Hardware Roundup for Feb. 22

Tired of your bland thumb drive? XYZ is taking a look at a slew of new thumb drives from Mimobot that are far from ordinary. Even though each one comes preloaded with some cool stuff, expect to pay ‘designer’ prices. Game Pyre is taking a look at the ASROCK 939NF4G, which proves to be a good motherboard overall, but the lack of good software and support hurt the overall score. Phoronix takes the new Cedega version for a spin to see how games running through Linux emulation can keep up to their XP counterparts. I haven’t played around with Cedega for quite some time, but it looks to have come a long way!

Cases & Enclosures
• S-10000S S-Store Series – Techniz
• Sansun Bat Computer Case – Hi-Tech Reviews
• Zalman HD160 HTPC Case *Exclusive* – DV Hardware

Cooling
• Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Heatsink – Pro-Clockers
• FrozenCPU ThermalRock Dragon Alphacool – Virtual-Hideout

Memory & Storage
• Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED (BL2KIT6464L505) Memory – OC Inside
• Mimobot Flash USB Flash Drive – XYZ Computing
• Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB 2.5″ – Viper Lair

Motherboards & CPU’s
• ASROCK 939NF4G – GamePyre
• DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR nForce 4 SLI – Rojak Pot

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• Altec Lansing inMotion iM716 Portable HD Audio System – Bona Fide Reviews
• Coolermaster RealPower SLI RS-550ACLY – Technic3D
• Saitek Audio A-200 2.1 Portable Speaker System – Think Computers
• Ultra Products X-Connect 2 550W PSU – Big Bruin

Video Cards & Monitor
• XFX GeForce 7800 GS AGP Extreme Edition – Guru3D

Etcetera & Contests
• 2006 Home Video Preview – Design Technica
• Cedega v5.1 + NVIDIA – Phoronix
• HighSpeed PC HSPC Tech Station – ModTheBox
• OCZ Gold GX XTC 2GB Dual Channel DDR Kit Contest – OCIA
• Shuttle’s XPC SN21G5 Barebones System – Tech Report