Content and news by Rob Williams

With modern computers going for a more darker inside look it would look better if this Sansun Arctic 550w supply were say dark grey or matt black which seems to be the colours today but in all honesty you do not really look at a power supply once it is installed, and with 550 watts of power you will not need to install a new supply for a long time.

Check out the review at A1 Electronics.

With the introduction of graphic intense memory hungry games like Battlefield 2 and recently released F.E.A.R. the need to increase ram is more important now then ever. And with the average gamer and enthusiast running at least one gig of memory the only logically choice to upgrade to will be two gigs. Looking thought any forum today the talk to the town are high performance one gig modules. Today we got ahold of a kit of OCZ’s EL DDR PC-4000 2GB Gold Edition. So if gaming is your forte, you may want to look into this one.

Check out the full review over at Pro-Clockers.

We all know that DFI makes some killer AMD nF4 motherboards through their LANParty series. They’re out again with a more budget
oriented nF4 motherboard that also excels in performance and overclocking.

Head over to Insane Tek.

The Albatron K8SLI exhibits an extraordinary level of overclocking potential, reaching 332MHz “FSB”. (Note overclocking is NOT guaranteed and may vary from sample to sample.) Based on our sample, Albatron K8SLI entered the same realm as the famous DFI LanParty series!! However, the board is lacking a bit in terms of raw performance, as it is slower than Gigabyte’s K8NXP-SLI.

Check out the full review over at Overclockers New Zealand.

Does your old, pressboard IKEA TV stand from grad school look out of place with your new plasma screen? If so, check out the following suggestions to help you organize and jazz up your home entertainment theatre quicker than you can find something decent to watch on TV.

Check out the full guide at Design Technica.

The GeForce 6800GT and Radeon X800XL are effectively mainstream cards with
the availability of GeForce 7800 and
Radeon X1800 series. Thankfully, their prices are moving downward or they’re
replaced by a much cheaper card. We take a hard, long
look at these cards and what they have to offer gamers.

Check out the full comparison at Tech-Hounds.

The plus sides of the game include the beautiful graphics engine and the use of the Havoc physics engine. Beautiful water is a trademark of Pixel Shaders. Destructible terrain is a definite plus to a RTS game as it gives visual cues as to when a structure or tree is damaged or destroyed. The single-player campaign tells a compelling story about a family’s brush with their version of the “Illuminati” and the quest for gold and something else. The single-player campaign consists of 21 missions, lasting a good 20+ hours of game time. In that sense, the game is worth the purchase of $37.99 at a local store near you, as it has a lot of play time and replay ability with the skirmish missions and online multiplayer.

Head on over to the full review over at Game Pyre!

Just how much mindless blasting can you take before it’s too much? There’s certainly plenty of enjoyment in here, but just as being given the keys to the brewery will see you in hospital with a stomach pump going full chat… Serious Sam 2’s blasting is the digital equivalent of binge drinking… binge blasting perhaps?

Of course, you have read our review first! After that, check out Hexus review here.

It has been a long time since last Fall up in Dallas that we first got a hint about ATI’s multi video card solution. Back then details were sketchy, and slowly things unraveled when finally at E3 earlier this year much more was revealed. Time came and went, and in August we were told a September launch would bring Crossfire boards and master cards in retail at launch. That didn’t happen, and an apparent product sample shortage led to no review samples for AMDZone at launch. Undaunted we bought our own master card and DFI Crossfire board at Newegg. It wasn’t the first time as we have gotten a grand total of two Xpress 200 product samples compared to numerous nForce 4 products which has lead to some motherboard buys so we had proper comparison hardware beyond ATI reference boards.

Is this board as good as the NVIDIA version? Check out the full review at AMD Zone.

For the first time ever, the Apache Web Server is powering more than 50 million websites, according to Netcraft’s Web Server Survey for October. Although relative share fell by 0.67 percent, the total number of sites powered by Apache grew to over 52 million. Microsoft’s IIS finished second with more than 15 million sites served.

