Hardware Roundup for Dec. 27

Now that Xmas is over, we can resume our regular news posting! It will be a quicky today as I have to run out the door in a few, so read all of em to keep yourself busy! Without a doubt, read the reviews at Hexus, Legit and Viper today because they are taking a look at the brand new Intel 955. Sure it’s pricy and sure it’s fast.. but is it worth it? I look forward to seeing some AMD comparison benches in the near future though!

For the gamer who wants great memory at a good price, then you may want to check out the Rojak Pot for the review of the updated PC4000 2GB XTC kit from OCZ. Not really that overclockable, but if you want to get in and game and that’s it, then check it out. If you make use of the awesome ATI Tool, then be sure to grab the latest version over at techPowerUp!

Memory & Storage
• OCZ Rally Flash Drive – Case Mod God
• OCZ PC-4000 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Dual-Channel DDR Memory Kit – Rojak Pot

Motherboards & CPU’s
• ABIT AN8 SLI Motherboard – MvKTech
• ECS KN1 SLI Extreme 30-day Test Drive – techFEAR
• Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 & Intel 975X Express Chipset – Viper Lair
• Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 955 – Legit Reviews
• Intel Extreme Edition 955 Processor – Hexus

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• Silverstone Strider ST60F 600W PSU – Technic3D
• Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 Watt modular Power Supply Unit with Fan Controller – OC Inside

Video Cards & Monitor
• ATI AYiR 2005 – Phoronix
• Sapphire X1800 XT – Technic 3D

Etcetera & Contests
• ATITool 0.25 Beta 11 available! – techPowerUp!
• Compression Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0 Part 1 – Rojak Pot
• Denon S-301 Mini-System Review – Design Technica
• Details of the ARP-Intel Survey Contest Released – Rojak Pot
• “Linux’s Difficulty with Names” – XYZ Computing
• Talk Back: “Played Out” – Design Technica
• USB Security Key UK-01 – Think Computers
• Video ModmyMachine Now! – Mod My Machine
• XgiEdit v1.0 Released… – MvKTech