Hardware Roundup for Jan. 16

Happy Monday guys and gals! There are many reviews to sort through today, which is a good problem to have. techFEAR has taken the ASUS P5ND2-SLI board for a test drive over a 30 day period and are reporting all the findings to you. Overall it seems to be a feature packed board, but stability issues hurt. When it comes to buying a power supply, many people choose a ‘no-name’ brand just to save money. This is certainly not a wise choice, because if something goes wrong with it, then things can also go deathly wrong with the rest of your comp. For a modestly sized PSU, Overclockers Online takes the Antec NeoHE 430 for a run. It’s a superb PSU with 3 +12v rails and modular cables!

Cases & Enclosures
• An Introduction to Cooler Master’s BTX Form Factor Cases – BTX Form Factor
• Chieftec BH02 Black with 400W PPU – TweakPC

Cooling
• Thermaltake Bigwater 735 Water cooling kit – Xtreme Computing
• Zalman FS-V7 – hardCOREware

Memory & Storage
• Corsair 2GB XMS-3500LLPRO Memory Kit – Rojak Pot
• Seagate Momentus 5400.3 – 2.5″ Perpendicular Recording Launch – Big Bruin

Motherboards & CPU’s
• ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe 30-day Test Drive – techFEAR

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• Antec NeoHE 430 Watt – Overclockers Online
• Logisys Black Remote Multifunction Panel – Pro-Clockers

Video Cards & Monitor
• ATI Radeon X1600 XT and X1300 PRO – Beyond3D
• HP LP2065 LCD Monitor – Design Technica
• Inno3D GeForce 6800GS SLI – PC Modding Malaysia

Etcetera & Contests
• Announcing the ARP-Intel Survey Contest winner – Rojak Pot
• BenQ DW1655 16x DVD+-RW Double Layer – Extreme MHz
• CES 2006 – Asus, Dell, and Pioneer – XYZ Computing
• Computer Power User (CPU) magazine giveaway – Case Mod God
• CoolerMaster & OCIA.net January Giveaway – OCIA
• How To Boot from USB – HDD Saver
• MESH Titan X1800 FIRE system – Hexus