Hardware Roundup for Jan. 2

Welcome to 2oo6! So many things happened during 2005 in the tech world, that I can only imagine what the new year will bring. We can certainly start off the new year and a Monday with some great reviews. OCIA are taking a look at some Swiftech GPU memory heatsinks. In the end, they performed quite well, and look far better than most others I’ve seen. In the actual memory side of things, Phoronix is taking the new 2GB Gold GX kit from OCZ for a spin. As with most Gold series, the performance was good but the overclockability is not there.

Cases & Enclosures
• Arctic Cooling Fans – Red & Blackness
• Kingwin SK-523 – Overclocker Cafe

Cooling
• Cooler Master NanoFusion – Overclockers Online
• Swiftech MC14 BGA Memory Ramsink – OCIA

Memory & Storage
• OCZ EL PC-4000 2GB Gold GX XTC – Phoronix

Motherboards & CPU’s
• Intel Celeron D 336 CPU Overclocking – Legion Hardware
• Intel Extreme Edition 955 – 3D Velocity

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• Bluetake Bluetooth Adapter (BT009Si) and Mouse (BT510) – Techniz
• ConexUSB Lighted USB Cables and Adapters – Extensive Mods
• MicMouse & Steelsound – 3D Velocity
• Shure E3g Gaming Ear Buds – Design Technica

Video Cards & Monitor
• ASUS Extreme N7800GT Dual-SLI on a single card – Xtreme Computing

Etcetera & Contests
• 2006 New Years Laser Giveaway! – MVKTech
• Announcing the ARP-Intel Survey Contest winner – Rojak Pot
• BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.7 – Rojak Pot
• Samsung YP-U1 USB Drive Music Player – Mod the Box