Hardware Roundup for Mar. 13

Happy Monday everyone. Hexus has had great CeBit coverage up to now, but it’s not stopping yet! There were a few postings there that stood out to me, such as the 71″ LG Plasma TV. As if size wasn’t enough, the tv is plated in 24 Karat Gold! Sapphire apparently doesn’t think that the stock X1900XTX speeds are enough, because they are planning to release a similar model for £50 more that’s liquid cooled. It’s all in one, and will only take up the PCI slot it’s next to. The product was co-designed with Thermaltake, so it’s got good experience behind it. Is NVIDIA going to burry the ULi name like they did with 3DFX? Check out the posting, also at Hexus, to see the speculation.

If you are a gamer with a standard mouse, you don’t know what you are missing! Think Gaming has posted a new review of the Razer Copperhead mouse which they loved. The main downside is that some of the buttons are hard to reach… which can really affect whether you live or die. Of course, maybe you are just looking for a cool mouse for your laptop. Hardware-Pacers takes the new MS Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 for a spin, and it looks sweet! I think it’s the best laptop mouse I have ever seen, and it’s apparently a great performer also, earning a 9.8/10 on the HP scale.

Cases & Enclosures
• Cooler Master Centurion 532 Case – Big Bruin
• Gigabyte 3D Aurora Gaming Case – Extreme MHz
• Silverstone SG-01 Evolution SFF – PC Perspective

Cooling
• CeBit: Corsair cool 7900 GTX SLI in silence in system with new DDR – Hexus

Memory & Storage
• Corsair TwinX2048-3500LLPro – techFEAR

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• CeBit: Xcute show off their new range of mobiles – Hexus
• Logitech G7 – Hardware Logic
• MERC Gaming Keyboard – Bjorn3D
• Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 – Hardware-Pacers
• Plantronics Discovery 640 Bluetooth Headset – Think Computers
• Razer Copperhead Gaming Mouse – Think Gaming

Video Cards & Monitor
• ASUS EN7800GT TOP Silent – Beyond3D
• CeBit: Club3D show off retrofit watercooling for X1800 and X1900 – Hexus
• CeBit: G4 Apple Macs set to be accelerated by XFX GeForce graphics – Hexus
• CeBit: LG’s 71-inch gold-plated 1080p plasma screen. You know you want one – Hexus
• Matrox DualHead2Go – XYZ Computing
• NVIDIA 7900GT + NVClock – Phoronix
• CeBit: NVIDIA set to kill off ULI brand name? – Hexus
• CeBit: SAPPHIRE BLIZZARD Radeon X1900 XTX – Liquid-cooled – Hexus
• XFX 7600 GT XXX Edition Video Card – Legit Reviews

Etcetera & Contests
• CeBit: “And the award for best company name at CeBit 2006 goes to…” – Hexus
• Contest: Announcing the ARP-Zalman Survey Contest Winners – Rojak Pot
• CeBit: CeBIT 2006 Germany – Guru 3D
• CeBIT 2006 Report with PC-Hardware main focus – OC Inside
• Contest: Cooler Master Centurion 532 Case – Big Bruin
• devolo HomePlug 85Mbps mains-networking kit – Hexus
• Contest: Griffin PowerMate Giveaway – Virtual-Hideout
• Linux: Ubuntu v6.04 Dapper Drake Flight 5 – Phoronix