Hardware Roundup for Dec. 8

There is not too much going on in terms of reviews today. If you are thinking of using a RAID and have S-ATA drives, then you will want to read the in-depth article at Tech Report today. They take a look at the performance on various chipsets, to help with your buying decisions. PC Stats reviews the latest DFI board as well today, which is basically an upgraded SLi-DR. They are so hard to come by right now, but it is definitely the enthusiasts board if you can manage one.

Cooling
• Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 – Red & Blackness
• Gigabyte G-Power Pro GH-PDU21-MF Heatsink – FrostyTech
• PrimeCooler AMD & Intel Water Heatsink – A1 Electronics
• Thermalright V1 Ultra – techPowerUp!

Memory & Storage
• Chipset Serial ATA and RAID Performance Compared – Tech Report

Motherboards & CPU’s
• Albatron K8SLI – Mod The Box
• DFI Ultra LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D – Viper Lair
• DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert – PC Stats
• Foxconn NF4SK8AA – Hard|OCP

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• FUNC sUrface 1030 Archetype Series – CyberWizardPit
• Logitech G15 – Metku
• Logitech G5 Laser – Driver Heaven
• Raptoxx RT-450w v2.PSU – Xtreme Computing
• Razer Copperhead – Pro-Clockers

Video Cards & Monitor
• ASUS Extreme Dual N7800GT 512MB – Digit-Life
• Gigabyte X1800XL – Motherboards.org
• MSI NX7800GT-VT2D256E – NvNews
• XFX GeForce 6800 GS XXX Edition – Guru3D

Etcetera & Contests
• HP F2105 LCD Monitor – Design Technica
• Keynesis Lockngo and Lockngo Professional Software – Think Computers
• LG LRM-519 Digital Media Recorder – Design Technica
• Samsung HP-R4252 42 Inch Plasma TV – TweakNews