Hardware Roundup for Dec. 30

For a Friday it’s some dead in the review aspect of things! Without a doubt, Optie 144’s have become extremely popular over the past few months. The review at Technic3D is perfect then if you have one or want to get one. They actually used the Socket 940 version, but I have seen many S939 versions overlock to 3.0GHz quite easily. Also on the AMD side of things is the laptop that Hexus is looking at today. It’s absolutely drool worthy, because it includes AMD’s top end X2 CPU, the 4800+. I am surprised it uses the 6800GT Go instead of the updated 7800GTX Go, however.

Cases & Enclosures
• Enermax Laureate EB305C 3.5″ External HDD Enclosure – System Cooling
• Silverstone SST-LC10B HTPC Case – ViperLair
• Thermaltake Swing Midtower Case – OCIA

Cooling
• Titan Eagle Universal VGA Cooler – Think Computers

Memory & Storage
• OCZ Rally Flash Drive – Case Mod God
• Seagate Speaks About Maxtor – Rojak POt

Motherboards & CPU’s
• AMD Opteron 144@2600 MHz Overclocking Bundle – Technic3D
• ECS PF88 Extreme – techPowerUp!
• Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ DTR – Hexus

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW – XYZ Computing

Video Cards & Monitor
• Deeper with GeForce 7 series – Tech-Hounds

Etcetera & Contests
• Talk Back: Looking Ahead to CES, the Show I Love to Hate – Design Technica