This website is included in that number. But wow, it just goes to show how much more popular it is than Microsoft’s IIS. Check out the posting at Slashdot.

On November 7th OcUK will be launch partner with NVIDIA on the new faster clocked 512MB 7800 GTX which will further establish NVIDIA as performance leader and OcUK will have priority allocation on 512MB cards which could also mean we have exclusivity, and unlike ATI, NVIDIA will be shipping plenty of stock throughout November.

A reason to be excited? Possibly. If this card costs less than ATI’s highest offering, we know who most will go with. Check out the full posting at Bit-Tech.

My Azgalor Paladin is running through Stormwind when I get a message from a GM proclaiming that my account is in violation of Blizzard policy and I must change my nickname. I try to find out more information, but I am kicked from the game. I have been CmdrTaco since April, but when I log in, I choose the new name: Violated. This experience has brought up a host of feelings on matters of virtual identity and virtual worlds.

Haha, ouch! Check it out at Slashdot.

Some people hate goodbyes – me, I despise introductions.

How uncomfortable were you the first time you met your friends at school? The initial moment you shook hands with your significant other? The time you sat there stunned as someone plopped a Playstation 2 controller into your outstretched paws and said, “Get to know this – it’ll change your life.” (OK, so that last one’s a stretch – still, wasn’t it a pain in the ass learning that dual analog joystick setup?)

Read the article over at Design Technica.

When I mention the name PD Scientific Pte Ltd, most of you are probably wondering what that name has to offer in the world of PC’s. I would imagine the people who have heard of them would better recognize the company by the name of “Wolf Claw.”

Check out the full review at Extensive Mods.

What you need to understand is that the The Reserator 1 Plus is a fanless water cooling system that unites the functions of a reservoir, radiator, and water pump into one system for easy operation. It is anodized and comes with a custom (included) coolant to prevent corrosion. The new CPU Water Block (ZM-WB3 Gold), VGA Water Block (ZM-GWB2), and as optional a Northbridge Water Block (ZM-NWB1) to enable the setup of a complete Water Cooling System.

Check out the full review at Guru 3D.

(Gothenburg, SWEDEN) – Project Entropia, the fastest growing virtual world utilizing a real cash economy, today announces film-maker and director of the movie “Hey DJ!”, Jon Jacobs, a.k.a. “NEVERDIE”, as the winner of this historic auction for virtual real estate. The auction began taking bids on the 21st of October and just three days later its buyout price was met. The auction includes a virtual Space Resort. The final bid was the astonishing amount of $100,000 US, the largest amount ever spent in the massive multiplayer online gaming space, surpassing last years world record-breaking sale of the virtual Treasure Island almost four times!

Wow, some people just have too much money. It seems like this is the game to get into if you want to make some money though. Check out the full Press Release here.

Asetek makes their entry into the aircooling crowd with a big bang. The VapoChill Micro performs well at minimal noise levels and
has the capability of cooling up to 150W of heat! Your toasty CPU can now thank you for prolonging its life.

Head on over to InsaneTek for the full review!

The codename of ATi’s forthcoming successor to its just released RADEON X1800 XT (R520) – the 90nm R580 is called ‘Rodin’.

With memory rumoured to be like Fudo, what kind of a thinker will ATi R580 be?

Check it out at Hexus.

But all that said we are very impressed with this complete Vantec Stingray universal AMD & Intel kit which is very easy to install and should suit a lot of people. Filling was a breeze which on some systems is not so easy and there is the point that the pump & reservoir are outside your PC computer case as a stand-alone unit making this Vantec Stingray cooler heatsink system ideal for a lot of you who have cramped PC computer cases and would not be able to install an internal pump and reservoir.

Check out the full review over at A1 Electronics.

The CA-3030 boasts some impressive features not normally found in lower priced, almost entry-level cases… like: tool-less drive mounting system, fan filter, flip down drive bay covers, and it is also great looking. But the nicest feature has to be the ability to run two full sized 120mm fans. This should provide enough quiet cooling for all but the hottest running machines.

Head on over to Big Bruin for the full review!