GB / 160 GB / 250…
From the beginning of this month EVGA started selling its first GeForce 9800 GX2 water block - the Hydro Copper 18 waterblock with a 100% copper design and SLI compatibility. Starting today, EVGA will start offering the block along with an EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 video card (part number: 01G-P3-N899-AR). Regardless of…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Yuin OK1 Earphones. Briefly: "Yuin OK1 is the name of Yuin's brand new top-of-line earphone. The OK1s are rather special since they can both function as a pair of regular earbuds or as in-ears. The design is also completely revamped. When driven by a proper amp the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the X-Spice Kira CS 530W Power Supply. Briefly: "Even though X-Spice is not a very well known brand name, they achieved what nobody else could do: building an extremely quiet power supply that is stable and affordable. We are testing the 530W model today and found that it…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler. Briefly: "A while back, we had a chance to check out the latest CPU cooler from Noctua, a well-known maker of high quality cooling products. Noctua didn’t stop with just one CPU cooler; rather, they made a slightly larger version that accommodates…