Antec Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case Review

Quote: “The Antec Nine Hundred Two case is the perfect case for builders who are just getting started or those of us who have been building machines for years. Antec makes the case incredibly versatile by allowing the user to practically customize the location for each storage device. Fan locations and controls are ideal and can be easily reached. All the fans are essentially quiet on their slowest settings, but this is more than enough to keep your rig cool. For hard-core enthusiasts, you can still crank the fans sacrificing noise comfort for airflow. Working with the Antec Nine Hundred Two was very easy…”

Ultra X4 1050 Watt Power Supply

Quote: Ultra, the company who’s claim to fame is inventing the modular power supply, brings us another one of their X4 creations. Their last power supply got good marks in the lab, lets see if their more powerful version can pull off the same.

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/ultra-x4-1050watt/

Team Group Xtreem-G1 120GB Solid State Disk

QUOTE: “Team Group made a solid name for themselves a couple of years ago when they started offering some of the fastest memory on the market at a price that made other memory makers red in the face. Since then Team has been a part of the enthusiast community worldwide and even expanded their product offerings to include among other things flash memory drives and even solid state drives.

Today we are testing the new Team Group Xtreem-G1 solid state drive. The G1 is based on the Indilinx Barefoot controller and has a rated read speed of 260MB/s and a write speed of 180MB/s. The Barefoot controller is capable of using up to 64MB of high speed DRAM cache and Team stuffed the drive to the max with very fast cache memory.”

For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3126/team_group_xtreem_g1_120gb_solid_state_disk/index.html

Scosche solCHAT II – Solar Powered Bluetooth Speakerphone

Quote:
” Today for review I’ve got a green accessory for your cell phone to make you life a bit easier maybe. If you’re into using a speakerphone while driving then the Scosche solCHAT II might be right up your alley, it’s nicely made, loud and easy to use. It even talks to you in a sort of sexy female computer generated voice to guide you through pairing, usage and she can even let you know who’s calling by name.”

Main site link: http://www.testfreaks.com

MSI N240GT-MD512 OC/D5

As the worlds patiently awaits NVIDIA Fermi which is aimed to challenge the ATI Radeon HD 5870, the graphics giant is not sitting idling. In fact, NVIDIA has been busying updating their existing lineup. NVIDIA has revamped the entire graphics line up to the 200 series.

Although many people may think that NVIDIA simply “recycles” their old cards and rebrand the name, the reality is that the latest line of the 200 series graphic cards actually packs some feature upgrades. The latest GT 240 from NVIDIA is manufactured with the 40nm processing technology that will ensure the card runs cooler than previous generation of cards. Not only that the card runs cooler, it also consumes less power. As a result, the GT 240 draws power directly from the PCI Express slot and does not need any auxiliary power. This is good news for those who wish to upgrade their system without spending extra money on a power supply.

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Ultra X4 1600 Watt Full Modular Power Supply

QUOTE: “Power supplies are important and often overlooked components. Ultra Products understands that case-proud PC enthusiasts do not overlook the PSU. In fact, hard-core hardware geeks demand not just performance, but style to complement not just their ass kicking hardware, but their beautifully lit cases. Thus, Ultra has released the new X4 Series in a range of wattages starting at 500 watts. The model we are taking to task in this review is the totally modular 1600-watt version.

This block of power weighs a respectable 15 pounds, measures 240mm x 150mm X 87mm and features a 135mm fan. And, it is 80 Plus Certified. One note about the 1600-watt rating; this PSU is rated at 1600 watts when connected to a 20-amp plug using the special 120 volt 20 AMP cable (included). When you use the included 120 volt 15 AMP cord to connect to a typical outlet, the PSU operates at 1200 watts.”

For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3125/ultra_x4_1600_watt_full_modular_power_supply/index.html

Ultra X4 1600 Watt Full Modular Power Supply

QUOTE: “Power supplies are important and often overlooked components. Ultra Products understands that case-proud PC enthusiasts do not overlook the PSU. In fact, hard-core hardware geeks demand not just performance, but style to complement not just their ass kicking hardware, but their beautifully lit cases. Thus, Ultra has released the new X4 Series in a range of wattages starting at 500 watts. The model we are taking to task in this review is the totally modular 1600-watt version.

This block of power weighs a respectable 15 pounds, measures 240mm x 150mm X 87mm and features a 135mm fan. And, it is 80 Plus Certified. One note about the 1600-watt rating; this PSU is rated at 1600 watts when connected to a 20-amp plug using the special 120 volt 20 AMP cable (included). When you use the included 120 volt 15 AMP cord to connect to a typical outlet, the PSU operates at 1200 watts.”

For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3125/ultra_x4_1600_watt_full_modular_power_supply/index.html

Intel Core i5 661 Dual Core LGA 1156 Processor Review

Quote: “For 2010, Intel has introduced a new line of processors code named “Clarkdale”, and will be known as the Core i5 600 series. At this point there are four processors in this series, the 650, the 660, the 670, and the 661. Today I will be looking at the Intel Core i5 661, a dual core LGA 1156 processor built in the 32nm process, with on-die video processing. This should make it a natural for HTPC and non-gaming rigs. How will the i5 661 fare with this geek who has had the honor of reviewing some of the most powerful video cards in the world? Read on to see!”

Valentine’s Day Gadgets

Valentine can be a cruel day for the citizens of geekdom. Your colleagues and friends conveniently ignore invitations to your Lord of the Rings or Matrix Trilogy parties. They would rather indulge in a super expensive meal for two followed by things that us geeks might not know much about.

Fear not for your friends at t-break have put together a list of five gadgets that can keep you company on a lonely valentine. Best of all these gadgets will not consume themselves once the night is over- you’ll have a full year to play with them before its time to upgrade and you would have probably paid the same as colleagues did for a night.

Toshiba NB200 – AED 1,299 (US$ 350)

The iPad is still a few months away and until that revolutionizes the netbook market [/sarcasm], you can get yourself a nice little netbook to tweet every little action such as “Whistling to the tune of Dr. Who.” The Toshiba N200 is a nice and light netbook with Windows 7 to install Seesmic’s desktop client and Google’s Chrome browser. Plus you can RDP into your BES server at work and find out who messaged who.

LG 42″ LED SL90 TV – AED 6,999 (US$ 1,900)

So what if your friends couldn’t make it to your Matrix Trilogy party. You can experience Trinity kicking ass in full 1080p resolution on a razor thin display that’ll make you forget about anyone else being or not being in the room. Yes, this is quite expensive but it has Bluetooth and DivX playback through USB along with the razor think and ultra sharp LED screen.

Blackberry Bold 9700 – AED 2,399 (US$ 650)

The Blackberry Messenger or BBM is the perfect platform to chat with other geeks that are alone this Valentine’s day. Along with chatting, you can also send them pictures of your new Graphics cards modification and voice notes to podcast a step-by-step. The Blackberry Bold 9700 is a super fast device along with a 3.2MP camera to help you do just that.

iPod Touch – AED 1,199 (US$ 326)

The iPod touch will let you listen to “All by myself” from Celine Dion as many times as you would want to followed by a session of Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. And we prefer the “o” to the “a” any day.

Samsung ST550 Dual LCD Camera – AED 1,299 (US$ 350)

Last but certainly not the least, we have a gadget that no blogger that likes to put every picture of theirs on their website should be without. With the Samsung ST500 digital camera, you will never be out of the frame with its front facing LCD screen.