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NVIDIA have completely blown away their previous generation GPU’s with the introduction of the GTX 5xx line up and while they are ‘good enough’ at stock speeds, it’s normal for AIB partners to push these GPU’s to their limits. MSI have tweaked the GeForce GTX 560Ti to 950MHz GPU / 1050MHz Memory, given it the ‘Hawk’ moniker, slapped on a …

High performance cooling has come a long way over the years and while most people associate aftermarket cooling options with overclocking that isn’t always the case. Some coolers may be best suited as high capacity alternatives to the cheap and unattractive OEM designs. Full story at Ninja Lane.

KitGuru has looked at a number of  Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost.  We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the price. Full story at KitGuru.

For those of you who own the HTC EVO 4G Smart Phone Otterbox has the Impact and Commuter Series. The Otterbox Impact and Commuter Series are both designed to protect your HTC EVO 4G but do it a little different than each other. The Impact Series is a slide in silicone shell and the Commuter Series has both a silicone …

Creative’s THX headsets are widely regarded as some of the best out there, and the Tactic3D Sigma reaffirms that. This offering has everything gamers are looking for in a headset – clear, accurate sound reproduction with THX quality, an adjustable noise-canceling mic, durable construction  and a lightweight, comfortable fit. Sound quality is nothing short of amazing over the USB connection, and the option to …

Any time you expose the atmosphere to something cold you run the risk that water in the air will begin to condense. Common forms of condensation would be an icy windshield, water on a cold can of Pepsi, and even the frost in your freezer. The only way to prevent condensation is to insulate against it. Full story at NinjaLane.

Phison SSDs aren’t as well-known to computer hardware enthusiasts as those controllers from SandForce or Indilinx. For many within the industry, SandForce dominated the 2010 market in much the same way that Indilinx did throughout 2009. But not everyone can afford the premium brand names, or desire the fastest solid state drive technology. Building on the name of their budget …

We’ve spent so much time talking about the high end market with new products from SandForce and Marvell, but failed to keep track of the mainstream products that cater to the bang for your buck crowd. In this class of products you find controllers from Toshiba, Samsung, JMicron and now Phison. Phison has been around for several years and is …

This is changing with the Cooler Master NotePal LapAir Notebook Cooler. The NotePal LapAir puts a new bit of versatility in the Cooler Master lineup. The LapAir comes with a near noiseless fan with exceptional cooling performance. There is a sponge mat on the bottom for a new level of lap comfort. Cooler Master included a removable mesh grill on …

What we have on the bench today is a power supply from a company that most of you have probably never heard of. Sentey is a company whose headquarters resides in Florida with an operations center in California and manufacturing in China. The company is also expanding distribution centers in Latin America and is poised to make quite a name …

There have been many Solid State Drives released in the last couple of months, and today we are looking at the new 240GB Vertex 3 from OCZ which is tagged with the Max IOPS moniker. This drive has been tuned for users who require greater transactional throughput. Today we will compare it with the standard 240GB Vertex 3 and the …

Its on folks, after a few years of being stonewalled, XSR is back working with OCZ; and what a good way to get back into the swing of things. Today its the OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD that were looking into; hopefully its not the last one well do either, so I better do I good job; though I cant …

The P8P67 Pro is one of the latest Cougar Point motherboards from ASUS for the LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge architecture. Targeted between the basic P8P67 and the Deluxe, the motherboard aims to bring nearly all of the power of the Deluxe, at a more modest price point. The P8P67 Pro brings choices to the table. Without the added cost of …

Having two full tower cases within the range has certainly satisfied the high-end market but what about mid-range? Well today we will be looking at the new 650D. This is a mid-tower case, offering all the features of the 800D but in a smaller shell. Not everyone favours a full tower case, many have been waiting for this 650D “ …

When the original Vertex and Agility product lines were introduced, we were told that the Vertex had a specific BOM (Build of Materials) list and the Agility had a dynamic BOM. In the end we found the first Vertex to have one set of flash that never changed, but the Agility shipped with three or more different flash configurations. The …